This Inspirational Grandmother Has Retired After Working At The Same Company For 74 Years
The Michael Berry Show
KTRH
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Michael Berry Show. |
| 0:01.8 | Let's start with a good news story. |
| 0:04.4 | In North Texas grandmother retires from dillards. |
| 0:09.4 | After 74 years of working there, |
| 0:14.6 | she started as an elevator operator in Tyler |
| 0:19.6 | back in 1949, the story from KLTV Tyler. |
| 0:24.6 | KLTV Tyler. |
| 0:30.3 | 90 year old Melba Me Bayne is retiring after working at this same |
| 0:34.6 | dillard store for 74 years, formally known as another |
| 0:38.8 | department store until 1956. |
| 0:41.6 | She kind of had out most of the fellow employees and all |
| 0:46.8 | retired and it was kind of a new generation. |
| 0:49.6 | So she decided to maybe maybe time to go do something |
| 0:54.4 | It all goes back to 1949 when Melba started as an elevator |
| 0:58.6 | operator. She later worked in the men's clothing department |
| 1:02.2 | and eventually stayed in Cosmetology. |
| 1:04.7 | I love everybody there and I love to go to work here every day. |
| 1:08.7 | She loved, she really enjoyed the conversations with the people. |
| 1:12.2 | Vice President of dillards Drew Dillard-Mathini has known Melba for 65 years. |
| 1:18.1 | She is the happiest, most up person. |
| 1:21.0 | She gives so much service to the community. |
| 1:23.5 | She's made so many friends. |
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