Buford Glenn Phillips, 62, was found shot and killed at his home on Back Half Moon Road in Frost Bottom, near Oliver Springs, Tennessee, on Sunday afternoon, November 26, 2017. Deputies from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department responded and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation became involved; authorities opened a homicide investigation.

Phillips was born in nearby Clinton and spent his life in the area. He had worked in the coal mines, farmed, attended Shiloh Baptist Church, rode a Harley-Davidson, and was noted for the time he spent with his grandchildren. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced in connection with the killing.

Does anyone who knew Buford or lived in Frost Bottom in 2017 have information that could help reopen leads in this unsolved homicide?