Obituaries Articles

Obituaries | April 25, 2024

MARTHA R. (MARTY) SKELTONMartha R. (Marty) Skelton, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend passed away on April 18, 2024.Born on Nov. 16, 1933, to Aaron B. and Ulna Mae Rogers, Marty embraced life to the maximum with her adventurous...

OBITUARIES | APRIL 18, 2024

Upcoming Services BARBARA ADKINS SMITHGraveside service, 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18Center Baptist Church CECILE WHITE LOVVORNMemorial service 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18Curtis & Sons North Chapel, Sylacauga JOHN DAVID KENNEDYMemorial service 3 p.m. Thursday, April...

Tribute to The Observer columnist Greg Markley

Gregory Michael Markley, a beloved husband, son and brother, passed away on March 15, 2024, at the age of 67. A funeral service was held in the Chapel at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home on April 6 and he was laid to rest April 10 at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery.Markley,...

Upcoming Funeral Services | April 11, 2024

DR. STEWARD SCHNELLERMemorial service 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 11 Auburn United Methodist Church ANTHONY "TONY" DEAN, JR.Funeral Service 10 a.m., Friday, April 12Jeffcoat Trant Chapel JOHN AARON BATCHELOR JR.Funeral service 11 a.m., Saturday, April 13Auburn church...
Ms. Ashley Paige Kuykendoll

Ms. Ashley Paige Kuykendoll

Ms. Ashley Paige Kuykendoll, 29, of Opelika passed away February 28th. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 4th at...

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Mrs. Eldora Robinson Darby

Mrs. Eldora Robinson Darby, of Opelika, Alabama, died in Chicago, Illinois, on February 14, 2020, at the age of 87, just nine days away from her...

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Allene Strong

Allene Strong was born May 7, 1937, in Hoschtion, Georgia to the late Harvey Wilson Roberts and Edna Roberts. She passed away at Arbor Springs on...

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Rosemary Feese Tennant

Rosemary Feese Tennant, age 83, passed away on February 15, 2020, in Auburn. Rosemary was born on March 8, 1936, to the late Louis Hickman Rodgers...

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Clifford Van Burt

Clifford Van Burt of Opelika, Alabama was born in Columbus, Georgia on June 5, 1949, and passed away at East Alabama Medical Center on February 16,...

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Jack Brantley, Jr.

Jack Brantley, Jr. of Opelika was born at Drake Infirmary in Auburn, Alabama on March 7, 1949, to Jack Brantley, Sr. and Ellen Belcher Brantley....

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Patricia Thomson Brown

Patricia Thomson Brown Patricia Thomson Brown of Opelika was born to William Eugene Thomson and Flossie Miller Thomson in Birmingham, Alabama, Dec....

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Howard “Peepaw” Hammock

Howard “Peepaw” Hammock Howard “Peepaw” Hammock passed away peacefully in his home established in the community of Beauregard on Feb. 14, 2020 in...

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Mr. Thomas H. Cooksey, Sr.

Thomas H. Cooksey, Sr. Mr. Thomas H. Cooksey, Sr. passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at EAMC, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. Mr....

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