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‘Ketchup in her blood’: 72-year-old retires after 39 years at McDonald’s

by Pat Coate | January 21, 2009
"In the fast food business, which has a turnover rate of 300 percent, to have someone stay for 39 years kind of breaks all those records."
- Ray Justice, 75, franchise owner

Stockbridge, Georgia, USA - Nell Pierce-Boykin, of Stockbridge, is 72 years old and definitely a people person.

On Dec. 14, her son, Dwayne Pierce, of Senoia, Ga., won $750,000 in a Georgia State Lottery scratch-off game ... With the money from his winnings, he replaced her '94 Buick with a new Toyota Camry, and paid off the mortgage on her house.

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