Obituary Record
Ballard, Cecile A. - December 13, 1997
Cecile A. Ballard, 82, of Diamondhead, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 1997, in Bay St. Louis.
Mrs. Ballard was a native of Stringer, Miss and was a resident of Diamondhead since 1979. She was a registered nurse who graduated from Natchez Hospital in 1939. She Worked at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg and Baptist Hospital in Jackson and retired in 1950.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Hazel Tanner and Myrtle Jones; and a grandson, Ricky Stringer.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Ballard of Diamondhead; a daughter, Barbara Stringer of Slidell; a brother, J. E. Alderman of Forrest, Miss; three sisters, Margie Smith of Birmingham, Ala., Frances Faw of Mary Ester, Fla., and Ramona Bullock of Oxford, Miss.; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was Monday evening at Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis.
Services were conducted Tuesday at Diamondhead Baptist Church. Burial was in Gulf Coast Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum.
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