GULFPORT -- Funeral services for Staff Sgt. Johnny Roosevelt Polk have been set for this weekend, Aug. 14 and 15.
A viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Little Rock Baptist Church on 15th Street. Burial will be at 3 p.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery.
A route for the funeral procession has not been finalized.
Marshall Funeral Home in Biloxi is handling arrangements.
Sergeant 1st Class Johnny Roosevelt Polk attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, where he was a member of the football team. He also worked as a volunteer firefighter in Gulfport.
He joined the United States Army on March 12, 1992, and completed Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training as a canon crew member MOS 13B) at Fort Sill, Okla.; July 1992 to July 1993, his first assignment was to Camp Casey, Korea, where he served as a gunner; July 1993 to July 1999 his second assignment was to Fort Bragg, N.C., where he served as a section chief; July 1999 to July 2000 his third assignment was to Camp Casey, Korea, where he served as a section chief; July 2000 to November 2005 his forth assignment was to Fort Hood, Texas, where he served as a section chief.
While assigned to Fort Hood, he was deployed to Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005. In November 2005 to November 2008 his fifth assignment to Fort Sill, where he served as an instructor and training Management NCO. While assigned to Fort Sill, he was deployed to Iraq from February 2006 to February 2007, November 2008 to July 2009 sixth assignment to Fort Hood, where he served as a Howitzer section chief. Upon arrival, he prepared to immediately deploy to Iraq with the 3-82 Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division on Feb. 6, 2009, until he was killed in action Saturday, July 25, 2009.
Staff Sgt. Polk was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star medal and the Purple Heart Medal.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign War Post 1193, Lawton, Okla., and the Masons Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and the Dallas Cowboys football team. He will be remembered as a very compassionate, funny, giving, and dedicated man.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign War Post 1193, Lawton, Okla., and the Masons Masonic Lodge. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and the Dallas Cowboys football team. He will be remembered as a very compassionate, funny, giving, and dedicated man.
"He would always make me smile!"
He is preceded in death by his father, Alton Polk Sr. of Greenville, La; and mother Herman M. Polk of Gulfport.
He is survived by his wife, Wanonia Janise Polk of Killeen, Texas; children Antoine J. Azeheart of Milton, Fla., Xavier D. Jones, Mary T. Gardner, Alvin L. Jones and De'Andra I. Jones, all of Killeen; brothers Walter B. Polk of Gulfport and Artha J. Polk of Picayune, Miss.; and sister Mary A. Polk of Memphis, Tenn.
He is preceded in death by his father, Alton Polk Sr. of Greenville, La; and mother Herman M. Polk of Gulfport.
He is survived by his wife, Wanonia Janise Polk of Killeen, Texas; children Antoine J. Azeheart of Milton, Fla., Xavier D. Jones, Mary T. Gardner, Alvin L. Jones and De'Andra I. Jones, all of Killeen; brothers Walter B. Polk of Gulfport and Artha J. Polk of Picayune, Miss.; and sister Mary A. Polk of Memphis, Tenn.
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