What happened to Roy Grooms from Moonshiners? Updates on wife and family

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American reality star Roy Grooms is a moonshine maker and appeared on the Discovery Channel show Moonshiners. The thrilling and exciting show, Moonshiners, had more than 3 million viewers on its first show and has been growing since then. Read along to know more about Roy Groom's personal life, his wife, and children. Also, find out what the Moonshiners is about and how the Moonshiners cast avoids getting in trouble.

Roy Grooms Bio

Roy Grooms was born on December 6, 1949, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. At the age of 71, Roy passed away at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC, USA. Roy’s full name is Roy Linville Grooms. He lived a simple life enjoying simple things effortlessly. Roy loved everybody and his quick wit made his fans laugh in every episode of Moonshiners.

Roy was a giving person, never asking anything in return. Here’s a sweet and adorable video of him talking to his two little fans.

A native of Haywood Country, Roy was the son of the late Garfield and Dorothy Hanna Grooms and he was married to Kathleen Rutherform Grooms. He had a beautiful daughter, Allison Grooms, with his wife. 

He is survived by his sisters, Patricia Grooms and Betty Effinger, and his brother, Kenny Grooms.

What happened to Roy Grooms?

Roy Grooms and Mike Woody

Roy L. Grooms died on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC, USA.

His memorial service ceremony took place at Townson-Smith Chapel on Sunday, February 25, 2018. His memorial services followed at Carver Cemetery. On Feb 22, 2018, his daughter, Allison Grooms, shared a heartfelt post regarding her father’s funeral ceremony on Facebook.

She wrote, "We are having Daddy's funeral Sunday. We are having a celebration of life party for him at the Hillbilly Winter Jam in Maggie Valley at the Rendezvous this weekend. He was looking forward to seeing everybody and would want us to carry on by telling the stories he told and sharing memories of him”

You can also share your condolences on his tribute wall and even plant a tree in the memory of Roy from here.

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What is Moonshiners about? How do Moonshiners cast not get arrested?


The American docudrama reality series Moonshiners is about producing moonshine in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina Tennessee, and Virginia. The show dramatizes and overstates their liquor production efforts, law-evading techniques, and life.

One of the biggest questions fans of the show have is that how do Moonshiners cast members not get into trouble?

The Moonshiners cast has a license from their respective states of residence to make alcohol and also the cast revealed in one of the interviews that once the show is on the air there are no retroactive arrests made for any wrongdoing. Supposedly you have to get caught in the act.

At the same time, Virginia authorities have already cleared the viewers by saying people portrayed on the show do not produce illegal liquor.

The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced, "If illegal activity was taking place, the Virginia ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement would have taken action.

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When will Moonshiners Season 11 be released?

Moonshiners first season premiered on December 6, 2011. Since then moonshining business was and is booming. In 2020, the successful and thriving show was renewed for the 10th season, which came to an end on April 6, 2021.

As they usually leave a year between each season, the 11th season of Moonshiners might be returning at the end of this year.

Watch the latest season of ‘Moonshiners’ on Discovery+ and the Discovery Channel.

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