The Columbian Progress
November 1, 1979
Page; 5
Burial At Bassfield For David Lee Polk
David Lee Polk, 90, died Saturday, October 27, at Marion County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held from the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home Monday, October 29, at 3 p.m. The Rev. James Walker officiated with the Rev. V. L. Crawley assisting.
Burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery near Bassfield.
Mr. Polk was born November 29, 1888, to Jeff D. and Mary Clemma Waters Polk. he was a native of Jefferson Davis County, and lived in Bassfield until 1944 when he moved to Columbia as farm superintendent and boys instructor at Columbia Training School. He remained there until his retirement eight years later. Mr. Polk lived on Singley Road at Improve until going to live with his daughter, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights on Church Street in Columbia. He was a farmer and a carpenter.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin, Columbia, Dale, Natchez, and Robert Polk, Bassfield; three daughters, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights, Columbia, Mrs. Margie McPhail, Prentiss, and Mrs. Winnie Belle Prowell, Monterey, La.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Cass Polk, Monticello; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Murray, Natchez, and Mrs. Lydia Miller, Ocean Springs.
Pallbearers were all grandsons, Ronald and Glenn McPhail, Prentiss, Tony Polk.
November 1, 1979
Page; 5
Burial At Bassfield For David Lee Polk
David Lee Polk, 90, died Saturday, October 27, at Marion County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held from the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home Monday, October 29, at 3 p.m. The Rev. James Walker officiated with the Rev. V. L. Crawley assisting.
Burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery near Bassfield.
Mr. Polk was born November 29, 1888, to Jeff D. and Mary Clemma Waters Polk. he was a native of Jefferson Davis County, and lived in Bassfield until 1944 when he moved to Columbia as farm superintendent and boys instructor at Columbia Training School. He remained there until his retirement eight years later. Mr. Polk lived on Singley Road at Improve until going to live with his daughter, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights on Church Street in Columbia. He was a farmer and a carpenter.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin, Columbia, Dale, Natchez, and Robert Polk, Bassfield; three daughters, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights, Columbia, Mrs. Margie McPhail, Prentiss, and Mrs. Winnie Belle Prowell, Monterey, La.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Cass Polk, Monticello; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Murray, Natchez, and Mrs. Lydia Miller, Ocean Springs.
Pallbearers were all grandsons, Ronald and Glenn McPhail, Prentiss, Tony Polk.
The Columbian Progress
November 1, 1979
Page; 5
Burial At Bassfield For David Lee Polk
David Lee Polk, 90, died Saturday, October 27, at Marion County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held from the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home Monday, October 29, at 3 p.m. The Rev. James Walker officiated with the Rev. V. L. Crawley assisting.
Burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery near Bassfield.
Mr. Polk was born November 29, 1888, to Jeff D. and Mary Clemma Waters Polk. he was a native of Jefferson Davis County, and lived in Bassfield until 1944 when he moved to Columbia as farm superintendent and boys instructor at Columbia Training School. He remained there until his retirement eight years later. Mr. Polk lived on Singley Road at Improve until going to live with his daughter, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights on Church Street in Columbia. He was a farmer and a carpenter.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin, Columbia, Dale, Natchez, and Robert Polk, Bassfield; three daughters, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights, Columbia, Mrs. Margie McPhail, Prentiss, and Mrs. Winnie Belle Prowell, Monterey, La.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Cass Polk, Monticello; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Murray, Natchez, and Mrs. Lydia Miller, Ocean Springs.
Pallbearers were all grandsons, Ronald and Glenn McPhail, Prentiss, Tony Polk.
November 1, 1979
Page; 5
Burial At Bassfield For David Lee Polk
David Lee Polk, 90, died Saturday, October 27, at Marion County General Hospital.
Funeral services were held from the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home Monday, October 29, at 3 p.m. The Rev. James Walker officiated with the Rev. V. L. Crawley assisting.
Burial followed in the Bethel Cemetery near Bassfield.
Mr. Polk was born November 29, 1888, to Jeff D. and Mary Clemma Waters Polk. he was a native of Jefferson Davis County, and lived in Bassfield until 1944 when he moved to Columbia as farm superintendent and boys instructor at Columbia Training School. He remained there until his retirement eight years later. Mr. Polk lived on Singley Road at Improve until going to live with his daughter, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights on Church Street in Columbia. He was a farmer and a carpenter.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin, Columbia, Dale, Natchez, and Robert Polk, Bassfield; three daughters, Mrs. Lessie Mae Speights, Columbia, Mrs. Margie McPhail, Prentiss, and Mrs. Winnie Belle Prowell, Monterey, La.; 16 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Cass Polk, Monticello; and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Murray, Natchez, and Mrs. Lydia Miller, Ocean Springs.
Pallbearers were all grandsons, Ronald and Glenn McPhail, Prentiss, Tony Polk.
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