Meet the nation’s senior letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. Johnnie Bell celebrated 70 years of service Friday. Bell has worked in Oklahoma City his entire career. His journey began when he was just 23. “Thanks so much for this recognition. This is just something I do because I enjoy doing it,” he said. Bell is humble, a man of few words. When he does speak, everyone listens. Said coworker Stephanie Fiordelisi: “He just loves everyone, and he has a way of just being magic and just drawing everyone together to where they just all felt like family.”As humble as Bell is, what he just accomplished is something to brag about. He has shown up for his job, day after day, for 70 years.“It’s been a great experience to work with him. Seventy years is a blessing,” coworker Willie Taft said.Back when Bell started with the Postal Service, pay was $1.81 an hour. “He is truly a public servant. He has an opportunity every day to interact with customers, which he thoroughly enjoys,” coworker Julie Gosdin said. Said coworker Willie Taffe: “For a guy that’s been here 70 years, he knows this job inside out. It’s clockwork for him.”That dedication means Bell is the longest-tenured Post Office employee in the nation.After some laughs and cake, Bell went back to what he has been doing for the last seven decades: sorting and delivering mail.When it comes to dedicated service and just being an overall good human being, it’s safe to say Bell always delivers. “If there were more Johnny Bells around, then the Postal Service would be a better place. The world would be a better place because that’s just who he is,” Fiodelisi said.
Meet the nation’s senior letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service.
Johnnie Bell celebrated 70 years of service Friday. Bell has worked in Oklahoma City his entire career. His journey began when he was just 23.
“Thanks so much for this recognition. This is just something I do because I enjoy doing it,” he said.
Bell is humble, a man of few words. When he does speak, everyone listens.
Said coworker Stephanie Fiordelisi: “He just loves everyone, and he has a way of just being magic and just drawing everyone together to where they just all felt like family.”
As humble as Bell is, what he just accomplished is something to brag about. He has shown up for his job, day after day, for 70 years.
“It’s been a great experience to work with him. Seventy years is a blessing,” coworker Willie Taft said.
Back when Bell started with the Postal Service, pay was $1.81 an hour.
“He is truly a public servant. He has an opportunity every day to interact with customers, which he thoroughly enjoys,” coworker Julie Gosdin said.
Said coworker Willie Taffe: “For a guy that’s been here 70 years, he knows this job inside out. It’s clockwork for him.”
That dedication means Bell is the longest-tenured Post Office employee in the nation.
After some laughs and cake, Bell went back to what he has been doing for the last seven decades: sorting and delivering mail.
When it comes to dedicated service and just being an overall good human being, it’s safe to say Bell always delivers.
“If there were more Johnny Bells around, then the Postal Service would be a better place. The world would be a better place because that’s just who he is,” Fiodelisi said.
