The GoFundMe page makes mention of Overton’s outstanding achievements over the years. He has earned a number of accolades including: meeting with President Obama in 2013, and in the years since, has appeared as the guest of honor at sporting events and been featured as “America’s Oldest Cigar Smoker” in Cigar Aficionado magazine.
“If you give up, you’re through,” he cautions. “You’re doubting yourself. I don’t know when I come here and I don’t know when I’m going–neither do you. I may give out, but I never give up.”