Mary Cochran Ballard

Mary Cochran Ballard, 98, of Abbeville, wife of the late Mack N. Ballard, Sr., died Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC. Mrs. Ballard was born in Abbeville to the late Oscar S. and Margaret White Dusenberry Cochran. She was a 1929 graduate of Winthrop College with a major in Home Economics. Mrs. Ballard taught high school at Elloree High School, Elloree, SC until 1933. After her marriage in 1933 she resided briefly in Columbia, SC., Atlanta, GA., Macon, GA., and spent most of her adult life as a resident of Charlotte, NC. Mrs. Ballard moved to the Due West Retirement Center in 1986 following the passing of her husband. She was a former member of Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, and a current member of the Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church in Abbeville. Mrs. Ballard was preceded in death by her brother, Harold D. Cochran, and a sister, Sophie C. Wheeler. She is survived by a son, Mack N. Ballard, Jr. of New Bern, NC and a daughter, Elizabeth "Betty" B. Magee of Orlando, FL., six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, as well as a number of nieces and nephews, especially Margaret Wheeler Staley of Sharpsburg, GA., and Marilyn Cochran Pretty of Greenville, SC. The family will receive friends from 2:00PM to 3:00PM Monday, April 10, 2006 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be at 3:00PM Monday, April 10, 2006 in the funeral home chapel conducted by the Rev. Webster Curry. Burial will follow in Long Cane Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Due West Retirement Center Building Fund, PO Box 307 Due West, SC 29639. Online condolences may be sent to the Ballard family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Ballard family.