Posted on 03/19/2009 6:02:38 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Famed Appalachian moonshiner Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times as his hillbilly beard and overalls, took his own life rather than go to prison for making white lightning, his widow says.
“He couldn’t go to prison. His mind would just not accept it. … So I credit the federal government for my husband being dead, I really do,” Pam Sutton told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday from the couple’s home in the Parrottsville community, about 50 miles east of Knoxville.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
Sounds like Pam was tired of him.
That’s sad. :o( RIP.
Good catch. I didn’t notice that.
Honestly, of all the things to worry about right now.
No, that’s a polite hillbilly term, credit=blame.
RIP Popcorn.
Or was he afraid that obama was going to raise his taxes?
More on Tennessee’s Favorite Son, ‘Popcorn.’ ;)
I’ll be making a batch of Dandelion Wine this Spring in his honor. :)
I saw the HBO program. Sad to see the man go that way, but better than rotting in prison.
I had some ‘white lightning’ in Knoxville, once.
Tastes like a toxic defoliant. Horrible stuff.
“Popcorn” sounds like he earned that nick by having an accident or 2 during his time making that corn liquor.
When pot is “legalized” we will see old hippie potheads being hauled off to jail in his place. I woder what their nicknames will be...Pothead? Dopehead? Hacking Hal?
“I had some ‘white lightning’ in Knoxville, once.
Tastes like a toxic defoliant. Horrible stuff.”
You need to try some of the good stuff from Franklin County, Va.
bootlegging ways were as out of step with modern times.
Otherwords Government couldn’t fleece Popcorns pockets.
Homeboy needed to drive to a wet county to the package store.
George Washington went after whisky makers early in his administration (though he made his own whisky in Mt.Vernon and grew hemp too...go figure). So it is nothing new and its not like this is a new O’bambam socialist tax.
For real. While corporate thiefs were busy butt raping us taxpayers and getting off scot free, fed.gov felt the need to spend man hours busting this poor old man.
He looks sort of like George Clooney in the fake beard near the end of O Brother Where Art Thou.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.