Eloise Ogletree Ballard

Norfolk, Va. - Eolise Ogletree Ballard died peacefully at Harbor's Edge on July 24, 2010. Born in Montgomery, Ala., and raised in Savannah, Mrs. Ballard was one of six children of Mr. and Mrs. William Lee Ogletree. She graduated from Georgia State Women's College in Valdosta, where she was president of the student government during her senior year. She attended graduate school at Old Dominion University and Duke University, where she met her future husband, Chad Ballard. During World War II, she worked as a decoder for the State Department in Washington, D.C. After her marriage to Chad Ballard, they moved to Norfolk where they raised their family. Mrs. Ballard's volunteer work included the Lawrence T. Royster Circle of the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk Academy, and the Women of the Church of Good Shepherd where she and her husband were faithful communicants for over 60 years. She was a member of the Hermitage Museum Auxiliary, the Algonquin Park Garden Club, the Norfolk Society of the Arts, and the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club.
Eloise was first and foremost a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a source of great joy to her family and friends who loved her ability to listen and her wonderful laugh. Mrs. Ballard was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Carroll Chadwick Ballard, Sr., and her son, Carroll Chadwick Ballard, Jr. Mrs. Ballard is survived by her daughter, Brenda Ballard Magill (Ham) of Athens; daughter-in-law Dorothy G. Ballard of Norfolk, Va.; grandchildren Carroll Magill (Cameron Wu) of Cambridge, Mass., Cathleen Magill Obray (Rick) of St. George, Utah, Tucker Ballard Mahoney (Dan) of Atlanta, Carroll Chadwick Ballard III (Caroline) of Norfolk, Va.; great-grandchildren Imogen Magill Wu and Connor Hamilton Obray; sister Dorothy Clark of Savannah; niece Bette Crisp of Franklin, Va., and other nieces and nephews. Mrs. Ballard also leaves her longtime caregiver and good friend, Mary Parker.
Special thanks from the family to the staff of Harbor's Edge, Senior Corps and Heartland Hospice for their loving care.
There will be a private memorial service for the family at a later date. Remembrance gifts may be made to the Church of the Good Shepherd, the King's Daughters Hospital, or the Norfolk Foundation/Eastern Shore Chad Ballard Fund.
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, is handling the arrangements.