Obituary: Marjorie Catherine ‘Margie’ Ballard, 89, Holy Cross
Marjorie Catherine “Margie” Ballard, 89, of Holy Cross, died Thursday, July 10, 2014, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in Nerinx.
MARJORIE CATHERINE ‘MARGIE’ BALLARD
She was born June 5, 1925, in Manton. She was a retired employee of Owens-Illinois in Bardstown. She also formerly worked at Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown and Cowden Sewing Factory in Springfield. She was a lifelong member of Holy Cross Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Anthony “Tony” Ballard; her parents, Charles Edward and Marie Aline Mattingly; one sister, Aline Vittitow; and three brothers, Jim Ed Mattingly, Charles Thomas Mattingly and Joseph David Mattingly, Sr.
Survivors include two daughters, Beverly Ballard (Wayne) of Rineyville and Carlotta Elder (Greg) of Loretto; two sons, Mark Ballard (Linda) and Greg Ballard (Ann), both of Holy Cross; six sisters, Delores Blady and Elaine Reynolds, both of Louisville, Frances “Borgia” Phillips (George) of Scottsdale, Penn., Monica Ballard and Evelyn Fenwick, both of Bardstown, and Diane Devine (Wally) of Willisburg; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2014, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 3560 North St. Francis Road, Loretto, with the Rev. Emil Kandor as celebrant. Burial is in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 3-8 p.m. Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Mattingly Funeral Home, 195 Holy Cross Road, Loretto, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. with Deacon Joseph R. Dant.
Memorial donations may go toward Masses or the Holy Cross Cemetery Fund.
Pallbearers are grandsons, Stewart Ballard, Joe Mark Ballard, Jeremy Elder, Tony Ballard, Adam Elder and Troy Ballard.
Mattingly Funeral Home in Loretto is in charge of arrangements.
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