Obit of Anna Elizabeth Sholars, 1934, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the July 27, 1934 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Anna Sholars Dies at Her Home in Dodson Thurs.

Burial of Prominent Winn Parish Citizen is at Gansville


Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Sholars, 78 years of age, died at her home in Dodson
Thursday afternoon, July 19, at 6:40 o'clock.  Funeral services were conducted
at Gansville at 4:30 Friday afternoon, with Rev. B. C. Land, pastor of the
Winnfield Baptist Church, Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
of Winnfield, and Rev. Ellis Smith, pastor of the Methodist Church, also of
Winnfield, conducting the funeral rites.

Active pallbearers included Hasson Morris, W. J. Pyburn, Dodson, W. H. Peters,
J. M. Breedlove,  H. J.  Waters, Dodson, C. F. Walsworth, Dr. A. W. Radescich,
and A. I. Talton.  The following were honorary pallbearers:  W. T. Heflin, A.
J. Taylor, J. B. Milam, Sr., 
W. T. Jolly, L. Lewis, W. P. Kelly, B. F. Temple, G. C. Taylor, W. W. Allen,
W. L. Smith, 
J. W. Shelton, B. L. Anderson, Dr. S. B. Matthews, J. M. Wright, Dr. J. F.
Smith, E. C. Willis, and J. E. Dark.

Mrs. Sholars was born in Winn Parish on January 20, 1856, and has been a life
long resident of the parish where her family has been prominent in local
history.  She was a member of the Dodson Baptist Church, and was active in
Eastern Star work, having been a member of Unity Chapter No. 71 of Dodson.

Surviving Mrs. Sholars are the following sons and daughters:  Sheriff Bryant
Sholars, Winnfield; Oren Sholars, Texarkana; R. D. Sholars, Kilgore, Texas;
Louis Sholars, Winnfield; Mrs. J. D. Gray, Dodson; Mrs. A. E. Raywinkle,
Shreveport; Mrs. M. L. Brown, Hornbeck; and Mrs. G. M. Walsworth, Winnfield.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)