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'''Odell N. Pollard''' (April 29, 1927 – March 12, 2015) was an [[attorney]] in Searcy in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who was a pioneer in the revitalization of the [[Republican Party]] in his state during the 1960s and 1970s.
'''Odell N. Pollard''' (April 29, 1927 – March 12, 2015) was an [[attorney]] in Searcy in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who was a pioneer in the revitalization of the [[Republican Party]] in his state during the 1960s and 1970s.
==Early life==
==Background==
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 in 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 in Independence County.
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>
==Political career==
==Political career==