>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.

• Married: abt 1879

1. Oren SHOLARS b: 20 Oct 1878 in Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana
2. Charlie SHOLARS b: 17 Feb 1880 in Louisiana
3. Bryant SHOLARS b: 30 Aug 1880 in Louisiana
4. Maud M. SHOLARS b: 13 Nov 1883 in Louisiana
5. Albert M. SHOLARS b: 12 Feb 1886 in Louisiana
6. Ebba M. SHOLARS b: 18 Aug 1888 in Louisiana
7. Frances Irene SHOLARS b: 12 Nov 1891 in Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana
8. Randall D. SHOLARS b: 17 Feb 1894 in Louisiana
9. Laura Mae SHOLARS b: 2 Nov 1896 in Louisiana
10. Louis W. SHOLARS b: 15 Jun 1899 in Louisiana