WILLIAM LAFAYETTE NETTLES
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 23
Department: Bowie County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: March 1, 1892
Cause: SHOT
Age: 37
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Nettles attempted to disarm a drunken man of the handgun he was waving about and firing in the air. A bullet struck Deputy Nettles in the chest and he died instantly.
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