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TikTok raised over $100,000 for an 82-year-old Walmart cashier after a viral video. Now the U.S. Navy veteran can finally retire

by Sumbul Farid
January 10, 2023
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An elderly employee at Walmart has had their life completely changed after TikTokers raised over $100,000 so that they could retire.  On Wednesday, he worked his last shift, thanks to a TikToker who helped raise more than $100,000 for the old man and U.S. Navy veteran.

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Butch Marion, of Cumberland, Maryland, was finally able to retire after getting a check for $108,682 in online donations from a fundraiser initiated at GoFundMe. It was organized by Rory McCarty, whose posts about Marion, a widower, went viral on the social media platform.

McCarty wrote on the GoFundMe page, “As a business owner and knowing how hard it’s been to try to find good help for my business I was astounded seeing this little older man still grinding working 8 to 9 hour shifts.”

A video shared on Fox5  revealed Marion leaving his last shift, carrying balloons, as he entered a parking lot filled with friends and loved ones clapping and cheering to celebrate his retirement. Later on, the old Navy veteran accepted a check from McCarty, both men teary-eyed.

“I love you, man,” McCarty told Marion as he handed him the check.

McCarty owns an extermination business called Bug Boys, and has developed a following on TikTok with videos that show him ridding homes of creepy crawlies. His first post introducing Marion, shared on Dec. 16, got more than 3.3 million views.

On the GoFundMe page, McCarty wrote that he was inspired after seeing a video of a fellow TikToker raising money for another older Walmart employee who wasn’t financially able to retire. While buying batteries at the Cumberland store, he met Marion, who was working as his cashier that day.


McCarty wrote on GoFundMe, “I wanted to help this navy veteran to live the remainder of his years traveling to see his kids in Florida. Get him off his feet for 8 hrs at a time. And do the things he would love to do that he may not be able to for financial reasons.”

Since Marion’s retirement, the GoFundMe has amassed an additional $12,500 from donors. According to Fox 5 reporter David Kaplan, McCarty has since invited Marion out to his farm in Cumberland, where the two rode ATVs and had “a really good time.” McCarty also shared videos of their hangout on TikTok.

Kaplan said, “They said they have forged a friendship that they’re going to have for years to come.
For his future plans, Fox 5 said Marion plans to take it easy,
“He says he wants to sit by the river and have a beer and enjoy his life, which now he’ll be able to do.”

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