01/17/2004
Larry Polley, Jr, age 20, of Center, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; killed while conducting a surveillance sweep for improvised explosive devices Jan. 17, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle struck such a device and overturned north of Taji, Iraq.
Mr. Larry Earl Polley Jr. was born February 28, 1983 in Shelby County, Center, Texas to Mr. Larry Polley Sr. and Mrs. Lois M. Harper.
Larry attended Center High School where he was a member of the Center Band playing the trumpet. He graduated with the Class of 2001.
He was a faithful member of the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and served as an usher and a member of the youth choir, position team.
Larry Earl Jr. was preceded in death by his grandmother, Mrs. Ester Mae Jackson, his grandfather, James Polley and his great-grandfather, James L. Polley Sr.
He leaves to mourn; his wife Sebrena Polley; three sons, Christian, Sedarion, and Jordan; father and mother, Mr. Larry Polley Sr. and Mrs. Lois Marie Harper; sister Kinta Polley; brother, Robert Harper of Bellingan, Washington; grandmother Ella Mae Polley of Center, Texas; three nephews, Shamarian Moore, Malik Patton and Domenick Moore Jr.; one niece, Requannah Patton; two special cousins, Jr. and Nikki and a host of relatives and friends.
