Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:19 am

Catherine " Polly" Crouch Hamrick, age 80 of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2018.

She was born September 10, 1938 in Iredell County, and was a daughter of the late Howard and Eleanor Stevenson Crouch.

Catherine was a graduate of Taylorsville High School and Greensboro Women's College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught school in her early life in the Winston-Salem School system. After the birth of her son, she left teaching to attend the duties of a mother at home. In later years she opened an interior design service in Winston-Salem and enjoyed a second career as an interior decorator.

She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Von "Tink" Hamrick, Jr. of the home, and her son, John Knox Hamrick of Clemmons, NC.

A graveside service was held in the Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Forest City. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

The Padgett and King Mortuary & Crematory is serving the family.