Obituary of Cleo Pollard Jones Hogue

Cleo Pollard Jones Hogue was born on July 5, 1933 to the parents of Clifton and Mary Pollard. Cleo was the third oldest child of eleven children. 
She attended the Highway Christian Church of Christ located at 432 W. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. where she was saved at an early age. 
Cleo went to school at Monroe Elementary, Banneker Jr. High and later graduated from Cardozo High School.
She was married to Richard David Lee Jones Sr. (deceased) for many years and out of this union eleven children were born. 
Cleo worked with her brother-in-law at a restaurant in the District of Columbia. She moved to Long Beach New York where she completed her nursing degree and began working as a Nurse’s Aide at Tide Nursing Home and the Long Beach Hospital for numerous years. 
Cleo returned to Washington, D.C. and worked at the Holiday Inn in the housekeeping department and later resigned to care for her sickly uncle due to her experience in this field. She then met and married Paul Hogue Sr. (deceased).
 
Cleo had the most beautiful smile that she exhibited everywhere she went. She had a way of letting you know when she was serious about what she was saying. She was a woman of integrity and willing to help when and how she could. She loved gospel music and she loved her family. Her favorite pastime and passion was playing Bingo. It was at Bingo where she met and gained many longtime friends.
She was proceeded in death by her husband Paul Hogue Sr.; her parents Clifton and Mary Pollard; 4 children; Diane Johnson, Richard Jones; Rufus Jones; James Jones; 6 siblings Clifton Pollard Jr, Alfonso Pollard, Leroy Pollard, Mary Pollard, Wiiliemae Leake, and Hardy Pollard. 
She leaves to mourn 7 children; Loretta Tyson (Albert), Theresa Corbin (Leon), Cleo Brown (Kenneth), Patricia Bennett (Allen), Darlene West (Anthony), Marylene Clark (Anthony), Dolly Fripp-Owens (William); 3 siblings: Gladys P. Woodard, Nathaniel Pollard (Mary), Gloria Gerald and a host of grandchildren, great grands, great-great grands, great-great-great grands and nieces and nephews.