“I felt like it was the Lord speaking to my heart that day to start the business…I believe that because the moment is so vivid in my memory. I can take you to the very spot on the highway. It changed my life for the good.”

“One day, I asked my stepmom how she had been so successful in her career, with no college and having not worked for 15 years while raising someone else’s children,” said Wendy. “She thought about it for a minute and said, ‘I try to always leave people better than I found them.’”

“I chose specifically to stay out of personal injury law and divorce law primarily because I have a great interest in the business and property fields, and because what I do pairs well with my prior educational experience,” he says. “I like solving problems and I like helping people, so what I do falls into both of those categories.”

“I love taking care of a mother throughout her labor and playing a special role in the delivery process. The goals that I strive to accomplish at work are bonding with my patient, being there for her through every step of the way, and doing what is the safest for her and her baby.”

“When our grandfather was up in age, he said, 'Well, since both of y'all can play, I'm going to stop and give it to you.’ We started seriously when we were between eight and eleven. We took over the choir rehearsals and taught different parts of the songs. A lot of times, Kristian would teach me the music. “

“The music side is really neat, like having a couple of #1 songs and being on a tour bus,” Holderfield says. “All of the accolades are cool, but what God did for [the fans] through us made it worth staying in the band for 18 years. We were delivering hope.”

78 Magazine’s April issue will be Future’s So Bright: 30 Under 30, so we wanted to catch up with some of Walker County’s 20-somethings for a round of 13 Questions. This week, check out Will Duttons’s answers to some fun questions!

“I didn’t know anything about running a business—I just knew I was supposed to do it,” Matt says. “I wasn't trying to make a living anymore. I was trying to make a difference.”

If you love good food and hanging out in downtown Jasper, make plans to attend the fourth annual “Jasper Eats” from April 15-17, 2021.

“I don’t write conceptual lyrics,” Davidson says. “I sing about real stuff. All those things I’ve seen, felt and experienced with my own being. I write from pain and anguish, but it connects to me other people.”

78 Magazine’s April issue will be Future’s So Bright: 30 Under 30, so we wanted to catch up with some of Walker County’s 20-somethings for a round of 13 Questions. This week, check out Clay Boylen’s answers to some fun questions!

Walker County will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual screening of the new film documentary, Starting at Zero, April 4 - 10.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has awarded $20,000 to establish a building operator certification program at Bevill State Community College in Jasper.

“We had an upright piano. My sister and I would pick out melodies for hours, then take the bottom panel out and make horror music by raking the strings until our mother told us to stop.”

 “The first thing I did, I rode around until I saw a music store,” Junior laughs. “I bought a cheap, hundred-dollar Lotus guitar. It was hard to play and sounded poor. I was there for 33 days with no TV, no radio. Every night I sat around the pool and played.”