TITLE:  Ethel Rowe Ballard

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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BALLARD, Ethel
ANDERSON - Ethel Rowe Ballard, 85, died Tuesday, October 30, 2001, at 
her residence.  Mrs. Ballard was born in Georgetown on October 11, 
1916, a daughter of the late Henry Gilbert Rowe and Orie Douglas Rowe. 
Mrs. Ballard was a retired employee of International Paper Company in 
Georgetown and a member of the Quarter Century Club at the paper mill.
She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Anderson and 
the Wesley Sunday School Class of the church. Mrs. Ballard was a 
former volunteer for Hospice of Georgetown County, Inc., Georgetown 
County Chamber of Commerce, and the Friends of the Georgetown County 
Public Library. She was the widow of Kenneth Earl Ballard, Sr. 
Surviving are two daughters, Caryl Kaye B. Dillard and her husband 
Buddy of Anderson, and Elise B. O'Hara and her husband Leslie of 
Pawley's Island; a son, Kenneth Earl Ballard, Jr. and his wife Paula 
of Greenwood; a brother, Dr. William E. Rowe of Chattanooga, Tenn.; 
six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and 
nephews. Funeral services will be Thursday morning, November 1, 2001 
at eleven o'clock at the Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home. 
Officiating will be the Rev. Robert N. Carlisle. Burial will follow in
Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens in Georgetown. A memorial service will be 
three o'clock Sunday, November 4, 2001 in Trinity United Methodist 
Church in Anderson. The family will receive friends at the funeral 
home Thursday morning prior to the service from ten o'clock until 
eleven o'clock. The family suggests memorials to Hospice of the 
Upstate, 1835 Rogers Rd., Anderson, SC, 29621, Elmwood Cemetery Fund, 
c/o Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, 901 Highmarket St., 
Georgetown, SC, 29440, Trinity United Methodist Church, 1809 N. Main 
St., Anderson, SC, 29621, or to the charity of one's choice. 
(Published Oct 31, 2001)
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