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  • Before each customer takes a seat Harris holds the chair so it wil not spin when a customer sits down.
  • At the start of everyday Harris gets to work a little early to drink coffee and to read the newspaper. The barber shop opens at 8am, but Harris typically gets there at 7:45am.
  • Charles Ray Harris trims the hair of a customer. Harris has been been cutting hair for over 40 years. "Being a barber is an up close and personal profession," Harris said.
  • Boden Diel, 2, gets a trim, while he holds a couple of the toys the barber shop has. "He (Harris) has cut four generations of my families hair," said Amanda Diel, Boden's mother.
  • A customer gets his haircut by Harris. Harris said he gives 12-15 haircuts a day, which he has been doing for over 50 years.
  • Three-year-old Cejay Riley plays with her grandfather, John Riley, while he waits for his turn to get a haircut.
  • As Barbie Hill holds her two-year-old son, Mason Oliver, while he screams, and Brenda LaRue gives him a haircut, Harris takes a break while he doesn't have a customer to read the newspaper.
  • As a customer gets ready to leave, Harris comforts him about the economy.
  • Bill Clapp, 81, is the director of the card room on the third floor of the Graves County Courthouse, where men get together to play cards.
  • Haley Conder, 16, enjoys a moment with her 5 month boyfriend Ryan McReynolds, 17, on her birthday.

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