The festival begins 1 p.m. Saturday, July 6, with a car show and actor Sonny Shroyer receiving the key to the city. A tribute to the late Burt Reynolds is 1-5 p.m. Sunday, July 7. A question-and ...
Sonny Shroyer was born in Valdosta, Georgia, a small city on the Georgia-Florida border. Shroyer, whose given name is Otis Burt Shroyer Jr., grew up steeped in the traditions of the deep South.