Photograph gallery

McNairy County Sheriffs

Deputies at a still, 1940s

Nearly every photograph is captioned with the names of the people in it.

McNairy County Sheriffs 395 Sheriff Robert K. Lee 167

395 photographs, page 6 of 9

A century of county law enforcement, scanned page by page: arrests, elections, line of duty deaths, and the moonshine stills stacked barrel on barrel behind the courthouse.

Sheriff Barred from Office

Sheriff Barred from Taking Office a

Sheriff Billy Joe Kirby 1954 to 1956

Sheriff Buck Chief Deputy Zach Bay

Sheriff Buck Olive and T Riley

Sheriff Buck Wins Third Term

Sheriff Buck

Sheriff Busts Largest Still Ever

Sheriff City Highway Patrol Early 60 S

Sheriff Clifford Coleman with Deputies and 1 Unknown

Sheriff Colemane and Deputies

Sheriff Dept Fishing Contest

Sheriff Dept Honors Jerry Bivens

Sheriff Dickey Obituary

Sheriff Duties

Sheriff Fishing Contest George Hubert North

Sheriff Gray Passes Out Warrants and Confiscated Drugs

Sheriff Guy Buck 1010 to Present 2023

Sheriff Guy Buck and Chief Deputy Zach Bray

Sheriff Hugh Kirkpatrick R B Leonard and W W Wylie Capture Another Still

Sheriff Hugh Kirkpatrick with Deputies Wiley Randolph and Willie Smith

Sheriff Hugh Kirkpatrick

Sheriff J B Graham 1928 34

Sheriff J Randolph Stovall 1876 to 1882

Sheriff J W Gray 1912 to 1918

Sheriff J.e. Dunaway 1924 1928 in Front of Old Jail

Sheriff J.r. Dillon 1918 1924 Left Future Sheriff Jim Dunaway 1924 1928

Sheriff James Dickey 1962 to 1964 Died in Office of Automobile Accident

Sheriff James Dickey 3

Sheriff James Dickey Funeral Record

Sheriff James Dickey Obituary

Sheriff James Dickey Sixth Line of Duty Death McNairy Sheriff Dept Aug 1st 1964

Sheriff James Opal Gray in June 1977

Sheriff James Opal Gray with Deputy Jim Carothors

Sheriff James Warren Fifth Sheriff of McNairy 1838 to 1844 State Rep 1845 49 and 1881 to 85

Sheriff Je Dunaway

Sheriff Jim Dunaway 1924 to 1928

Sheriff Joe Freeman 1945 Finished Term of T Newt Wright Then Elected 46 48

Sheriff Joe Kirby and Interim Sheriff Joe Freeman

Sheriff Kills Louise Hathcock

Sheriff Kirkpatrick and Deputy R B Leonard Capture One of the Largest Stills in County

Sheriff Kirkpatrick Big Catfish Contest

Sheriff Kirkpatrick Ice Storm 1951

Sheriff Kirkpatrick Makes Arrests at Stateline

Sheriff Kirkpatrick R B Leonard and Unknown

Sheriff Kirkpatrick with Still 4

Sheriff Kirkpatrick with Very Large Still 1951

Sheriff Kirrkpatrrick

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