Grant Parish, Louisiana - Notable People

Notable People

  • W. K. Brown, state representative from Grant Parish from 1960 to 1972
  • Billy Ray Chandler, state representative from Grant Parish since 2006
  • Preston Allen "Pap" Dean, Jr., cartoonist and Colfax native
  • P. Elmo Futrell, Jr., mayor of Pineville, 1962–1966, was originally from Grant Parish.
  • Stephen Lee "Steve" Gunn, former mayor of Montgomery; represented Grant Parish in the legislature as an Independent from 1992–1996
  • Leonard "Pop" Hataway, sheriff of Grant Parish, 1976 to 2008; member of the Louisiana Pardon Board
  • Ed Head (1918–1980), Major League Baseball player who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
  • Caledonia Palestine Tyson Long (1860–1913), the mother of Governors Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Earl Kemp Long, was born in Grant Parish.
  • Wyatt Luther Nugent (1891-1936) - Sheriff of Grant Parish killed in the line of duty, along with a deputy, Delmer Lee Brunson
  • W.L. Rambo, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Georgetown.
  • Joe D. Smith, Jr., the publisher of the Alexandria Daily Town Talk from 1962 until his retirement in 1996, was a native of Grant Parish.
  • Richard S. Thompson (1916-1997), state representative from Grant Parish from 1972 to 1984

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