'Turning Heads' Turns Heads With Style And Grace For 25 Years
ALTON - Turning Heads Beauty Salon is a family business that literally has been “turning heads” with their style and grace for 25 years in Alton. The beauty salon is located at 1803 Central Avenue, Alton. Owner Noel Bratton started the business two and a half decades ago and now her son, James Bratton, Jr. also known as Tony, a barber, her daughter, Cherrie Smith, a stylist, and new addition LaShawn Hubbard, a stylist/braider, join her in her business. Noel is so proud of her other daughter, Joanna Thomas, who is a St. Louis chiropractor, and says her daughter keeps her and the rest of her family adjusted to perform the best they can on the job. Noel and her husband, James, have been married for 40 years. She said she loves working with her family in the beauty salon. She started the salon 25 years ago when her husband took a break from Shell Oil. Her husband, James, is also good at cutting hair, Noel said. She worked at Central Hardware for 15 years and by the time