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Wesley Lee helps prepare food at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Wesley Lee helps prepare food at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
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Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel
A Checkers Restaurant and food mart owned by the Lee family along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
A Checkers Restaurant and food mart owned by the Lee family along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel
Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel
Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Wesley Lee poses for a photo at his newly opened Checkers Restaurant along Winfield-Dunn Parkway in Kodak, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Wesley and his father Terry own and manage over 40 businesses in three states.
Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel