Hope Montgomery beat cancer before she turned 2, only a short time after her parents beat the odds in a battle with drug addiction.
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Adam and Amanda Montgomery at the Lighthouse Church in Oxford. Photo by Stephen Gross / The Anniston Star
Photo by Stephen Gross / The Anniston Star
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