Mrs. Odith Marie Hampton Ballew, age 93 of Blairsville, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at Union County Nursing Home.
Mrs. Ballew was born Tuesday, February 29, 1916 in Union Co., GA to the late John Henry Warren and the late Kathrine Sparks Warren. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Mrs. Ballew was preceded in death by 1st husband, Kenneth Hampton and 2nd husband, Leonard H.Ballew, son, Richard Hampton, step-son, Walter Hampton and step-son, Carl J. Hampton.
Survivors include: son, Cecil & Pearl Warren of Andrews, NC, step-daughter, Bobbie Kinney of Hoschton, GA, step-daughter, Audrey & Charles Walker of Loganville, GA, step-daughter, Adrianne & Eddie Truett of Blairsville, GA, step-son, Odell Ballew of Blairsville, GA, step-daughter, Kathy & Stanley Odom of Blairsville, GA, step-son, Jerry & Chearl Ballew of Blairsville, GA, step-daughter, Pauline Ernst of Fayetteville, GA, step-son, Kenneth Hampton of Covington, LA, step-son, Boyd & Becky Hampton of Conyers, GA, sister, Annie Lee Rogers of Blairsville, GA, 3 grandchildren, 25 step-grandchildren, 33 step-greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. from the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Phillips officiating. She will lie instate at the church from 1:30 until 2:00 p.m. Music will be provided by Jeanette Garrett. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jerry Ballew, Jr., Crawford Odom, Chris Ballew, Kirk Odom, Charles Truett and Randy Hampton.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 until 8 p.m., Thursday, March 5.
The Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements.
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