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You & JFP: Taylor Hildebrand and Valley Gordon

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Taylor Hildebrand and Valley Gordon

Names: Taylor Hildebrand and Valley Gordon

Location: Brent’s Drugs

Occupations: JPS teacher (Taylor); Labor and Delivery and NICU nurse at Baptist (Valley)

How Met: On the Sneaky Beans porch, then again at the Old House Depot 4th of July Party where Taylor asked Valley to play stand-up bass on his record, “Nena”

Lived in Jackson: Taylor all his life; Valley most of her life: “I travel-nursed around the country for five years, but always knew I’d come back to Jackson.”

Getting Married: Nov. 10, 2012

JFP Readers Since: The first issue.

Favorite Jackson moment: The CD release party of Taylor’s record, “Nena,” at the War Memorial Building downtown: “So many of our friends helped make Nena happen. ... It was incredible to see all of our friends and family together that night.”

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