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Leigh DePue grew up in a military town.

It's called St. Mary's Georgia.

It's right on the border with Florida.

After high school, he joined the Marines.

But when he got hurt in Desert Storm, he came back to St. Mary's looking to slow things

down a bit.

So, he switched careers and became a barber.

And when he got married, his wife became a barber too.

And they had kids, their son also became a barber and then their daughter.

And a few years ago, they decided to open their own shop, Liberty Barber Shop, a family

shop.

And it's a busy shop.

People know Leigh and St. Mary's and he knows them most of the time.

I go to a grocery store and I'll see some and they'll say, hey, Leigh, what are you doing?

I'll say, hey, turn around so I can know who you are.

Leigh, we're not at the back of everyone's head is different.

It's like a fingerprint.

When COVID came down to Georgia, Leigh's business ground to a halt.

During normal times, they used to do more than 100 haircuts a day.

Then it got to the point where we were doing like five haircuts a day, six haircuts a day.

So two days before they ordered us to shut down, I voluntarily told my staff, I said, listen,

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