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for Ollie Ballew
April 26, 2009
Jesse, Eugene, and Larry, my sincere condolences to you and your families. God bless you during these sad times. Bette and my prayers are with you at this time.
Terry Reed, Alamogordo, New Mexico
Chrissy Moss
April 21, 2009
Family:
I'm so sorry for your loss, I wish I could have remembered meeting Olly, I was just told Saturday that she was my Great Grandmother's sister (Irene Gilstrap)which I truely adored. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time.
April 21, 2009
Tis difficult to lose our Mom, I know, sorry for your loss.
Mary Pat (Murphy) Bliss NAHS 1960
Teresa Rutherford
April 20, 2009
Ollie was one of the sweetest people I ever had the pleasure of knowing. She was a happy person and loved to share her happiness with others. It is comforting to know she is with the Lord she loved so deeply. She always ended her phone calls with "I love you", and I know she did. I just hope she knows how very special she was to me.
JoAnn Kearns
April 20, 2009
I can't believe Aunt Ollie is gone. She was a gem.
I loved it when mom, Ollie & Mattie were together. They were like 3 peas in a pod & shared a Hammons attribute that the men always joked about!
Ollie was a kind, generous, & loving soul. She loved her family with a passion & will be missed but not forgotten.
Millie Newman
April 20, 2009
So sorry for the loss that you are experiencing now. I will pray that God will help you to have comfort. Millie (Hampton) Newman, classmate NAHS60
Ralph and Debbie Estes
April 20, 2009
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Mark Baker
April 19, 2009
Gods called a true angel home Ollie is one of the finest people I have ever known and I know she is in a better place now and she is with Jess now
April 19, 2009
Dear family,
I am so sorry to hear of your family's loss. Having lost my parents, I realize what you are going (have gone) through.
Myra (Proctor) Grangier, classmate NAHS60
Tom and Barbara Adams Whiteside
April 19, 2009
Eugene and family, our sincere condolences..from classmates NAHS 1960
Sandy Currin
April 19, 2009
Dear family,
I am so sorry to hear of Aunt Ollie's passing, but to know that she is in a better place and completely healed, is comforting. I hope you each find comfort in also knowing this.
In thinking of Aunt Ollie, I want to share two of my many memories of her. One memory is when she would visit us at Christmas time when I was younger. She always wore a beautiful woolen, red suit when she visited. Aunt Ollie was always welcome to Mama and Daddy's home (Ella Mae and Roy Ballew, Sr), and she always came with a smile on her face.
The other memory is after I married and eventually had a family. My firstborn was Michael (in 1982), and when Aunt Ollie met him she told me, "He is the most handsome, beautiful baby I have ever seen." When I would send Aunt Ollie Christmas cards, I would sometimes include photos of my children, as I didn't get to see much. I still have a sweet note she wrote when Michael got married in 2007. In her note she told me that she thinks Michael "looked like Jesse" and that "he definately had the Ballew look" in him.
That is the last letter I have from her, but will always treasure it.
I wish I could be come up to the funeral, but I won't be able to.
Please know that each of you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
Sandra Kay (Ballew) Currin
Jackson, TN
SHARON WILDER
April 19, 2009
May your hearts soon be filled with wonderful memories of joyful times together as you celebrate a life well lived.
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