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DATE: Wednesday, August 31, 1994             TAG: 9408310376
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

MAMIE W. BALLARD

Mamie Wilson Ballard, 83, a retired beautician, died Aug. 27, 1994, in Obici Hospital.

Mrs. Ballard, a native of Isle of Wight County, was a member of Main Street Baptist Church, its Missionary Circle and Wisteria Elk Temple (NU)545.

Survivors include a stepdaughter, Doris Blount of Smithfield; a sister, Willie Odelle Hunter of Hampton; and three brothers, James Lee Wilson, Martin L. Wilson and Thomas A. Wilson, all of Smithfield.

A funeral service will be conducted at 12 noon Thursday in Main Street Baptist Church in Smithfield by the Rev. Aaron L. Dobynes. Burial will be in Baptist Memorial Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church by 10 a.m. Thursday. The family will assemble at 212 Riverview Ave. Arrangements are by Pretlow & Chapman Funeral Home, Smithfield.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB