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Buford Hayse Pusser (December 12, 1937 – August 21, 1974) was the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1970, and constable of Adamsville from 1970 to 1972. Pusser is known for his virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution, gambling, and other vices along the Mississippi–Tennessee state line.
Jan 8, 2024 · The sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, from 1964 to 1970, Buford Pusser famously took on the Dixie Mafia — and avenged his wife's death.
Feb 22, 1973 · Walking Tall: Directed by Phil Karlson. With Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Leif Garrett, Dawn Lyn. Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
Buford Pusser was elected sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, on a platform of cleaning up the county, which was regarded as the most corrupt, crime-ridden county in the state, if not the U.S. by some local citizens.
Feb 14, 2024 · State authorities dug up the body of Pauline Pusser, wife of famed McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, in search of an answer to a 56-year-old question — who killed her?
Feb 8, 2024 · Buford Pusser was a basketball star at Adamsville High School in the mid-1950s. At 6-foot-6, he played center, and averaged a tick under 20 points per game.
Feb 9, 2024 · Pauline Pusser was killed 56 years ago in what authorities believe was an ambush meant to kill her husband, then-McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser.
Feb 9, 2024 · Pauline Pusser was killed on Aug. 12, 1967, by gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser.
Aug 24, 2014 · Pusser died seven years later when his car hit an embankment shortly after leaving the county fairgrounds. Friends and family still believe the crash was no accident. Officers on Thursday marked the 40th anniversary of Pusser's death with a trip from the fairgrounds to the crash site.
Oct 8, 2017 · Immortalized by three screen portrayals of his career, Walking Tall (1973), Walking Tall II (1976), and Walking Tall III: The Final Chapter (1977), McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser earned a reputation as a hard-nosed, no nonsense law officer who settled disputes with a large homemade bat.
