William Ballard

William B. Ballard, age 76, of Jackson, passed away March 15, 2011. Surviving are children: John William Ballard, wife Yvonne, Yatesville, GA, Dorothy Ballard Wilson, fiancée, Jerry Palmer, Milner, GA, Joseph Gene Ballard, wife Michele, Winder, GA, Dawn Ballard Jones, husband Johnny Jones, Canton, GA; grandchildren, James William Ballard, U.S. Army, (deployed), David William Wilson, Atlanta, GA, Brittany Mae Akins, husband, Jeremy, Thomaston, GA, Lisa Dawn Wilson, USMC, (deployed), Eric Nathaniel Ballard, U.S. Army, Jordan Ashley Grandt, Canton, GA; great grand-daughter, Sophia Jewel Ballard, Thomaston, GA; sisters, Marie Ford, Pauline Ballard, East Point; brother, Charles Ballard, Grove Beach, CA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 1:00pm at Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home: 2968 East Point St., East Point, GA 30344. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5-8pm at the funeral home. Interment will follow at College Park Cemetery.