Sonny and his wife, Lucille, founded the first Sonny's Real Pit-Bar-B-Q location in Gainesville, Fla., in 1968, with the restaurant eventually becoming the biggest barbecue chain in the U.S. by the ...

Floyd “Sonny” Tillman, the founder of the Sonny’s BBQ restaurant chain, died on Monday, the company said in a news release. He was 96. Family members wrote on social media that Tillman died in his ...

MAITLAND, Fla. — Floyd “Sonny” Tillman, the founder of Sonny’s BBQ, has passed away at the age of 96. Sonny’s BBQ, established in 1968 in Gainesville, FL, is one of the nation’s most beloved barbecue ...

The creator of one of the most iconic Southern barbecue chains in the U.S. has died at 96. Floyd "Sonny" Tillman, the founder of Sonny's BBQ, "passed away peacefully surrounded by family," on Sunday, ...

His grandson, Joe Tillman, shared on X that Sonny "passed away peacefully surrounded by family" Sonny and his wife, Lucille, founded the first Sonny's Real Pit-Bar-B-Q location in Gainesville, Fla., ...