Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballard, Nellie Nurney, 2000 

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NELLIE NURNEY BALLARD 

  Nellie Nurney Ballard, 86, of Forest Hill Farm, died Dec. 29, 2000, at her 
home. 

  She was a proud, strong, independent Southern woman who loved her family and 
the rural life which she enjoyed as a lifelong resident of Southampton County. 
She was a daughter of the late Willie Waverly and Mary Jane "Mae" Gray Nurney 
and the widow of Raymond Alton "Pete" Ballard.  She was also predeceased by a 
brother and two sisters, William Henry Nurney, Gladys Nurney Whitehead and 
Wilma Nurney Bryant. 

  Survivors include her son, Raymond Alton "Al" Ballard Jr. and his wife, 
Carole Hofmeyer Ballard, of Portsmouth; two granddaughters, Allison Hughes 
Ballard of Wilmington, N.C., and Ann Ballard Zinni of Alexandria, Va.  Other 
survivors include a sister, Margaret Nurney Magette; brother-in-law, Joseph 
Kindred Magette; nephew, Joseph Kindred Magette Jr.; a sister-in-law, Helen 
Newsome Nurney; nieces, Linda Nurney Vick and Kay Nurney Pope; a nephew, 
William Henry "Bill" Nurney Jr.; and brother-in-law, Gillette Thomas Bryant; 
niece, Mary Betty Bryant Vaughan and nephew, Gillette Thomas Bryant Jr.  All 
reside in Southampton County. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Wright 
Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Kenneth Williams officiating.  Burial 
will be in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland.  The family will receive friends 
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and suggests that memorials be 
made to Newsoms United Methodist Church, any Southampton County Volunteer 
Rescue Squad or to the charity of the donor's choice. 


Nellie (NURNEY; Mrs. Raymond A.) BALLARD, 
b. 19 Jan 1914, Southampton Co., d. 29 Dec 2000, at home, Forest Hill Farm, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Sect. II, Plot 7*), Courtland, 
   1 Jan 2001, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 31, 2000, p. B7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," May 2, 1981, p. 40) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b463r1ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins - Annex 2, Plot 243. 
   Her maternal grandmother is buried in Annex 1, Sect. F, Plots 4/5. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b463n1ob.txt