Obit:  Mrs. R. S. Maxwell, 1934, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Yvonne J. Jones, 10329 Mammoth Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70814
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From:  Winn Parish Enterprise, March 1934
(Exact source not noted with obit.  Believe it to be this paper; if not
in obituary section, then possibly in community news section)

Sister-in lay [law] of Mrs. J. W. Shows Dies in Shreveport Sunday

Mrs. R.S. Maxwell, 46, of Colfax, died at 4 p.m. Sunday at Charity
Hospital.  The body was sent to Colfax Sunday evening by Roll Osborn
funeral home and services were conducted by Rev. Taster of Verda, La.
at Oak Grove Church at 4 p.m. Monday with burial in Bethel cemetery.

Mrs. Maxwell is survived by her husband and 12 children:  Elton Maxwell
of Houston, Texas; Kinard, Bill, Wilford [Wilfred], Walyon, [Waylon],
R.S., Paul Guy [Guy Paul], Kenneth Ray [Billy Wayne], Pauline,
Annie Lee, Mrs. Ted Reeves of Colfax, and Mrs. Murriel [Murrel] Lemoine
of Verda; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie Blundell and Mrs. Bob McBride of
Jonesboro and Mrs. John Stevens of Shreveport; five brothers,
B. F. Holland of Shreveport; Ollie and G. C. Holland of Jonesboro,
Claude and Ben Holland of Houston, Texas.

Relatives who attended funeral were:  Mr. Bob McBride and family,
Mrs. Ben McBride and son, Mrs. Jim Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Malone
and son of Jonesboro, Mr. Jack Maxwell and daughters of Hodge.

Pallbearers were Herman [Shows], Albert Shows, Robert Louis,
George McBride and Floyd Strain.

(Submitter's Note:  Mrs. Mollie Holland Maxwell died on March 4, 1934.
There are obvious errors in the above obit.  Children: Robert Elton,
Alta Lula, Herman Kinard, William Clarence, Goldie Missouri, Pauline,
Wilfred Wright, Ralph Waylon, Annie Lee, Robert S. "Sonny", Guy Paul,
Billy Wayne)