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Oren Sholars

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Oren Sholars

Birth
Dodson, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
2 Oct 1962 (aged 83)
Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Oren Sholars, 83, of Dubach, died in a Ruston hospital Tuesday after a short illness.

He was a retired carpenter and a native of the Dodson area.

Funeral services were held in Siloam Baptist Church at Gansville at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. D. A. Doughty and the Rev. Louis Moffett officiating. Burial was in Siloam Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow; five daughters, Mrs. E. R. Autry of Texarkana, Ark., Mrs. Frank Wisdom of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Lonnie L. Davis of Ruston, Mrs. W. O. Edwards of Marshall, Tex., and Mrs. Varch Otwell of Wilmot, Ark.; a son, J. W. Sholars of Shreveport; 16 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren; two brothers, Randall Sholars of Edna, Tex., and Louis Sholars of Winnfield; and three sisters, Mrs. A. E. Raywinkle of Shreveport, Mrs. Irene Brown of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. G. M. Walsworth of Ponchatoula.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 4, 1962
Oren Sholars, 83, of Dubach, died in a Ruston hospital Tuesday after a short illness.

He was a retired carpenter and a native of the Dodson area.

Funeral services were held in Siloam Baptist Church at Gansville at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. D. A. Doughty and the Rev. Louis Moffett officiating. Burial was in Siloam Cemetery.

Survivors include his widow; five daughters, Mrs. E. R. Autry of Texarkana, Ark., Mrs. Frank Wisdom of Baton Rouge, Mrs. Lonnie L. Davis of Ruston, Mrs. W. O. Edwards of Marshall, Tex., and Mrs. Varch Otwell of Wilmot, Ark.; a son, J. W. Sholars of Shreveport; 16 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren; two brothers, Randall Sholars of Edna, Tex., and Louis Sholars of Winnfield; and three sisters, Mrs. A. E. Raywinkle of Shreveport, Mrs. Irene Brown of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. G. M. Walsworth of Ponchatoula.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, October 4, 1962


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  • Created by: Ron Manley
  • Added: Jun 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53333192/oren-sholars: accessed ), memorial page for Oren Sholars (20 Oct 1878–2 Oct 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53333192, citing Gansville Cemetery, Gansville, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).