by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Rebecca Ella Yarbrough, 69, of Five Points, Alabama, ended her shift on Jan. 17, 2023. A longtime resident of Opelika, she was a well-known waitress at Opelika’s Waffle House for the past 20 years. Her early 37 years were as a weaver for West Point Pepperell until the...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
William Edward Clark was born Jan. 25, 1943, in Talladega, Alabama, and later moved to Opelika. Ed passed away on Jan. 19, 2023, at East Alabama Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Ed was a beloved member of Airview Baptist Church and an Alabama fan. He...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Judith “Judy” Ann Perkins was born on Aug. 17, 1940, in Opelika, and passed peacefully into her heavenly home at the age of 82 on Jan. 18, 2023. She was surrounded by family who loved her immensely. Judy was born to William Henry Perry and Mary Jimmerson Perry in...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Obituaries
Joseph Stanley Jackson, a resident of Opelika since 1972, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham. Joe, the youngest of eight children, was born Aug. 8, 1945, in East Tallasee, Alabama, to Ernest Leon Jackson and Easel Webster Jackson....
by The Observer Staff | Jan 25, 2023 | Community, Education, Politics
CONTRIBUTED BY CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INC. LEE COUNTY — The Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention are joining local and state leaders at Child Care Resource Center in Opelika on Jan. 30 at 11 a.m. to present a check in the amount of about $1.4...
