Forever in love: Longtime coach, wife have more happiness to come in 55-year marriage

  • Longtime Habersham Central High School basketball coach Jimmy Black and his wife, Linda Jean, were born and raised in Habersham County. This past Christmas, they celebrated 55 years of marriage.
    Longtime Habersham Central High School basketball coach Jimmy Black and his wife, Linda Jean, were born and raised in Habersham County. This past Christmas, they celebrated 55 years of marriage.
  • Jimmy Black and his wife, Linda Jean, on their wedding day.
    Jimmy Black and his wife, Linda Jean, on their wedding day.
       There’s a framed quote hanging in the hallway of Jimmy and Linda Jean Black’s home that says, “Loved you then, love you still, always have, always will.”   ...

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