Water Valley Barber Hangs Up Clippers
Barber Wade Doolin ended a 64-year career last Friday with a final haircut for his son, Robert. He began work in the Deluxe Barber Shop on May 5, 1946, when haircuts were a dime and finished his career in his own shop located in the same building where it began.
– Photo by Jack Gurner
Highlights from Wade Doolin’s career:
• Began working in the Deluxe Barber Shop for Claude Terry May 5, 1946. Haircuts were 10 cents.
• Moved to Chicago in 1952 to work for Water Valley natives Herman and Harvey Tutor.
• Moved back to Water Valley in 1963, worked at Parks Barber Shop in Oxford.
• Moved back to Chicago in late 1963.
• Moved back home to Water Valley and back to the Deluxe Barber Shop in 1967. Stayed in the same building until early 90s, moved a half block south. Shop destroyed by fire in 2002.
• Moved back into the old Deluxe Barber Shop building which was refurbished and finished career where in all began.
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