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|term_start=1928
|term_start=1928
|term_end=April 21, 1936
|term_end=April 21, 1936
|succeeded=Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent
|succeeded=
|birth_date=October 30, 1891
|birth_date=October 30, 1891
|birth_place=Colfax, Grant Parish
|birth_place=Colfax, Grant Parish
|death_date=April 21, 1936
|death_date=April 21, 1936
|death_place=Grant Parish
|death_place=Grant Parish
|resting_place=Liberty Chapel Cemetery in the Williana Community in Grant Parish
|spouse=Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent
|spouse=Lydia Ann Rosier Nugent
|children=Eleven children
|children=Eleven children
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=Public official
|occupation=Public official
|religion=[[Baptist]] }}
|religion=[[Baptist]]}}
'''Wyatt Luther Nugent, Sr.''', also known as '''W. L. Nugent''' (October 30, 1891 – April 21, 1936), was a [[sheriff]] of [[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant Parish]] in north central [[Louisiana]], who with a deputy, Delmer Lee Brunson, was slain in the line of duty. The crime, stemming from a dispute over the enforcement of the state tick eradication law, is still considered the worst in Grant Parish history. Nugent, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], had been elected to a third term in the [[general election]] held on the day he was slain.<ref name=nugent>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/sheriff.html|title=Sheriff Wyatt Luther Nugent, Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson [Killed]|publisher=Libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref>
'''Wyatt Luther Nugent, Sr.''', also known as '''W. L. Nugent''' (October 30, 1891 – April 21, 1936), was a [[sheriff]] of [[Grant Parish, Louisiana|Grant Parish]] in north central [[Louisiana]], who with a deputy, Delmer Lee Brunson, was slain in the line of duty. The crime, stemming from a dispute over the enforcement of the state tick eradication law, is still considered the worst in Grant Parish history. Nugent, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], had been elected to a third term in the [[general election]] held on the day he was slain.<ref name=nugent>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/sheriff.html|title=Sheriff Wyatt Luther Nugent, Deputy Delmer Lee Brunson [Killed]|publisher=Libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
A former Grant Parish clerk of court,<ref name=nugent/> Sheriff Nugent was the son of Matthew Columbus Nugent (1868–1955) and the former Lucy E. Walker (1873–1909). He was married to the former Lydia Ann Rosier (1895–1976), daughter of Dan E. Rosier. The couple had eleven children,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/nugent1.html|title=Nugent Families of Liberty Chapel/Grant Parish|publisher=libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref> deceased sons and daughters, Herschel, Herman, Harold, John, Lucy Hargis, Thelma King, Doris McGinty, and Frances N. Petrus (1927-2014), and surviving sons, as of July 2014, W. L., Jr., Herbert, and O. D. "Pop" Nugent.<ref name=fnpobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frances-nugent-petrus&pid=171817799&fhid=10218|title=Frances Nugent Petrus|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>
A former Grant Parish clerk of court,<ref name=nugent/> Sheriff Nugent was the son of Matthew Columbus Nugent (1868–1955) and the former Lucy E. Walker (1873–1909). He was married to the former Lydia Ann Rosier (1895–1976), daughter of Dan E. Rosier. The couple had eleven children,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libertychapelcemetery.org/files/family/nugent1.html|title=Nugent Families of Liberty Chapel/Grant Parish|publisher=libertychapelcemetery.org|accessdate=January 15, 2011}}</ref> deceased sons and daughters, Herschel, Herman, Harold, John, Lucy Hargis, Thelma King, Doris McGinty, and Frances N. Petrus (1927-2014), and surviving sons, as of July 2014, W. L., Jr., Herbert, and O. D. "Pop" Nugent.<ref name=fnpobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=frances-nugent-petrus&pid=171817799&fhid=10218|title=Frances Nugent Petrus|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref>