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ST. GEORGE — In small town St. George, his contemporaries say Richard Lister is a barber legend.
"In the barber community, he's like, the biggest legend that outsiders might not know about. He's been here forever," Nicholas Faz, the new owner of Rabbits & Rocketships Barbershop, told St. George News.
And after a 50-year run, Lister is putting down his shears and retiring from the trade in June.
"I'm stepping away because I'm 81 years old," Lister said. "I've had many strokes and open heart surgery. I've dealt with prostate cancer. I've been very lucky to do what I've been able to do."
He's lived a long life of working and hardship. Unannounced, his mother took off to Idaho one day when he was just 14 years old. Then his father went up to the mountains and offered only a few words on his way out: "I'll be back this fall."
