“Even in cosmetology school, I was telling [the] girls, ‘I am going to own my own salon,’” she recalls.

“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.’”

“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. “

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!

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!

After college, Chris spent a few years working for a pharmacy in the Jasper area. When his wife was working for Dr. Dickson in Dora, an opportunity arose for Chris to open his own pharmacy. He’d never dreamed an incredible opportunity like this was possible—and now it was staring him in the face.

“For me, getting to go play music, whether it’s here in town, another state, or whether I’m with a major artist or hometown pickers, it doesn’t matter to me. The greatest show I’ll ever play is the very next one.”

“It’s very important to me to make sure everything has a purpose,” she says. “I always try to make sure I'm serving a purpose in life and to people in general.”

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 Zach Taylor’s answers to some fun questions!

“When I heard Waylon Jennings on that 8-track, that was it,” Ernie says. “I decided I wanted to do that.”

“Singing in church when I was little led to singing in a karaoke contest at the fair in Jasper. I learned my three songs, got up there, won, and it just kept happening. I kept doing singing contests all over the state.”

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 Kaysen Skalnik’s answers to some fun questions!

The day grunge icon Kurt Cobain died, Roger Manning, who’d played an array of instruments and provided vocals for Jellyfish, phoned Dover and invited him to L.A. “I was crazy enough to do it,” Dover says—and he loaded up his ’85 Ford Bronco and drove out to the City of Angels.

“Music is the worst drug you can be on because there ain't no cure. If you're not playing, you’re thinking about playing.”

“My job is to “make sure everything is going according to the law... and try to rehabilitate parents... [so] they can show the court they can be good parents.”

“When you go off and do it for several days, you’re at the mercy of Mother Nature—hot, cold, whatever,” David shrugs. “You're up way before daylight. The weather doesn’t matter. If it’s pouring down rain, you're still out there.”

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 Kennedy Stracner’s answers to some fun questions!

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. First up is Lauren Gordon!

Years later, Erin was awarded a full scholarship to Auburn University. Before she left, Paul replaced the Tennessee tag on the front of her Chevy Blazer with an Auburn tag—which was changed back after she graduated in 2007. “We had to say, ‘War Eagle’ for four years,” Phyllis laughs.