A homemaker, Genealogy Historian and resident of St. Amant, LA., she passed at 10:12pm on April 9, 2026, at The Crossing at Clarity Hospice, Baton Rouge, LA. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 13, 2026, from 5 PM to 8 PM at Ourso Funeral, Gonzales, LA. Visitation will resume on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Amant, LA at 9 AM until Mass of a Christian Burial at 11 AM. Burial to follow at Holy Rosary Mausoleum. Pallbearers: John Ballard Jr, Ory Brown, Corey Lambert, Eric Charpentier, Quade Aymond, Josh Broussard. Honorary Pallbearers Jarrett Ballard and Braxton Brown.
Survived by husband, John Wilson Ballard Sr., daughter Tara Brown (Ory), son’s Jarrett Ballard and John Ballard Jr. (Tandi). Grandchildren, Braxton, Bayleigh, Kalli, Trevor, Hunter, Brian, Kyrsty, Hayes, Brayden, Kyle. Proceeded in death by father, Joseph Paul Lambert “T-Joe”, mother, Mavis McKinney Lambert, brother’s Craig Nolan Lambert and Brent Anthony Lambert, Paternal grandparents, Vernon Paul “Butch” and Eula Mae Frederic Lambert, Hardy Dupre and Jennie Lucille Jenkins McKinney, stepdaughter, Ginnifer Ballard, stepson, Shawn Ballard, niece, Tori Lambert.
