Walmart widower, 82, retires after viral TikTok video helped raise $100,000 for him: Maryland Army veteran says he feels like a ‘new man’ after sweet gesture

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(Source: The Daily Mail)

  • Butch Marion, 82, was working 40-hour weeks as a cashier at Walmart in Cumberland, Maryland when he served avid TikTok user Rory McCarty
  • McCarty decided to start a GoFundMe to help the man into retirement 
  • On Wednesday, the hardworking Navy Veteran walked out of his job at Walmart for the final time and was presented with a check for $108,000

An elderly Walmart employee has been able to retire after a kind customer started up a GoFundMe for him – and raised more $100,000 after posting him on TikTok. 

Navy veteran Butch Marion, 82, was working 40-hour weeks as a cashier at Walmart in Cumberland, Maryland when he served avid social media user Rory McCarty. 

McCarty was just buying some batteries – but had been inspired by a video where a woman start a GoFundMe for another Walmart employee to help her retire early. 

With his grand plan in mind to start his own fund for the elderly man, McCarty said: ‘I just wanted to put something in motion and the Lord did the rest.’

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