She finally RETIRED! This was the article that ran in the Newton Record the week before:
Mary Carol began her long and illustrious career at Newton County Bank on September 1, 1959 as a mere child, making a starting salary of $160 per month. Sensing her capabilities, her supervisors immediately gave her the task of posting and filing checks. Having proven herself dependable, she was soon entrusted with the responsibility of going across the street to Miley's Grocery on a daily basis to purchase snacks for everyone. During her tenure at NCB, she witnessed many "happenings" in the life of the bank, including the great fire of December 1974.
Her service has been continuous with a brief maternity leave of one month upon the arrival of her daughter, Kimberly. She also missed work for shorter periods when she had her hysterectomy and gall bladder operations. Being such a dedicated and devoted employee, she continued to work while being plagued with a horrendous case of shingles at which time she could only wear loose-fitting clothes. She also continued to work with a stress fracture in her foot, incurred by so many trips across the lobby to the note department, not to mention the many work-related paper cuts, bad-hair, and-one-earring-doesn’t-match-the-other days. Perhaps evidence of her loyalty was most pronounced when she had the unfortunate fall of 2001 in the bank lobby several years ago, just before her daughter’s wedding. She suffered a cut on her left cheek that required several stitches which were covered with a large bandage with a neon green tab -- but did she take time off work? NO, she continued to greet customers in this humiliating state, all the time answering the questions of "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" Mary Carol also survived a kitten attack on the bank's premises which resulted in a trip to the doctor for a shot (appropriately filed under Workman's Comp).
During their careers, she and Sherryl have been selected on numerous occasions to attend exciting loan documentation meetings in Jackson, MS.
After retirement, Mary Carol plans to, first and foremost, spend more time with her #1 daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. Additionally she will keep busy serving on the Newton Arts Commission, the Fix-Up Pappaw’s House Committee, and teaching the 5-year old Sunday School class at her church.
(Retirement Party Attendees)
1 comment:
That is one of the funniest things I've ever read!!
I cannot believe that your mom has worked at the bank for 47 years. I will never, ever even come close to achieving that kind of consistency at something. She is amazing.
So glad y'all got to go down there for such an important event. Congrats, Macy!
The burning question on my mind, of course, is this: DID THE JDT COME HOME WITH YOU? Or is it just a Macy and G-D treat?
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