Marie Monds Ballard of East Ridge died Thursday in a local nursing home.  She was 78. 

        A native of Chattanooga, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Alice Blake Monds and the widow of Flavil H. Ballard.  She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Hixson.

        Mrs. Ballard is survived by her three sisters, Mrs. Stella M. Conner of Trenton, Ga., Mrs. Mildred M. Tanner of Chattanooga and Mrs. Zona Monger of Lenoir City Tenn.; brother R. Spencer Monds of Chattanooga; and several nieces and nephews.

        A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Hamilton Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Billy Kennedy officiating.
The Chattanooga News Free Press February 5, 1988.