Rachel Carol Huff Ballard, age 69, died Thursday, December 25, 2014, at Metcalfe Health Care.
She was born March18,
1945, in Willow Shade and was the
daughter of the late Taylor Huff and Minnie Girtle Brown.
She was a homemaker
and of the Church
of Christ faith.
Survivors include
four daughters, Sharon (Tim) Turner,
Edmonton, Sandy (Greg) Moss, Edmonton, Carol York, Edmonton and April (Lucas)
Syra, Summer Shade; two sons, Harold Ballard, Tompkinsville, and Bryan Ballard,
Edmonton; two sisters, Betty (Phil) Neilander, Indiana and Sheila Garmon
(Marrowbone); one brother, Stevie Huff, Glasgow; her adopted daughter, Kathy
Milam, Summer Shade, eight grandchildren, Amanda Wilson, Sarah Brown, Emily
Blythe, Megan and Daniel Moss, Tyler Rigsby, Skiler and Keegen Pearson; eleven
great grandchildren Hayden, Cameron, Logan, Mason, Easton, Ava and Emma Wilson,
Jaxson and Ace Daugherty, Payton Brown and Tanner Boston; and special caregiver
Melissa Coomer.
She was preceded in
death by her parents ,the father of her children, Kenneth Ballard, three
brothers, Bobby Huff, Marvin Huff, and Donald Huff; and one sister, Linda Huff.
Funeral services
will be Monday, December 29, 2014, at 1:00 at the McMurtrey Funeral Home, with
Bro. Ronnie Wilson, officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Mt. Hermon Cemetery .
Visitation will begin Sunday, December 28, 2014, at 1:00 PM at the funeral
home.
Memorials may be
made to the funeral fund.