Obituary for Betty Mae Ballard Smith
Celebration of life for Betty Mae Ballard Smith of West Monroe, LA., will be held at 2:00pm, Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Whites Ferry Road Church with Bro. Richard Bass, Bro. Derek McQueen, and Bro. Bryan Rucker officiating. Family will receive friends for visitation 12:00pm until time of service at the church.
Betty was born July 15, 1975, and passed from this life December 13, 2022, at the age of 47.
She was a loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend; Her family was her world, and she considered her dear friends’ family as well. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She had a charitable heart and loved helping those less fortunate than herself; She was obsessed with buying shoes and had a closet full of them, she was a free spirit who loved living life to the fullest; The addiction recovery community in North LA. lost a beacon of light when Mrs. Betty Mae passed away.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Rona Holmes and Levi Ballard, Sr.; grandmother, Betty Hyde; and brother, Levi Ballard, Jr.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Davie K. Smith; children, Joshua Michael Delaughter, Tony Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, Serena Jackson (Jake) and Jada George; brothers, Joshua Ballard and Richard Bass; sisters, Cheri Joles and Tina Bass; nieces, Lexi Joles, and Kaitlyn Dawn Ballard; nephews, Ryver and Zander Joles; cousins, Derek and Kayla McQueen; brother-in-law, Jo Smith and mother-in-law, Tina Joles; three grandchildren, Aubrey Rose Delaughter, Leeland Michael Ballard, and Gia O’netta Jackson. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and other family and friends.
Griffin Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA.
Betty was born July 15, 1975, and passed from this life December 13, 2022, at the age of 47.
She was a loving wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend; Her family was her world, and she considered her dear friends’ family as well. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She had a charitable heart and loved helping those less fortunate than herself; She was obsessed with buying shoes and had a closet full of them, she was a free spirit who loved living life to the fullest; The addiction recovery community in North LA. lost a beacon of light when Mrs. Betty Mae passed away.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Rona Holmes and Levi Ballard, Sr.; grandmother, Betty Hyde; and brother, Levi Ballard, Jr.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Davie K. Smith; children, Joshua Michael Delaughter, Tony Ballard, Elizabeth Ballard, Serena Jackson (Jake) and Jada George; brothers, Joshua Ballard and Richard Bass; sisters, Cheri Joles and Tina Bass; nieces, Lexi Joles, and Kaitlyn Dawn Ballard; nephews, Ryver and Zander Joles; cousins, Derek and Kayla McQueen; brother-in-law, Jo Smith and mother-in-law, Tina Joles; three grandchildren, Aubrey Rose Delaughter, Leeland Michael Ballard, and Gia O’netta Jackson. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, and other family and friends.
Griffin Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA.