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Buford Pusser was born in Finger, McNairy County, Tennessee, on December 12, 1937, [3] the son of Helen (née Harris) and Carl Pusser. [4] His father was the police chief of Adamsville, Tennessee. [5] Buford Pusser was a high-school football and basketball player and was 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall. He joined the United States Marine Corps ...
Kirksey Nix. Kirksey McCord Nix Jr. (born 1943) is the former boss of the Dixie Mafia. [1][2] He was a suspect in the assassination attempt on Sheriff Buford Pusser and in the death of Buford's wife on August 12, 1967. Nix has repeatedly refused to comment about Pusser's claims that he was one of his wife's killers. [1]
John Buford Jr. (March 4, 1826 – December 16, 1863) was a United States Army cavalry officer. He fought for the Union during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of brigadier general. Buford is best known for his actions in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, by identifying Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge as good ...
S. Dev. Updated August 15, 2024 at 4:17 AM. Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr., founder of the "Famous Amos" cookies known and beloved nationwide, died at 88 on Wednesday, his family said. The American ...
A 3-year-old boy has reportedly died in Washington state after falling into a septic tank. On Sunday, Sept. 8 at around 2:20 p.m. local time, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department and fire crews ...
August 14, 1973. The Bowman-Pirkle House is a historic two-story log house in Buford, Georgia . It was built in 1818 for John Bowman, who served under General Andrew Jackson during the First Seminole War of 1816–1819. [2] The house was built with the help of Cherokees as a token of the friendship between Bowman and Chief Major Ridge. [2]
Human remains were found in a tank on property owned by the husband of a Michigan mother of four who vanished in 2021, authorities said on Sunday, Aug. 18. Dee Warner, 52, was reported missing on ...
September 1, 1983. The Bona Allen Mansion, also known as Bona Allen House, at 395 Main St. in Buford, Georgia, in Gwinnett County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [ 1 ] It was built in 1911. [ 1 ] It was it home of Bona Allen, Sr. The listing included eight contributing buildings, including a smokehouse.