The couple remains active on social media, with more than one million followers on TikTok and nearly 171,000 likes on Facebook.
If you were an avid cable TV watcher in the early 2010s, there’s a good chance you Lizard Licking Trailer It was part of their weekly rotation. He TruTV The series originally aired for four seasons and 91 episodes, from 2011 to 2014, following Lizard Lick Towing & Recovery’s vehicle recovery operations near Wendell, North Carolina.
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The show focused on husband and wife team Ronnie and Amy Shirley, who founded the company 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 team located and recovered vehicles from reluctant owners, while Amy handled the fallout at headquarters.
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The cast, then and now
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 more than one million followers on TikTok and nearly 171,000 likes on Facebook, according to a 2023 report.
According MEAWWAmy is a published author and has written a cookbook. Gluten Free at Lizard Lick. Ronnie is also an ordained minister who has worked with troubled teens in his local community.
Along with the Shirleys, the show featured a memorable supporting cast.
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Bobby Brantley, Ronnie’s best friend, originally joined after Ronnie got his truck back. He then became the show’s unpredictable co-star. Following her departure from the show, the television personality appeared on the 2015 series. The lonely curse.
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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 main team, has continued to rise in the spotlight. He pursues his passion for music and has worked on the musical endeavor called “Rocky Cross Project.”
Ronnie Shirley’s son killed in 2022 shooting
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 balloon launch in memory of a friend who had died in a car accident, according to The Associated Press.
A friend sitting next to her, Sophie Hagy, was also shot and permanently paralyzed from the waist down. WRAL News reported.
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Nathan Christopher Jackson, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was found guilty 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. A second shooter, Joshua Christopher Stewart, was sentenced in July 2025.
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Speaking outside court after the sentencing, Ronnie told reporters: “If I leave this court and this trial with anything else, I want people to know that you have to learn to forgive no matter what, and that 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 in June 2025.
Despite the tragedy, the Shirleys continue to run their business and maintain an active following long after the tragedy. TruTV it was over.
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