March 19, 2009

Widow: Moonshiner took his life to avoid prison

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 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.

Of thee I sing, Popcorn Sutton. Of thee I sing.