Robert W. "Bob" Pollard

POLLARD, ROBERT W. "BOB", 56, of Tuscaloosa, died April 29, 2007 at his residence. A memorial visitation will be held Thursday, May 3, 2007, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North. His parents, Joe W. and Sarah A. Pollard of Hoover, AL, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Leah Davis Pollard; daughter, Brittany Nicole Pollard; his brother, Jim Pollard and his wife, Pam, of Springville, TN; mother-in-law, Claudine H. Perkins of Northport; father-in-law, Robert L. "Bob" Davis and his wife "Pat" of Moundville; brother-in-law, William O. "Billy" Perkins and wife, Amy, of Northport and numerous nieces and nephews. Bob grew up in Birmingham, graduated from Berry High School, and attended the University of Montevallo, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in Political Science in 1972. He received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham. In 1979, Jim Walter Resources, Inc. recruited Bob Pollard to serve as the first in-house attorney for the mining division. He opened his private law practice in 2001. In 2004, Leah opened Assured Title, LLC with Bob as the practicing attorney. Bob served as a member of the Transportation Committee of the National Mining Association, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Defense Executive Reserve, and Continuation of Government Program (where he was granted "Secret" clearance by DOE). He was a past member of the Board of Directors of the Coal Exporters Association of the United States. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama Bar Association, the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association and the Birmingham Bar Association. He was admitted to practice before all state courts in Alabama; the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta and the United States Supreme Court. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the Brittany Pollard Education Fund at Bryant Bank, 1550 McFarland Blvd. North, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406.