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==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, 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''|date=July 23, 2014|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</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, 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''|date=July 23, 2014|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>
Frances Petrus was the widow of Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009), a superintendent of water distribution for his native [[Shreveport]] prior to a political and legal dispute in 1977 with then Public Utilities Commissioner [[Billy Guin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19791394378So2d1016_11202.xml/PETRUS%20v.%20GUIN|title=Petrus v. Guin|date=December 3, 1979|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref> Thereafter, Petrus worked in the private sector and was a long-term champion of veterans causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22370499/alfred-joseph-petrus|title=Alfred Joseph Petrus|publisher=KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=January 4, 2009|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>
Frances Petrus was the widow of Alfred Joseph Petrus (1920-2009), a superintendent of water distribution for his native [[Shreveport]] prior to a political and legal dispute in 1977 with then Public Utilities Commissioner [[Billy Guin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19791394378So2d1016_11202.xml/PETRUS%20v.%20GUIN|title=Petrus v. Guin|date=December 3, 1979|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref> Thereafter, Petrus worked in the private sector and was a long-term champion of veterans causes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22370499/alfred-joseph-petrus|title=Alfred Joseph Petrus|publisher=KTBS-TV ([[ABC]] in [[Shreveport]])|date=January 4, 2009|accessdate=June 13, 2020}}</ref>