Her business went down in a blaze, but Barbara Thompson’s legacy in Forsyth County will remain - Forsyth News

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great local journalism.

Her business went down in a blaze, but Barbara Thompson’s legacy in Forsyth County will remain

Barbara Thompson holds a Forsyth County News article from the 1970s about the opening of her beauty salon, The Barbara Shoppe, inside the small four-unit shopping center she had built on Dahlonega Highway in downtown Cumming. The building was destroyed by a fire on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. - photo by Ben Hendren

20200115_Thompson_4_web — Barbara Thompson holds a Forsyth County News article from the 1970s about the opening of her beauty salon, The Barbara Shoppe, inside the small four-unit shopping center she had built on Dahlonega Highway in downtown Cumming. The building was destroyed by a fire on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. - photo by Ben Hendren

From the very beginning of her career as a local hair dresser and entrepreneur, Barbara Thompson was ahead of her time.