Polly Fulks passed away on Saturday, August 28, 2010 after a lengthy illness. She was 92 years old. Polly was born on May 26, 1918 in Pleasant Valley, a small farming community in east Lauderdale County. She was one of eleven children. She was the daughter of Cleveland Dean and Zadie Ezell Dean. Polly was an astute observer of people and events around her and spent much of her life studying and writing about life in her family and community. She was an amateur genealogist, carefully tracking the family history of almost everyone she knew. She had an insatiable curiosity about the origins and interconnections among her neighbors, friends and family. She was a great storyteller. She loved to recount events and talk and write about life on the farm, in school and on the Tennessee River, which she loved. She wrote frequent articles for the East Lauderdale News beginning when she was 14 years old and continued to do so from time to time until she was in her mid-80s. She loved telling her stories and hearing from readers who enjoyed remembering life as it was lived in "the good old days". Polly was married to the late George Fulks. She is survived by a daughter, Maretha Seale of Florence and a son, Jim Foulks of Atlanta. She also is survived by three grandchildren and was predeceased by a fourth grandson. A visitation will be held at Elkins Funeral Home, East Chapel in Center Star on Sunday, August 29, from 6pm to 7:30pm. A graveside service for her will commence at the Center Star Cemetery behind the Center Star Community Church at 10am Monday. Elkins East Chapel is assisting the family.