Mayberry lost another friend this week with the passing of Russell Hiatt, proprietor of Floyd's City Barbershop on Main Street in Mount Airy. Many of you may have seen the news on Facebook, but I had not seen anything on the Digest yet and am sure many of you who have been to Mount Airy met him and know that he was a special person. Here are a few articles and something that I saw that we can all be a part of in our own way on Friday at 1 pm EST:
"To honor the life and service of Mr. Russell Ray Hiatt, also known as the real life “Floyd” of Mount Airy, we will line Main Street for a moment of silence as his funeral procession goes through downtown on Friday, May 6th at 1:00 p.m." http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/floyd-the-barber-dies-at/article_4a663073-16ae-54ac-9bec-7f3bfe36cedd.html http://www.wxii12.com/news/russell-hiatt-dies-at-92/39364564 http://mtairynews.com/news/40403/mount-airy-icon-russell-hiatt-has-died http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/local/mount-airy-fixture-russell-hiatt-dies-at-92/168376716 Many years ago, Russell told me that he was going to "cut hair for a few more years then quit... for about 10 years, and then come back and work another 20 years. I'll be 101 then and ready to retire." One of my favorite things about Russell (and his customers) was every time people stopped by the shop, he would stop cutting hair to say hello and more than once, the person in the chair would wait patiently while Russell would talk away or show them something new in the shop. I think customers expected getting their haircut by Russell on the weekend was going to take awhile. Rest in Peace, Russell and thank you for 92 years of sharing your Mayberry spirit with us. Jeff _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.wbmutbb.com/
