‘Journey fulfilled’: Earnestine’s Beauty Shop closes after 41 years in South Dallas
Earnestine Tarrant opened her beauty salon in a tiny house on a corner in 1979. After four decades in business, she decided to close on New Year’s Eve.
Earnestine Tarrant switches off the lights on her final working day before retirement at her hair salon in South Dallas on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Tarrant, 80, has been a hair stylist for more than 40 years at her shop, which had become a community fixture serving generations of families. She decided that her last day serving clients would be on New Year’s Eve.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)