Sheriff Buford Pusser's fame reached beyond McNairy County in the 1960s and 70s. In fact, he ran in the same circles as Elvis ...

Buford Pusser died in a single car accident at age 36 in 1974. His Corvette hit an embankment on Highway 64 at a high-rate of speed. Elam knows his theories about the case aren't always popular.

Buford Pusser only lived to see the first movie. He died leaving the McNairy County Fairground in August 1974 when he lost control of his Corvette, crashing into an embankment on U.S. 64 near his ...

What was the cause of death of the wife of iconic Sheriff Buford Pusser in 1967? That question is now being examined by the ...

Buford Pusser was rushed to McNairy County General ... County Fairground in August 1974 when he lost control of his Corvette, crashing into an embankment on U.S. 64 near his hometown, The ...

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? A tip led the ...

MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 56 years after Pauline Pusser was shot and killed in an ambush likely meant for her husband—Sheriff Buford Pusser—investigators with the Tennessee ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The body of Pauline Pusser, the wife of “Walking Tall” Sheriff Buford Pusser, was exhumed from an Adamsville, Tenn. cemetery Thursday following a recent tip to authorities.

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 ...

Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. Officials said the unexpected ...