Obituaries:  Ira Hershel Polk, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       P-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 22, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Ira Hershel Polk

  Services for Mr. Ira Hershel Polk, 85, of Noble, were held at 1
p.m., Tuesday, March 20, at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel in
Shreveport. The Rev. Jerry Schmucker, pastor emeritus of
Pinecroft Baptist Church, officiated. Graveside service was at 3
p.m., at Grove Hill Cemetery in Mansfield, La.

  Mr. Polk, a former resident of Shreveport, died at 3 a.m.,
Monday, March 19, 1984, at Schumpert Medical Center in
Shreveport, after a lengthy illness. He was a retired blacksmith,
and a retired City Marshal of Boyce, La. He had resided in Noble
for seven years. He was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in
Mansfield, Mr. Polk was born in Mansfield, La.

  He is survived by three sons, Cecil G. Polk of Shreveport, Jerry
Polk of Alexandria, La., and Larry Polk of Elysian Fields, Texas;
two daughters, Mrs. Elsie Rathenberger of Noble, and Mrs. C. L.
Jones of Pineville, La.; 22 grandchildren; and 38 great
grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Gene Polk, Rickey Polk, Randy Polk, Joe
Metoyer, Calain Rachal, and Jimmy L. Johnson Jr.