Puritan Dry Cleaning and Laundry owner David Shipp was named the Jerry Barboe Small Business Person of the Year by the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce at the Thursday evening after-hours expo. Shipp, 52, chairs the Chamber governmental committee and is the third generation to run Puritan Dry Cleaning and Laundry, which has been in the area for more than 80 years. "This is what we're talking about," said presenter and guest speaker Rockdale County Superior Court Judge David Irwin as Shipp, surprised and somewhat embarassed at the honor, walked up.
Shipp named Small Business Person of the Year