Funeral services were held Thursday, June 4, 2015, at Phalti Baptist Church in Prentiss, for Kathleen Polk who passed away May 31 at Jefferson Davis County Hospital in Prentiss. Interment followed at Phalti Cemetery. Saulters Moore Funeral Home of Prentiss was in charge of all arrangements.

Rev. Billy Bridges officiated. Pallbearers were Freddie Hutton, Travis Langley, Reggie Magee, Billy Parish, James Parish and Jim Polk.

Lula Kathleen Magee Polk was born April 5, 1920, in Jefferson Davis County, MS. She was the daughter of Robert Pearson Magee and Myrtiss Miller Magee. She worked as a home economist and retired from the MS Cooperative Extension Service. She was an active member of Phalti Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Polk of Prentiss; her son, Pete Polk (Judy) of Prentiss; two daughters, Shirley Stough (Jerry) of Picayune, and JoAnn Montgomery (Whitt) of Birmingham, AL; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three stepsons, Robert Earl Polk, Jr. of Purvis, Harold Polk of Brookhaven, and Gerald Polk of Madison.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bill Polk; one brother and two sisters.