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Submitted: 11/17/21 • Approved: 11/18/21 • Last Updated: 5/10/23 • R1401542-G1401542-S3
October 25, 1836 - December 20, 1922
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Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Wednesday, December 20, 1922
POLLARD, Martha Elizabeth "Lizzy" COOPER – Mrs. Lizzie Cooper Pollard, aged 86, died this morning at McAlester, Oklahoma, according to a message received here this morning by Major B.R. Davidson from her son, Stirman Pollard. The body will be brought to Fayetteville for burial and will be interred Saturday morning following funeral services held from First Christian Church and conducted by Rev. N.M. Ragland.
Mrs. Pollard came to Fayetteville from Columbia, Missouri as the bride of the late William Pollard more than 60 years ago and lived here practically all her married life. Following the death of her husband she moved to McAlester where she has made her home for the past ten years or more with her daughter Mrs. T.P. Latham.
Besides the son and daughter named above, she is survived by one other son, Joel Pollard, and by several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are being made by Major Davidson.
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Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Thursday, December 21, 1922
Pallbearers for Mrs. Lizzie Pollard, who died yesterday at McAlester, and who will be buried here Saturday, were announced today as follows:
Active - J.C. Massie, Dr. Charles Richardson, C.R. Gilbreath, J.V. Walker, W.H. Cravens and Dr. C.B. Paddock. Honorary - P.F. Davidson, A.B. Lewis, Robert J. Wilson, Hugh A. Dinsmore, Jay Fulbright and H.F. Reagan.
The funeral party, including Stirman Pollard and daughter, Miss Sarah Pollard of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. T.P. Latham and daughter, Elizabeth of McAlester, and Mr. and Mrs. Joel Pollard, also of McAlester; Mrs. J.T. Stinson and son, Ben, of St. Louis, will arrive here Friday. Mrs. Stirman Pollard is already in Fayetteville.
Mrs. Stinson and son will be guests of Mrs. Stinson's father, Major B.R. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Joel Pollard will be guests of Mrs. A.B. Kell, and other members of the family will be domiciled while here at the Stirman Pollard home on East Lafayette Avenue.
Services conducted by Rev. N.M. Ragland, will be held at ten o'clock A.M. at First Christian Church and interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.
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Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Tuesday, December 26, 1922
Last Tribute Paid To Mrs. E. Pollard
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Pollard were held Saturday from First Christian Church, Rev. N.M. Ragland officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery. Flowers covered the casket, which was tenderly handled by lifelong friends of the family. In his funeral address, Mr. Ragland paid this tribute to the departed:
"This remarkable woman was born four score and six years ago into an influential and honorable family. Her birthplace was Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. She was reared in a home of wealth, culture and high Christian ideals. While yet a child she was bereaved both of her father and her mother. The Lord be praised, the orphan at once found a place of refuge and peace in the home of her grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Joel Haden.
"Mr. Haden was both a minister of the gospel and a man of affairs. Early in the second administration of President Andrew Jackson he was appointed receiver for the land office located at Springfield. He was acquainted with many able and distinguished men both in church and state, some of whom were often in his home. In this way the granddaughter came in close touch with many of the noble men and women of the generation among whom she was reared. Early in life she sought the pearl of greatest price and was received into the Christian Church at Columbia by the Rev. D.L. Henderson. At the age of eighteen years she was graduated from Christian College. The president of the school was Dr. Augustus Williams, who was a lovable man and a born teacher, remarkably quiet and gentle in his demeanor.
"Two years after graduating she became the wife of the late Mr. T.W. Pollard. Bright and blessed was the day for Fayetteville when this blushing bride came to this town where for the space of a half a century she shed the radiance of a holy influence over every circle in which she moved. She illustrated in her own character and history the beautiful qualities of nobility and Christianity. A more lovable, worth and winsome personality never broke bread at the table of a count. Her witness is in heaven and her record is on high.
"The end came swiftly and the pilgrim weary and fatigued with the long journey passed peacefully into everlasting rest."
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Fayetteville Democrat
Tuesday, January 2, 1923
Tribute to Mrs. Pollard - The following clipping concerning Mrs. Elizabeth Pollard, deceased, appeared in a recent issue of the McAlester News-Capital:
"For fifty years Mrs. Pollard was a member of the First Christian Church of Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was State president of the Arkansas Christian Women's Board of Missions for some time. She was president of the Southern Memorial Association for twenty years, and to her fell the honor of unveiling the Confederate monument at Fayetteville.
On the day that Christian College at Columbia, Missouri was opened, Mrs. Pollard, then Miss Martha Elizabeth Cooper, entered as a student. She was graduated from that institution. Three years ago the annual of Christian College was dedicated in her honor, by the class of 1919 of which her granddaughter, Sarah Pollard was a member.
'Sixty-five years ago Elizabeth Cooper was graduated from Christian College,' the dedication read. 'Her granddaughter, Sarah Pollard, is a member of the class of 1919. Across the stream of time, we, the third generation of Christian College girls, send to you, Elizabeth Cooper Pollard of the first generation, our loving loyal greetings, to you who have almost reached the eighty-fifth milestone, we dedicate this book.'"
Miss Elizabeth Cooper was born near Fayette, Missouri, October 25, 1836. In 1856 she was married in Springfield, Missouri to Thomas M. Pollard of Fayetteville.
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Elizabeth (Lizzie) Pollard was the daughter of Jonathan and Mary Ann Young Cooper. She was a founding member of the Southern Memorial Association which established the Confederate Cemetery on Rock Street in Fayetteville.
- Donna Schwieder
Contributed on 11/17/21 by judyfrog
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