Mary Virginia Ballard, 90, of 848 Parkway Drive S. in Owensboro, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at The Heartford House. She was born on March 20, 1923, in Daviess County to the late Joseph Claude Clark and Mary Frances Bellew Clark.
She was a homemaker and a member of Blessed Mother Catholic Church. She enjoyed gardening, but most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family.
She also was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years George H. Ballard Sr. in 2013; a brother, Joe Claude Clark; three sisters, Dorothy Goetz, Ruth Webster and Mildred Clark.
Surviving are her children, George H. (Marsha) Ballard, Jr. of Owensboro, Elaine Ballard of Owensboro, Theresa (Paul) Payne of Owensboro, Bernard (Susan) Ballard of Hartford, Bill (Rebecca) Ballard of Owensboro, David (Kay) Ballard of Owensboro, Joseph (Karen) Ballard of Owensboro and Robert (Rebecca) Ballard of Owensboro; 19 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her brothers, Tony, Tommy and Bernard Clark all of Owensboro, and Paul Clark of Louisville; sisters Carolyn Randall and Rose Mary Moore both of Louisville, Frances Hayden of Sorgho, and Margaret Beyke of Whitesville, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Blessed Mother Catholic Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter of Alcantara Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Haley McGinnis & Owensboro Funeral Home and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Prayers will be said Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family requests in lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Hospice of Western Kentucky, c/o The Heartford House, 2914 Old Hartford Road, Owensboro, Ky. 42303 or Wendell Foster’s Campus for Developmental Disabilities, 815 Triplett Street, Owensboro, Ky. 42303. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
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