Obituaries: Thayer O. Pollard, Jr., 1951, Grant Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: May 3, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise

Grandson of Mrs. W. E. Pollard Dies In Hawaii

Thayer O. Pollard, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Pollard of Colfax, and
grandson of Mrs. W. E. Pollard of Winnfield, died on April 24 of respiratory
disease while serving with the U. S. Air Force in Hawaii, according to
information received this week.

Pollard was a pharmacist in the Air Force, and it is believed he died while
traveling at high altitude in a plane transferring patients from Honolulu.  He
suffered from asthma, his grandmother said.

He resigned from Northwestern State College in Natchitoches last January after
three years, to enlist.  Before entering NSC, he attended and graduated from
Haughton High School.  After enlisting in the Air Force he graduated from an
Air Force pharmacists school in Utah.

He is survived by his parents, a brother, John of Colfax, and his grandmother,
Mrs. W. E. Pollard.