Barbara Ballard

KANNAPOLIS — Barbara Azalee Courtney Ballard, 91,  V-8 Street, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at Hospice House of Cabarrus County. 

Born Feb. 28, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Orin Butler and Kizzie Bell Mills Courtney. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry F. Ballard Jr.

Survivors include daughters Betty Riddle-Marlow, Kannapolis, and Shirley Adams, Charlotte; son Tommie Ballard, Charlotte; sister Geneva Moore, Monroe; seven grandsons; one great-grandson; and three great-granddaughters; and one great-great grandchild.  

A service was held Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Lady’s Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Tommy Young.

Memorials: Big Elm Retirement Center, 1310 Glenn Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28081 or Coltrane Life Center, 321 Corban Ave. S.E., Concord, NC 28025.