He was just 18 at the time and a haircut cost $1.25. He did not even have to say what style he wanted - he sat in the chair and Davenport got to work.ĭavenport began his life-long career in 1959 after he graduated from Twillie’s Barber School in Norfolk. “I used to get the flat top but I leave it a little longer now that I am thinning like most of us are nowadays,” Baker said, now 54. A picture frame with photos of each generation sit in a showcase so he never misses a name when telling the story.īaker recounted how his father brought him to Davenport’s when he was a boy, and he brought his son in the years that followed.

D.” - the man who had cut their hair, their father’s hair, and sometimes, even their grandfather’s hair.Īfter 63 years, Davenport has stepped away from the chair in his Ocean View shop, and he spent his remaining time giving final cuts - and goodbye hugs - to customers who he said are more like “nephews” that he has watched grow up, become successful, raise families of their own and grow old.ĭavenport, 82, said in the case of one family, “six generations have sat in my chair.” He named the third great-grandfather down to the youngest boy as he counted, his fingers crooked from decades of holding scissors. “One last time,” Rand Baker, the customer, echoed with a twinge of sorrow.Ī half-dozen customers trickled into Davenport’s Barber Shop on a recent weekday afternoon to get one last haircut from “Mr. “One last time,” said Hubert Davenport as he wrapped a barber cape around a customer’s shoulders before grabbing his scissors and shears.

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