Earl Whitehead of North Chicago, who barbered for more than 60 years, including nearly 52 years at his own shop, a bright blue building at 712 S. Genesee St. in Waukegan, died Monday from complications of a stroke. He was 85. | Sun-Times Media file
Earl Whitehead
May Street in Waukegan is dedicated to Rev. Earl Whitehead, 84, who has a barbershop on the corner and is celebrating 50 years as a barber. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
WAUKEGAN — The proprietor of Lake County’s oldest black-owned barbershop is dead. Earl Whitehead of North Chicago, who barbered for more than 60 years, including nearly 52 years at his own shop, a bright blue building at 712 S. Genesee St. in Waukegan, died Monday …
