Annabelle Lee Polk
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Title
Annabelle Lee Polk
Subject
Polk, Annabelle Lee (1926-1979)
Description
Portrait photograph of Annabelle Lee Polk as a young woman.
Annabelle lived in Edinburg and was the daughter of Lester Earl (1899-1994) and Margie Jane (Fadeley) (1904-1990) Polk.
In 1945, she married Walter David Clem (1923-1995), a 22-year old Navy man born in Fort Valley to Tobias Samuel and Maggie Catherine (Walters) Clem.
The marriage did not work out and by the 1950 census, Annabelle was back at home with her parents and working as a bookkeeper for a fruit & produce company. The couple divorced about a year later. Walter was working as a street car conductor in Washington D.C., while Annabelle was still in Edinburg.
Annabelle remained in Shenandoah County for the rest of her life. She did not have children.
She worked at both the Peoples Bank in Mt. Jackson and First Virginia Bank. In fact, she was working as a mortgage loan clerk when she died suddenly and unexpectedly of an aneurism.
Her mother, Margie Polk, was the informant on the death certificate.
Annabelle lived in Edinburg and was the daughter of Lester Earl (1899-1994) and Margie Jane (Fadeley) (1904-1990) Polk.
In 1945, she married Walter David Clem (1923-1995), a 22-year old Navy man born in Fort Valley to Tobias Samuel and Maggie Catherine (Walters) Clem.
The marriage did not work out and by the 1950 census, Annabelle was back at home with her parents and working as a bookkeeper for a fruit & produce company. The couple divorced about a year later. Walter was working as a street car conductor in Washington D.C., while Annabelle was still in Edinburg.
Annabelle remained in Shenandoah County for the rest of her life. She did not have children.
She worked at both the Peoples Bank in Mt. Jackson and First Virginia Bank. In fact, she was working as a mortgage loan clerk when she died suddenly and unexpectedly of an aneurism.
Her mother, Margie Polk, was the informant on the death certificate.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by J. Hockman.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Annabelle Lee Polk is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002938, 003113, and 008003.
Identifier
002938
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Annabelle Lee Polk,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28704.
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