Betty Gray Ballard Downey, 89, of 2214 Grafton Street, Clifton Forge, Virginia died Thursday, December 30, 2021 at Brian Center Health and Rehab in Low Moor.
She was born in Clifton Forge on November 28, 1932, a daughter of the late Carl Wilder Ballard and Wilma May Hinkle Ballard. Betty was a retired Accounts Payable Clerk at the former Alleghany Regional Hospital, a life member of the Central United Methodist Church, an avid homemaker, and a loving mother, wife, sister, and friend to all that knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Freeman Adair Downey in October of 1989 and her sister, Fay Heare.
She is survived by two daughters, Fran Downey and Susan Downey, both of Clifton Forge; a sister, Phyllis Myers of Covington; special friend Annie Sink of Clifton Forge; and 1 great-nephew.
A funeral service, including committal, will be conducted Tuesday morning, January 4, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. from the chapel of Nicely Funeral Home with Reverend Lynn Wright officiating. Interment will be made in Alleghany Memorial Park, Low Moor. The family will receive friends Tuesday morning from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service at Nicely Funeral Home.
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