Mary was the daughter of Nathan Neely and Garnett A. (Allen) Smoot. She married Boyce Benjamin Arndt in 1937 and they were the parents of three sons: Boyce Howard and Macon Neely, and Charles Benjamin.
Hickory Daily Record, Hickory NC
Friday, December 13, 1996
CONOVER - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard, 76, of Hopewell Church Road, Catawba, died Dec. 11, 1996, at her residence. Born Aug. 31, 1920 in Statesville, she was a daughter of Nathan N. and Aquilla Allen Smoot, Sr.
A member of Hopewell United Methodist in Sherrills Ford, she was a Sunday school teacher of the Adult Ladies and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyce B. Ballard; a brother, Nathan Smoot Jr.; a sister, Janice Hepler; and a grandchild, Kenneth E. Ballard.
Survivors include three sons, Boyce H. Ballard and the Rev. Macon N. Ballard of Catawba and Charles B. Ballard of Newton; two sisters, Norma Dixon and Joann Pierce of Statesville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Revs. Keys Pendleton and W. C. Cockman at 2 p.m. Saturday at her church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Drum Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2211 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrills Ford, N.C. 28673.
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411)
The Charlotte Observer, NC
December 13, 1996
CATAWBA - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard 76, died December 11, 1996. Funeral is 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell United Methodist Church, Sherrills Ford. Visitation is 7:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Hickory Daily Record, Hickory NC
Friday, December 13, 1996
CONOVER - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard, 76, of Hopewell Church Road, Catawba, died Dec. 11, 1996, at her residence. Born Aug. 31, 1920 in Statesville, she was a daughter of Nathan N. and Aquilla Allen Smoot, Sr.
A member of Hopewell United Methodist in Sherrills Ford, she was a Sunday school teacher of the Adult Ladies and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyce B. Ballard; a brother, Nathan Smoot Jr.; a sister, Janice Hepler; and a grandchild, Kenneth E. Ballard.
Survivors include three sons, Boyce H. Ballard and the Rev. Macon N. Ballard of Catawba and Charles B. Ballard of Newton; two sisters, Norma Dixon and Joann Pierce of Statesville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Revs. Keys Pendleton and W. C. Cockman at 2 p.m. Saturday at her church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Drum Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2211 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrills Ford, N.C. 28673.
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411)
The Charlotte Observer, NC
December 13, 1996
CATAWBA - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard 76, died December 11, 1996. Funeral is 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell United Methodist Church, Sherrills Ford. Visitation is 7:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Mary was the daughter of Nathan Neely and Garnett A. (Allen) Smoot. She married Boyce Benjamin Arndt in 1937 and they were the parents of three sons: Boyce Howard and Macon Neely, and Charles Benjamin.
Hickory Daily Record, Hickory NC
Friday, December 13, 1996
CONOVER - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard, 76, of Hopewell Church Road, Catawba, died Dec. 11, 1996, at her residence. Born Aug. 31, 1920 in Statesville, she was a daughter of Nathan N. and Aquilla Allen Smoot, Sr.
A member of Hopewell United Methodist in Sherrills Ford, she was a Sunday school teacher of the Adult Ladies and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyce B. Ballard; a brother, Nathan Smoot Jr.; a sister, Janice Hepler; and a grandchild, Kenneth E. Ballard.
Survivors include three sons, Boyce H. Ballard and the Rev. Macon N. Ballard of Catawba and Charles B. Ballard of Newton; two sisters, Norma Dixon and Joann Pierce of Statesville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Revs. Keys Pendleton and W. C. Cockman at 2 p.m. Saturday at her church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Drum Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2211 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrills Ford, N.C. 28673.
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411)
The Charlotte Observer, NC
December 13, 1996
CATAWBA - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard 76, died December 11, 1996. Funeral is 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell United Methodist Church, Sherrills Ford. Visitation is 7:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
Hickory Daily Record, Hickory NC
Friday, December 13, 1996
CONOVER - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard, 76, of Hopewell Church Road, Catawba, died Dec. 11, 1996, at her residence. Born Aug. 31, 1920 in Statesville, she was a daughter of Nathan N. and Aquilla Allen Smoot, Sr.
A member of Hopewell United Methodist in Sherrills Ford, she was a Sunday school teacher of the Adult Ladies and was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Boyce B. Ballard; a brother, Nathan Smoot Jr.; a sister, Janice Hepler; and a grandchild, Kenneth E. Ballard.
Survivors include three sons, Boyce H. Ballard and the Rev. Macon N. Ballard of Catawba and Charles B. Ballard of Newton; two sisters, Norma Dixon and Joann Pierce of Statesville; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted by the Revs. Keys Pendleton and W. C. Cockman at 2 p.m. Saturday at her church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will be at Drum Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell United Methodist Church Building Fund, 2211 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrills Ford, N.C. 28673.
Contributor: Gracie Seitz Cook (48452411)
The Charlotte Observer, NC
December 13, 1996
CATAWBA - Mary Elizabeth Smoot Ballard 76, died December 11, 1996. Funeral is 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell United Methodist Church, Sherrills Ford. Visitation is 7:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover.
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