At 100 years old, JoCleta Wilson still works and drives herself to her job — just the latest career path for the former dancer and business owner. She’s Home Depot’s oldest employee in the U.S., the company says, working as a cashier in a store in Louisville, Kentucky.
Wilson, who works two mornings a week, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., sought out the job to be around other people and talk with customers.
“I retired three different times — 10 years each time in retirement, and it is not what it’s cracked up to be. I got so tired of myself,” Wilson tells TODAY.com.
“I had to get out of the house and come back to work and see what was going on in society. … I have a lot of fun.”