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Behind most successful people is a mentor, and Dewey Chaffin of Chaffin Excavating in Bedford, Va., was Emmett Mitchell’s trusted advisor.
In 1991, Mitchell was fresh out of high school and seeking a career that didn’t involve his father’s logging business. Excavating, grading...