Tim McGraw's mom pays off layaway orders at Macclenny Walmart

Betty Trimble, the mother of country music superstar Tim McGraw, paid off several customers' layaway orders at the Macclenny Walmart on Tuesday. Deborah Jackson said Trimble (right) paid her daughter-in-law Kayla's layaway balance of $232.

MACCLENNY, Fla. — A country music superstar's mother made a difference for several families this holiday season.

Tim McGraw's mother, Betty Trimble, made sure some deserving families have a merry Christmas.

Another shopper, Jessica Lumpkin, said she didn't even have anything on layaway -- but Trimble handed her a card with $30 in it and told her to buy something for her daughter.

Trimble paid off several customers' layaway orders Tuesday at the Walmart in Macclenny.

Shopper Deborah Jackson said Trimble told people she was playing Secret Santa and was excited to pay the layaway balances.

Trimble has ties to Northeast Florida. She went to Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville and her mother lived in Glen St. Mary.

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