Mr. Doug Ballard Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Services for Doug Ballard, 60, of Gilmer will be held 3 P.M. Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church in Winnsboro with a visitation to begin at 2 P.M. with Bro. Jimmy Hamrick officiating. Interment will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Winnsboro. The family will receive friends Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 2 P.M.- 4 P.M. at McWhorter Funeral Home in Gilmer. Doug was born on November 17, 1955 to John Ballard Sr. and Faith Kohler Ballard in Ft. Sam Houston, TX and died on November 1, 2016 in Gilmer. No Matter what he did in life he was always a fighter. When he was diagnosed in 2014 with cancer he was given 6 months to live, Doug refused to accept that and fought till his last breath. He also strongly believed in family. At the end he loved to get visits from Johnny and Emily, They were the delight of his life and could always bring smiles and happiness in the trying times of his last days. He married his wife Faith on September 3, 2011 in Colorado. Doug is preceded in death by his father. Surviving him are his mother; Faith Ballard. His wife, Faith Anne Ballard. The son he never had Andrew Goldberg. Brothers, John Ballard Jr. and Jack David Ballard. Sister, Faith Ballard Massingill. Please visit Doug’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Mr. Doug Ballard

November 17, 1955 - November 1, 2016