Ricky Cervantes, age 70, is the owner and operator of the R Cervantes Body Shop at 1203 Seminole Rd.
Cervantes was born and raised here and graduated from Lamesa High School in 1969. Cervantes and his his son Ricky Lee service around 50 to 60 cars a year.
Cervantes has over 40 years of experience with auto body and paint and likes to think it shows with his work. He started his own business in 2004.
His journey to owning his own business began when he was still a junior in high school, where he worked under the late Liston Hogg for two ...