NEWPORT NEWS Anna “Polly” Justice Bailey, 95, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
Polly was born Feb. 12, 1925, in Clyde, North Carolina. Her parents were Virgil Hurst and Lyda Justice. She had two younger sisters, Louise and Maxine; an older brother, Virgil Hurst Jr.; and two younger brothers, Earl and Charles.
She put her faith in Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord when she was 11 years old. She was a 1942 graduate of Clyde High School. She was loved by all of her classmates and was known as the champion dressmaker in home economics. One close friend wrote in Polly’s ninth-grade autograph book that Polly lived her life in a way that honored Jesus Christ.