Otheen Ballard

Otheen Graves Ballard WINDSOR - Otheen Graves Ballard departed this life Aug. 14, 2008. She was a native of Littleton, Va., (Sussex County). She was the daughter of the late Neavy Graves and Ruth Mason Graves. She resided in Windsor and attended the public schools of Isle of Wight County and graduated from the Isle of Wight Training School. She was married to the late Francis Ballard Sr. and to this union two children were born. Otheen was an active and devoted member of Chapel Grove United Church of Christ. She was an active member of several church and community organizations. She leaves to remember her love and beauty of her life which she so freely shared to son, Wendell Carlton Ballard; daughter, Patricia Ballard Edwards; stepson, Francis Ballard Jr.; two grandsons, Bennaire and Nevrae Edwards; four sisters, Bernice G. Tate of Front Royal, Va., Lucy B. Strange of Beltsville, Md., Ruth Carnell Jarvis (Rueben) of Norfolk and Marian G. McClean (James) of Jacksonville, Fla.; two brothers, Neavy Graves of Newport News and Rammie Ellington Graves (Elna Virginia) of Ivor, Va.; as well as a host of relatives and friends. A service of celebration will be held Tuesday at noon in Chapel Grove United Church of Christ, Windsor. The Rev. H. Carlyle Church will deliver the eulogy and the Rev. Dr. J.J. Ferguson will officiate. The body will be placed in the church for viewing at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Arrangements are in care of Pretlow & Chapman Funeral Service of Smithfield, Va.