JANUARY 1, 1959 – OCTOBER 28, 2026 (AGE 67)
In the Care of Laird Funeral Home
Jo Pollard went to her heavenly home on October 28, 2026.
Most of you here knew her by the name she loved most — Nana.
NANA loved a lot in her time.
She loved with her whole heart, and she didn’t hold any of it back. If she loved you, you knew it. You felt it in the way she talked to you, the way she prayed for you, and the way she showed up for you, no matter what.
As a mother, she was the best. She was strong when we needed strength. She was soft when we needed comfort. She taught us how to work hard, how to treat people right, and how to keep going even when life got heavy. She raised us with love, and she raised us with standards — and we are better people today because she never stopped believing in us.
But as great a mother as she was, she was an even better Nana.
I have never seen a woman light up the way she lit up when her grandchildren walked in the room. She wasn’t just Nana to them. She was their safe place. She was their biggest cheerleader. She was the one who always had time, always had a hug, always had a story, and always had that look that said, “You are my whole world.”
To Konnor, Kainen, and Kynzee Pollard — and to Lane, Sawyer, Swayzee Bailey, and her great-grandson Legend — she was everything. Each one of you was her pride. Each one of you was her joy. She didn’t just love you — she delighted in you.
You were her greatest love story. You were the proof that all the love she poured out in her life just kept growing. And you will carry that love with you for the rest of your lives.
That’s who Nana was. She was love in action.
She loved her family. She loved her friends. She loved her home. And she loved life — the simple parts of it most of us overlook. A good conversation on the porch. A Sunday with family around. A phone call just to check on you.
Today our hearts are broken because we have to say goodbye to her here. But I want us to remember this: a woman who loved this much doesn’t really leave us. Her love is in her children. Her love is in Konnor, Kainen, Kynzee, Lane, Sawyer, Swayzee, and Legend. Her love is in every person in this room who was ever touched by her kindness.
So when we miss her — and we will miss her every day — we can look at each other and say, “That’s Nana’s love right there.”
Mama, Nana, thank you.
Thank you for being the best mother. Thank you for being an even better Nana. Thank you for loving us so much that we will never be the same.
We love you. We will carry you with us. And we will see you again
She is survived by her husband Mitchell Perkins, son’s – Jeffrey Pollard, Jeremy Pollard and Charles Bailey. Grandchildren- Kynzee, Konner, Kainen Pollard, Lane, Sawyer and Swayzee Bailey.
Great Grandson – Legend McCoy.
And a slew of others she adopted as her own along the way to love and pray over.
Jo is proceeded in death by her father Don Pollard.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00-5:00 pm on Saturday, November 14 at Trinity Baptist Church.
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