Is Lizard Lick towing still going? Where Ronnie and Amy Shirley are now

If you were an avid cable TV viewer in the early 2010s, there’s a good chance you were Lizard Lick towing was part of your weekly rotation. The truTV The series originally ran for four seasons and 91 episodes, from 2011 to 2014, following the repossession of vehicles by Lizard Lick Towing & Recovery near Wendell, North Carolina.

The show centered on husband-and-wife team Ronnie and Amy Shirley, who founded the business in 1998 with a single truck before growing it into a 15-person operation with a fleet of 20 trucks over the following decade. On camera, Ronnie and his crew tracked down vehicles from reluctant owners while Amy dealt with the fallout back at headquarters.

More than a decade after the cameras stopped rolling, Ronnie and Amy are still together and still running the business.

The couple remains active on social media with over a million TikTok followers and nearly 171,000 Facebook likes, according to a 2023 report.

According to MEAWWAmy is a published author who has written a cookbook, Gluten free in Lizard Lick. Ronnie is also an ordained minister who has worked with troubled teenagers in his community.

Along with the Shirleys, the show featured a memorable supporting cast.

Bobby Brantley, Ronnie’s best friend, originally came on board after Ronnie took over his truck. He went on to become the show’s unpredictable co-lead. After his exit from the show, the TV personality resurfaced in the 2015s The Lonely Curse.

Elaine McGilveary, known as Big Juicy, ran the front office and was a fan favorite. She is committed to raising her three children.

Krazy Dave Eckler, who rounded out the core team, has continued to rise in the spotlight. Pursuing his passion for music, he has been working on the musical effort called “Rocky Cross Project”.

On February 17, 2022, Ronnie’s son, Harley Alexander “Alex” Shirley, 21, was fatally shot on Josephine Road in Johnston County, North Carolina, after attending a memorial balloon release for a friend who had died in a car accident, according to Associated Press.

A friend sitting next to him, Sophie Hagy, was also shot and left permanently paralyzed from the waist down, WRAL news reported.

Nathan Christopher Jackson, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a vehicle causing serious injury. He was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 40 years, the maximum allowed under North Carolina law for a juvenile offender. Another shooter, Joshua Christopher Stewart, was sentenced in July 2025.

Speaking outside the courthouse after the sentencing, Ronnie told reporters: “If I leave this courthouse and this trial with anything else, I want people to know that you have to learn to forgive no matter what and you have to learn to love no matter how hard it is.”

A fifth suspect in the case, Ferrell Nicolas Jackson, was identified by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office and according to WRAL newsarrested as late as June 2025.

Despite the tragedy, the Shirleys continue to run their business and maintain an active following long after truTV era ended.