Barely audible over a cacophony of slot machines is the voice of beverage server Lennie Edwards, “Would you like a drink!” Edwards walks 11 miles each night from 12 to 8 am carrying a 25-pound tray of non-alcoholic drinks for patrons of Harrah’s Cherokee Casino in Cherokee, N.C.  Now at 62 years old, she will no longer drive 40 minutes from her home in Bryson City in her purple eye shadow.  Instead, she will heading off for a new life with her husband as a truck-driving couple.

“Lot of people say it’s a job, I don’t think so. I just have fun.”

-Lennie Edwards

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