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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Thursday, October 4, 1951

Funeral Services For J. A. Nugent Held Here Oct. 1

Funeral services for J. Albert Nugent, 62, vice president of the Winnfield Bank and Trust Company, were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 1, at the First Methodist Church of Winnfield. Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Rev. P. M. Caraway, pastor of the church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Alwin Stokes and Rev. Morris of Alexandria.

Mr. Nugent was born in Grant Parish, near Williana, moving to Winn Parish when he was a young boy. He had been an official of the Winnfield bank for more than 30 years, also owning estensive interests in numerous other business enterprises.

For 40 years Mr. Nugent was a member of the Methodist Church of Winnfield. He served for 25 years on the Board of Stewards and was active in promoting the building of the new church.

Mr. Nugent died in an Alexandria hospital Saturday afternoon as a result of heart trouble. He had his first heart attack in March, 1951, and never fully recovered.

Surviving Mr. Nugent are his wife, Mrs. Sonora Nugent; two daughters, by a former marriage, Mrs. Leslie Hill of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Bill Smith, of Beaumont, Texas; his mother, Mrs. Julia Nugent of Alexandria; two brothers, J. M. of Baton Rouge and O. H. Nugent of Alexandria; three sisters, Mrs. O. J. Cappel of Alexandria, Mrs. Dennis Bocock of Mansfield, and Mrs. James A. Higson of Washington, D. C.; three grandchildren, and numerous other relatives including Gov. Earl K. Long, his first cousin.

Active pallbearers were Malcolm Cappel of Lafayette, Tom Cousar of Jackson, Miss., Howard Nugent of Lake Charles, James Russell, Harwell Allen, Marvin Carraway, Richard Heard, and J. J. Johnson, all of Winnfield.

Honorary pallbearers were Dennis Bocock of Mansfield, W. N. Smith of Beaumont, Texas, H. Leslie King of Dallas, Texas, Gov. Earl K. Long of Baton Rouge, J. E. Carter and J. R. Heard of Winnfield.