Walking Tall: The TBI says that the death of Pauline Pusser the wife of Buford Pusser is active and ongoing. Did you know TBI maintains an open investigation into the death of #PaulinePusser? She was murdered 56 years ago in McNairy County, where her husband, #BuffordPusser, was sheriff. Pauline was fatally shot on August 12, 1967. She was in the car with her husband on the way to a disturbance call in the early morning hours. He was also shot, in the chin, but survived. There are historical mar