Ethel Pollard

Ethel was a native of north Louisiana and had been a resident of Sulphur for nearly 75 years. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church where she had served as a church secretary, and was a charter member of Maplewood First Baptist Church. She had worked for many years with the Sears catalog store in Sulphur and was also an accomplished seamstress. Ethel was a long time member of the Sulphur Garden Club and the Order of the Eastern Star Love Chapter #209.

Survivors include her daughters, Janet Peshoff of Sulphur and Virginia Brantley and husband, Tom of Gladewater, Texas; her brother, Jerry Lee Horton of Benton; grandchildren, Jeff Peshoff, Trent Peshoff, Anna Huckabay and Amanda Adams; great-grandchildren, William, Sarah, Mary, John, Sydney, Morgan, Julian, Jack, Ariel, Rayna, Brennan, Nathan, Olivia and Eden; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Clark J. Pollard; a son-in-law, Robert L. Peshoff; and siblings, Virginia Smith, George F. Horton, and Shelly Gene Horton.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, in Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Dr. Ronnie Burke will officiate. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery South in Carlyss. Visitation is from noon until the time of service Friday in the funeral home. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.