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Nell Magruder Pollard

January 8, 1918 — March 9, 2017

Nell MaGruder Pollard, age 99, of Pleasureville, died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at New Castle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born in Shelby County on January 8, 1918, and was the daughter of Eugene O’Bannon and Austia List MaGruder. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, George Travis MaGruder and Gene List MaGruder.

Nell was a graduate of Pleasureville High School and was a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College (Winchester, Kentucky). She was a retired high school English teacher, a member of Henry County Retired Teachers Association, the Henry County Historical Society, the Carl Adams Chapter of the Eastern Star, and a life-long member and the oldest member of the Pleasureville United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband: William F. Pollard of Pleasureville; her son: William F. Pollard, Jr. of Georgetown, Kentucky; three nephews: George Travis MaGruder, Jr. (Nancy) of Versailles; Kenneth L. MaGruder (Kathy) of Franklinton; and Gene Ray MaGruder (Betty Lou) of Hendersonville, North Carolina; one niece: Nell Kathleen MaGruder of Flat Rock, North Carolina; three great nieces, one great nephew, one great-great nephew, and seven great-great nieces.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2017, at Sholar Funeral Home of Pleasureville. Rev. Thomas D. Fuson II, pastor of the Pleasureville United Methodist Church will officiate. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017. Interment will be in Pleasureville (Dutch Tract) Cemetery.

Pallbearers are James French Crosby, Jr., George Travis MaGruder, Jr., Kenneth L. MaGruder, James E. Pollard, Julian Porter Roberts, Thad Stuart MaGruder, and Chad D. Peyton.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Pleasureville United Methodist Church, 5651 Castle Highway, Pleasureville, KY 40057.

Online condolences may be expressed at sholarfuneralhome.com.

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

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