Funeral services for Bolivar H. Pollard, 64, GM&O Railroad engineer, of 301 West Deaderick St., were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at McPeters Funeral Home at Corinth, Miss.
The Rev. Steadman Bagby of Jackson officiated. Burial was in Henry Cemetery at Corinth. Griffin Funeral Home was in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Mr. Pollard died at Friday in Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of a heart attack he suffered a few hours earlier. He went out on his midnight Thursday run, became ill at Humboldt, and was taken off the train at Trenton to be brought to the hospital.
He was born in Prentiss County, Mississippi, and lived in Corinth most of his life. He moved to the Jackson about five years ago. He had been employed by the GM&O for 35 years. He was a Mason, a member of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Irene Pollard; two sons, Ezekiel Pollard of Osceola Ark., and Carl Pollard of Memphis; five brothers, John Pollard of Jackson, Marcus Pollard of Booneville, Miss., and Charlie Pollard of Selmer, Tenn., Julius Pollard of Texas and Odell Pollard of Memphis, and a sister, Mrs. R. D. Butler of Hobbs, N.M.
POLLARD,BOLIVAR HARRISON
3-2-1889-PRENTISS CO.MS.
12-25-1953-JACKSON,TN.MADISON CO.HOSP.
MYOCARDITIS-CORONARY THROMBOSIS
S.S.# 718-09-****
WIFE-IRENE POLLARD-AGE 61
FATHER-BAXTER WYLIE POLLARD-ALA.
MOTHER-MARY GARRETT-MS.
HENRY CEM.
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McPeters Funeral Home Records
Funeral services for Bolivar H. Pollard, 64, GM&O Railroad engineer, of 301 West Deaderick St., were held at 2 p.m. yesterday at McPeters Funeral Home at Corinth, Miss.
The Rev. Steadman Bagby of Jackson officiated. Burial was in Henry Cemetery at Corinth. Griffin Funeral Home was in charge of local funeral arrangements.
Mr. Pollard died at Friday in Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of a heart attack he suffered a few hours earlier. He went out on his midnight Thursday run, became ill at Humboldt, and was taken off the train at Trenton to be brought to the hospital.
He was born in Prentiss County, Mississippi, and lived in Corinth most of his life. He moved to the Jackson about five years ago. He had been employed by the GM&O for 35 years. He was a Mason, a member of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Irene Pollard; two sons, Ezekiel Pollard of Osceola Ark., and Carl Pollard of Memphis; five brothers, John Pollard of Jackson, Marcus Pollard of Booneville, Miss., and Charlie Pollard of Selmer, Tenn., Julius Pollard of Texas and Odell Pollard of Memphis, and a sister, Mrs. R. D. Butler of Hobbs, N.M.
POLLARD,BOLIVAR HARRISON
3-2-1889-PRENTISS CO.MS.
12-25-1953-JACKSON,TN.MADISON CO.HOSP.
MYOCARDITIS-CORONARY THROMBOSIS
S.S.# 718-09-****
WIFE-IRENE POLLARD-AGE 61
FATHER-BAXTER WYLIE POLLARD-ALA.
MOTHER-MARY GARRETT-MS.
HENRY CEM.
PAGE-170
McPeters Funeral Home Records
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John Levi Pollard
1883–1963
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Osie Lee Pollard Butler
1884–1979
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Thomas L Pollard
1887–1937
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William Luther "Jack" Pollard
1894–1975
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Henry Adolphus Pollard
1867–1867
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Cora Ann Pollard Harling
1869–1945
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Minnie Bell Pollard Pitts
1871–1892
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Nancy Ellen Pollard Taylor
1876–1921
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Edgar Marvin Pollard
1878–1879
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Marcus Browning Pollard
1903–1971
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Charlie Lattimer Pollard
1905–1993
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Louvada Pollard
1909–1912
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Odell Auren Pollard
1910–1970
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Maj Julious Andrew Pollard
1913–2006
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