Starkville News dated June 11, 1943
Ballard Funeral Held on Saturday

Native of Alabama Succumbs Friday Following Heart Attack

Funeral services for Mrs. C. W. Ballard who died at her home near
Weir, Miss., following a heart attack on June 4, were held Saturday
in the Salem Church, conducted by the Reverend Humphreys of
Weir, and assisted by the Rev. Hemphill of Artesia.  Burial was in
the Salem Cemetery.

Mrs. Ballard was born in Livingston, Alabama in 1876 and was 67
years old whens he died.  She was a firm believer in the Methodist
Church and when she moved to Weir in 1907 with her husband, she
began teaching a Sunday School class which she taught for 34 years.

Mrs. Ballard is survived by her husband and four sons, Clyde Ballard
of Jackson, Maborn Ballard of Noxapater, Curtis Ballard of Weir,
and Ethel Ballard of Starkville; two daughters, Blanch Ballard of
Jackson, and Mrs. Roy Hammond of Louisville; a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Russell Ballard and a granddaughter, Bernice Ballard, of
Starkville.

Photographed at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse and submitted
by Mary Whitaker Davis
Transcribed by C. L. Herrick on June 22, 2008