Betty Cook Ballew

Funeral services for Betty Cook Ballew, age 83, of Clarkesville will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 16, 2013 from Bethlehem Baptist Church.

Rev. Tommy Stowe, Rev. Furman Lewis and Rev. Billy Beard will officiate with interment to follow the service at 4:00 PM at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in College Park, GA.

Mrs. Ballew died January 14, 2013 at her residence.

Born in College Park, Georgia in the Red Oak Community on June 5, 1929, Mrs. Ballew was the daughter of the late Walter and Beaulah Mae Holland Cook. Mrs. Ballew a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church where at one time she served as a Sunday school teacher and was a member of The Golden Club. Mrs. Ballew retired from Walmart.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Ballew was preceded in death by her husband James Hershel Ballew.

Mrs. Ballew is survived by daughter and son in law Wanda and Dean Yarbrough of Clarkesville, Georgia; daughter and son in law Phyllis and Rick Gaddy of Tyron, Georgia; son and daughter in law Tim and Leighane Ballew of Clarkesville, Georgia; grandchildren and their spouses Candi and Josh Coffman, Amy and Joshua Butts, David and Brittany Ballew, Wendy and Stephen Cain, Jim and Michelle Gaddy, and grandsons Joseph "Red" Yarbrough and Luke Ballew, as well as nine great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday January 15, 2013 from 2-4Pm and from 6-8PM.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Bethlehem Baptist Church Missions Program at P. O. Box 488, Clarkesville, Georgia, 30523.

Those wishing may send condolences online at www.hillsidememorialchapel.com.

Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville. 706-754-6256.