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Mary Sue Ballard

Female 1923 - 2014  (91 years)


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  • Name Mary Sue Ballard  [1
    Birth 19 May 1923  Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Sue Duren  [2
    Residence 1930  Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1945  Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 29 Nov 2014  Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mary Sue Ballard Duren
      (May 19, 1923 - November 29, 2014)

      Mrs. Mary Sue Ballard Duren, 94, of Lake City, passed away peacefully on Saturday November 29, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family after an extended illness. She was born in Ft. White on May 19, 1923 to the late William Thomas Ballard and Sarah Isabella Davis Ballard. She lived most of her life in the Lake City area and was a Homemaker for most of those years. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cannon Creek Ward, and was very active in her church, formerly serving as Primary President and Relief Society President as well as many other responsibilities within the church. She also loved to cook as well as sew and quilt in her spare time. She is preceded in death by her loving husband: Odest L. Duren; son: Jeffery Ballard Duren; siblings: Thelma Ballard; Otis Ballard; Carl Thomas Ballard; Baby Boy Ballard; Josie Mae Ballard; Earl Ballard; Myrtle Ballard; Donald Ballard and Sarah Elizabeth Ballard.

      She is survived by her daughter: Linda Duren Feldsher; two sons: Jerry Duren (Charlotte) and Mark Davis Duren (JeanLea); daughter-in-law: Lucretia Butler Duren; grandchildren: Joe Lange; Melanie Feldsher; Wayne Duren; Leo Duren; Matthew Duren; Daniel Duren; Charlotte Elizabeth Duren Dibble; Mark Davis Duren, II; Stephanie Duren Cooner; Susan Duren Wiley; Sarah Duren; Logan Duren; Emily Duren; Allison Duren; Bryce Duren; Allessa Duren Allison; Aleah Duren; Jeffrey Ballard Duren, Jr. and Katie Duren Temple; great-grandchildren: Benjamin Lange; JJ Lange; Theodore Duren (Deceased); Susan Duren Prestgard; Timothy Duren; Thomas Duren; Katherine Duren Combs; Joseph Duren; Kent Duren; Celeste Duren; Nathaniel Duren; Alice Duren; Mary Duren; Makoto Duren; Celestial Duren; Philo Dibble; Charlotte Dibble; Winslow Dibble Davis Duren; Hannah Duren; Nathan Duren; Owen Duren; Molly Duren; Dean Thompson and Khloe Temple; many other numerous other family members and friends also survive.

      Funeral Services for Mrs. Duren will be conducted on Thursday December 4, 2014 at 3 P.M. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Cannon Creek Ward (Sisters Welcome Road) with Bishop Mark Duren presiding. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Union County. The family will receive friends from 5-7 P.M. on Wednesday evening December 3, 2014 in the Chapel of the Funeral Home. Flowers are welcome but if you choose to make a memorial donation, please make them to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Missionary Fund, 1604 SW Sisters Welcome Road, Lake City, FL, 32025.
    Burial 4 Dec 2014  Oak Grove Cemetery, Union, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11266  tng Genealogy

    Father William T Ballard,   b. 1877, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sallie Lnu,   b. 1882, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F7491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Odest Leo Duren,   b. 21 Apr 1916, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1999, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1941  [3
    Children 
    +1. Living
     2. Living
    +3. Living
     4. Jeffrey Ballard Duren,   b. 19 Jun 1958, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1991, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Headstones
    Odest Leo Duren & Mary Sue Ballard gravestone
    Odest Leo Duren & Mary Sue Ballard gravestone
    Family ID F4066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 May 1923 - Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Nov 2014 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Waycross, Ware, Georgia; Roll: 391; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 11; Image: 317.0.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18229384&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18229384&indiv=try

    2. [S351] Ancestry.com, Florida State Census, 1867-1945, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      Census Year: 1945; Locality: Precinct 22; County: Duval; Page: 16; Line: 25; Archive Series #: S1371, Roll 15
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FloridaStateCen1867&h=3939749&indiv=try
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      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FloridaStateCen1867&h=3939749&indiv=try

    3. [S142] Gravestone.
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