Mrs. Ila Mae Ballard, age 90, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, died Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at the Seven Springs Rehab and Nursing Home in Heber Springs. She had been in poor health for the past two months.
Mrs. Ballard was born June 8, 1928, in Mobile, Alabama, and was the daughter of Noah Elliott and Stella Morris Elliott. She lived in St. Francis County most all of her life, was retired from General Industries, and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Forrest City.
Mrs. Ballard married Joe Ballard and he preceded her in death in 1984. She is survived by one daughter, Barbara Lewis, and husband, Clell, of Bee Branch, Arkansas, one sister, Kay Dooley of Forrest City, three grandchildren; Stephen, Brooks, and Melissa, and four great-grandchildren.
