This was way before my time, but I finish reading two books "I Lived To Tell It All" about George Jones and the other one "The State Line-Mob" about Buford. Then I went to youtube and found these two videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0GGYsvvIMI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhPkWIH4Kc What all really happen in the 60's and 70's, does anyone know what all really happen.
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Lots of folks around here remember, but not many want to talk about it.
I worked in law enforcement in McNairy County. Most of what I 'heard' indicated that Buford 'had his wife murdered'. It is widely believed that the folks that killed her apparently 'tried to get two birds with one stone'.
I wasn't around McNairy county when *****r was sheriff. W. R. Morris, who had a small beer joint called The Cellar Door which was located between Loretto and Lexington wrote the book "Walking Tall". After the movie was made, he spent a lot of time in the Loretto area. He was probably here before the movie, but no body knew who he was. He was a door guard at a house that had a high stakes poker game. They had to keep him supplied with whiskey. It took a lot of whiskey.
W. R. Morris wrote another book, "The Kingpin". It was based on one of Colbert County's most famous citizens. One day a big black car pulled up at the Cellar Door, some nice dressed men got out and asked for Mr. Morris. He wasn't there and immediately moved to Kentucky.
There was some rough characters around back then.
It wouldn't let Bufords last name be posted
W. R. Morris wrote another book, "The Kingpin". It was based on one of Colbert County's most famous citizens.
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Who was it that did the "Kingpin" song ? I had a couple of copies of it at one time.
During that period of time, I frequented , about twice a week, a beer joint called "Moore's" in Mickie. Saw P u s s er quite often as he made his rounds. It was always announced when he was coming so whoever was fighting or whatever, could sit down and make friends before he came in the door (and when he came in he looked huge as he pretty much took up most of a double door).
On a few occasions I went to the Shamrock, but was usually pretty uneasy there.
Moores was relitavely safe as there was only one or two shootings there a month , but at the Shamrock, they were a lot more frequent. The beer joint there at the Shamrock sat right on the state line, and in fact the line was painted on the floor .
Louise Hathc ock ran the Shamrock and was basically head of the mob there. I was in Corinth buying a suite of clothes when someone came in the door and said "y'all need to go up to the Shamrock, Pus ser just walked in and shot Louise Hathc ock dead and they are taking pictures up there like he killed a deer" . Guess I'll always remember that . I think Pus ser killed Russ Hamilton, and Toehead White was found dead with a bullet in his head 2 or 3 years later. That just about ended the mob leadership up on that state line.
They originated down around Phoenix City, and after Gov Patterson sent the National Guard there to clean out that place, they moved up on 45N , at the state line just north of Corinth.
Hope that answers some of your questions.
I Lived To Tell It All should have been voted the best work of fiction for the decade. Nobody shoved anything up Georges nose but George.
This was way before my time, but I finish reading two books "I Lived To Tell It All" about George Jones and the other one "The State Line-Mob" about Buford. Then I went to youtube and found these two videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0GGYsvvIMI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQhPkWIH4Kc What all really happen in the 60's and 70's, does anyone know what all really happen.
There is a thing called the "past tense." It includes the word "happened."
During that period of time, I frequented , about twice a week, a beer joint called "Moore's" in Mickie. Saw P u s s er quite often as he made his rounds. It was always announced when he was coming so whoever was fighting or whatever, could sit down and make friends before he came in the door (and when he came in he looked huge as he pretty much took up most of a double door).
On a few occasions I went to the Shamrock, but was usually pretty uneasy there.
Moores was relitavely safe as there was only one or two shootings there a month , but at the Shamrock, they were a lot more frequent. The beer joint there at the Shamrock sat right on the state line, and in fact the line was painted on the floor .
Louise Hathc ock ran the Shamrock and was basically head of the mob there. I was in Corinth buying a suite of clothes when someone came in the door and said "y'all need to go up to the Shamrock, Pus ser just walked in and shot Louise Hathc ock dead and they are taking pictures up there like he killed a deer" . Guess I'll always remember that . I think Pus ser killed Russ Hamilton, and Toehead White was found dead with a bullet in his head 2 or 3 years later. That just about ended the mob leadership up on that state line.
They originated down around Phoenix City, and after Gov Patterson sent the National Guard there to clean out that place, they moved up on 45N , at the state line just north of Corinth.
Hope that answers some of your questions.
It's spelled 'Michie'...... NO bars or clubs there now.,
I guess it's all in who you believe, but I tend to believe the people who say p u s s e r was a bigger crook/thug than the ones they claim he ran out of town. And according to plenty of folks, his daddy wasn't any prize either.
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McNairy County Sheriff Buford *****r is remembered as a hero who cleaned up corruption in the 1960s.
But a variety of sources, including FBI documents, suggest there may have been more to the story.
Publisher Barbara Bivins says, "I don't think Buford *****r was part of the solution. I thought he was part of the problem."
Bivins published this book about the wild times along the state line back in the 60s.
Her husband Tommy was considered a "State-Liner" who'd hang out in establishments that *****r's credited with shutting down.
"That's another misconception. Buford *****r didn't shut down the state line," continues Bivins.
Bivins says FBI documents support her claims. Documents she provided to us show that a source told the FBI "White has a fix with the new sheriff at Selmer, Tennessee."
That new sheriff was Buford *****r.
Bivins also claims *****r murdered club owner Louise Hatchcock. She says this autopsy shows Hatchcock was shot by *****r in the back.
"I think Louise Hatchcock was murdered. It's quite simple," continues Bivins.
The claims are a part of a growing research.
Some seem outlandish...
Bivins says, "Buford *****r had actually murdered his wife and shot himself to cover the crime."
Bivins is referring to an ambush along New Hope Road...where even *****r was critically wounded.
*****r's daughter Dwana says the claim is ridiculous.
Dwana *****r says, "And it's hard enough when you lose your mother at six years old, and you know she's been murdered... And you're thinking why would someone murder your momma. And blow your dad's jaw off... Half his face off. Why?"
Dwana *****r now defends her father's legacy.
*****r continues, "It's a story to them. But to me it's my family and it opens wounds like it is today."
Even *****r's own death in 1974 is controversial. His death resulted from the crash of his Corvette on Highway 64 near Adamsville. Dwana *****r -- 13 at the time -- arrived minutes later.
*****r says, "I got to him and I was screaming daddy daddy daddy."
She turned him over only to hear his last words.
"And he said to me what I want to think is Dwana... Dwana... And then he was gone," continues *****r.
Officially it was ruled a single car accident.
"I do believe he was murdered. I'll always believe he was murdered," continues *****r.
Unanswered questions that linger more than 30 years after the death of the Mid-South's most legendary Sheriff.
http://www.wmctv.com/story/492...clienttype=printable
Dwana *****r says, "And it's hard enough when you lose your mother at six years old, and you know she's been murdered... And you're thinking why would someone murder your momma. And blow your dad's jaw off... Half his face off. Why?"
I'm no expert by any means, but there is a picture of him in his "home/museum" showing his injuries he supposedly got the day someone attacked him and his wife, killing her, and it struck me immediately he didn't have his jaw blown off as had been claimed.
I'm not real sure what this picture is supposed to be, but the title is
2010 Sheriff Buford *****r & Russ Hamilton Christmas Day Shoot -out
I guess 2010 could be the day the picture was posted. IF that is Russ Hamilton it certainly doesn't look like he was in a "shoot out". It looks like he was either napping or maybe sleeping off a drunk when shot, and nothing disturbed around him? No idea if it is the real picture.
My personal opinion was that Pu sser was just meaner than the state line bunch.
As far as I know, he never killed anybody that didn't need killing.
When I finally saw the movie walking tall it was quite a few years old, and it was soooooooooooo corny! Argggggggg. I know it was supposed to be a tear jerker but it was just so corny and funny. It reminded me of the episode of the andy griffith show when they made a movie about andy called sheriff without a gun, and gavin mccleod played andy.
When I finally saw the movie walking tall it was quite a few years old, and it was soooooooooooo corny! Argggggggg. I know it was supposed to be a tear jerker but it was just so corny and funny. It reminded me of the episode of the andy griffith show when they made a movie about andy called sheriff without a gun, and gavin mccleod played andy.
The movie depicted him to be a good guy , and a victim of a corrupt legal system.
He was a mean SOB who used to wrestle bears, but came crossways of that mob up there. They shot him on two occasions that I know of , and knifed him on another, before they shot him (a third time) which basically took off most of his lower jaw, and killed his wife. He was one tough guy, as he survived it all and lived to get even.
Like I said, as far as I know, he did not kill anyone who didn't need killin', and whether by fate or plan, my bet is that the night he died in the wreck, a lot of money changed hands.
That bunch up on the state line had needed killing every since Patterson's National Guard didn't get the job done, so whatever you think of him, he did the world a favor when he got rid of them.
I was neither a fan nor opposed to him. During that time, he never bothered me or my friends and we were in those joints at about 16 to 18 years old, so I kinda didn't mind all the other crap he did .
Well, again it depends on who you believe. And as for who is for or against him, it's kind of a toss up. I don't think he was that well liked though. I think most of the decent folks didn't care one way or another if he killed "the ones that needed killing", or even that he met the same end, but today he'd never get away with murdering them in cold blood and staging the scenes like it looks like he did. And too, I think the people knew he killed his wife. I was reading another article and someone said his mother spent over a million dollars trying to find out who killed buford, she was sure he was murdered, but they didn't spend one dime trying to find the "murderer" of his wife. BTW, the picture I posted that looked so odd-it's a dummy, and set in a "recreation of the death scene" for tourists to gawk at
. Still says a lot though, if you look at how the "body" is positioned, seeing as how he supposedly died in a shootout. And again seeweed, the pictures of him afterwards didn't look to me like he lost any part of his face. He just looked scarred up more, but I have to be bi**** and say, he wasn't "pretty" to begin with.
Where can you buy the Kingpen book at? And seeweed is the Shamrock still there or is any of those old state line clubs still exist. And Contendah happened, you know what we call men like you in Dallas, girly boys.
It reminded me of the episode of the andy griffith show when they made a movie about andy called sheriff without a gun, and gavin mccleod played andy.
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I remember that, one of the most stupid shows ever put on TV.
