Mary Etta Ballard, 83, of Paris, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Paris Regional Medical Center. Services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 1st, at Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Fortenberry & Tommy Green officiating. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4 – 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Ballard, the daughter of Cecil & Georgia Ann Knight Spoon, was born March 27, 1934, in Bokchito, OK. She was a homemaker who loved her family. Joys in her life included yard work, gardening and taking care of her animals. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of sixty-one years, Billy H. “Bill” Ballard, on March 3, 2013, a grandson, Dylan Ballard, a son-in-law, Larry Wilson, a sister, Betty Spoon and a brother, C. R. Spoon. Survivors include a son, Ronnie Ballard & wife Vicki of Paris, a daughter, Patti Wilson of Blossom, grandsons, Steven Wilson, Jeremy Wilson, and Matthew Allen, two brothers, Bill Spoon and Henry Spoon along with numerous nieces & nephews and a host of friends. The family requests that memorials be made to Dylan’s Drivers, 1455 20th St. N. E., Paris, TX 75460.
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