TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for STEWART, ROSETTA NELL BALLARD Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Houma, La. Died: Thursday, April 24, 2014 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= STEWART, ROSETTA NELL BALLARD (December 4, 1923 - April 24, 2014) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2014/f1404.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Rosetta Nell Ballard-Stewart, 90, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of Gibson, died Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 12:30 p.m. at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m. on Friday at Jones Funeral Home Chapel and from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at the church. The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Sunlight Baptist Church, 952 Bull Run Road. Burial will follow in Triumph Baptist Church Cemetery. She is survived by: two sons, Joseph, Jr. and Roosevelt Stewart, Sr.; six daughters, Jeannie and Christine Stewart, Eartha Johnson, Rosetta Jones, Penny Kennedy, and Maria (John) Ward; one sister, Helen Bailey; thirty-three grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; and fifteen great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: her husband, Joseph Stewart, Sr.; son, Michael Stewart; daughter, Vivian Young; her parents, Oliver, Sr. and Christian Winn- Ballard; brothers, Oliver, Jr. and James Ballard; and sisters, Louviena Johnson and Evelyn Maze; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jones Funeral Home of Houma in charge of arrangements. ======================