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Obituary for Betty Gray Ballard Downey Betty Gray Ballard Downey
Clifton Forge Resident Was Accounts Payable Clerk With Alleghany Regional Hospital

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, Virginia 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 one great nephew.

A funeral service including committal will be conducted Tuesday morning 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. The family will receive friends Tuesday morning from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at Nicely Funeral Home.