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Bobbie Ballinger

Bobbie Ballinger

Dec. 12, 2012

Bobbie Ballinger, 66, a resident of Cleveland, and a former resident of McMinn County,
passed away Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at a Chattanooga hospital.

She was of the Baptist faith, and was a member of Bridgmakers. She was preceded in death by
her father, James J. Morgan; her husband, Glenn Ballinger; and a brother, Dean Morgan.

She is survived by her mother, Helen Lunsford Morgan; daughter, Chrystal and husband, Tim
Sharp, of Cleveland; one grandson, Tucker Sharp of Cleveland; sister, Joetta Roderick of Rossville,
Ga; brother, Carl and wife, Evelyn Morgan, of Rossville, Ga; companion, Bobby Garner of Chatsworth,
Ga., and his children, Vivian and husband, Gene Beavers, of Dalton, Ga., Carol Merrell of Chatsworth,
Ga., April and husband, William Cline, of Chatsworth, Ga., and his grandchildren, Austin, Daniel,
Gabriel, Brady, Miranda, Nicole, William, Cody and Tyler.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home of Cleveland
with the Rev. Gary Sears and the Rev. Steven Stone officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial
Gardens with Tucker Sharp, Ethan Hames, Dewayne Ballinger, Rex Stone, David Michaels and Gene
Beavers serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Tom Robinson, Pearl Timmons, Lisa Garner,
Vivian Beavers, Daphna Kuykendall, Carol Merrell, Cheryl Rider, Josephine Frazier and Nancy Long.

A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.

The family will receive friends from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home in Cleveland.

We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Ballinger Family guestbook at
www.ralphbuckner.com

Ralph Buckner Funeral Home of Cleveland is in charge of arrangements.