Living 50 Plus Huntsville-Madison

STORY BY ERIN COGGINS | PHOTOS BY FLY LEAF PHOTOGRAPHY | LIVING 50 PLUS Red suit. Check. Shiny black boots. Check. White beard. Check. Christmas magic. Check. It is this simple checklist that transforms Gary Knight into Santa Gary around November of every year. “I usually trim my beard back after Christmas and then start growing it back out in

STORY BY ERIN COGGINS | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS The coffee culture in America is strong. It’s everywhere. Think of the popular television show, Friends–six friends find comfort and fellowship at their local coffee shop. But what happens when coffee is just not one’s thing or coffee stops loving you back? The answer is figs. Andy

STORY BY BOB LABBE | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS “I took on being a basketball coach as a ministry.” Now in his 24th season as head coach of the Lee High boys basketball program, Greg Brown continues his “ministry” in ways well beyond his imagination of what he thought his life would become. Born in Huntsville

STORY BY BOB LABBE | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS Heads up golfers. Tee times are now available for all times, day or night, at the Tennessee Valley’s premier indoor golf experience, The Golf Lab. Powered by three Uneekor Eye X02 Launch Monitors, golfers address their ball and swing away just as though they were on the

STORY BY ERIN COGGINS | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS It has been said that music brings people together. Nothing could be more accurate than when it comes to Allen and Connie Watkins. Connie grew up in all things music. She played the clarinet in her high school band as well as participated in chorus and ensemble.

BY ERIN COGGINS | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS Eight years ago, a little girl, born with drugs in her system, slept restlessly in a warm, monitored incubator. Just three years before, her brother was in the same environment. The only difference was that his blood contained what doctors referred to as “a plethora of drugs.” Heartbroken

STORY BY BOB LABBE | PHOTOS BY JOSHUA BERRY | LIVING 50 PLUS On April 27, 2011, the Harvest home of Rhonda and Mike Swaim was completed destroyed by a long-track EF-5 wedge tornado that would kill 72 people in its 102-mile path of Hackleburg to Harvest. The Swaims rode out the thunderous, train-like sounds of the 200-plus miles per