Mary Sue Ballard

1923 - 2014  (91 years)

• Name	Mary Sue Ballard  [1]
  Birth	19 May 1923	Florida, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Mary Sue Duren  [2]
  Residence	1930	Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1945	Duval, Florida, USA   [2]
  Death	29 Nov 2014	Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA
  	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
  Person ID	I11266	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	William T Ballard,   b. 1877, Georgia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sallie Lnu,   b. 1882, Georgia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Odest Leo Duren,   b. 21 Apr 1916, Florida, USA d. 28 Jul 1999, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA (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 d. 9 Jan 1991, Florida, USA (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Headstones		Odest Leo Duren & Mary Sue Ballard gravestone
  Family ID	F4066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 19 May 1923 - Florida, USA Residence - 1930 - Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA Death - 29 Nov 2014 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [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 [ View Federal Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=18229384&indiv=try [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 [ View Florida Census Document] http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FloridaStateCen1867&h=3939749&indiv=try [S142] Gravestone. [ View gravestone photograph]