Obituaries:  Wilford Polk, Sabine Parish       P-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 14, 1984
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Wilford Polk

  Services for Mr. Wilford Polk, 69, of Shreveport, were held at 2
p.m., Thursday, June 7, at Calvary Baptist Church, where he was a
member. Dr. W. D. "Step" Martin, pastor of the church,
officiated. Burial was at Centuries Memorial Park. Plans were
under the direction of Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel.

  Mr. Polk died at 2:30 p.m., Monday, June 4, 1984, at LSU Medical
Center, after a short illness. He was born in Mansfield, La., and
had been a resident of Shreveport for 32 years. Mr. Polk was a
retired crane operator at Mid Continent Steel.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Opal Polk of Shreveport; two
sons, Lattie Polk, and Billy Joe Polk of Shreveport; two step
sons, Ernie Long of Denver, Colo., and Max Long of Amarillo,
Texas; one daughter, Rose Leta Goodwin of Beloit, Wisc.; a step
daughter, Barbara Jo Scales of South Africa; two sisters, Ida Mae
Hinton of Many, La., and Bessie Roberts of Mansfield, La.; five
grandchildren; five great grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were John N. Pettey, Warren T. Ulmer, Billy Clark,
Jerry Fielder, L. W. Stall, and Harry G. King.

  Honorary pallbearers were deacons of Calvary Baptist Church,
Shreveport.