Living 50 Plus Huntsville-Madison

01/01/2026

12/24/2025

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.

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 ...

12/24/2025

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?

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 co...

12/24/2025

“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.

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

12/24/2025

Heads up golfers. Tee times are now available for all times, day or night, at the Tennessee Valley’s premier indoor golf experience,

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 awa...

12/22/2025

It has been said that music brings people together. Nothing could be more accurate than when it comes to Allen and Connie Watkins.

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

12/22/2025

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.”

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 re...

12/22/2025

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.

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...

12/22/2025

Joshua Melton started his restaurant career as a busser in Florida. Through hard work and dedication, he eventually became the owner of his own Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Huntsville.

BY KADIE TAYLOR | LIVING 50 PLUS Joshua Melton started his restaurant career as a busser in Florida. Through hard work and dedication, he eventually became the owner of his own Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Huntsville. “I started in 2004, got a job interview at Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Pensac...

12/22/2025

Madison Senior Center loves to welcome new members. However, they never expected to welcome a recent addition to their flock.

By GREGG PARKER | LIVING 50 PLUS Madison Senior Center loves to welcome new members. However, they never expected to welcome a recent addition to their flock. In September, center members heard a rooster crowing across Brown’s Ferry Road. Soon, the chicken crossed the road. Why? To get to the othe...