Submitted by Patricia Keenan, July 30, 2009
Mrs. Pauline Polk - Died 18 June 2009 – Walters Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Polk, age 84, of Teague and formerly of Leona were held at 1 PM, Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Two-Mile United Methodist Church east of Leona on FM 977. She was buried in the Two-Mile Paradise Cemetery. Walters Funeral Home in Centerville was in charge of all arrangements.
Pauline Polk was born in Leon County, Texas on December 14, 1924. Her parents were the late Sam Jones, Sr. and Eugene Wynn. Mrs. Polk was a lifelong resident of Leona and the Leona area, having moved to Teague only recently to live with a daughter. She and her husband, the late James A. Polk, had 14 children; 13 of which are still living. She was a housewife, mother and homemaker all of her long life. In her later years, she did work outside of the home as a caregiver at the Dyer Vocational School in Leona for about 8 years and, then for about 5 years as a nurse’s aide in the Madisonville Nursing Home. She was also a longtime and faithful member of the Two-Mile United Methodist Church and a member of the “Starlight Community Singers”.
In addition to her parents, her husband and an infant child, Mrs. Polk was
preceded in death by brothers, Henry Otis Wynn, Rev. Jessie Wynn, Jessie Lee
Jones, David B. Jones and Carl Jones and sister, Magnolia Wilder. Mrs. Polk
passed away in the Mexia hospital on June 18, 2009.
Surviving family includes nine sons, James Polk, Jr. (Joainer) of Dallas, J.C.
Polk of Dallas, Clyde Polk (Joyce) of DeSoto, Paul Polk of Dallas, Matthew Polk
of Dallas, Daniel Polk (Therissa) of Dallas, Bernard Polk (Sheila) of Dallas,
Preston Polk of Dallas and Carl Polk of Dallas. She is also survived by four
daughters, Errma Jean Jefferson of Washington D.C., Gloria Polk of Dallas, Eva
Polk of Teague and Patricia Brown of Dallas; brothers, Earl Wynn of Dallas and
Sam “Junior” Jones, Jr. of Normangee; sisters, Ida Reed and Della Johnson, both
of Leona, Florine Chambers of Dallas, Mary Alice Lankford of Lancaster and Ethel
Mae Sanders of Normangee; 35 grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; one
great great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews. Some of her grandsons
served as pallbearers.