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Dr. Samuel Sholars,
89, of Bay City died Sept. 13 at a Victoria Hospital. He was a
member of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Founder of the Rotary
International Club of Bay City. Graduated from Vanderbilt
University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He
received three awards from the Texas Dental Association. These were
the Good Fellow Award in 1941, Life Membership Award in 1951 and
Fifty Year Award in 1957. On June 15, 1910, he and the former Annie
Jay Hamilton were married in the Episcopal Church in Matagorda.
Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lessley Keese of Beaumont, nieces
and nephews, and other relatives. Funeral services were held at St.
Mark's Episcopal Church, Sat., Sept. 14, with Rev. Milton McWilliams
officiating. Interment was in the Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City.
Honorary pallbearers were: Albert H. Wadsworth Jr., Tommy Wise,
Wendel Hall, Robert Goddard, Austin Furse, Lawrence Gwin, Dr.
Charles Shoultz, Jim Lewis and Jim Hicks. Active pallbearers were:
Dr. Shelton Breeden, Dr. Bob Simons, Dr. Robert Kelley, Dr. Kenneth
Culbreth, John Woolsey and Alvin Vanderbull. Services under the
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A member of a pioneering Matagorda County family, Mrs. S. R. Sholars, 73, died at 8:30 p. m. Monday in Matagorda General Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services will be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Aubrey Maxted of Houston officiating. Interment will be in Cedarvale, arrangements are by Taylor Brothers. Mrs. Sholars, the former Miss Annie J. Hamilton, was born at Matagorda on July 30, 1888, and moved to Bay City in 1910, residing here for 52 years. She was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and the wife of Dr. Sam R. Sholars, a retired dentist and civic leader. Survivors in addition to the husband, include one sister, Mrs. C. M. Gaines of San Antonio, one brother, A. Pierce Hamilton, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named were C. C. Cates, Wendell Hall, Komas Wise, James Badgett, Robert Gulley, Bert Steves, Albert Wadsworth, Jr., and Carroll Gaines Jr.
Daily Tribune, April 24?, 1962 |
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Dr. Sam R. Sholars, 89, founder of the Bay City Rotary Club, died early this morning at Hofh Hospital and Clinic in Victoria after an extended illness. Funeral will be at 1 p. m. Saturday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Milton McWilliams Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Cedarvale Cemetery. Friends may call at Bay City Funeral Home. It was in late 1923 that Dr. Sam Sholars, a young dentist, had been reading about a civic club called Rotary. He became interested in the description of a civic club where business and professional men could meet once each week at a noonday luncheon. After talking with other professional men, he made application for a charter from Rotary International. It was granted Feb. 2, 1924 and the first meeting was held here Feb. 7, 1924. The local Rotary Club recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Through that half century it has become noted for its many charitable activities. Sholars was born March 7, 1885 in Jasper. At the turn of the century his family moved to Orange. In 1903 he left Orange to enroll in Vanderbilt, graduating from there in 1907. He spent the summer of that year living with his married sister in McCool, Miss. During that summer he would go around the countryside extracting and filling teeth for farmers and their families, using a rented horse and buggy. In the fall of that year he returned to Texas. He received three awards from the Texas Dental Association. These were the Good Fellow Award in 1941, Life Membership Award in 1951 and Fifty Year Award in 1957. On June 15, 1910, he and the former Allie Jay Hamilton were married in the Episcopal Church in Matagorda. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lessley Keese of Beaumont and three nieces. Those wishing to make memorial donations are asked to give to the organization of their choice.
The Daily Tribune,
September 13, 1974 |
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Cedarvale Cemetery - Photos courtesy of Faye Cunningham
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Dr. Sholars charged $1 to pull a tooth in 1927. |
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