MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Investigators have implicated him in the death of his wife, but support from some for the larger-than-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser remains strong. The Sheriff ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Sheriff Buford Pusser’s fame reached beyond McNairy County in the 1960s and 70s. In fact, he ran in ...
One of many photos of Buford Pusser on display at the Buford Pusser Home & Museum.Ray Di Pietro for BI Pauline Pusser was the wife of a sheriff, so her chores were a bit unusual. She cooked meals for ...
No one made a conscious decision to designate McNairy County, Tennessee, the center of the Buford Pusser universe—at least not in the beginning. There were no focus groups or public meetings to build ...
A sheriff whose crusade against corruption inspired a string of Hollywood films is now suspected by Tennessee authorities of killing his wife before 1973’s “Walking Tall” was released, in a dramatic ...
SOMERVILLE, Tenn. — An investigation implicating Sheriff Buford Pusser in the death of his wife Pauline Pusser in 1967 a big topic of conversation in the county where he became the “Walking Tall” ...
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Sheriff Buford Pusser’s fame reached beyond McNairy County in the 1960s and 70s. In fact, he ran in the same circles as Elvis, Billy Graham and big politicians at the ...