Pike-Fayette-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....Champion, Eliza Ophelia Ballard July 6, 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Cunningham http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002535 February 4, 2009, 7:06 pm The Atlanta Constitution, 8 July 1918 Mrs. R.W. Champion Mrs. R.W. Champion, 58 years old, of 105 Forest avenue, died at a private hospital early Sunday morning. She is survived by her husband, R.W. Champion; two daughters, Mrs. E.H. Lyon, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Frank Brundy, of Quitman; one son, J.B. Champion; three sisters, Mrs. J.H. Howell, of Zebulon, Ga.; Mrs. Mattie Starr and Mrs. Arthur Sasser, both of Atlanta, and one brother Joe Ballard, of Fayetteville, Ga. The body was removed to the chapel of Greenberg & Bond and will be sent to Griffin, Ga., at noon today. Additional Comments: Eliza Ophelia Ballard Champion was a daughter of Daniel G.S. Ballard and Rebecca J. Allen On 2 December 1867, Thomas W. Ballard, with William B. Ballard, [her uncles] were made legal guardians of Eliza O. Ballard, orphan of D.G.S. Ballard, deceased. On the 1870 Pike County, Georgia, census, Ophelia is listed in the household of James H. Howell who was married to her sister Sarah E. Ballard. 1 Reuben W. Champion b: 29 February 1856 in Alabama d: 09 March 1934 . +Eliza Ophelia Ballard b: 14 April 1860 in Pike County, Georgia d: 06 July 1918 in Spalding County, Georgia m: 02 August 1880 in Spalding County, Georgia ... 2 Arthur Champion b: 20 June 1881 in Spalding County, Georgia d: 06 August 1882 in Spalding County, Georgia ... 2 Maggie M. Champion b: August 1883 in Spalding County, Georgia d: June 1885 in Spalding County, Georgia ... 2 John Ballard Champion b: May 1886 in Georgia d: 05 February 1976 in Florida ... 2 Irene Champion b: 14 October 1891 in Georgia d: October 1974 in South Carolina ....... +Evan Howell Lyon b: 18 September 1889 in Georgia d: October 1966 in South Carolina ... 2 Margorie Champion b: 13 November 1893 in Georgia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike/obits/c/champion9351gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb