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Willis Alvin Sholars Sr

20 Oct 1873 – 22 Jul 1955

Birth	20 Oct 1873
Death	22 Jul 1955
Cemetery	New York Cemetery New York , Henderson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Wayne Smith on 12 Jul 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28340525

Bio

From the Athens Daily Review dated July 25, 1955 Funeral services ere held at the New York Baptist Church Sunday at 3 p.m. for Willis Alvin Sholars, 81, who died in an Athens hospital Friday night after an extended illness. The services were conducted by Rev. J.W. Williford and internment was in th New York Cemetery. Mr. Sholars, a farmer and member of the Baptist Church, had lived in the New York community, route 1, LaRue for the past 26 years. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Annie E. Sholars; four sons, Bryant Sholars of Corpus Christi, J.D. SHolars of Carnes City, W.A. Sholars, Jr. of Baton Rouge, La. and Jasper J. Sholars of Oklahoma City, Okla., one step son, H. P. Forbes of Providence, La., four daughters, Mrs. Alva Hullett of Ferris, Mrs. Olia Bearden of Terrell, Mrs. Marie Couvillon of Houston and Mrs. Sue Hinds of Richards; two brothers, Roy Sholars and Dennis Sholars of Larue; five sisters, Mrs. Lou Megison of San Benito, Mrs. Lizzie Raper of Cushing, Okla.,, Mrs. Etta Richardson and Mrs. Ida Richardson of LaRue, and Mrs. T J. Collard of Athens, and 25 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. The services were conducted by the Garard-Spraggins-Swofford Funeral home in Jacksonville.

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Family

Parents

• David Willis Sholars 1851–1937
• Emily Mildred Jones Sholars 1851–1887

Spouse

• Nancy Anna Peterson Sholars 1872–1906
• Annie Ella Cook Sholars 1880–1955

Siblings

• John J. Sholars 1876–1882
• Frances Louise Sholars Megison 1879–1963
• Etta Sholars Richardson 1893–1974
• Winnie Ethel Sholars Collard 1896–1984
• Ida Ann Sholars Richardson 1898–1987
• Thomas Roy Sholars 1901–1992
• Dennis Webster Sholars 1904–1977

Children

• Ellis R. Sholars 1895–1916
• Olia Sholars Bearden 1897–1977
• John Jefferson Sholars 1899–1952
• Alvia Ozella Sholars Hullett 1902–1991
• Lewis Sholars 1903–1906
• David Bryant Sholars 1907–1969
• Joseph Dyle Sholars 1908–1958
• Willis Alvis "Tex" Sholars Jr 1911–1980
• Marie Viola Sholars Couvillon Ketha 1914–2008
• Jasper J. "Bill" Sholars 1918–1955
• Anna Belle "Sue" Sholars Hinds 1919–1976

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