Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballance, George H. Jr., 1961 

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George Ballance Dies At Home; Rites Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for George Henry Ballance, Jr., will be conducted Wednesday 
at 3:30 p.m. at the Baker Funeral Home by the Rev. C. Bailey Jones, pastor of 
West End Baptist Church and the Rev. Dr. H.S. Hardcastle, pastor of Berea 
Christian Church, Driver.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. 

  Mr. Ballance, 68, died Monday at 1:15 p.m. at his home on Western Ave. after 
a long illness. 

  He was a native of Portsmouth and the son of George Henry and Mrs. Annie 
Butler Ballance.  From 1912 to 1928 he was manager of Virginia Brick Co.  From 
1928 to 1958, the year of his retirement, he was associated with Pond Brothers 
Peanut Co. 

  He was a member of West End Baptist Church and the Progressive Men's Bible 
Class.  He was also a member of Hiram Lodge No. 340 AF&AM. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth James Ballance; three daughters, Mrs. 
John R. Johnson of Suffolk, Mrs. R. Braxton Hill of Norfolk and Mrs. C.S. 
Perkinson of Petersburg; one sister, Mrs. Lewis G. Brothers of Suffolk; three 
brothers, Butler Ballance of Portsmouth, John M. Ballance of Norfolk and 
Harvey J. Ballance of Upper Montclair, N.J., and 11 grandchildren. 


George Henry BALLANCE, Jr., Pond Brothers Peanut employee, 
   former Virginia Brick Co. manager, 
b. 20 Mar 1892, Portsmouth, d. 23 Jan 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 25 Jan 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 20, Tues., Jan. 24, 1961, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jackson Stephen Campbell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #132892547. 

D.Cert. 1513 (Suffolk #5) 

His parents & in-laws, Clarence Allen & "Sallie" Sarah Louise (PEAKE) JAMES, 
   are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth. 

His maternal grandfather James Madison BUTLER (1838 - 1892) was a Confederate 
   veteran, having served as a private in Co. D, 16th VA Infantry, before 
   being detailed to the Quartermaster Dept.  He & his wife, Sarah Jane 
   (WILLIAMS) BUTLER, are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - 
   Block E, Lot 45. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 


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