Obituaries: Annie Sholars Walters, 1940, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 5, 1940 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Annie Walters Funeral Services Held Here Monday

Member of Pioneer Winn Parish Family Dies At El Dorado

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Walters, age 84, who died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. R. E. King, at El Dorado, Ark., were held here at the First
Baptist Church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Alwin Stokes,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, assisted by the Rev. G. A. Morgan,
pastor of the First Methodist Church, conducted the rites.  Interment was in
the Winnfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Walters resided in Winnfield several years until she moved to El Dorado,
Ark., with her daughter, Mrs. King.  She was a native of Winn Parish and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randal Sholars, who were among the earliest pioneers
of this section.

Surviving her are one daughter, Mrs. R. E. King, and one son, C. R. Walters of
Dodson; one sister, Miss Frances Sholars of Verda.  She is the aunt of Sheriff
Bryant Sholars, Mrs. G. M. Walsworth, Mrs. A. E. Raywinkle of Winnfield, and
Mrs. G. W. Gray of Dodson.