MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WBTW) — A 95-year-old man with lung cancer goes to work every day with his son to help him his pressure washing business.
Robert Mclaughlin also drives his own car, changes tires, and mows his lawn. Mclaughlin lives in Murrells Inlet and was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022.
Mclaughlin said the diagnosis hasn’t stopped him from working with his son across the Grand Strand.
“It’s just something in me and I just want to stay busy doing something,” he said.
Mclaughlin has lived along the Grand Strand for 35 years.
He was nine years old when he got his first job delivering newspapers. Then he drove trucks for 40 years.
“I drove a truck for 40 years, so I guess that got me in the habit of getting out and going,” he said.
Mclaughlin then decided to retire.
“And they told me when I retired, the first thing I need to learn to do was get up, get dressed and get out of the house,” he said. “And I pretty well done that.”
Now at 95 years old, he works for his son’s company Gray Man Pressure Washing.