I have not been keeping up with the news lately and today, I read my favorite newspaper on line, The Mountaineer. I was shocked to learn in a story written by Beth Pleming that Popcorn Sutton had decided to take his own life. This horrible decision by Sutton was made just a couple of days before he was supposed to report to a Kentucky prison to begin his 8 month sentence.
See my January 30th post in this blog for a story about Popcorn's trial.
From The Mountaineer (story dated March 18, 2009)
"Just days before 62-year old Marvin 'Popcorn' Sutton was expected to report to a Kentucky penitentiary, Western North Carolina's most notorious moonshiner took his life in the front seat of his "three jar Ford" - a John Deere green 1982 Fairmont, with bright yellow rims and an orange bumper for which he traded 3 gallons of liquor.
Sutton was discovered dead shortly before 4 p.m. by his wife of almost two years, Pam, who told detectives she returned from running errands to find her husband's body in his vehicle a short distance from their Parrotsville home. Cocke County Sheriff's detectives said it appears Sutton died of carbon monoxide poisoning and have ruled out any suspicion of foul play".
It is so sad that this poor soul did not ask God to help him through his torment. If only he had proclaimed his faith and believed that God was the only answer to his inner peace and survival, he could have served his 8 month sentence and gone home to live out his days in peace and contentment. I will keep his family in my prayers and hope you will too.
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