"Popcorn" Sutton

[OKSTATEjiggy]

Anybody ever heard of Popcorn Sutton? Sho do wish I knew him!

[stinkies daddy]

Anybody ever heard of Popcorn Sutton? Sho do wish I knew him!

he's an old feller that makes white liquor in west virginia

[speckfinder]

i think he died recently

[stinkies daddy]

he died 3/17/09
Moonshiner ?Popcorn? Sutton may have committed suicide Knoxville News Sentinel

[popperonahead]

popcorn sutton was a convicted felon who killed himself cause he didn't want to go back to prison. he made shine in the hills of nc and didn't wanna pay those damned revenuers their tax money on his likker.

folks in his parts looked at him as a hero of sorts.

another dead criminal is all. nothing to see here.

[Bluegill Bill]

Yes, I admired Popcorn and happen to have some of his fine product in my fridge and everytime we see him on The History Channel or anywhere else on TV, we'll take a sip just to remember him. Matter of fact I poured some into a little bottle and put it on my shelf so I would always have some of Popcorns fine fixings. He was a Folk Hero around the North Carolina and Tennessee mountains and so what if he was doing the only thing he knew to make money and provide for his family. At least he wasen't out robbing stores and people because he was too sorry to work like alot of folks out there now. We and my friends take a motorcycle trip to Waynesville North Carolina every year and we've always brought back some of Popcorns happiness. Not everyone who breaks the law is a criminal or every polititian in America would be in jail, thanks for listening to my rant. RIP Popcorn.

[Bluegilll]

popcorn sutton was a convicted felon who killed himself cause he didn't want to go back to prison. he made shine in the hills of nc and didn't wanna pay those damned revenuers their tax money on his likker.

folks in his parts looked at him as a hero of sorts.

another dead criminal is all. nothing to see here.

That was the laws story...his family reported he died from natural causes...So which is true? I dont know nor do I care all I do know he was a good ole hillbilly like the rest of us.Ive sipped on his product b4 & would like to again (probably wont happen now tho).RIP Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton

[popperonahead]

That was the laws story...his family reported he died from natural causes...So which is true? I dont know nor do I care all I do know he was a good ole hillbilly like the rest of us.Ive sipped on his product b4 & would like to again (probably wont happen now tho).RIP Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton

well gud fer u. i like whiskey myself. never much cared for that rot gut white lightnin. i like it aged in an oak barrel for a few years to add some nice flavor and color to it. if'n i'd wanted to drink rubbin' alkyhal i'd go down to the five and dime or da' piggly wiggly and buy me some.

it's good to have heros. popcorn sutton wasn't and isn't one.

[Festus_Haggen]

I got me sum of that home-made whizzzkey that was aged in a Jake Danieels barell one of my friends in upper East TN has an old farmer friend that still makes it. hicccccccccup

[OKSTATEjiggy]

I stumbled across a show about Popcorn and just kinda liked the guy. Sure, he was breaking the law, but that's one of those laws that deserves to be broken. Sure, if someone gets caught breaking that law, then they deserve what's coming to them, because it is illegal and they know it's illegal. BUT, he simply supplied a demand. And no, I don't think it's fair to liken this to other things like the dealer of hardcore drugs, because there is a legal aspect with alcohol. He just did it on his own, avoiding the Revenuers and making profit, just as his dad and grandfather did. He didn't really hurt anybody that we know of, just wanted to ply his trade in the hills. I kinda like the guy.