Pauline (Polly) Ward

Mrs. Ward passed peacefully from this life on April 10, 2012, after a brief stay in the Chester County Nursing Home. Up until that time, she made her home in Pinson where she was known as “Big Momma”, “Grandmother Polly”, and “Aunt Polly” to her beloved grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended family and friends.



She was born Pauline Andrews on June 6, 1915, in Baldwyn, Mississippi to Walter and Callie Andrews, the youngest of four children. She married George Calvin Ward, a native of Henderson, Tennessee, in June of 1933. They made their home in Henderson until he went to work for the Department of Defense as an ammunitions inspector. They lived in several states, France and Panama during this time. Upon his retirement, they returned to Henderson where they lived until his death in November of 1971. Soon after she moved to Pinson with her daughter and her family and it is there she resided until January of this year.



Polly was an excellent cook and she loved to crochet. One of the most cherished gifts anyone ever received from her was one of her handmade, crocheted Afghans. But perhaps the most endearing of her qualities was how inspirational she was to everyone she knew. Always encouraging and with a great sense of humor, she was grateful until her very last day for her family and friends and spoke often of how blessed she was and how good God had been to her. Polly was a faithful member of Pinson Church of Christ and she will be greatly missed by us all.



Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George C. Ward; her sisters, Sarah Steed of Henderson and Bessie Smith of Van Vleet, Mississippi; and her brother Edward Andrews of Sheffield, Alabama; brothers-in-law Hubert Steed and Lawrence Smith, sister- and brother-in-law Z.T. and Worley McCall ; sister-in-law Mary Tilson; and son-in-law Bobby Ellis of Pinson.



She is survived by her daughter, Jean Carolyn Ward Ellis of Pinson, and her son George C. Ward Jr. and wife Pat of Helena, Arkansas; nieces Alice Wheeler and husband Alan of Jackson, Susan Hendrix and husband Dwayne, and Sandra Steed all of Henderson; six grandchildren, Dinah Reams and husband Al of Jackson, Melinda Ward of Buxton, North Dakota, Polly Williams and husband David of Saltillo, George C. Ward III of Fernley, Nevada, Joe Ellis and wife Sarah of Henderson, Kerry Ward and wife Michelle of Ward, Arkansas; 16 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her special extended family.