James Walter Shofner; Winn Parish, LA

Contributed by  Greggory E. Davies

120 Ted Price Lane

Winnfield, LA  71483

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William P. Shofner was born and reared in Tennessee and was a farmer.



He married in Hamilton in 1873.  She was also born and reared in Tennessee.  These were the

parents of Prof. J. W. Shofner, who is now one of our excellent teachers in the parish.  He was

born Jan. 4, 1874, in Tennessee; was educated in Ferris Institute, Ferris, Texas, where he

graduated.  He came from Texas to this parish four years since, and has given his efforts

assiduously to building the educational interests here.  



April 27, 1903, he married Miss Jessie P. Twist and they live quietly in the Sardis Community,

where he is principal and where the school interest is making steady progress.  



This is one of the old and honored communities in the country filled with successful farmers and

surrounded by thriving villages.



Prof. Shofner is a Methodist, is gentle and refined.  He came from Texas but thinks this country is

destined to a wonderful future.  That good roads and many improvements are problems which will

be solved in the near future.



Motto:  "Do right; by so doing, you best serve yourself, your fellow man and God."





(The above article was extracted from The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 809, published

September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, La., and is on file at the Watson Memorial Library,

Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA., and was submitted

by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)