Business
BY KAREN CHANEY
Beau Bonner gives Chris Gangi a haircut at the shop.
Palace Barber Shop owner Linda Marshall gives longtime customer Jerry Brooks a haircut.
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Palace Barber Shop continues 133-year-old legacy As customers le through the doors of Palace Barber Shop in downtown McKinney, they either take a seat in the red chairs lining the wall or go immediately to a barber chair. For the most part, customers do not get asked what service they would like performed, nor do they need to volun- Marshall said when she started working at the barber shop, haircuts cost $3, today they are $25. The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday. “I’m not here Sunday and Monday because Sunday is the Lord’s day and Monday is Linda’s day,” Marshall said.
A barber shop has been in existence at 204 E. Louisiana St. in downtown McKinney since 1892.
Marshall said they have watched customers grow up, move away from McKinney and stop by for a haircut when they’re in town. She visits nursing homes to give her longtime customers haircuts and has even given post-mortem haircuts. She nds comfort in her faith when caring for these customers. “Being absent from this body is to be present with the Lord when you know the Lord,” Marshall said. Meet the owner Marshall was born and raised in McKinney. While attending McKinney High School, she took cosmetology classes. Besides working at a nursing home while in high school, and a brief stint at a di erent McKinney barbershop, Marshall has called Palace Barber Shop her work home for over four decades. “When I started working here, the guy custom- ers didn’t want me working here. They all had bets on how long I would stay,” Marshall said. “I love what I do. I love getting up and coming to work.”
teer the information, the service just ensues. “I walk in, sit down and Linda or John already know what I want,” McKinney resident and longtime customer Jerry Brooks said. “I don’t have to tell them anything.” The rst barbershop opened in 1892 at 204 E. Louisiana St. in downtown McKinney and it has been a barbershop since then, current business owner Linda Marshall said. Marshall, who is a McKinney resident, started working as a barber at Palace Barber Shop in 1979 and became the fth business owner in 2007. The set up There are four barbers who work at Palace Bar- ber Shop including Marshall. Beau Bonner consid- ers himself a relative newbie to the occupation in that he only has four years of industry experience. However, he said between the other three barbers, they have over a 100 years of experience. A regular haircut is the top requested service at the barber shop. Shaves, at tops and beard trims are also available.
Palace Barber Shop barbers have over a 100 years of industry experience.
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