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Ida Shields - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post, October 13, 1941

AGED RESIDENT OF TALLULAH DIES

TALLULAH, La., Oct. 13--Miss Ida Shields, 84, died today at the home of her niece, Mrs. A G. Bray 
in Tallulah, with whom she had been living for a number of years.

Born at Roakley Plantation near Natchez, Miss Shields came to Tallulah several years ago. She had 
been in ill health for a long time.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home, with the Rev. J. Maurer, 
rector of the Episcopal Church officiating. Deceased was a member of the church and of the Trinity Guild.

She is survived by her brother Capt. Tom Shields of Jackson and a niece, Mrs. Bray and a nephew, Frank 
Thomas of Tallulah.

Pallbearers at the funeral were Collins Thomas, Shields Bray, Arthur Bray, Nat Bray, Emmett C. Craig, 
and William Wallace Ziegler.