Graves County KyArchives Obituaries.....Pollard, Hester Oleen Johnson October 18, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lurinda Tate wtate@brtc.net March 31, 2011, 1:49 pm Paducah Sun 10/20/2009 WATER VALLEY, Ky. -- Oleen Pollard, age 74, of Water Valley, KY died October 18, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. at her home. She was of the Cumberland Presbyterian faith and had been a lab technician for Swift & Co., had been a teacher in Pilot Oak (KY), and had retired from Turner Dairies where she was in charge of Records and Reports. She played piano for the Unionaires, Cumberlandaires and Clark Jubilee. She was a member and past president of the Fulton County Genealogical Society and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star (Water Valley chapter). She was the author of Water Valley Good Old Days and co author of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Book. Proceeds from this book helped to keep the cemetery open. She is survived by her husband, C.L. "Chuck" Pollard of Water Valley, KY; a daughter and son in law, Lurinda "Rin" and Wayne Tate of Kevil, KY; 2 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents Lula Hawkins and Claybourn H. Johnson and a sister Eva Lynn McKenzie. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 21 at 11 a.m. at the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel and interment will be in the Camp Beauregard Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. and on Wednesday, after 8 a.m. until the funeral hour. Memorials may be made to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Fund, c/o Paula Bone, 210 Cook Ave., Fulton, KY 42041. Online tributes: hornbeakfuneralchapel.com. Additional Comments: This is the obituary notice for my mother who was a passionate and proficient genealogist. The obit omitted the names of her grandchildren: Judd Houston Reno b. July 21, 1979 and Aimee Leanne Tate Dingman b. April 29, 1984. Also omitted was the name of her great-granddaughter: Lillian Abigail Reno b. January 5, 2009 Hester Oleen Johnson Pollard was always ready to share the wealth of knowledge she obtained during her research and I'm sure many will recognize her name from all her submissions to genealogy sites over the years. She is sorely missed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/graves/obits/p/pollard4372gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/