Ballenger, Martha Jean Minix

Funeral services for Martha Jean Minix Ballenger, 56, of Longview, will 
be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2006, in the chapel of Rader Funeral 
Home of Longview, with Chaplain Richard Pruitt officiating. Burial will 
be in Rosewood Park. She passed away Sunday, October 15, 2006, in White 
Oak. Mrs. Ballenger was born June 23, 1950, in Hammond, Indiana, to 
Clarence and Helen Smith. She had been a longtime resident of Longview. 
Mrs. Ballenger was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; 
and a sister, Joanne Shelton. Survivors include her husband, George 
Jackson of Longview; children, Marsha Haldren and Paula Minix of White Oak, 
and Sandra Mitchell and Paul Minix Jr. of Longview; the father of her 
children, Paul Minix Sr. of Hallsville; brothers and sisters-in-law, John 
and Barb Smith, William and Mona Smith and Clarence Smith Jr.; sisters 
and brothers-in-law, Betty and Lee Aumaller, Norma Everett, and Mary and 
Joe Reynolds; brother-in-law, Freddy Shelton; grandchildren, Lindzey Sims, 
Cynthia Haldren, Destoney Minix, and Nicolette Minix; four 
great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 
from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday evening, October 17, 2006, at the funeral home A 
memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/17/2006.