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Pusser died in a car wreck in 1974. He was 36. Buford Pusser, Pauline Pusser shot On Saturday, Aug. 12, 1967, Pusser and his wife were on their way to investigate a complaint before dawn.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi -- As tribute cars go, Glenn Ewing's 1974 Plymouth Gran Fury is something unique. The car is a former sheriff's deputy car from McNairy County, Tenn., where legendary ...
Pauline Pusser was killed by incoming gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a figure whose legend was captured in multiple Hollywood films, including ...
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 ...
She was killed by incoming gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a figure whose legend was captured in the 1973 film “Walking Tall” starring Joe ...
Buford Pusser's life became a national story in 1971 when "The 12th of August," a book by W.R. Morris, was published. The gravesites, the Pusser home, and the memorial marking Buford’s fatal car crash ...
She was killed by incoming gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a figure whose legend was captured in the 1973 film “Walking Tall” starring Joe ...
It's about 20 miles from former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser's house to the spot, or spots, where his wife, Pauline was shot in rural West Tennessee. Past the New Hope United Methodist Church.
Pauline Pusser was killed in McNairy County, Tennessee on Aug. 12, 1967. Pauline and her husband Sheriff Buford Pusser were reportedly together in a car on a "lonely country road" when gunshots ...
She was killed by incoming gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a figure whose legend was captured in the 1973 film “Walking Tall” starring Joe ...
She was killed by incoming gunfire while in a car driven by her husband, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, a figure whose legend was captured in the 1973 film “Walking Tall” starring Joe ...
Pusser said his nickname during his school days was "Buford" after the legendary sheriff. "He (Elam) is an (expletive) in my book," said Ronald Pusser, 60. "I don't understand his motivation." ...