Polly Smith, age 92, formerly of 100 Church Street, High Shoals, passed away peacefully Christmas morning at Lincoln Nursing Center.
Her funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, December 29 in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in High Shoals Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Friday, December 28 at Warlick Funeral Home.
Polly was born May 14, 1920, in Lincoln County to the late Hugh and Eunice Baker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years James; brothers Clyde, Jack, Norman, and Paul; and sisters Carrie Lee Smith, Hazel Culbertson, Ozell Kanipe, and Lottie Green. She retired from Carolinian Mills and was a homemaker, devoted wife, and loving mother and grandmother. Polly loved to bake pies and cakes and sew doll clothes, quilts, and grocery bag keepers.
Polly is survived by her son Scott and wife Mary of Lincolnton; daughter Janet Holderness of Houston, Texas; sister Rachel Loftin of Lincolnton; and six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Special thanks to all the staff at Lincoln Nursing Center for the kindness and care given to Polly during the past year. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Choir, First Presbyterian Church, 114 W. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092.
