Obituary of Pauline "Polly" Laverne Frost Bryan
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Memorial celebration services for Mrs. Pauline Laverne Frost Bryan, age 86, are scheduled for 2 PM Friday, December 8, 2023, at Cornerstone Baptist Church (3834 HWY 34, West Monroe, LA 71292) with Bro. Kyle Bryan officiating.
Mrs. Bryan was born March 31, 1937, to John Lawson Frost and Mecie Estelle Bamburg of Luna, Louisiana. She was one of eleven children Otto Frost, Addie Mae Frost Head, Gertie Frost Thomas, Marie Frost Tolbird, Alfred Frost, Helen Frost Sharbono, Carl Frost, Ellis Frost, Dean Frost, and Dorothy Frost.
She graduated from West Monroe High School in 1955. After high school, she attended nursing school at St. Francis hospital. She would often recount how the nuns who were teachers were very strict. After graduating from nursing school as an LPN, she worked as a surgical nurse at St. Francis Hospital. She married Allie JW Bryan on July 2, 1961, in a small ceremony in Choudrant, Louisiana.
Together they raised three children, Kyle Bryan, (GayLynn) Clay Bryan, (Celli) and Nancy Bryan Freiling, (Tom). When her children were born, she put her nursing career on hold and returned to nursing in 1980 at Cherry Ridge Guest Care, Bastrop La.
After retirement, Polly and JW began to serve the Lord in children’s homes and a home for unwed mothers. They served the longest period of time at Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, Mississippi. She was a faithful member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. She especially loved Sunday School and having the children visit and sing Christmas carols to her at home.
They were blessed with seven grandchildren Caleb Bryan, Caley Bryan Warren, (Isaac) Clayton Bryan, (Gracie) Nicholas Freiling, (Ashley) Matthew Freiling, Grant Freiling and Allie Corinne Freiling, and five great grandchildren Dean Freiling, Sara Freiling, Park Freiling, Anna Freiling, and Adaline Warren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John Lawson Frost and Mecie Estelle Bamburg, 9 of her siblings, her grandson Matthew Freiling and many beloved extended family and friends.
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