Article 67P3V Walmart cashier, 82, finally able to retire after wellwishers’ fundraising effort

Walmart cashier, 82, finally able to retire after wellwishers’ fundraising effort

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Erum Salam
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Navy veteran Warren Butch' Marion plans to pay off house and visit family after businessman raises $100,000 on social media

A Walmart cashier in his 80s, one of scores of Americans forced to continue working into old age, has been able to retire thanks to a collective act of kindness.

Warren Butch" Marion, 82, a US navy veteran from Maryland, got the surprise of a lifetime when he received a check for more than $100,000 after a local business owner, Roy McCarty, organized a collection online.

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