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JoCleta Wilson Is on the Cusp of 100 and Refuses to Retire; KY’s Home Depot Loves Her – RedState

Another Feel-Good Friday homage to the centenarians! 

JoCleta Wilson will be 100 on October 4. She doesn’t look a day over 70. For Wilson, a former dancer who owned Louisville Dance Academy in Louisville, KY for 40 years, age is just a number. Wilson works two mornings a week at the Louisville Home Depot and is the oldest Home Depot employee in the country. You’ll find Wilson’s smiling face there from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., as that is when Wilson says she can give 100 percent. She jokes that after that, you only get 50 percent of her! People half her age can’t even give that much, and that’s a fact. They could learn some lessons from Wilson on energy and longevity.

Wilson was born in Louisville in 1924. She turns 100 years old this Oct. 4. She started working at Home Depot two years ago. 

“That is because I want to communicate with people,” she said. “If you are not…

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