Walter Samuel Pollard Jr.

Mr. Walter Samuel "Sammy" Pollard, Jr., 83, passed away on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at ECU Health Center.
A graveside service will be conducted on Monday at 2 PM in the Mausoleum at Pinewood Memorial Park with Pastor Clark Stallings officiating.The family will receive friends on Monday following the service at the mausoleum.
A native of Pitt County, Sammy was born to the late Sam and Marjorie Jenkins Pollard. He was a graduate of J.H. Rose High School. Sammy went to work for the family business fora number of years before deciding to venture out of his own into the residential construction field where he had his own business called Pollard Construction. He remained in that business for approximately 10 years.
He then decided to return to the family business, Sam Pollard and Son Heating, Air Conditioning and Plumbing, to innovate the company into a residential service business that continues to this day. Sammy continued his input into the business even after his retirement in 2005 as a consulting partner. The continuation of the family business was always his greatest achievement and passion. The business, Sam Pollard and Son, Inc., has served the local community for over 75 years.
His leisure time was spent at his summer home in Bath, NC where he loved his summers on Back Creek with friends and family. He also loved his Purple Martins birds that he provided hundreds of migratory homes for.
He is survived by wife of 59 years, Betty Lou Everett Pollard sons, Walter Samuel 'Walt" Pollard, III & wife, Kathy, of Greenville and Todd Pollard & wife, Melissa, of Aliso Viejo, California; grandchildren, Whitley Pollard Stallings & husband, Tucker, and Canon Pollard, all of Greenville; and great-grandchildren, Worth and Vander Stallings.
Memorial donations may be made to: Hope of Glory Ministries, P.O. Box 2038, Greenville, NC 27836; or online at
https://www.hope-of-glory.org/donate/