A service of remembrance will be held Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Hardin United Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. with Reverend Gideon Watson officiating. Interment to follow at Hardin Chapel Cemetery. A gathering of Cody’s family and friends will be June 8, 2018, at Hardin United Methodist Church from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Cody is preceded in death by his grandparents, Donald Leeroy “Paw Paw” Ballard Sr and Barbara Ann “Nanny” Ballard; and uncle, Tennie “Aaron” Ballard.
Those left to cherish his memory are; parents, Donald Leeroy Ballard II of Daisetta and Theresa Cobb; grandparents, John and Margaret “Marge” Calandra of Livingston; sister, Betty Ann Ballard of Maryland; uncle, Joseph Ballard of Daisetta; aunt, Monica “Mommica” Ballard of Daisetta; cousins, Chelsea Ballard of Channelview, Cordell Ballard of Cheyenne, WY, Dakota Ballard of Huntsville, Martin Collette of Channelview, Isabella “Izzy” Collette of Channelview, and a host of loving friends and family.