Is There A Popcorn Sutton Museum? Celebrity

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Popcorn Sutton was a moonshiner who was born in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. In fact, he came from a long line of bootleggers. He considered moonshining his birth rite. Sutton learned to make moonshine at an early age.

To this day Popcorn’s body is still buried in the side yard of his house in Parrotsville, Tennessee, where his widow can ensure no more “vandalism” will occur. Popcorn’s legend continues to grow.

By the time I moved to his part of East Tennessee, Popcorn was a moonshine legend, nationally known in certain circles and a throwback to a time when outlaws, especially white southern outlaws, were embraced.

The man kept his own casket in his living room and his infamous foot stone (“Popcorn said Fuck you”) by the front porch. His headstone had been in place in the cemetery beside his family for over a decade. He knew what he wanted. His last wishes were ignored. In a handwritten will, Popcorn was very clear about his burial.

Where is popcorn sutton distilling?

Popcorn Sutton Distilling. Popcorn Sutton Distilling at 830 US-25W in Newport, Tennessee is the tastiest shine in the Great Smoky Mountains. Popcorn Sutton Original Small Batch Recipe takes its name from its creator, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton, a legendary bootlegger from Cocke County, Tennessee.

De ant by nature, and con dent that his trade was his birthright, Popcorn filmed home movies of his life as a bootlegger and of his distilling process that are readily accessible. In the seven years since his death, the business of Popcorn Sutton’s spirit continues to grow.

Where did Popcorn Sutton live?

Popcorn Sutton spent most of his life in the mountains of Maggie Valley and Cocke County Tennessee (photo courtesy of Sucker Punch Pictures)

Popcorn Sutton’s partner JB siphons the shine at an undisclosed location in the mountains of East Tennessee during the filming of the “This is the Last Dam Run” documentary (photo courtesy of Sucker Punch Pictures)

Still, according to most accounts, Popcorn considered moonshining to be part of his heritage and he set about the family business with gusto.

Popcorn didn’t have any interest in living the life the rest of us lead. Quiet desperation wasn’t his way. At one point in the documentary, he takes a break and tells the camera, he started smoking and drinking at the age of 6, pausing at one point to light one unfiltered cigarette off another.

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