Georgia grandmother talks about finding bag of cash in her KFC drive-thru order

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BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia grandmother is revealing why she decided to give back a bag of cash she found in her fast food order.

JoAnn Oliver went to pick up a drive-through sandwich at the KFC on 3rd Street in Jackson on Wednesday. When she got back to work and sat down to enjoy her lunch, she found $543.10 in cash underneath her sandwich.

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“That’s my light bill and some,” Oliver told Channel 2′s Tom Jones during Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 on Friday.

Instead of keeping the cash, Oliver called police.

“I started counting it and when I got to $500, I stopped and just put it back in the envelope, closed the envelope put the sandwich back the way I got it and just slid it to the side until the officer got here,” Oliver said.

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Oliver’s family could have really used the money. She revealed her husband suffered strokes and is battling cancer. Oliver said they are facing medical bills around $2 million.

“For a second. We thought about going shopping” said Oliver. “I said I should have kept a 20. because I’m sitting on E.”

Police learned a worker accidentally placed the restaurant’s daily deposit into the bag.

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“If you don’t do the right thing it’s gonna come back on you,” Oliver said. “I mean It wasn’t mine. I didn’t need to keep it. I’ll get mine in the future.”

KFC refunded the money Oliver paid for her lunch and gave her a free meal.

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