Bobbie Ballinger

Bobbie Ballinger, 66, a resident of Cleveland, and a former resident of McMinn County, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in a Chattanooga hospital. She was of the Baptist faith. She was a member of Bridgmakers. Mrs. Ballinger was preceded in death by her father, James J. Morgan and her husband, Glenn Ballinger and 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 conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2012 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Reverend Gary Sears and Reverend Steven Stone officiating. Interment 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. Her family will receive friends from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the funeral home. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Ballinger family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.