Mrs. Gail Grady-Pollard

September 29, 1961 - August 13, 2019

****ATTENTION*****The Visitation & Funeral Services Information For Mrs. Grady-Pollard listed below is correct***** MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 at Second Baptist Church 609 N. Rose Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan VISITATION: 10:00 a.m. FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 a.m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gail Grady was born on September 29, 1961 at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI to Georgia Mae Grady and Mosie Lee Gaston. Gail peacefully went home with her Lord on August 13, 2019. Gail attended Kalamazoo Public Schools which included Lincoln Elementary School, South Junior High School (where she was the only black cheerleader on the squad) and graduated from Loy Norrix High School in 1979. After high school she briefly attended Davenport Business College, finishing with certificates of completion and graduated from Strayer University with an Associate of Arts degree for Business Administration. Gail would travel to California where her father’s side of the family resided and she would later live with his sister Ruby Dean, whom she received the nickname “Lil’ Ruby” from. She had her first daughter Carrena Grady in 1980. They relocated to California in 1989. Gail worked for 10 years in customer service for Dietzgen Corporation, until they closed down. She went on to work for Verizon Wireless. She met Michael Lee Pollard in 1994; and in 1998 they united in marriage. She had her second child Isiah in 1999. She relocated to Sacramento, CA for 2 years and then moved south to Huntsville, AL where she lived 5 years. During this time she was able to transfer her job to each state and remain employed with Verizon. Gail had just recently moved back to Michigan and made the decision to retire from Verizon. Gail was interested in home renovation and loved interior decorating. She was a had good organizer who was also considered a “neat freak” who could straighten up any clutter in a manner of minutes! She completely remodeled her mother’s home with plans on spending her retirement days there, while getting Isiah through college. Gail had just recently went out the country to London for the first time and planned on taking trips in the future with her children and grandchildren. Gail was a like a mother figure to extended family members after her mother passed away. She would open her home at different family members would stay with her for awhile and then she would open up her home to someone else. Gail had a strong personality but she had a big heart and a kind spirit about her. She loved to sing and enjoyed listening to R&B music. She would love to play Frankie Beverly & Maze when it was time to do chores around the house. She was a “shopaholic” who loved to go shopping and buy clothes and shoes—which were all neatly organized and color-coded in the closet on special hangers and every shoe would have it’s own clear box! Even though she was blunt in her way of saying things, she was a genuine person and everything she did or said came from a place of love. She was appreciated for who she was and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mosie Gaston and Georgia Clark her paternal grandparents Samuel Lee and Slonie Lee Gaston; maternal grandparents George Grady and Mary Wilson; beloved aunt and uncle Isiah and Annie Pearl Slaughter, beloved aunts Lillie Mae Johnson and Vernell Waller; and eldest brother Ricky Grady. She leaves to cherish her memories: her loving husband, Michael Pollard; 2 children: a daughter Carrena Grady of Huntsville, AL; Isiah Pollard of Kalamazoo, MI and her English bull dog, “her baby”, Minnie; grandchildren, Decaurrey Parker Clark and Anaya Gail-Ann Morgan; stepchildren, Brandon Pollard of Atlanta, GA; O’Shae Pollard; Denzel Palmer of Cleveland, OH; maternal siblings, Kim (the late Danny) Primer; Ladon Grady and Mekal (Stephanie) Grady all of Kalamazoo; Sonya Clark of Omaha, NE; Carmen (Nate) Steward of Kissimmee, FL; paternal siblings: Necole Gaston; Raynard Gaston; Monique Gaston, Miesha Gaston and Lamar Gaston all of Long Beach, CA; and Jamon Gaston in Carson, CA; Ladon Wright of St. Louis, MO; nieces and nephews who she assisted in raising as her own: Andretta and Dealto Matthews; Danielle Stafford; Michael Clopton, Jr.; Timil Clopton and Micah Clopton; along with several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.