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Thelma Ballard

DEL RIO - Thelma Ballard, 91, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hughs Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in
Canadian with Michael Coplan officiating. Burial will be in Edith Ford
Memorial Cemetery in Canadian.

Mrs. Ballard was born on Sept. 23, 1914, in Buford, Ariz., to John Bettis and
Mary Newton Bettis. She attended grammar school in Paden, Okla., and high
school in Canadian. She moved to Canadian in November 1928 from Paden. She
married Wiley B. Ballard on Dec. 1, 1934. They moved to Higgins in 1944 where
she operated a feed and ice store. They then moved to Midland where they
operated a gas station until retiring in 1968. They then moved to Del Rio in
1995 from Elk City, Okla. She was also a member of the Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 9, 1955; and a grandson,
Robert Ballard.

Survivors include two sons, Wiley Ballard and wife, Barbara, of Chandler and
Jerry Ballard and wife, Diane, of Madison, Ala.; a daughter, Marilyn Johnson
of Del Rio; eight grandchildren, Roger Johnson and wife, Yolanda, of San
Antonio, Karen Coplan and husband, Michael, of Del Rio, Cheryl Stidham and
husband, Monty, of Del Rio, LaRheasa Tidwell and husband, Tommy, of Powder
Springs, Ga., Michael Ballard of Arlington, Kevin Ballard and wife, Lori, of
Siminole, Fla, Kim Nichols and husband, Rick, of Madison, Ala., and Patrick
Ballard and wife, Stacy, of Hope Mill, N.C.; two brothers, Harold Bettis and
wife, Mary, of Mertzon and Carl Bettis and wife, Geneiva, of Bullhead City,
Ariz.; two sisters, Jean Smith of Celeste and Jewel Barfield of Elk City,
Okla.; nine great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren

The family suggest memorials be to the Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S.
Fourth, Canadian, TX 79014.

Visit the online guest book at www.hughsfuneralhome.com.