Fri Dec 28, 8:22 PM ETVideo interview with Melina, conducted at her Luby's restaurant.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - For nearly seven years Melina Salazar did her best to put on a smile and tend to the every need of her most loyal and cantankerous customer.
She made sure his food was as hot as he wanted, even if it meant he burned his mouth. And she smiled through his demands and curses. The 89-year-old Walter "Buck" Swords obviously appreciated it, leaving the waitress $50,000 and a 2000 Buick when he died.
"I still can't believe it," the Luby's cafeteria employee told Harlingen television station KGBT-TV in an interview during which she described Swords as "kind of mean."
Swords, a World War II veteran, died in July. But Salazar learned just a few days before Christmas that he had left her the money and car.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Melina Salazar's Merry Christmas
Courtesy of WWII veteran Walter "Buck" Swords. AP:
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I am so glad Walter M. Swords gave $50,000 tip to his waitress in his will after he went home to be with the Lord. He has no family of his own, and he has a heart of gold. Salazar was in shock after he is no longer living and vaya con Dios.
Best wishes. God bless him and his friends.
I am with you. God bless him and his friends, and also Ms. Salazar.
There is another case similar to Salazar and Swords. Jack Lemons went Home to be with the Lord and gave a tip in his will to the newspaper delivery person, Kent Eberhardt. God bless him and his friends.
A nice story about Jack Lemmon. Thanks for sharing it.
Gcotharn, you have been thinking of Jack Lemmon, the actor. That Jack Lemons is spelled like that and he is absolutely no relation to the actor. Jack Lemons' full name is Jack H. Lemons.
oops. Thanks for clearing that up for me!
I found a story remarkably resembles Walter Swords and Melina Salazar's:
Colin Gilbert left behind 1000 pounds to the waitress to Thelma Morman on his will.
Thank you for the Colin Gilbert information. I love these stories!
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