Polly Dawn Wagnon

Polly Dawn Fuqua Wagnon was born March 14, 1927 in Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was the second child of four born to Roy Burns Fuqua Sr. and Carrie Bell Boggus Fuqua. After a brief time in Brownsville, Texas, she traveled the world with her family through her father's work with the Gulf Oil Company, spending time in Venezuela and Columbia before returning to Texas to finish High School. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1944 and continued her education at Hockaday Junior College in Dallas, Texas.

She began working as a secretary for Atlantic Richfield Oil where she would meet and shortly marry the love of her life, Walter Leon Wagnon Sr. Together, they raised five children: Mary Suzanne Itria Harrison, Dolores Jeanette Itria Womack, Walter Leon Wagnon Jr., Leigh Ann Wagnon Palmer, and Dana Carol Wagnon Miller.

Polly and Walter dedicated themselves to creating a home that was full of love and life. Polly loved to sew and even made all of her daughters' wedding dresses. The love she had overflowed from her family and into her community. She taught Sunday School to countless children over the course of 40 years, teaching them about the love of Jesus.

Polly lived out that love everyday of her life. Her example of faith and devotion to family is her everlasting legacy. She is preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Carrie Fuqua, as well as her siblings, Mary Alice Fuqua Plummer, Billie Joyce Fuqua Slaughter, and Roy Burns Fuqua Jr. Her beloved Walter went to be with the Lord November 14, 2003. Polly is survived by her 5 children, 19 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

The Viewing will be held at Tyler Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, April 5, 2021 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Celebration of Life will be Tuesday April 6, at 2:00pm.

Our family would like to thank the Hospice of East Texas Foundation and Mrs. Linda Jackson of Right at Home for their loving care of our beloved mother and grandmother.