Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
no edit summary
Pollard was born in [[rural]] Union Hill in Independence County, Arkansas, to Joseph Franklin Pollard (1895–1981) and the former Beulah Scantlin (1893–1977).<ref>Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com (under pay wall)</ref> He attended a one-room schoolhouse and then graduated from the former Cedar Ridge High School, since Oil Trough High School, located in a community with the unlikely name of[Oil Trough, Arkansas Independence County.
Pollard was born in [[rural]] Union Hill in Independence County, Arkansas, to Joseph Franklin Pollard (1895–1981) and the former Beulah Scantlin (1893–1977).<ref>Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com (under pay wall)</ref> He attended a one-room schoolhouse and then graduated from the former Cedar Ridge High School, since Oil Trough High School, located in a community with the unlikely name of[Oil Trough, Arkansas Independence County.
He attended two years of [[liberal arts]] instruction at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville and then entered the [[United States Navy]]. While in the military, he studied engineering subjects at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. He also studied for a time at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] but did not receive a [[bachelor’s degree]]. Instead, he received a law degree in January 1950 from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.
He attended two years of [[liberal arts]] instruction at the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville and then entered the [[United States Navy]]. While in the military, he studied engineering subjects at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. He also studied for a time at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] but did not receive a bachelor’s degree. Instead, he received a law degree in January 1950 from the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville.
On April 29, 1950, his 23rd birthday, he began a 55-year law practice in Searcy. In his later years, he specialized in estate planning,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://michigan.statelawyers.com/Lawyer/Profile.cfm/AttorneyID:80571|title=State Lawyers: Odell Pollard|publisher=Michigan.statelawyers.com|accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref> [[insurance]] defense, and product failure issues.<ref name=statement>Statement of Odell Pollard, December 30, 2009, and January 6, 2010</ref>
On April 29, 1950, his 23rd birthday, he began a 55-year law practice in Searcy. In his later years, he specialized in estate planning,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://michigan.statelawyers.com/Lawyer/Profile.cfm/AttorneyID:80571|title=State Lawyers: Odell Pollard|publisher=Michigan.statelawyers.com|accessdate=December 30, 2009}}</ref> [[insurance]] defense, and product failure issues.<ref name=statement>Statement of Odell Pollard, December 30, 2009, and January 6, 2010</ref>