Ms. Adeline, South Bend's 91-Year-Old Barber Shop Owner
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Ms. Adeline Wigfall-Jones has been cutting hair at 1131 West Washington Street in South Bend since 1976. She is 91 years old.
Her shop, Wigfall Barbershop, persists decades after most businesses have closed in her neighborhood that was once the city’s premier black-owned business district, and her customers span generations.
We spent a typical Saturday, from 6:57 am to 4:49 pm, at the barbershop with Ms. Adeline and asked: “when are you going to stop?”
Ms. Adeline is the debut of Corner Store, a short film project between Chuck Fry, Ryan Blaske, and Jacob Titus.