Celebrating the life of
Mary Hill Pollard
January 19, 1918 - July 06, 2008
MRS. MARY HILL POLLARD
Mrs. Mary Hill Pollard, 90 died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation under the care of Hospice Savannah.
Mrs. Pollard was born in January 1918 in Decatur, Georgia, the youngest daughter of Mr. Mohr Ernest Hill and Mrs. Murfee Lee Henderson Hill. She graduated from Atlanta Girls High School and received her B.A. degree from LaGrange College. She taught at the Methodist Children's Home in Decatur, then in the Atlanta City School system. When she married Mr. C.P. "Mike" Pollard at the end of 1947, she moved to Savannah and taught in the Savannah Public School system, then at Savannah Gardens kindergarten.
A Christian, Mary belonged to Patillo Methodist Church in Decatur, then Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church and then Wilmington Island United Methodist Church in Savannah. For many years, Mary taught both adult and children's Sunday school classes at Wesley and Wilmington Island. In her later years, she became a member of the Islands Assembly Church of God. For over ten years, she taught a weekly Bible
Study at Chatham Nursing Home, now Riverview. She loved teaching the Bible and sharing her faith.
She is predeceased by her husband, Mr. C.P. "Mike" Pollard, her adopted son, Dr. Smith Benson Burnett, her parents, her older sisters, Mrs. Frances Hill Bush, Mrs. Eunice Hill Cardell and her twin brother, Ernest Mohr Hill, Jr.
Survivors include her foster daughter, Ms. Susan All of Atlanta, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Allene Burnett Eldridge of Lenoir City, TN, her sister-in-law, Mrs. Katie Hill Morrow of Atlanta, four step-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Monday, July 7, 2008 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors Hodgson Chapel.
Graveside Services will be Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 11 a.m. in Bonaventure Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances to Hospice Savannah Inc. P.O. Box 13190, Savannah Ga. 31416.
FOX AND WEEKS FUENRAL DIRECTORS HODGSON CHAPEL
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Mary was a special friend to me. I first met her many years ago, when she taught my children in Vacation Bible school, at the Wilmington Island Methodist Church. Later, I enjoyed attending a Bible study at her home. Once when she and I were going to Bible study in town, she told Mike where she was going and gave him a good bye kiss. He told her that was fine, just do not bring any more children home. AND he told me that she was the original GOGO Girl, because she loved to go so much!
- Effie Craven, Savannah, GA
Mary was a very special sister in the Lord to me for 40 years!
- Dottie Ketchum, Savannah, GA
Mary was a special friend to me. I first met her many years ago, when she taught my children in Vacation Bible school, at the Wilmington Island Methodist Church. Later, I enjoyed attending a Bible study at her home. Once when she and I were going to Bible study in town, she told Mike where she was going and gave him a good bye kiss. He told her that was fine, just do not bring any more children home. AND he told me that she was the original GOGO Girl, because she loved to go so much!
- Effie Craven, Savannah, GA
Mary was a very special sister in the Lord to me for 40 years!
- Dottie Ketchum, Savannah, GA
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
