Outside an Akron barbershop, a reserved parking sign marks the space saved for Johnny Coatter.
For decades, Coatter owned and operated J.R. Coatter’s Hairstyling, serving hundreds of men and boys with haircuts, shaves and beard trims. Then his body told him it was time to step away from the chair.
He had come to terms with retirement — but not without leaving his longtime clients with someone to care for them…