‘I wanted to stop while I was ahead’Ernestine’s Beauty Shop closing after 62 years on Halls Ferry Road

Published 11:00 pm Saturday, June 30, 2012

Ernestine Boone, 81, left, sits in her shop, Ernestine’s Beauty Shop, on Halls Ferry Road Wednesday with customers, from left, Willie Mae Singleton, Mary Taylor and Rosie Mae Washington. Boone will be closing her beauty shop on July 10, her 82nd birthday, after 62 years of service.

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