Obituaries: Rev. Francis Melburn Shows, 1950, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 14, 1950 Winnfield News-American

Final Rites For Rev. F. M. Shows Conducted July 12

Funeral services for Rev. Francis Melburn Shows, 70, well known Winn Parish
Baptist minister, were held at the Winnfield First Baptist church Wednesday at
2 p.m. with the Rev. H. J. Mott, Rev. H. H. McBride, Rev. F. M. York, and Rev.
W. C. Bounds officiating.  Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Rev. Shows, who served faithfully as pastor of several rural Baptist churches
in Winn Parish for many years, died in an Alexandria hospital at 3:10 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11, following a brief illness.

Rev. Shows was born in Jackson Parish February 28, 1880, and had made his home
in Winn Parish since 1929.  He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1915
and received his ministerial education at Louisiana College.  An active
minister for 35 years, Rev. Shows retired last year because of ill health. At  
the time of his death he was a member of Sardis Baptist Church.

During his 35 years in the ministry Rev. Shows had served as pastor of the
following Baptist churches in Winn, Jackson, Sabine, and Bienville Parishes: 
Hebron, Mt. Zion, Shady Grove, Cypress Creek, Sugartown, Magnolia, Carolina,
Friendship, Womack, Thigpen, Center Point, Calvin, and Sardis.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Walker Shows of Bernstein Street,
Winnfield; one son, L. C. Shows of Mansfield; three brothers, J. C. Shows
and Marshall Shows of Jonesboro and J. T. Shows of Winnfield; and one sister,
Mrs. George Holland of Jonesboro.

Pallbearers were Troy Smith, Walter Cathey, F. O. Lattier, Arlin Bice, G. H.
Walker, and H. A. Cogley.