Juanita G. Holden Ballard

Juanita Gale Ballard was born Juanita Gale Holden on Thursday January 23, 1941, to Charlie Zephan Holden and Esther Andrus, in Bayou Chicot, Louisiana. She passed away in Humble, Texas on Saturday, November 19, 2011, at the age of 70.

Juanita is preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Rubin E. Ballard, father, Charlie Z. Holden and mother Esther Andrus Holden.

She is survived by her son, Rodney Ballard and his wife Cheryl, their daughter Ashlyn and son Clay of Shepherd, Texas; daughter, Michele McBride and her husband Albert III, their daughters Brittney and Hannah of Hockley, Texas; daughter, Donna McIntosh and her husband Ed Jr., their son James and daughter Carly of Houston, Texas; daughter, Andrea Robuck and her husband Michael, their daughters Mae and Emily of Porter, Texas; daughter, Amanda Emfinger and her husband Matt, their daughters Hailey and Savannah and son Mason of Ocean Springs, Mississippi and by her sister, Neller Lee Mizzell and her husband Leslie of Bush, Louisiana, along with many other loving family members across the southern United States.

Family and friends gathered at a visitation on Tuesday, the 22nd of November, from five until eight o'clock in the evening at Waltrip Funeral Directors in Houston, where on Wednesday, the 23rd of November at half past one o'clock in the afternoon, Pastor James Cobb welcomed everyone at a service celebrating Juanita’s life in the funeral home chapel. Graveside services followed at Memorial Oaks Cemetery.