Cora Luticia Neel-Polk was the daughter of William Frances Neel and Mary Matilda E Hodges.
Cora married William Washington Polk who was born 1873 and died 1918 a lumberman - WW Polk was a member of the "Woodsman of The World" and his Memorial/headstone was provided by the Woodsman of The World. WW Polk died at Cherry Camp, No. 161, Economy, Arkansas, leaving Cora a widow with 11 children to raise on her own. WW Polk was also a share farmer. WW Polk was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.
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(From notes included in a family history: Leavells and Polks. Submitted by Betty Jean Wolverton George, and from http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam10.html with much thanks.
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Notes for CORA LUTICIA NEEL:
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Cora L. Polk, 92, tomorrow at 10am in the Assembly of God Tabernacle, Burial will follow in the Smith Mountain Cemetery under the direction of the Dopkins Chapel. She died Thursday in a Dinuba Convalescent home. A native of Mississippi, she had lived 17 years with her son William S. Polk. Mrs. Polk has been a widow since November 1918 when her husband died at the age of 45. She was left with 11 children to feed and cloth and she has vivid memories of the struggle they had which would not have been possible had it not been for raising their own food on the farm. She came to California in 1930 with her younger son Bill after the other children had married.
. Following is story told to Marilyn (Polk) Griffen by her father William Sylvester Polk, about his mother, Cora Luticia Neel Polk, and his father William Washington Polk, regarding Cora's parents William Francis Neel and Mary Matilda Hodges Neel.
,,,"My father said that their family, which was large ( 7 or 8 kids at that time under the age of eight) was poor tenant farmers. Sometimes they'd be very low on food supplies so they'd all pile into their old hauling wagon and head for grandpa Neel's place to survive, more or less. They also did this at Christmas and other holidays. It would take several hours (all day I believe), but my dad and all the kids said he was so happy when they go to their grandparents place. He said they had so much fun playing with all the animals and running through the brush. They lived in a hilly place. He was always intrigued when his grandpa Neel called his pigs in. He'd go out to the front yard, clap his hands around his mouth and yell S-U-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-E; S-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-e and pigs would come flying down out of those hills and from every which way".
,,,"Another memory he had about his grandpa's is that they always had a smoke house full of meat. Some laying, some stacked. Also he said his grandpa used to make something called Hog's head which consisted of all unused parts of the pig cut into small pieces, pressed together into a loaf type of thing. They would just cut some off and eat.. He said being at his grandpa Neel's place was the happiest memory of his life. Course, he was the oldest boy and had to work hard with his father in the fields. He started holding a plow at age 6 and he said he'd get so tired he'd fall asleep and his father would have to come and pull his hands from the plow, because the horse would be pulling him along. My father only was able to complete the 4th grade as he had to help farm"
,,,"He always thought his mother Cora married off the poorest of all the Neel girls. He loved his father very much though. He said that when they left Grandpa Neel's their wagon would always be loaded down with smoked meats and fresh vegetables and canned fruits, etc.,. He loved that trip."
Children of CORA NEEL and WASHINGTON POLK are:
i. WILLIAM SYLVESTER POLK, m. (1) MAUDE SARDON; m. (2) IMOGENE PRUITT.
ii. HOMER MCKINLEY POLK, m. NELLIE KINCAID.
iii. IRA ALEXANDER POLK, m. (1) ALBERTA YARBY; m. (2) NORA ?.
iv. MAUD ARLEEN POLK, m. (1) IRVIN BRABLEY; m. (2) CLARENCE GARRISON; m. (3) A. L. STEPHENSEN.
v. CLAUD ARDEAN POLK, m. LENA JONES.
vi. ELVIRA MAY POLK, m. (1) JOHN BARSTOW; m. (2) HENRY HARLAND.
vii. FLOSSIE MATILDA POLK, b. January 25, 1893, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. JIM COOKSEY.
viii. JAMES IVERY POLK, b. May 18, 1898, Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. June 02, 1972; m. PEARL SHOCKLEY.
ix. LELA JANE POLK, b. March 21, 1910, Economy, Pope County, Arksansas; d. June 01, 1930; m. (1) ED SARDON; m. (2) CORDIE LEE PENDLETON.
x. VELMA LUTICIA POLK, b. March 26, 1916, Adkins, Arkansas.
xi. WILLIAM WASHINGTON POLK, b. June 07, 1919, Adkins, Arkansas; d. December 18, 1997; m. (1) MILDRED DUNCAN; m. (2) BETTY FOSTER.
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Cora married William Washington Polk who was born 1873 and died 1918 a lumberman - WW Polk was a member of the "Woodsman of The World" and his Memorial/headstone was provided by the Woodsman of The World. WW Polk died at Cherry Camp, No. 161, Economy, Arkansas, leaving Cora a widow with 11 children to raise on her own. WW Polk was also a share farmer. WW Polk was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.
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(From notes included in a family history: Leavells and Polks. Submitted by Betty Jean Wolverton George, and from http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam10.html with much thanks.
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Notes for CORA LUTICIA NEEL:
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Cora L. Polk, 92, tomorrow at 10am in the Assembly of God Tabernacle, Burial will follow in the Smith Mountain Cemetery under the direction of the Dopkins Chapel. She died Thursday in a Dinuba Convalescent home. A native of Mississippi, she had lived 17 years with her son William S. Polk. Mrs. Polk has been a widow since November 1918 when her husband died at the age of 45. She was left with 11 children to feed and cloth and she has vivid memories of the struggle they had which would not have been possible had it not been for raising their own food on the farm. She came to California in 1930 with her younger son Bill after the other children had married.
. Following is story told to Marilyn (Polk) Griffen by her father William Sylvester Polk, about his mother, Cora Luticia Neel Polk, and his father William Washington Polk, regarding Cora's parents William Francis Neel and Mary Matilda Hodges Neel.
,,,"My father said that their family, which was large ( 7 or 8 kids at that time under the age of eight) was poor tenant farmers. Sometimes they'd be very low on food supplies so they'd all pile into their old hauling wagon and head for grandpa Neel's place to survive, more or less. They also did this at Christmas and other holidays. It would take several hours (all day I believe), but my dad and all the kids said he was so happy when they go to their grandparents place. He said they had so much fun playing with all the animals and running through the brush. They lived in a hilly place. He was always intrigued when his grandpa Neel called his pigs in. He'd go out to the front yard, clap his hands around his mouth and yell S-U-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-E; S-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-e and pigs would come flying down out of those hills and from every which way".
,,,"Another memory he had about his grandpa's is that they always had a smoke house full of meat. Some laying, some stacked. Also he said his grandpa used to make something called Hog's head which consisted of all unused parts of the pig cut into small pieces, pressed together into a loaf type of thing. They would just cut some off and eat.. He said being at his grandpa Neel's place was the happiest memory of his life. Course, he was the oldest boy and had to work hard with his father in the fields. He started holding a plow at age 6 and he said he'd get so tired he'd fall asleep and his father would have to come and pull his hands from the plow, because the horse would be pulling him along. My father only was able to complete the 4th grade as he had to help farm"
,,,"He always thought his mother Cora married off the poorest of all the Neel girls. He loved his father very much though. He said that when they left Grandpa Neel's their wagon would always be loaded down with smoked meats and fresh vegetables and canned fruits, etc.,. He loved that trip."
Children of CORA NEEL and WASHINGTON POLK are:
i. WILLIAM SYLVESTER POLK, m. (1) MAUDE SARDON; m. (2) IMOGENE PRUITT.
ii. HOMER MCKINLEY POLK, m. NELLIE KINCAID.
iii. IRA ALEXANDER POLK, m. (1) ALBERTA YARBY; m. (2) NORA ?.
iv. MAUD ARLEEN POLK, m. (1) IRVIN BRABLEY; m. (2) CLARENCE GARRISON; m. (3) A. L. STEPHENSEN.
v. CLAUD ARDEAN POLK, m. LENA JONES.
vi. ELVIRA MAY POLK, m. (1) JOHN BARSTOW; m. (2) HENRY HARLAND.
vii. FLOSSIE MATILDA POLK, b. January 25, 1893, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. JIM COOKSEY.
viii. JAMES IVERY POLK, b. May 18, 1898, Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. June 02, 1972; m. PEARL SHOCKLEY.
ix. LELA JANE POLK, b. March 21, 1910, Economy, Pope County, Arksansas; d. June 01, 1930; m. (1) ED SARDON; m. (2) CORDIE LEE PENDLETON.
x. VELMA LUTICIA POLK, b. March 26, 1916, Adkins, Arkansas.
xi. WILLIAM WASHINGTON POLK, b. June 07, 1919, Adkins, Arkansas; d. December 18, 1997; m. (1) MILDRED DUNCAN; m. (2) BETTY FOSTER.
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Cora Luticia Neel-Polk was the daughter of William Frances Neel and Mary Matilda E Hodges.
Cora married William Washington Polk who was born 1873 and died 1918 a lumberman - WW Polk was a member of the "Woodsman of The World" and his Memorial/headstone was provided by the Woodsman of The World. WW Polk died at Cherry Camp, No. 161, Economy, Arkansas, leaving Cora a widow with 11 children to raise on her own. WW Polk was also a share farmer. WW Polk was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.
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(From notes included in a family history: Leavells and Polks. Submitted by Betty Jean Wolverton George, and from http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam10.html with much thanks.
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Notes for CORA LUTICIA NEEL:
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Cora L. Polk, 92, tomorrow at 10am in the Assembly of God Tabernacle, Burial will follow in the Smith Mountain Cemetery under the direction of the Dopkins Chapel. She died Thursday in a Dinuba Convalescent home. A native of Mississippi, she had lived 17 years with her son William S. Polk. Mrs. Polk has been a widow since November 1918 when her husband died at the age of 45. She was left with 11 children to feed and cloth and she has vivid memories of the struggle they had which would not have been possible had it not been for raising their own food on the farm. She came to California in 1930 with her younger son Bill after the other children had married.
. Following is story told to Marilyn (Polk) Griffen by her father William Sylvester Polk, about his mother, Cora Luticia Neel Polk, and his father William Washington Polk, regarding Cora's parents William Francis Neel and Mary Matilda Hodges Neel.
,,,"My father said that their family, which was large ( 7 or 8 kids at that time under the age of eight) was poor tenant farmers. Sometimes they'd be very low on food supplies so they'd all pile into their old hauling wagon and head for grandpa Neel's place to survive, more or less. They also did this at Christmas and other holidays. It would take several hours (all day I believe), but my dad and all the kids said he was so happy when they go to their grandparents place. He said they had so much fun playing with all the animals and running through the brush. They lived in a hilly place. He was always intrigued when his grandpa Neel called his pigs in. He'd go out to the front yard, clap his hands around his mouth and yell S-U-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-E; S-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-e and pigs would come flying down out of those hills and from every which way".
,,,"Another memory he had about his grandpa's is that they always had a smoke house full of meat. Some laying, some stacked. Also he said his grandpa used to make something called Hog's head which consisted of all unused parts of the pig cut into small pieces, pressed together into a loaf type of thing. They would just cut some off and eat.. He said being at his grandpa Neel's place was the happiest memory of his life. Course, he was the oldest boy and had to work hard with his father in the fields. He started holding a plow at age 6 and he said he'd get so tired he'd fall asleep and his father would have to come and pull his hands from the plow, because the horse would be pulling him along. My father only was able to complete the 4th grade as he had to help farm"
,,,"He always thought his mother Cora married off the poorest of all the Neel girls. He loved his father very much though. He said that when they left Grandpa Neel's their wagon would always be loaded down with smoked meats and fresh vegetables and canned fruits, etc.,. He loved that trip."
Children of CORA NEEL and WASHINGTON POLK are:
i. WILLIAM SYLVESTER POLK, m. (1) MAUDE SARDON; m. (2) IMOGENE PRUITT.
ii. HOMER MCKINLEY POLK, m. NELLIE KINCAID.
iii. IRA ALEXANDER POLK, m. (1) ALBERTA YARBY; m. (2) NORA ?.
iv. MAUD ARLEEN POLK, m. (1) IRVIN BRABLEY; m. (2) CLARENCE GARRISON; m. (3) A. L. STEPHENSEN.
v. CLAUD ARDEAN POLK, m. LENA JONES.
vi. ELVIRA MAY POLK, m. (1) JOHN BARSTOW; m. (2) HENRY HARLAND.
vii. FLOSSIE MATILDA POLK, b. January 25, 1893, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. JIM COOKSEY.
viii. JAMES IVERY POLK, b. May 18, 1898, Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. June 02, 1972; m. PEARL SHOCKLEY.
ix. LELA JANE POLK, b. March 21, 1910, Economy, Pope County, Arksansas; d. June 01, 1930; m. (1) ED SARDON; m. (2) CORDIE LEE PENDLETON.
x. VELMA LUTICIA POLK, b. March 26, 1916, Adkins, Arkansas.
xi. WILLIAM WASHINGTON POLK, b. June 07, 1919, Adkins, Arkansas; d. December 18, 1997; m. (1) MILDRED DUNCAN; m. (2) BETTY FOSTER.
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Cora married William Washington Polk who was born 1873 and died 1918 a lumberman - WW Polk was a member of the "Woodsman of The World" and his Memorial/headstone was provided by the Woodsman of The World. WW Polk died at Cherry Camp, No. 161, Economy, Arkansas, leaving Cora a widow with 11 children to raise on her own. WW Polk was also a share farmer. WW Polk was buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas.
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(From notes included in a family history: Leavells and Polks. Submitted by Betty Jean Wolverton George, and from http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Genealogy/LeavellFam10.html with much thanks.
~~
Notes for CORA LUTICIA NEEL:
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Cora L. Polk, 92, tomorrow at 10am in the Assembly of God Tabernacle, Burial will follow in the Smith Mountain Cemetery under the direction of the Dopkins Chapel. She died Thursday in a Dinuba Convalescent home. A native of Mississippi, she had lived 17 years with her son William S. Polk. Mrs. Polk has been a widow since November 1918 when her husband died at the age of 45. She was left with 11 children to feed and cloth and she has vivid memories of the struggle they had which would not have been possible had it not been for raising their own food on the farm. She came to California in 1930 with her younger son Bill after the other children had married.
. Following is story told to Marilyn (Polk) Griffen by her father William Sylvester Polk, about his mother, Cora Luticia Neel Polk, and his father William Washington Polk, regarding Cora's parents William Francis Neel and Mary Matilda Hodges Neel.
,,,"My father said that their family, which was large ( 7 or 8 kids at that time under the age of eight) was poor tenant farmers. Sometimes they'd be very low on food supplies so they'd all pile into their old hauling wagon and head for grandpa Neel's place to survive, more or less. They also did this at Christmas and other holidays. It would take several hours (all day I believe), but my dad and all the kids said he was so happy when they go to their grandparents place. He said they had so much fun playing with all the animals and running through the brush. They lived in a hilly place. He was always intrigued when his grandpa Neel called his pigs in. He'd go out to the front yard, clap his hands around his mouth and yell S-U-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-E; S-U-U-U-W-E-E-E-e and pigs would come flying down out of those hills and from every which way".
,,,"Another memory he had about his grandpa's is that they always had a smoke house full of meat. Some laying, some stacked. Also he said his grandpa used to make something called Hog's head which consisted of all unused parts of the pig cut into small pieces, pressed together into a loaf type of thing. They would just cut some off and eat.. He said being at his grandpa Neel's place was the happiest memory of his life. Course, he was the oldest boy and had to work hard with his father in the fields. He started holding a plow at age 6 and he said he'd get so tired he'd fall asleep and his father would have to come and pull his hands from the plow, because the horse would be pulling him along. My father only was able to complete the 4th grade as he had to help farm"
,,,"He always thought his mother Cora married off the poorest of all the Neel girls. He loved his father very much though. He said that when they left Grandpa Neel's their wagon would always be loaded down with smoked meats and fresh vegetables and canned fruits, etc.,. He loved that trip."
Children of CORA NEEL and WASHINGTON POLK are:
i. WILLIAM SYLVESTER POLK, m. (1) MAUDE SARDON; m. (2) IMOGENE PRUITT.
ii. HOMER MCKINLEY POLK, m. NELLIE KINCAID.
iii. IRA ALEXANDER POLK, m. (1) ALBERTA YARBY; m. (2) NORA ?.
iv. MAUD ARLEEN POLK, m. (1) IRVIN BRABLEY; m. (2) CLARENCE GARRISON; m. (3) A. L. STEPHENSEN.
v. CLAUD ARDEAN POLK, m. LENA JONES.
vi. ELVIRA MAY POLK, m. (1) JOHN BARSTOW; m. (2) HENRY HARLAND.
vii. FLOSSIE MATILDA POLK, b. January 25, 1893, Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas; m. JIM COOKSEY.
viii. JAMES IVERY POLK, b. May 18, 1898, Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas; d. June 02, 1972; m. PEARL SHOCKLEY.
ix. LELA JANE POLK, b. March 21, 1910, Economy, Pope County, Arksansas; d. June 01, 1930; m. (1) ED SARDON; m. (2) CORDIE LEE PENDLETON.
x. VELMA LUTICIA POLK, b. March 26, 1916, Adkins, Arkansas.
xi. WILLIAM WASHINGTON POLK, b. June 07, 1919, Adkins, Arkansas; d. December 18, 1997; m. (1) MILDRED DUNCAN; m. (2) BETTY FOSTER.
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Gravesite Details
Cora never remarried.
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