Texas woman retires from job at Whataburger after 54 years [Video]

FORNEY, Texas — What a memory Connie Claxton has of her first Whataburger.

“I thought it was the best burger I ever ate,” she said. “And I thought, well I could do that.”

Claxton was a young mom trying to balance raising kids and commuting to an office job in downtown Dallas. The flexible hours of the fast-food industry sounded appealing, and the bonus was – she loved the hamburgers.

“I still eat a junior burger every morning,” she said.

Claxton quit her downtown job and went to work for Whataburger of Mesquite, Inc. – the franchise that owns several Whataburger locations in Dallas and Kaufman Counties.

That was 1970, and she never left–until now.

“I just loved the owners. They loved me. And it just became part …