Ruth Ballard

Obituary of Ruth Fletcher Ballard

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Mrs. Ruth Fletcher Ballard, age 86, of Cecil Miller Road, Boone, NC, died Tuesday, August 5th. Born August 31, 1921 to Troy and Ida Robinson Fletcher, she was a member of Perskinsville Baptist Church and a homemaker. Surviving are her grandson, Reed Brown and wife Tracy of Boone, one son-in-law, David Brown of Boone; one step-daughter, Mary Layne McRae and husband Cameron of Springfield, VA and two grandchildren, Tripp & Keegan Brown of Boone. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Rosalind Covington Brown; her 1st husband, Rev. John Winfred Covington and her 2nd husband, T. R. Ballard; by her parents, Troy and Ida Robinson Fletcher; and by three sisters, Ethel Greene Loye McGuire and Ruby Davis. Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Fletcher Ballard will be conducted Friday morning at 11 o'clock at Perkinsville Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Harold Bennett. Burial will follow at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens in Boone. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 until 8:30 p.m. at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of her grandson, Reid Brown, at 298 Russelton Road, Boone, NC. On line condolences may be made to the family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the Watauga County Project on Aging at 132 Poplar Grove Connector, Boone, NC. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Ballard family.