Melvin Donald Ballard

Melvin Donald Ballard obituary, Richmond, VA

Melvin Donald Ballard

Melvin Ballard Obituary

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Oct. 27, 2010.
BALLARD, Melvin Donald, 81, of Midlothian, died October 26, 2010. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Charlotte Mae Bowry Ballard; son, Charles Donald Ballard, his wife, Laura Payne Ballard, and their children, Paul Nathan Ballard and Alison Paige Ballard; son, David Richard Ballard, his wife, Carolyn Fulgham Ballard, and their daughter, Haley Harris; and his brother, Warren Ballard, his wife, Joyce, and their family. Mr. Ballard served in the U.S. Naval Reserves for 12 years and was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 345 for 40 years. He was a charter member of Bon Air Baptist Church. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at the Huguenot Chapel of Woody Funeral Home, 1020 Huguenot Road. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association. Online condolences to woodyfuneralhomehuguenot.com.



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October 29, 2010

To Charlotte and family:
we both are very sorry to hear about Donald. Although our paths did not cross
often enough, we always considered you both to be our friends.

love, Joe and Merle Patterson

October 28, 2010

Charlotte,
Our sincere condonlences to you and your family. Please know we are thinking about you.

Terri and Donald Lumpkin

Shirley Nixon

October 27, 2010

My prayers are with you and your family.

Shirley Greene Nixon
JMHS class of'49

October 27, 2010

Dear Charlotte,
My sincere condolences to you and your family. Although it's been many years since I have seen you and Donald, I remember you both fondly and cherish my memories of you.
Emmerson Harris (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

October 27, 2010

To the entire Ballard Family, our thoughts and prayers are with you all!
from Carolyn's sister, Nancy Fulgham McCaig

Doug Perkins

October 27, 2010

Nan and I send our thoughts and love your way. -Doug (Fiserv)

Linda Moses

October 27, 2010

Chuck, my condolences to you and your entire family. We will have you in our prayers and thoughts.

Linda Moses
Fiserv

Homer Ballard

October 27, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

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