Polly was the daughter of William Luther Smith and Lillian Jeanette Peacock/Smith. She was the fourth of five children. Her brothers, Frank Andrew "Pete" Smith passed away on 2/24/1980 and William Luther "W. L." Smith, Jr. passed away on 3/3/1995. Her one sister, Avon survives - she is now 100 years old (Avon died July, 2018). Polly attended Girls High, then Commercial High School in Atlanta, Georgia. She did not graduate high school.
She married William Sherrill "Windy" Brantley on August 2, 1941 in Conyers, Georgia. They had one daughter, Judy Kay Brantley, born in 1945. They divorced on 5/15/1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. She remarried three years later.
Polly worked most of her adult life. She was also active in the church and Eastern Star.
Later years brought a lot of health problems. She was in the hospital many, many times until her death. Her two sisters were by her side for many days and were also there when she passed away. Polly was 87 years, 4 months & 18 days old. She died of double pneumonia and fluid on her lungs. Her weight had dropped to below 100 pounds just before her last hospital stay.
Polly had two daughters, five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She also had one great great grandchild. Her great granddaughter, Windy, passed away January 10, 1987, without her ever seeing this child or going to her funeral.....Sadly, she never acknowledged this child at all. She sent no flowers, no notes, no nothing. Also, so sad....... she only had a relationship with one child, two of her grandchildren and two of the great grandchildren.
Sometimes, we question why people treat other people the way that they do while they are on this earth. Stubborness and long held grudges build walls, not bridges. People unknowingly miss out on so much when they choose this path.
Mothers should always love their children and their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just don't.....
There is peace in truth. My mother never gave this to me, unfortunately. I would have loved for things to have been different, but they weren't.
I would have loved to have been something other than the wrath of her revenge.
My mother's last words at all were spoken to me and they were "I regret it". Wish this could have come sooner - maybe things could have been different. But, she waited until the very, very end. No one heard her, but me. I think she knew the end was very near. It was the last words she ever spoke at all.
Polly was my mother.
She married William Sherrill "Windy" Brantley on August 2, 1941 in Conyers, Georgia. They had one daughter, Judy Kay Brantley, born in 1945. They divorced on 5/15/1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. She remarried three years later.
Polly worked most of her adult life. She was also active in the church and Eastern Star.
Later years brought a lot of health problems. She was in the hospital many, many times until her death. Her two sisters were by her side for many days and were also there when she passed away. Polly was 87 years, 4 months & 18 days old. She died of double pneumonia and fluid on her lungs. Her weight had dropped to below 100 pounds just before her last hospital stay.
Polly had two daughters, five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She also had one great great grandchild. Her great granddaughter, Windy, passed away January 10, 1987, without her ever seeing this child or going to her funeral.....Sadly, she never acknowledged this child at all. She sent no flowers, no notes, no nothing. Also, so sad....... she only had a relationship with one child, two of her grandchildren and two of the great grandchildren.
Sometimes, we question why people treat other people the way that they do while they are on this earth. Stubborness and long held grudges build walls, not bridges. People unknowingly miss out on so much when they choose this path.
Mothers should always love their children and their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just don't.....
There is peace in truth. My mother never gave this to me, unfortunately. I would have loved for things to have been different, but they weren't.
I would have loved to have been something other than the wrath of her revenge.
My mother's last words at all were spoken to me and they were "I regret it". Wish this could have come sooner - maybe things could have been different. But, she waited until the very, very end. No one heard her, but me. I think she knew the end was very near. It was the last words she ever spoke at all.
Polly was my mother.
Polly was the daughter of William Luther Smith and Lillian Jeanette Peacock/Smith. She was the fourth of five children. Her brothers, Frank Andrew "Pete" Smith passed away on 2/24/1980 and William Luther "W. L." Smith, Jr. passed away on 3/3/1995. Her one sister, Avon survives - she is now 100 years old (Avon died July, 2018). Polly attended Girls High, then Commercial High School in Atlanta, Georgia. She did not graduate high school.
She married William Sherrill "Windy" Brantley on August 2, 1941 in Conyers, Georgia. They had one daughter, Judy Kay Brantley, born in 1945. They divorced on 5/15/1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. She remarried three years later.
Polly worked most of her adult life. She was also active in the church and Eastern Star.
Later years brought a lot of health problems. She was in the hospital many, many times until her death. Her two sisters were by her side for many days and were also there when she passed away. Polly was 87 years, 4 months & 18 days old. She died of double pneumonia and fluid on her lungs. Her weight had dropped to below 100 pounds just before her last hospital stay.
Polly had two daughters, five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She also had one great great grandchild. Her great granddaughter, Windy, passed away January 10, 1987, without her ever seeing this child or going to her funeral.....Sadly, she never acknowledged this child at all. She sent no flowers, no notes, no nothing. Also, so sad....... she only had a relationship with one child, two of her grandchildren and two of the great grandchildren.
Sometimes, we question why people treat other people the way that they do while they are on this earth. Stubborness and long held grudges build walls, not bridges. People unknowingly miss out on so much when they choose this path.
Mothers should always love their children and their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just don't.....
There is peace in truth. My mother never gave this to me, unfortunately. I would have loved for things to have been different, but they weren't.
I would have loved to have been something other than the wrath of her revenge.
My mother's last words at all were spoken to me and they were "I regret it". Wish this could have come sooner - maybe things could have been different. But, she waited until the very, very end. No one heard her, but me. I think she knew the end was very near. It was the last words she ever spoke at all.
Polly was my mother.
She married William Sherrill "Windy" Brantley on August 2, 1941 in Conyers, Georgia. They had one daughter, Judy Kay Brantley, born in 1945. They divorced on 5/15/1945 in Atlanta, Georgia. She remarried three years later.
Polly worked most of her adult life. She was also active in the church and Eastern Star.
Later years brought a lot of health problems. She was in the hospital many, many times until her death. Her two sisters were by her side for many days and were also there when she passed away. Polly was 87 years, 4 months & 18 days old. She died of double pneumonia and fluid on her lungs. Her weight had dropped to below 100 pounds just before her last hospital stay.
Polly had two daughters, five grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She also had one great great grandchild. Her great granddaughter, Windy, passed away January 10, 1987, without her ever seeing this child or going to her funeral.....Sadly, she never acknowledged this child at all. She sent no flowers, no notes, no nothing. Also, so sad....... she only had a relationship with one child, two of her grandchildren and two of the great grandchildren.
Sometimes, we question why people treat other people the way that they do while they are on this earth. Stubborness and long held grudges build walls, not bridges. People unknowingly miss out on so much when they choose this path.
Mothers should always love their children and their grandchildren. Sometimes, they just don't.....
There is peace in truth. My mother never gave this to me, unfortunately. I would have loved for things to have been different, but they weren't.
I would have loved to have been something other than the wrath of her revenge.
My mother's last words at all were spoken to me and they were "I regret it". Wish this could have come sooner - maybe things could have been different. But, she waited until the very, very end. No one heard her, but me. I think she knew the end was very near. It was the last words she ever spoke at all.
Polly was my mother.
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