‘My Heart is For [My Wife], and [My Wife] is For Me’

BY KEISA SHARPE | Special to the Birmingham Times “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If you would like to be considered for a future “Hello’’ column, or know someone, please send nominations to Barnett Wright bwright@birminghamtimes.com. Include the couple’s name, contact number(s) and what makes their love story unique. RICCO AND DENISE MCADORY Live: Irondale Married: April 6, 2002 Met: July 1998 at Denise’s home church – First Baptist Church Booker Heights – for a Women’s Day program. That Sunday evening, as Denise sang in the choir and Ricco played the organ, they had no idea their paths would cross. Ricco jokingly said Denise “couldn’t keep her eyes off of him” which she said isn’t exactly true. They spoke after the program, but there was nothing after that initial meeting, or at least not immediately. Ricco’s mother and father were also on program at that event where they first met. First date: About a year after their initial meeting, in 1999, they reconnected again at Denise’s home church. Ricco came back out to play the organ again after visiting from his home church, Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Bessemer that, his...