Extracted from The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, February 28, 19302

FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY M. SHOWS

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Melissa Shows, aged 59, who died Thursday morning, February 27, at her home in Tioga, La., were conducted yesterday at 4 o'clock at the Tioga Baptist Church by the Rev. A. N. Murray, pastor. Interment was made in the Tioga cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers, local undertakers.

Pall-bearers were H. H. McCann, J. R. Dean, G. W. Rush, C. A. Lawley, H. E. LaCroix, and S. G. Allen.
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Extracted from The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, March 1, 1930

DIED

SHOWS -- At the family residence in Tioga, La., Thursday, February 27, 1930, at 5 o'clock a.m., Mrs. Mary Melissa Shows, wife of J. T. Shows, who survives her. She also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Rufus Armstrong, of Alexandria, and Mrs. Ray H. Fuglaar, of Tioga. Mrs. Shows was 59 years of age.

Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Tioga Baptist church and interment was made in the Tioga cemetery.