Now it's my turn to say thank you. Dawn has been my "genealogy partner" for a couple of years now, and even though we have only met once, I think of her as my true friend. There are several of us who have formed an internet friendship and work on families together with Dawn becoming the "obit queen." If it can be found, she has found it. We have got so good, we research families with whom we're not sure if we are related or not!! But it sure is fun. Now Mary Willie Ballard was my cousin. Her father and my great grandfather were brothers. While I had her death certificate, I did not have her obit. Thank you, Dawn. By the way, Mary Willie died from pellagra. Lynn Mydawn60@aol.com wrote: > The Pike County Journal > Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, Friday, August 28, 1925 > > Miss Mary Willie Ballard > Died In Zebulon Friday > > Miss Mary Willie Ballard died at her home here Friday morning at 11 o'clock, > August 21, after an illness of several months duration. > Funeral and burial was at the Methodist church Saturday, being conducted by > Rev. R. W. Rogers, assisted by Rev. C. W. Milford. Haisten Bros., of Griffin > were in charge as funeral directors. > Miss Ballard was born in Zebulon and spent her whole life here. She had > for years assisted her sister, Miss Eva Ballrad (Ballard), in conducting the > Ballard House. She joined the Zebulon Methodist church at the age of 15 and > lived a true Christian life daily. She loved her church and was ever > faithful to it and her Master. She was greatly beloved by all who knew her. > She is survived by two sisters. > > (Transcribed 11/19/02 Dawn M Hill) > > Methodist Church Cemetery, Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia > Miss Eva Ballard b. 19 Jul 1871 d. 26 Feb 1950 > Mary Willie Ballard b. 1 Sep 1874 d. 25 Aug 1925 > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237