Obituary for Bertha Mays Pollard (1887-1910)
No. 109 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of
Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.
Silently and secretly, one by one, the loved ones are taken from our midst by an unseen
hand to be transplanted on the unknown shore.
When the grim reaper, on last Wednesday, bore away the spirit of dear Bertha, he conveyed
one of the sweetest burdens that ever passed over the sea.
When the sad intelligence that the spirit had fled from Bertha MAYS POLLARD, flashed over
the vicinity, the entire community was veiled in a mist of sorrow and sadness.
Bertha MAYS, daughter of Mrs. Ruth MAYS, was born Feb. 8, 1887. When eight years of age
her mother moved from Clinton, Mo., to the home of the late Miller WILSON where Bertha
grew to womanhood. In December, 1907, she married Tony POLLARD, who with a 15-months-old
baby survives her. For years the dreaded White Plague was forcing itself upon her. This
spring she went to Oklahoma in search of relief, but failing she returned home where three
weeks before her death she became bedfast, where she patiently awaited the end. She became
reconciled to her fate and made necessary preparations for the end, which came with the
rising of the sun June 29, 1910. A few days prior she called her mother to her bed and
requested her to take her baby girl to raise as she could live no longer. On Sunday at her
request she was baptized by Elder DAVIS into the Christian faith.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, baby, mother, Mrs. R.N. WILSON, and brother
Walter, of Oklahoma, besides a host of friends.
The funeral was preached at her home by Eld. DAVIS, June 30, at 9 a.m., and the remains
were followed by a throng of sorrowing friends to the MILLER burying ground, where three
hours later they were placed beneath the sod. Bertha was a dear, sweet girl, only 23 years
old, a general favorite among her friends who were all who knew her. She grew up among us
and will be missed by all.
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Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection": Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO. She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records.
Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 20 August 1998.
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