Mrs. Mina Brown Pollard

I had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know Mina from the time my sister Nancy married her son Alvin (also known as Jerry) to her many trips to California to visit Alvin and Nancy and her grandkids. Without a doubt, Mina was a force of nature full of energy, strength and accomplished yet a kind and gentle spirit. Her baking skills were renowned as was her humor. I enjoyed our conversations and learning her opinion to various current events I really missed her when she could no longer...

I'm so glad I was able to spend a lot of time with my Aunt Mina even though I was living in Texas and then Maryland. She enjoyed seeing my mom, her baby sister, as much as she could, and also got to know my best friend, Linda, who lives in C-Ville. Thanks to Billy for driving her up and back in the rain so she could attend my mom's 90th birthday party in December. She will be missed by all of us

Mina was my bridge partner for many years! She loved the game and was a strong player, always eager to learn new concepts. She has been missed by me and all of her bridge family. The last time I visited her, she was standing beside the piano, singing. What a lovely memory!

My sincerest sympathy to your family on Mina's death. Mina was my first regular bridge partner when I moved to Charlottesville in 2011. We had many laughs at the bridge table. I appreciated Mina's dry wit, it was much like my own! It was disheartening to see her focus fade at the table as her advanced years started to show. May she Rest In Peace and bid and make all the grand slams from here on out.

Grandma Mina was always incredibly kind and smart. She loved to sing and was a pleasure to be around and speak to. She also always required me to step my grammar game up haha. She is probably one of the reasons I speak so well to this day. She raised my dad as well, who is awesome. I love her so much! I am lucky to have had such a great person as my Grandma.

Our thoughts are with her children whom she loved greatly. She was an intelligent and thoughtful woman with whom I enjoyed spending time. I only got to see her when she came to California to see Alvin and Nancy, I am Nancy's sister. We would go to the beach or she would come for a swim party at my house and we got to visit. We miss her!

My Aunt Mina was a very special lady with a big heart and a great sense of humor. I will never forget how she would often visit me at JMU during my undergrad years and take me out to lunch. I was very homesick and her kindness meant so much to me. She used to bring me alfalfa sprout seeds and showed me how to grow them so I could put them on my grilled cheese sandwiches. She always made me feel special and loved. I also loved her date and nut cream cheese sandwiches and her pecan pie. I...

thank you for the honor of working with Mina and being able to get to know her. I loved her sense of humor, her telling me about her life and her strong resilience to things life handed her. I would go looking for her when she wasn't in her room, knowing she was visiting Phillip, only to find them both asleep in their chairs with the paper open on their laps. I would call her name and say "you were sleeping". She looked me in the eye and respond " there's nothing else to do around here"...