Marion Rogers Pollard

MARION ROGERS POLLARD, 83, OF ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA HAD HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE WHEN SHE WENT HOME TO OUR LORD ON JANUARY 16, 2009.
SHE WAS BORN JAUNARY 6, 1926, IN ROCKY MOUNT TO VALERY LESLIE AND JO TALBERT IVEY ROGERS. SHE WAS ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN AND IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER, ROBERT ROGERS, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.
SHE MET AND MARRIED BENNIE POLLARD WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN ROCKY MOUNT AND WERE HAPPILY MARRIED FOR 64 YEARS. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN ROCKY MOUNT WHERE HE WORKED AS A MERCHANT, AND SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER WHO ALSO HELPED IN THE FAMILY OWNED GROCERY STORE. SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AT THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN ROCKY MOUNT. IN RECENT YEARS SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RED OAK BAPTIST CHURCH.
HER INTERESTS INCLUDED: FAMILY, GARDENING, SEWING, TRAVELING, CAMPING AROUND THE COUNTY, COLLECTING ANTIQUES, AND READING. SHE LOVED TO LAUGH AND SHARE HER EASY SPIRIT WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SHE DEVOTED MUCH OF HER TIME AND ENERGY TO HER FAMILY. SHE FOUND MUCH JOY IN SPEDING TIME WITH HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND LATER HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,
MRS. POLLARD IS SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND, BENNIE POLLARD, OF THE HOME; ONE DAUGHTER AND SPOUSE CHERYL AND DWIGHT FISHER OF RED OAK, NC; FOUR SONS AND THEIR SPOUSES, WAYNE AND LORRAINE POLLARD OF HEBRON, OHIO; MARK AND TERESA POLLARD OF CURRITUCK, NC; WALT AND PATTY POLLARD OF WILMINGTON, NC; MICHAEL AND VICKIE POLLARD OF RED OAK, NC. SHE HAD 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WILL BE SUNDAY JANUARY 18, 2009 FROM 7-8:30PM AT THE WHEELER-WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME IN ROCKY MOUNT. SERVICES WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2PM ON MONDAY JANUARY 19, 2009 AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK MAUSOLEUM WITH REV. JIM UPCHURCH OFFICIATING. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTED DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE NASH COUNTY SENIOR CENTER MEALS ON WHEELS, 103 NORTH ALSTON STREET, NASHVILLE, NC 27856.