.”One night, Walker High School was playing Curry and I counted 11 defensive starters, 11 offensive starters, and a cheerleading complement that I had delivered,” he beams.

Morris didn’t have a childhood dream of becoming a doctor or a surgeon, nor was it a career he had planned after graduating from high school. [He] had something more valuable: his parents’ support.

“My parents told me, ‘You do what you want to do, just do it right,’” he says.

[ Dr. Steve Johnson] was working with Buddy Cross and Mike Brasfield,” he says. “He said, ‘We need some help. Why don't you come out here and practice with us?’ I wanted to live in a small town, so I said I’d try it.”

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

“I grew up running the halls with Alicia and getting ice cream and wheeling the residents to the beauty shop,” Joette says. “You know, it's just in our blood.”

“Bevill State is thankful for the continued support from the Walker Area Community Foundation and the Drummond Family. The overall goal of this project is that Bevill State has a facility that is a vibrant part of the college community….” stated Dr. Joel Hagood, President of Bevill State Community College.

“There are some women that come to Thrive and do not have a support system, so this is a place where women can come together with one goal in mind: to make a better life for themselves and their children,” says Thrive Together Walker County Success Coach Courtney Reeves.

“I have learned some, and I think people around me have learned some, because I may be the only person of color they come into contact with. And, I want them to know that I am not a unicorn or an exception. There are many more educated black women out there.”

“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!