Services for Rosene Winters Ballard, 91, of Lubbock will be 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at Resthaven's Abbey Chapel, with Ken Rhodes and Dale Mannon officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
Rosene passed away May 25, 2007, at the VistaCare Hospice Carillon House, in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. She was born on the family farm near Grenville, N.M. on Nov. 23, 1915, the youngest of four children born to the late Robert Meeks and Josie Anna Winters, who homesteaded in the New Mexico Territory in 1910. The family later lived in Frederick and Tipton, Okla., before moving to Lubbock area in 1927.
Rosene married Taylor Ballard in 1944 in Littlefield. They farmed in the Shallowater, New Deal, and Abernathy communities until 1978, when they moved to Lubbock. In later years, she worked at the Smart Stout Shop, which was co-owned by her sister, Mildred Winters Burford and she later worked at Lena Stephens' until her retirement.
She was a member of the Green Lawn Church of Christ and formerly a longtime member of the Abernathy Church of Christ.
Rosene is preceded in death by her husband, Taylor (1991); two brothers, Earl and Fallis Winters; and one sister, Mildred Winters Burford.
She will remembered so fondly as a gift of sweet spirit and loving heart.
Survivors include her son, Coy Ballard of San Antonio; niece, Darla Ballard Corfield and husband Robert of Denver City; and nephews, Jerry Brock and family of Levelland and Bill Winters.
The family wishes to express most sincere thanks to the remarkable caregivers of Griswold Special Care and VistaCare Hospice, with special love and appreciation to Hope Garza, Marina Marquez, and April Kim.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the VistaCare Hospice Foundation, Carillon House, 1717 Norfolk Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite A, Lubbock, TX 79416.
Rosene passed away May 25, 2007, at the VistaCare Hospice Carillon House, in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. She was born on the family farm near Grenville, N.M. on Nov. 23, 1915, the youngest of four children born to the late Robert Meeks and Josie Anna Winters, who homesteaded in the New Mexico Territory in 1910. The family later lived in Frederick and Tipton, Okla., before moving to Lubbock area in 1927.
Rosene married Taylor Ballard in 1944 in Littlefield. They farmed in the Shallowater, New Deal, and Abernathy communities until 1978, when they moved to Lubbock. In later years, she worked at the Smart Stout Shop, which was co-owned by her sister, Mildred Winters Burford and she later worked at Lena Stephens' until her retirement.
She was a member of the Green Lawn Church of Christ and formerly a longtime member of the Abernathy Church of Christ.
Rosene is preceded in death by her husband, Taylor (1991); two brothers, Earl and Fallis Winters; and one sister, Mildred Winters Burford.
She will remembered so fondly as a gift of sweet spirit and loving heart.
Survivors include her son, Coy Ballard of San Antonio; niece, Darla Ballard Corfield and husband Robert of Denver City; and nephews, Jerry Brock and family of Levelland and Bill Winters.
The family wishes to express most sincere thanks to the remarkable caregivers of Griswold Special Care and VistaCare Hospice, with special love and appreciation to Hope Garza, Marina Marquez, and April Kim.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the VistaCare Hospice Foundation, Carillon House, 1717 Norfolk Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite A, Lubbock, TX 79416.
Services for Rosene Winters Ballard, 91, of Lubbock will be 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at Resthaven's Abbey Chapel, with Ken Rhodes and Dale Mannon officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Resthaven Funeral Home.
Rosene passed away May 25, 2007, at the VistaCare Hospice Carillon House, in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. She was born on the family farm near Grenville, N.M. on Nov. 23, 1915, the youngest of four children born to the late Robert Meeks and Josie Anna Winters, who homesteaded in the New Mexico Territory in 1910. The family later lived in Frederick and Tipton, Okla., before moving to Lubbock area in 1927.
Rosene married Taylor Ballard in 1944 in Littlefield. They farmed in the Shallowater, New Deal, and Abernathy communities until 1978, when they moved to Lubbock. In later years, she worked at the Smart Stout Shop, which was co-owned by her sister, Mildred Winters Burford and she later worked at Lena Stephens' until her retirement.
She was a member of the Green Lawn Church of Christ and formerly a longtime member of the Abernathy Church of Christ.
Rosene is preceded in death by her husband, Taylor (1991); two brothers, Earl and Fallis Winters; and one sister, Mildred Winters Burford.
She will remembered so fondly as a gift of sweet spirit and loving heart.
Survivors include her son, Coy Ballard of San Antonio; niece, Darla Ballard Corfield and husband Robert of Denver City; and nephews, Jerry Brock and family of Levelland and Bill Winters.
The family wishes to express most sincere thanks to the remarkable caregivers of Griswold Special Care and VistaCare Hospice, with special love and appreciation to Hope Garza, Marina Marquez, and April Kim.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the VistaCare Hospice Foundation, Carillon House, 1717 Norfolk Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite A, Lubbock, TX 79416.
Rosene passed away May 25, 2007, at the VistaCare Hospice Carillon House, in Lubbock after a lengthy illness. She was born on the family farm near Grenville, N.M. on Nov. 23, 1915, the youngest of four children born to the late Robert Meeks and Josie Anna Winters, who homesteaded in the New Mexico Territory in 1910. The family later lived in Frederick and Tipton, Okla., before moving to Lubbock area in 1927.
Rosene married Taylor Ballard in 1944 in Littlefield. They farmed in the Shallowater, New Deal, and Abernathy communities until 1978, when they moved to Lubbock. In later years, she worked at the Smart Stout Shop, which was co-owned by her sister, Mildred Winters Burford and she later worked at Lena Stephens' until her retirement.
She was a member of the Green Lawn Church of Christ and formerly a longtime member of the Abernathy Church of Christ.
Rosene is preceded in death by her husband, Taylor (1991); two brothers, Earl and Fallis Winters; and one sister, Mildred Winters Burford.
She will remembered so fondly as a gift of sweet spirit and loving heart.
Survivors include her son, Coy Ballard of San Antonio; niece, Darla Ballard Corfield and husband Robert of Denver City; and nephews, Jerry Brock and family of Levelland and Bill Winters.
The family wishes to express most sincere thanks to the remarkable caregivers of Griswold Special Care and VistaCare Hospice, with special love and appreciation to Hope Garza, Marina Marquez, and April Kim.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the VistaCare Hospice Foundation, Carillon House, 1717 Norfolk Avenue, 4th Floor, Suite A, Lubbock, TX 79416.
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