Former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser talks about his life on Aug. 1, 1973, ahead of the six-year anniversary of having his jaw shot off and his wife killed in a dawn ambush on Aug. 12.

Buford Pusser spent six years as sheriff beginning in 1964, and aimed to rid McNairy County of organized crime, from moonshiners to gamblers. He was allegedly shot eight times, stabbed seven times ...

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.