Extracted from The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, August 20, 1938

MAPLES -- In Ferriday, La., at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, August 11, 1938, Newson [sic Newsom] Maples, aged 85 years. Deceased is survived by four sons, John Maples, Harrisonburg, La.; Butler Maples, St. Joseph, La.; Albert and Bullock Maples, Ferriday; six daughters, Mrs. Susie Horton, Mrs. Ellis Dodge, Ferriday; Mrs. N. Fields, St. Joseph; Mrs. Matilda Bishop, Mrs. Mattie Tarver, Clayton, La.; Mrs. Sally Reeves, Porksville, Ark.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, August 12, from the residence with the Reverends Doughty and Miley officiating. Interment was made in Huffman cemetery, near Ferriday, under the direction of Hixson Brothers, local funeral directors.