The 67th annual Pollitte Family Reunion will be held over the weekend of June 10-11th, 2000. Make your plans to attend!

In celebration of the second century and millennium of our annual Pollitte Family Reunion, plans are underway to make the Year 2000 version (our 67th) a special event.

Unlike previous reunions, this year’s celebration will stretch over the entire two-day weekend.

We have reserved the Orangeburg Community Center, which is a modern facility about one mile northwest of the Olivet Church on Ky. Hwy. 9 (the “AA Highway”). The air-conditioned community center has seating for 50-60 persons, with a full kitchen, soft-drink machines and restroom facilities.

On the morning of Saturday, June 10th, we will display our family genealogical collection at the community center. We will set up our computer database, and will have a copy machine and photo scanner available.

All persons interested in the history and genealogy of the Pollitte family (of any spelling) are invited to come and share information.

We will have information available on other sites family members may wish to visit in this area (Pollitt cemeteries, Ruggles campground, the Mason County Genealogy Museum, etc.).

While still in the planning stages, activities may include setting up a video recorder to document the memories of family members.

Later that evening, the center will be converted into a dining and entertainment area.

The actual family reunion will be held as usual on Sunday afternoon at the Olivet Church. We will also be contacting church members about having family members join with them for the Sunday morning worship service. As always, a pot-luck dinner will be held just after the church service; however, this year we will have the community center kitchen as a backup for food storage.

As was the case for our 60th reunion in 1993, this year’s special event will include the awarding of door prizes, special events for children, and many activities for everyone in the family. (This year, though, if a thunderstorm hits we can all run to the community center!)

Many attendees at the 1999 reunion agreed to help plan this year’s activities, and we will be contacting them shortly for input and assistance.

More detailed information will be provided in an April newsletter.

Make plans now to attend this special gathering. If you have not joined us at Olivet before, this might be your best opportunity to attend.

See page eight for information regarding local lodging options. See you in June!

It is my sad duty to report on the recent deaths of several Pollitte family members, including three stalwart attendees of the annual reunion at Olivet.

Last October Mary Evelyn Pollitte Nichols lost her battle with cancer. Quoting from Gordon Nichols’ eulogy of his mother:

Mary Pollitte was the youngest of the seven children of Mabel Marie Anno and Edward D. Pollitte in Harlan, Kentucky in 1931. The depths of the depression. Coal mines, mountains, and union wars.

During this difficult time, Mabel Pollitte died before Mary’s second birthday, also a cancer victim. Despite not having a mother during her formative years, Mary never lacked attention, living not only with her large nuclear family, but also an extended family that included her Uncle Bert and her Cousin Edie.

Mary had six brothers and sisters: J. J., Frances (who died as a child), Jean, Maxine, Edda Doug(las), Bert Ed. All but Maxine gone now, but not forgotten, leaving behind as they have a legacy of achievement and success.

Reared by a father who originally moved from Mason County to Middlesboro as a railroad employee, and then on to Harlan, all six of Mabel and Ed’s surviving children attended college. Mary’s older siblings became successful in varied careers including engineering, insurance, farming and political life…So, it was from this creative and dynamic Pollitte family that Mary left the mountains of eastern Kentucky in order to attend college and seek out other experiences.

…The blessed reunion of Mary Evelyn and Mabel Marie Anno Pollitte is the only consolation for those of us who mourn…

Mary Evelyn and husband Fred were able to be with us at the 1999 reunion. A few years back Mary Evelyn had sponsored a tree planting in memory of her “Uncle Bert” (Albert Webster Pollitte). This memorial was featured in an October 1997 full-page article in the Maysville Ledger-Independent. One memory I will cherish is showing her that planting in the Olivet Cemetery last June.

Within the same week, George Omar Pollitte passed away in Tennessee. A member of the generation of Pollittes who grew up on the old farm in Mason County, the annual reunion was truly a homecoming for him.

The last time I saw George O. Pollitte was five or six years ago in Harlan. I had just taken a position as a supervisor with the Kentucky juvenile court system, and had reason to be in Harlan for a day on business.

Walking to our office there, I met George on the street. It was a surprise to us both, and I immediately realized that he recognized my face but couldn’t place me, out of my element as I was. (Being Harlan, he was exactly where I would expect a Pollitte to be, or I might have had the same problem.) We had a good laugh about it, and a good visit there on the corner.

This past week marked the passing of Norrine Wasson Bane, widow of Elmo, mother of Joe and grandmother of Christie and Pamela. A survivor of the days when the little town of Orangeburg was a thriving village of stores, schools and families (with children), I remember this quiet lady as much for being the neighbor of my best friend as I do for being a member of our extended family. Since I have been old enough to pay attention, though, I cannot recall her ever missing our annual reunion.

I had the honor to act pall bearer for Norrine Bane on a cold, windy, snow-covered January day at the old Olivet Cemetery, where she was finally laid to rest beside her husband in the Bane family plot.

Missing from the following obituaries is one for Ronald Douglas Blanton, who passed away unexpectedly in Dayton, Ohio on Dec. 16, 1998, at the age of 52. The son of Edda Douglass Pollitte Blanton, his survivors include his wife Judy Thomas Blanton, sons John Harlan, Thomas Ronald and Robert Blanton, and brother James Edward Blanton.

I have a clear memory of Ron and Jimmy visiting me as a very young boy of five or six, while I was sick in bed at my grandparents’ home in Lexington. I don’t believe I saw Ron again until we met as adults at a reunion of Ed & Mabel Pollitte descendants in 1991. Since then he had been able to attend the reunion at least twice, and I am glad I got the opportunity to know him better.

Again, I had the sad honor to act as pall bearer for Ron on a cold, rainy day at Olivet, when he was laid to rest beside his mother in the old cemetery.

When I think of the annual Pollitte Reunion, I most remember people like George O. Pollitte, Norrine Bane and Mary Evelyn Nichols; I remember “old-timers” like Earlbert D. Pollitte (1991), Mildred Bane (1992), Edda Doug Blanton (1993), William Howard Pollitte (1995), and Harry (1994) and Edna Lyle Hord (1997). The end of the millennium seemed a cruel time for our family.

However, most of these family members led long, full lives. I suppose the 90’s were no different from any other decade, as the mantel of “old-timer” passed from generation to generation. Who knows who will be writing a paragraph such as this about me someday, and what little snippet of memory they may have. It is amazing what things stick in your mind, and what unknown influence you may exert on those whose path you cross.

Though the reunion began as a way for long-separated loved ones to come together one more time, it has evolved in my lifetime as an opportunity to get to know those you might otherwise not. Just as noble a purpose, and my life is certainly the better for it.

OBITUARIES

MADISONVILLE, Ky. — Mary Evelyn Nichols, 67, of Madisonville, died at 11:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 1999, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville.

Born Nov. 1, 1931, in Harlan, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Edward D. Pollitte and Marie Anno.

She was a graduate of Harlan High School and graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky Commerce College in 1953. While she attended UK, she was president of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and the Pan-Hellenic Council.

She was the former director of volunteers at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville, was a former member of the Board of Directors of the Hopkins County-Madisonville Public Library in Madisonville, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville. She was also very active in the Cardinal Garden Club for several years.

She is survived by her husband, whom she married in 1954, Frederick E. Nichols of Madisonville; two sons, Gordon Earle Nichols of Nashville, Tenn., and Christopher Nichols of Madisonville; one daughter, Leigh (Nichols) Moore of Louisville, Ky.; one sister, Maxine Pope of Harlan; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville. The burial location was not available at press time.

Family visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to the Merle M. Mahr Cancer Center at Regional Medical Center, the Hopkins County-Madisonville Public Library, or the First Presbyterian Church Building Fund, all in Madisonville.

Beshear Funeral Home in Dawson Springs, Ky., is in charge of all the funeral arrangements.

HARLAN, Ky. — George Omar Pollitte, 90, of Harlan, Ky., died Friday [October 15, 1999] at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City, Tenn. His wife is Georgia Pope Pollitte.

A retired electric repairman having worked for Beck Electric and other electrical repair shops, Mr. Pollitte was a member of the Harlan United Methodist Church.

Mr. Pollitte was born in Mason County on Nov. 29, 1908, the son of the late William Omar and Hattie LeMoyne Pollitt.

Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, William O. Pollitte, of Pontiac, Mich., and George V. Pollitte, and wife, Bobbie Jo, of Lewisville, Texas; two daughters, Betty Deane Browning and husband, Richard L., of Harlan, and Leona Blue and husband, Bob, of Knoxville, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Helen Pollitte Ackley and husband, Julian, of Florence, Ky.; and Geneva Pollitte Martin, of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Earlbert Pollitte, of Harlan, and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Clara Beckett Pollitte; brothers, Ray Pollitte and wife, Ethel; Earlbert Pollitt, and a brother-in-law, Perry T. Martin.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, October 17, at the Mount Pleasant Funeral Home in Harlan.

Visitation will also be held on Monday, October 18, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Olivet United Methodist Church at Rectorville.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in the Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Harlan United Methodist Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Mount Pleasant Funeral Home in Harlan.

MAYSVILLE — Mrs. Norrine Wasson Bane, 85, of Orangeburg, died Friday [January 28, 2000] at Meadowview Regional Medical Center.

She was the widow of Elmo Conner Bane.

Born in Nicholas County on April 19, 1914, to the late Emmitt and Essie Prather Wasson. She was a graduate of Eastern Kentucky State Teachers’ College and was a teacher of home economics for the Mason County school system for 20 years. She taught at Orangeburg High School and Mason County High School as well as Owsley, Bullitt and Franklin County schools. She also served as the cafeteria supervisor while at Eastern State Teachers’ College.

Mrs. Bane was a member of Orangeburg United Methodist Church.

Surviving are one son, Joe H. Bane and his wife Debbie of Maysville; and two granddaughters Christie and Pamela. Also surviving are two brothers Chilton Wasson of Elk Grove, Calif., and Harold Templin Wasson of Alliance, Ohio; and a number of nephews and nieces.

Preceding her in death were three brothers, Deland Wasson of Paris, Loel Wasson of Lexington and Minyard Wasson of Detroit, Mich.; and a nephew David Wasson of Alliance, Ohio.

Services are 2 p.m. Monday at Knox and Brothers Funeral Home with the Rev. David Green officiating. Burial in Olivet Cemetery.

Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made in the form of donations to the Orangeburg United Methodist Church, Orangeburg Road, Maysville, Ky. 41056.

MAYSVILLE — Charles Thomas Pollitt, 60, of Goshen, Ohio, died at 11:10 p.m. Monday [April 20, 1998] at Clermont Mercy Hospital in Batavia, Ohio.

Mr. Pollitt was a cook at Frisch’s in Milford, Ohio, and had formerly worked with Frisch’s in Aberdeen.

Born in Burtonville, Ky. on May 16, 1937, he was the son of the late William B. and Iva Prather Pollitt.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Mullikin Pollitt; two sons, Greg Thackston of Phoenix, Ariz., and Anthony L. Thackston of Cincinnati, Ohio; two daughters, Sheila Hawk of Marathon, Ohio, and Jacqueline Louderback of Fairfield, Ohio; five sisters, Maxine Wilson of Aberdeen, Ohio, Betty Jennings of Springdale, Ark., Ella Porter of Germantown, Ky., and Margaret Plummer of Beechwood, Ky.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Pollitt, and four brothers, William, Jim, Carl and Lee Pollitt.

Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Knox and Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Albert Savage officiating. Burial will follow in Maysville Cemetery.

Visitation is from noon until hour of service Thursday at the funeral home.

TOLLESBORO — Arnet Pollitt, 90, of Burtonville, died Tuesday, Jan. 25 [2000] at the Vanceburg Rehabilitation Center after an illness of several years.

Mr. Pollitt was a retired farmer.

He was born in Fleming County on May 21, 1909 to the late Mrs. Lennie Pollitt.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Gladys Pollitt; his children, James L. Pollitt, Alexander Pollitt Sr., Rickey Pollitt, Connie Sue Holt and Robert “Pete” Pollitt, all of Tollesboro, Myrtle Williamson of Tollesboro, Sharon Williamson of Bucyrus, Ohio and Dwight “Ike” Pollitt of Franklin; 18 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by five children, Harold Pollitt, Doris Pollitt, Naomi Pollitt, Jackie Pollitt and another child, all died at infancy. He was also preceded in death by one granddaughter, Arlene Pollitt; four brothers and sisters.

Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Barbour and Son Funeral Home with Bro. Phillip Cropper officiating. Burial will be in the Burtonville Cemetery.

Pallbearers are Alexander Pollitt Jr., Charles Dearing, J. L. Pollitt Jr., Kevin Pollitt, Chad Williamson and Daniel Holt. Honorary pallbearers are Jason Williamson and Ronald Dearing.

Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

COVINGTON — Sarah E. Pollitt, 55, a homemaker, died Wednesday [January 26, 2000].

Surviving are her mother, Beatrice Hughes Pollitt of Newport; a brother, Tom Carrol Pollitt of Milford; and three sisters, Helen Snider and Delores Jean Nash, both of Newport, and Ida Mae McDaniel of Amelia.

Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and the service at 10 a.m. Monday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Newport. Burial will be in the Pollitt Family Cemetery, Burtonville, Ky.

HARRODSBURG — Mrs. Flossie Lovell Pollitt Grigsby, 85, formerly of Flemingsburg and Maysville died Jan. 28 [2000].

Mrs. Grigsby was a retired employee from Lowenthal’s of Lexington prior to moving to Harrodsburg. She was the widow of Carol Rowland Grigsby.

She was born in Lewis County on July 8, 1914 to the late Winford and Anna Stamper Pollitt.

Surviving are one son, Earl Boyd Grigsby of Branson, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Carol Lovell) Hill of Shelbyville; one brother, Howard Pollitt of Mount Carmel; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Bert Winfred Grigsby; and two brothers, Raymond and Morris Pollitt.

Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Brewer officiating. Burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Richard Hill, Donnie Pollitt, Winford Pollitt, Harold Pollitt, Butch Tackett and Jack Cancilla.

Looking back . . .

100 years ago July, 1897

Good news for the people which want to attend Ruggles Camp Meeting. Mr. Samuel Pollitt, the accommodating “bus driver” has reduced his fees to 75 cents round trip.

100 years ago Oct., 1899

Mrs. Harriet Pollitt, wife of F. A. Pollitt, died at her home on Bullcreek last night at 7 o’clock. The funeral will take place at Stewart’s Chapel this afternoon.

50 years ago May, 1949

On the occasion of his 83rd birthday, Mr. Robert Pollitt of Covington, spent the weekend in Maysville visiting Mr. And Mrs. J. H. Wells and her sister, Miss Elizabeth Fleming of East Second St.

50 years ago Jan., 1950

Among those from out-of-town who attended the funeral rites of Mr. Ernie White were Dr. Clarence Pollitt, Erie, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sage, Dallas, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. N. I. Lee, Fort Mitchell; James Pollitt, Charles West Va.; Miss Blance Porter, Cincinnati; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pollitt, of Amelia, Ohio.

The “Looking Back” column runs daily in the Maysville Ledger-Independent, courtesy of the Mason County Museum.

Sandra & Jim Moss, Washington, Ky.

Dana Workman, Mason Co., Ky.

Isaac Reed, Maysville, Ky.

Jim Columbia, Mason Co., Ky.

Joan Daugherty, Columbus, Ohio

Jack V. Pollitt Sr., Maryland

Doug & Kathy Ackley, West Chester, Ohio

Hugh & Wilma Gossett, Lynchburg, Ohio

Roger & Jeanette Gossett, Hillsboro, Ohio

Geneva Martin, Jacksonville, Fla.

Eleanor Bane Irwin, Tollesboro, Ky.

Wilma R. Hampton, Tollesboro, Ky.

W. David & Peggy Ackley, Middletown, Ohio

Axie H. Pollitte, Harlan, Ky.

Norrine Bane, Orangeburg, Ky.

Joe & Debbie Bane, Maysville, Ky.

Allan & Anita Bane, Mableton, Ga.

Jim & Betty Pollitte, Mason Co., Ky.

David, Robin, Kayli &

Brianna Pollitte, Morehead, Ky.

Brian, Cheryl, Benjamin &

Jameson McBrayer, Georgetown, Ky.

Mary Evelyn & Fred Nichols, Madisonville, Ky.

Mary A. & Delmon Cooper, Henderson, Ky.

Lyle & Kay Webster, Newark, Ohio

Carol Pollitte Fox & Ronnie E. Fox, Ravenna, Ky.

Patsy & Richard Spain, Jacksonville, Fla.

Perri, Michael, Matt &

Brittany Teel, Kingsport, Tenn.

Rick, Dot, Jimmy, Travis, Marrissa &

Zachary Spain, Albany, Ga.

Emily Hutchison, Tollesboro, Ky.

Kit & Tim Hensley, no address

Dianne & Michael Corriston, Totz, Ky.

Richard & Betty Deane Browning, Grays Knob, Ky.

Deborah & Jennifer Green, Grays Knob, Ky.

Jessica Green & David Groves,

& friend Jennifer Ashurst

Carlyle & Carol Ackley, Florence, Ky.

Helen Ackley, Florence, Ky.

David & Debbie Ackley, Carmel, Indiana

Linda L. Ackley, Covington, Ky.

Patti, Tony, Jason & Casie Waltz, Morehead, Ky.

Note: Anyone who attended but is not listed above did not sign the guest register – please don’t forget to register at this year’s reunion so our history book will be complete.

I’ve always been interested in history, particularly the history of Kentucky. You cannot study the history of America after about 1750 without it coming back to Kentucky.

I have also been fascinated with my connection to that history. I am fortunate (in the sense of this interest) that every branch of my own family tree came to (and stayed) in Kentucky early in the state’s history. Perhaps that is why I have enjoyed genealogy – it has been fairly easy for me to trace each line, at least back several generations. There are not many holes in my tree, though I may not know much about an individual personally.

To me genealogy is a hobby much like jigsaw puzzles must be to others. While there is a thrill in discovering unknown branches of the family (Oh Lord…Another fifty Pollitts I’ve got to enter into the computer!), I most enjoy finding a connection between pieces of information I already have – tidying things up and confirming their worth.

My grandfather J. J. Pollitte had spent a lifetime collecting information about the Pollittes, but in those days before computers it was very difficult to organize.

Since his death in 1985, I have attempted to organize and build upon what he started. Of course, many others have contributed to the project. But what we have today goes far beyond what, I think, he could have imagined.

Today’s technology is finally to the point I have waited for it to be. It is powerful enough to create for me what I can visualize, regardless that I lack the skills to do so otherwise.

Our computerized database now contains 6,317 persons and 36,851 records about them. Our obituary file contains 68 pages of single-spaced death notices. Our biography file contains 40 pages of single-spaced newspaper articles, letters, etc. Our Olivet Cemetery file contains the names and headstone inscriptions of nearly everyone buried there from the 1820s through the mid-1990s. And these are just the tip of the iceberg – I find something new every day.

Though it goes against my nature to distribute an “unfinished” project, I have come to realize that this particular project will never be finished. It will always need updating, correcting, confirming.

So, I will have available at this year’s reunion all of the above information contained on a cd-rom. This cd will include decades of research from family members all across the nation. To recover the cost of materials, I will need $5 for each cd. If you would like for me to reserve a copy for you, just let me know and you can pick it up at the reunion (I will only have a few “extras”). If you will not be able to attend this year but would like a copy, the cost will be $10 to cover packaging and shipping (I will not have time until after the reunion to send these out). If there is any profit I will put it in the family fund.

If you are interested but unfamiliar with what a cd can do, please feel free to contact me to discuss it.

You will need a computer and some version of genealogy software to use the cd. I use Family Tree Maker 8.0 – I’ve been really impressed with what it can do. Two packages of this software (earlier versions) will be given as prizes at the reunion. FTM can cost between $20 and $100, depending on the version and accessories you get, and is readily available in any computer department (Best Buy, CompUSA, even Wal-Mart). I will be happy to discuss with anyone who is interested how to use a computer to learn about your family history.

[By the way, I am not very impressed with the Family Tree Maker World Family Tree cds. I submitted the Pollitte tree, but they omitted an awful lot of information (nearly everything from the 20th century). Save your money and get one of ours.]

We also now have our own Pollitte/Pollitt web site on the internet. I have placed the entire family tree there for anyone to access, along with several other family history documents. If you would like to visit, please send your email address to me at pollitte@usa.net and I will make sure you get instructions on how to access it. If you do log in, feel free to add items (news, photos etc.), including information about yourself. Look under Family Tree and click on View Tree to see our genealogy - see if you can find yourself! I was just reviewing the site today and saw that Carol Ackley had entered quite a bit of personal information that I didn’t have in the genealogy – including her maiden name of Riley. Thanks Carol – I add something new every day.

I will have the computer at this year’s reunion, and will give any visitor a printout of his / her family chart – be sure to stop by. Look for more details in our April newsletter.

Jim Columbia

Thanks to Fred Nichols for updating our address list (Jo Blair actually wrote the new address list, but since she didn’t send it to me, Fred gets the credit). If you are getting the newsletter for the first time in awhile, you have Fred to thank.

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] bed & breakfasts

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Three Islands B&B – Manchester, Ohio (937) 549-2149

White House Inn – Augusta, Ky. (606) 756-2004

Beehive Tavern – Augusta, Ky. (606) 756-2202

Lamplighter Inn – Augusta, Ky. (606) 756-2603

Volume 13, Number 1 Winter 2000

OBITUARIES

HARLAN, Ky. — George Omar Pollitte, 90, of Harlan, Ky., died Friday [October 15, 1999] at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City, Tenn. His wife is Georgia Pope Pollitte.

Preceding her in death were three brothers, Deland Wasson of Paris, Loel Wasson of Lexington and Minyard Wasson of Detroit, Mich.; and a nephew David Wasson of Alliance, Ohio.