![]() Sutton's wife, Pam, whom they also befriended, would usually sit in the car and wait on him, sometimes for as long as an hour.īecause of the friendship that developed, Sutton will now indeed be a character on their shelves. I don't think he was ready to get back in the car and go home." "He really couldn't do anything else," Morse said. Because his location device was programmed to allow him to go to the chiropractor, he could apparently wander a few feet across the street and parking lot to the store without any alarm sounding.Īs a result, the bookstore visit became about his only respite away from his home in Cocke County. Morse, the store's owner, said Sutton was on house arrest at the time and awaiting federal sentencing after pleading guilty to making illegal liquor. ![]() "He was really an interesting man, not somebody you would meet every day. "I just really enjoyed his company," said Harris, who admitted she was shocked when she first saw him. ![]() Nearly every Thursday last summer and fall, the moonshiner would come and visit their business after being treated at Bearden Chiropractic across Papermill Drive in West Knoxville. ![]() Mark Morse and Allison Harris of Bent Corners used bookstore quickly learned that Popcorn Sutton was as interesting as any character found inside the books on their shelves. ![]()
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