OBITUARIES

EDNA LYLE WEBSTER HORD

Mrs. Edna Lyle Hord, 85, a longtime resident of the Rector-ville community, died Friday [September 19, 1997] at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., after an earlier surgery.

She was born in Mason County on August 11, 1912, the only child of the late John and Lelia Herbert Webster.

She was the widow of Harry J. Hord. They were married over 60 years when Mr. Hord died on Dec. 16, 1994. Throughout their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hord were very active in the many activities of the United Methodist Church, both on a local and regional level. She assisted Mr. Hord with the Sunday School devotional every Sunday on WFTM and they were faithful supporters of Ruggles Campground.

She was a member of the Orangeburg United Methodist Church, RSVP, and had served as an American Red Cross volunteer for many years.

Surviving are three sons, Arvid Hord of Memphis, and Larry Hord and Barry Hord, both of Houston, Texas. Three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.

A daughter, Lois Ann Hord, died in infancy.

Services for Edna Lyle Hord will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Orangeburg United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Fuller officiating.

Burial will follow in the Olivet Cemetery.

The remains will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to the funeral service.

Memorials may be made to the Gideon International Bible Fund.

[Editors Note: Like her hus-band Harry Hord, who passed away in 1994, Edna Lyle Hord had attended nearly every Pollitt Family Reunion until recent poor health resulted in her moving to Memphis, the residence of her son Will Arvid Hord. Harry & Edna Lyle Hord were long-time members of the Olivet Church.]

ALTON ROBERT IRWIN

TOLLESBORO — Alton Robert Irwin, 71, of Tollesboro, died Wednesday [April 2, 1997] at his home after an extended illness.

Retired, Mr. Irwin was a veteran of World War II and a member of Tollesboro Christian Church.

Born in Fallston, Md. on Jan. 15, 1926, he was the son of the late Alton and Winifred Irwin.

Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Eleanor Bane Irwin; a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Cinda Irwin of West Virginia; one grandson, Michael Irwin Jr. of Hillsboro, Ore.; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Betty Lee Wolfe of Belair, Md., and Reba Schillinger of York, Pa.

Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Barbour and Son Funeral Home with John Moore, minister of Tollesboro Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Olivet Cemetery.

[Editors Note: This obituary was accidentally omitted from the Spring 1997 issue of the newsletter.]

D. D. COOPER

MAYSVILLE — David Duvall Cooper, 80, a resident of Olivet Church Road in the Bridgeport community, died Saturday [April 19, 1997] at 5:15 p.m. while a patient at Veteran’s Admin-istration Medical Center in Lexington.

He was born in Mason County on May 27, 1916, the son of the late James and Nancy Kannon Cooper.

Mr. Cooper was a member of Olivet United Methodist Church and served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was a retired farmer.

His wife Jessie Bell Mason Cooper died April 10, 1989.

Surviving are two sons, Donald W. Cooper of Wellington, Ky., and Elmer David Cooper of Frenchburg; a daughter, Nancy Cooper of Wellington; and three grand-children, Matthew D. Cooper and Kimberly Ann Cooper, both of Frenchburg, and Dr. Jennifer Back of Sarasota, Fla.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Edna Carol Cooper.

Services for David D. Cooper will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Olivet United Methodist Church with Rev. Ray Ripato officiating.

Burial will follow in Olivet Cemetery.

[Note: D. D. Cooper was the nephew of William Thomas & Annie Cooper Pollitte. He was a descendant of the original settlers of eastern Mason County, and his family has lived on the same farm, adjacent to the Pollitte Family homestead, since the late 1700s.]

TENCIE CRAWFORD POLLITT

FLEMINGSBURG — Mrs. Tencie Crawford Pollitt, 61, of Williams St., Flemingsburg, died Thursday morning [October 17, 1997] at Fleming County Hospital.

She was a housewife and the widow of George Pollitt who died April 20, 1977.

Born in Bath County on Nov. 3, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Sterling and Lizzie Perkins Crawford.

Surviving are one daughter, Rebecca Sue Walker of Flemingsburg; five sons, Raymond Pollitt and Michael Pollitt, both of Flemingsburg, Jerry Allen Pollitt of Chats-worth, Ga., Newell Ray Pollitt of Mount Olivet, and Paul Eugene Pollitt of Tilton; 10 grandchildren; one sister, Helen Morford of Brooksville; one brother, Scotty Crawford of Flemingsburg; three step-daughters, Ruth Mitchell of Chatsworth, Ga., Helen Sue McGuire of Olive Hill, and Bonnie Jean Pollitt of Lexington; four step-sons, Leo Pollitt and Tommy Pollitt, both of Flemingsburg, Jewell Pollitt, and Billy Hill of Sardis. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Nancy Teegarden, Jenny Belle Crawford and Mary Elizabeth Pollitt; and three brothers, Huston, Bill and David D. Crawford.

Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Boone-Nickell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

NANCYE MARIE SEDDON RYAN

MAYSVILLE — Mrs. Nancye Marie Ryan, 84, of Mason County, died at 10:50 p.m. Friday, June 27 [1997], at Columbia Memorial Hospital after several years of failing health.

She was born August 2, 1912, the oldest daughter of the late George and Phebe Seddon.

Surviving Mrs. Ryan is her husband, Carwin Ryan; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Hord of Mason County; daughters Barbara Dunaway and Phebe Davenport, both of Eagle River, Alaska; and step-son Allen Ryan of Dallas, Texas. She also leaves eight grand-children, Fr. Marc Dunaway and Fr. Michael Dunaway of Eagle River, Alaska, Luanne Barr of Tucson, Arizona, Scott Davenport of Salisbury, Maryland, Rebecca Davenport of Eagle River, Alaska, Mary Louise Ginn of Mason County, Kentucky, Carwin Ryan of Salinas, California, and Scott Ryan of Tucson, Arizona; 16 great-grandchildren; and niece and recent helper, Esther Brown.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Helen Atherton; half-sister, Lovell Pollitt; and half-brother, Edward Seddon.

Nancye was a long-time faithful and active member of Orangeburg United Methodist Church. She loved church gatherings and family gatherings. For many years she was a devoted nurse at Hayswood Hospital having graduated from Good Sam-aritan Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky in 1934. After her nursing work she devoted her time to her and Carwin’s farm near Orangeburg, occasionally returning to fill in as nurse at Denham Clinic. She will be remembered by all who knew her.

Services will be Tuesday, July 1, at Orangeburg United Methodist Church with visitation at 1 p.m. and services at 2 p.m.

Burial will follow in Maysville Cemetery.

Officiating at the services will be former pastor Rev. David Green and current pastor Rev. Bob Fuller.

Pallbearers will be Tommy Atherton, Calvin Carpenter, Scott Davenport, Steve Hord, Don Kirkland and Don Lee. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Wilbur Cropper, Bill Hord, and Charles Russell.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Orangeburg United Methodist Church Building Fund.

ALFRED ELMO STAMM

VANCEBURG — Alfred Elmo Stamm, 88, of Vance-burg, died at 8:50 a.m. Thursday [June 19, 1997] at his residence after an extended illness.

Mr. Stamm attended Thackers Chapel Christian Holiness Church. He was a retired farmer and mail carrier.

A life time resident of the Indian Creek community, he was born on April 14, 1909, to the late Frank and Pearl Pollitt Stamm.

Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Geneva Sparks Stamm; one daughter, Helen Crawford of Vanceburg; two brothers, Jesse Stamm of Orangeburg, and Glenn Stamm of Flemings-burg; and two sisters, Grace Crawford of Vanceburg, and Frances Brunel of Costiago, Calif. He was preceded in death by five infant children, two brothers, Kenneth Stamm and Charles Stamm, and three sisters, Goldie Crawford, Lovell Duff and Gladys Stone.

Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Dickerson Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Ripato officiating. Burial will be in Thomas Cemetery at Indian Creek, Ky.

Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until the hour of the service Saturday at the funeral home.

ANNA L. HUNT GRAY

ELIZAVILLE — Mrs. Anna L. Gray, 62, Ewing, died Wednesday, Jan. 8 [1997] at Fleming County Hospital.

She was a homemaker and attended Battle Run Christian Church.

Born in Fleming County on March 11, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Avery F. and Elizabeth Earlywine Hunt.

Surviving are her husband, Herbert Gray; two sons, Vonnie Gray and Jeffery Gray, both of Ewing; one daughter, Tammy Jones of Ewing; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four brothers, Avery Hunt Jr. of Ewing, and Stevie, Rocky and David Hunt, all of Flemingsburg; four sisters, Opal Carpenter of Ewing, Hazel Kerns of Flemingsburg, Joy Wilson of Indiana, and Carolyn Pollitt.

Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Price Bothers Funeral Home with Rev. Art Hobbs and Rev. James Hickerson officiating. Burial will be in Elizaville Cemetery.

Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

WILLIAM ROBERT McGINNUS

TOLLESBORO — William Robert McGinnus, son of Jennifer Sue Pollitt and Clifford McGinnus, died Friday [January 24, 1997] at birth in Columbia Hospital Maysville.

Graveside services at the convenience of the family in Jordan Cemetery, Vanceburg.

Barbour and Son Funeral Home in charge of arrange-ments.

OSCAR S. SHOEMAKER

MAYSVILLE — Oscar Sanford “Buck” Shoemaker, 85, formerly of the Sardis community, died at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday [October 28, 1997] at Vanceburg Health Care Center. He was a farmer.

Born in Mason County on June 9, 1912, he was the son of the late Sanford Wesley and Berdie Ann Gill Shoemaker and was the last of his immediate family.

Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Pollitt Shoemaker of Sardis, and Mrs. Walter (Anna) Shoemaker of Mays-ville; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by five brothers, Earl, Henry, Robert, Lee and Walter Shoemaker, and four sisters, Nannie Davis, Mary Lou Hord, Dora Wolf and Katie Huber.

Services are 2 p.m. today at Knox and Brothers Funeral Home with Rev. Wesley Shoemaker officiating. Burial will be in Olivet Cemetery in Mason County.

Visitation will be held at the funeral home from noon until the hour of the service today.

IDA BOGGS POLLITT

TOLLESBORO — Mrs. Ida Boggs Pollitt, 82, of Maysville, died Thursday [December 11, 1997] at her home.

Mrs. Pollitt was a housewife and a member of Olivet United Methodist Church.

Born in Lewis County on July 26, 1915, she was the daughter of the late John and Sally Faris Boggs.

Surviving are her husband of 62 years, Chester Pollitt; two sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby and Dora Mae Pollitt and Gary and Carol Pollitt, all of Maysville; and one daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Robert Glover of Cincinnati; 10 grandchildren, Gus Pollitt of Tollesboro, Troy Strode of Williamstown, Ohio, Ted Pollitt and Vincent Pollitt, both of Maysville, Dennis Pollitt of Florida, Jarrod Breeze and Chris Breeze, both of Maysville, Robin Merk of Cincinnati, Vicki Fields of Maysville, and Misty Sergent of Flemingsburg; and 18 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Woodrow Boggs of Little Cabin Creek in Lewis County. She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Sally Steffey and Chandra Pollitt, and one great-grandchild, Amos Pollitt.

Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Barbour and Son Funeral Home with Rev. David Green officiating. Burial will be in Olivet Cemetery.

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

ALBERT SIMMS

TOLLESBORO — Albert Simms, 76, of Orangeburg, died Tuesday [December 30, 1997] at Maysville Extended Care Facility.

Services 2 p.m. today at Barbour and Son Funeral Home. Burial in Olivet Cemetery.

VIRGINIA K. POLLITT

MANCHESTER, Ohio — Mrs. Virginia K. Pollitt, 79, of Manchester, Ohio, died Friday [January 2, 1998] at Eagle Creek Nursing Home. She was the widow of Orval Pollitt.

Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Wilson Home for Funerals. Burial in Manchester Cemetery.

GLADYS WALKER POLLITT

VANCEBURG — Mrs. Gladys Pollitt, 83, of the Maysville Extended Care Facility, died at 10:41 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998 at the facility after an extended illness. She was a former resident of the Quick’s Run community in Lewis County.

She was a housewife and the widow of Lynn B. Pollitt who died Dec. 9, 1977.

Mrs. Pollitt was born March 28, 1914, in Quick’s Run, the daughter of the late Morrison and Clara Gilbert Walker.

Survivors include two sons, Dennis F. Walker of Wapako-neta, Ohio, and Donald Heater of Vanceburg; a step-daughter, Tammy Whitaker of Grand Junction, Colo.; two grand-children, Danette Addison and Denise Fischer; one great-grandchild; and two step-grandchildren.

Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Dickerson Funeral Home with Rev. Carl McCann officiating.

MABLE MILDRED POLLITT

FLEMINGSBURG — Mrs. Mable Mildred Pollitt, 79, of Flemingsburg, died Tuesday [Feb. 3, 1998] at Pioneer Trace Nursing Home in Flemingsburg.

Mrs. Pollitt was a housewife and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Plumville, Ky. She was the widow of Forest Pollitt.

Born in Lewis County on Sept. 25, 1918, she was the daughter of the late James and Harriett Boling Rolph.

Surviving are four sons, Clyde Glenn Pollitt and James Kenneth Pollitt, both of Florida, Larry Pollitt and Wayne Pollitt, both of Fleming County; one daughter, Wilheminia Whisman of Fleming County; 11 grandchildren; and one sister, Betty Jodrey of West Union, Ohio.

Services are 1 p.m. Thursday in the Denton Funeral Home chapel. Interment will be in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

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 Feb., 1898

Daniel Webster has sold his farm to Louis Bean and has purchased another one near Rectorville.

99 years ago July, 1899

A. C. Pollitt and wife visited Rev. Hall Pollitt of Mount Olivet Saturday and Sunday.

99 years ago Jan., 1899

Rectorville News — The remains of Mrs. Kate Kennan of Orangeburg were interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery Saturday and Miss Jane Thomas of Lewis County on Monday.

69 years ago Jan., 1929

Bridgeport News — Miss Geneva Pollitt spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Pollitt.

In our Spring 1996 issue of the newsletter, we included an article titled Pollitts on the Internet?? This article included the names of several persons who had expres-sed an interest in researching the history and genealogy of the Pollitt family. Interestingly, none of the persons cited was named Pollitt.

For the current issue, we made a search of the Internet for information about individuals named Pollitt, and discovered an index of 480 citations for Pollitts around the world.

The Pollitt most often listed was Katha Pollitt.

One citation reads: “Katha Pollitt is well known for her sharp and provocative analyses of popular culture and politics. Her ‘Subject to Debate’ column, which The Washington Post called ‘the best place to go for original thinking on the left,’ began in January 1994 and appears every other week in The Nation; it is frequently reprinted in newspapers across the country.

“A superb stylist, Pollitt can always be relied on for her wit and her keen sense of both the ridiculous and the sublime. In the past her Nation essays have targeted ‘family values,’ surrogate mothers and ‘difference feminism,’ among other topics.

“Pollitt has been contributing to The Nation since 1980. Her 1992 essay on the culture wars…won the National Magazine Award for essays and criticism. Also in 1992, she won the Whiting Foundation Writing Award.

“For her poetry, Pollitt has received a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her 1982 book Antarctic Traveler won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Grand Street, Yale Review, Poetry and Antaeus.

Pollitt has also written essays for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Harper's, Mirabella, Ms., Glamour, Mother Jones, and The New York Times. She has appeared on NPR's Fresh Air and All Things Considered, Charlie Rose, The McLaughlin Group, CNN, Dateline NBC and the BBC.

“A collection of her writings, Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism, was published in August 1994 by Knopf. Born in New York City, she was educated at Harvard and the Columbia School of the Arts and has taught poetry at Barnard College and the 92nd Street Y.”

British researcher Dr. A. Steven Pollitt is listed as “Project Director” for the HIBROWSE for Bibliographic Databases, a two-year research project launched on 1st March 1995, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre and co-sponsored by Elsevier Science BV, Software AG, Sun Microsystems, STN-International, Elonex and the University of Huddersfield, in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

S. E. Pollitt is listed as co-author of several Australian scientific publications, including A Dynamic Multi-source Djikstras algorithm for vehicle routing; Implementing shortest-path algorithms in a 3‑Dimensional GIS; An Interactive 3‑D GIS Urban Planning Model; and, The [World Wide Web] as a Provider of Multimedia Information to the (Eco)Tourist.

J. J. Pollitt is listed as the author of ART & EXPERIENCE IN CLASSICAL GREECE (Cambridge Univ. Press), required reading for an honors art history course at Yale University.

This is likely the same person as the Jerome Pollitt who is listed elsewhere as a professor on the faculty of Yale’s Department of History of Art.

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies is pleased to announce the publication of an important new title by the Oxford University Press: Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities, by Michael G. Pollitt.

This book seeks to investigate the claim that privately-owned electric utilities have lower production costs than publicly-owned electric utilities using recent data from a large sample of plants and companies on electricity generation, transmission and distribution from 14 countries [including the USA].

“Michael Pollitt has addressed the central energy policy issue of whether privatizing electricity utilities is likely to increase their productive efficiency and lower costs using the best data and most careful analysis ever deployed…”

“…His exhaustive treatment uncovers fascinating findings - that there is no apparent difference in the technical efficiency with which public and private electric utilities operate, but that there is strong evidence that private generation is cheaper than public generation...”

“.....The implications of his carefully based findings are considerable.”

Prof. David Newbery, University of Cambridge

The address of the Oxford University Press is listed as 1600 Pollitt Drive, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410.

Under the Internet topic “Books About Horse Feet” is the following citation:

“Currently topping the list is Color Atlas of The Horse's Foot by Christopher C. Pollitt, Ph.D., University of Queens-land, Australia and Hoofcare & Lameness Magazine.”

Christopher Pollitt is also listed as co-author of Equine Lameness and Foot Conditions.

A video, Horse Foot Studies by Chris Pollitt MRCVS, is also listed.

R. J. Pollitt, Neonatal Screening Lab, Childrens' Hospital, Sheffield, UK, is listed as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism. It publishes original work… covering all aspects of inherited metabolic disorders in man and higher animals.

Joanna Pollitt is the Liaison Officer for Tasdance (originally the Tasmanian Dance Company when founded in 1981), a small, contemporary dance troupe based in Launceston, Tasmania. The company works in schools and communities, as well as presenting public performances. The company has toured nationally and internationally.

Brent Pollitt is listed as an advertising field sales representative of the Evening Chronicle, a newspaper at P. O. Box 47, 172 Union Street, Oldham, Lancashire, England OL1 1EQ. Telephone: 0161-633 2121 —

David Pollitt is listed as Editor of Japan Management Review.

James Pollitt of Scientists for Global Responsibility presented Dartford 2096? How environmental issues might shape Dartford's future, at Dartford, UK, during the 1996 International Week Of Science and Peace.

Merle Pollitt, president, UAW, Local 1253, was one of the speakers at the seminar Implementing Key Concepts of the Saturn Philosophy in a Small Company, held at Peterson Spring, a $10-million division of Peterson American Co. located in Three Rivers, Mich., and a major supplier of retaining rings to the automotive industry.

Joan Pollitt is listed as treasurer of the Clinton/Gore '96 Primary Committee, Inc., in a press release regarding an investigation by The Federal Election Commission.

The Santa Monica (California) Business Directory lists John R. Pollitt, 233 Wilshire Blvd., #400, Santa Monica, CA, as a local attorney. He can be reached at (310) 917-1010.

Daniel H. Pollitt published an article titled “The flag burning controversy: a chronology,” (Reflection on the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights) in the January 1992 issue of the North Carolina Law Review.

Bobby Pollitt is listed as a professional golfer in the South Florida PGA.

On April 18th at the Cross Creek/Town Talk Series at the Links at Key Biscayne, he shot a 72 and won $775.

Kate Pollitt, rowing in the number four position, was on the Great Britain team which placed fourth in a heat at the 1996 Olympics last July.

Michelle Pollitt, 36, finished in 11,314th place in the most recent New York City Marathon.

A woman named Pollitt (her first name was lost in the transfer of information) of North Falmouth, Mass., posted her opinion of the following restaurant:

”Have just read all the recommendations and am surprised I did not find one for the Silver Lounge in North Falmouth. Always dependable and delicious. And I love to browse the Country Store that is attached and of course my grandchildren love the candy counter and caboose.”