Customers Mattered To Lansing Burger Franchisee

Lansing State Journal:

For LeRoy Henry, customers were the best part of owning Lansing’s first Burger King restaurant.

Henry, who died Saturday at age 85, opened his first franchise for the fast-food giant in 1965 on what is now Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. That location no longer exists.

Eventually, Henry owned 7 other franchises. But what he cared about most was his relationships with people, said his daughter, Jane Pierce.

‘He knew everyone and always had a smile on his face,’ she said. ‘We would say, Dad! You can’t talk to these people - we’ve got to take the order.’