Spartanburg native has been cutting hair for 58 years

Archie Means, though multi-talented, has cut hair for a lifetime and still maintains shop hours at his location on Kennedy Street, where he has been since 1983.

Means,“ Speedster”, has been a bowling champion, a second baseman for the Spartanburg Sluggers of the Negro League, a truck driver, and a husband and beloved father of productive children.

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His daughter, Shay, is married to Spartanburg Mayor Jerome Rice. Aubrey Lee Means is an executive for an insurance company. Princess Means Jones is the sales director for a national cosmetic company and the CEO of an accounting firm. Archie Means, Jr. is a lacrosse coach.

At 86, Means stays busy. In addition to cutting hair, he threw the first pitch for an honorary Negro League game at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville.

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