Obituaries: Frank L. Shaw, Sr., 1954, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 30, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Frank L. Shaw, Sr., Former Sheriff, Dies Sunday A.M.

Frank L. Shaw, 82 year old retired merchant and civic leader of Winnfield and
Winn Parish died at his residence here Sunday morning at eight thirty o'clock
following a lengthy illness.

Funeral services were held in the First Methodist Church here Monday afternoon
at three o'clock under the direction of Hixson's Funeral Home and burial was
in the Winnfield Cemetery.  Services were conducted by Rev. Luther L. Booth,
pastor of the First Methodist Church and Rev. P. M. Carraway, former pastor,
now of New Orleans.

A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Shaw was born November 22, 1871, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Shaw, a pioneer family of this section.  In his early manhood he
served as deputy sheriff under J. H. Crawford and in 1904 was elected sheriff,
which office he held through 1912.  Following his retirement from the active
political field, Mr. Shaw engaged in the mercantile business, opening in the
same building now occupied by Shaw's, owned and managed by his son, Frank L.
Shaw, Jr.

The deceased was twice married, the first time to Miss Ellen Crawford,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, who died in 1916.  To this union were
born two children, Mrs. W. T. McElroy of Shreveport and James Eugene Shaw of
Vallejo, Calif.  The second marriage was to Miss Allie Mae Neal of Montgomery
and to them were born three children, one daughter who died at an early age,
and two sons, Frank L. Shaw, Jr., and Robert B. Shaw.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Allie Mae Shaw; three sons, Frank Shaw of
Winnfield, Robert B. Shaw of New Orleans, and James E. Shaw of Vallejo,
Calif.; four brothers, J. H. Shaw of Shreveport, Ernest Shaw of Montgomery,
Henry Shaw of Winnfield, and J. A. Shaw of Forest Hill, and two sisters, Mrs.
Earl T. Grigsby of Baton Rouge, and Miss Pearl Shaw also of Baton Rouge.

Active pallbearers included John J. Peters, Jr., J. W. Allen, Kelly Peterson,
Joe Bevill, Shirley Jackson, and Sam Brian.

Honorary pallbearers were John Emerson, Joe Emerson, W. W. Allen, J. M. Hyde,
Judge Cas Moss, W. O. Averett, Dr. F. C. Wren, P. K. Abel, B. W. Bailey, John
J. Peters, Sr., J. R. Heard, W. E. Heard, Harry Fuller, Judge R. W. Oglesby,
Pierce Rudd, Clarence Jordan, Joe Ryson, A. A. Moss, Dr. R. V. Martin, Dr.
John T. Mosley, Dr. J. R. McElwee, Matt Milam, Sr., W. T. Carpenter, J. G.
Russell, Sr., C. L. Smith, A. Leonard Allen, Mack L. Branch, Charlie Ray, H.
W. Stinson, J. E. Carter, D. C. Allen, Troy Smith, L. Rickerson, Ovey Trahan,
A. L. Smith, Sr., Manton Wood, Sion Jenkins, and W. H. Cameron.