Estella Virginia Palmer

1918 - 2010  (91 years)

• Name	Estella Virginia Palmer
  Born	7 Nov 1918	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 May 2010	Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	Virginia Balis, 91, of Sandyville, W.Va., departed this life to be with her Lord on May 26, 2010, at Jackson General Hospital, Ripley. She was born on Nov. 7, 1918, the 15th child of the late Grant and Ida Mae Palmer. She was a member of the Sandyville Church of Christ. She enjoyed sewing and had made several quilts throughout the years, with one winning best of fair at the Jackson County Junior Fair. She always enjoyed raising a garden with canning and freezing the fruits of her labor. She had a green thumb where house plants and her yard were concerned with many beautiful flowers adorning her yard. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 72 years, Church E. Balis; her brothers, Ray, Roy, Forrest, Sutton, Joe, Harry, Elzie, Lindsey and Lysander, and sisters, Anna, Hazel, Pauline, Zora, and Flossie. She is survived by one sister, Louise Hutchinson of Sandyville, as well as her three children; sons, Robert (Charlene) and John (Sue) of Sandyville; daughter, Dee (Bill) Lee of Chattanooga, Tenn.; her grandchildren, Pam (Jim) Lewis, Jason (Karen) Balis, and R.J. Balis of Sandyville; Robin (Gary) Sheppard of Elizabeth, Jill (Steve) Cooke of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Kevin (Tina) Lee of Birchwood, Tenn., and Kyle (Shannon) Lee of Spruce Pine, N.C.; great-grandchildren, Jessica (Chad) Spears, Megan and Mallory Ohse, Kate and Zane Balis all of Sandyville, Jonathan and Kelsey Triplett of Elizabeth,, Robin and Krista Lee of Birchwood, Tenn., Lydia, Grace, Paul, and Faith Cooke of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; stepgreat-grandchildren, Christopher, Joshua and Adam Lewis of Parkersburg, and Tyler Sheppard of Elizabeth, and great-great-grandchildren, Hunter and Cara Spears. Visitation will be held at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood, on Friday, May 28, 2010, from 6-8 p.m. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 29, 1 p.m. at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood, with Minister Rodney Nulph officiating. Burial will follow in Independence Cemetery, Sandyville.
  Person ID	I95486	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Grant Palmer,   b. CA 1873, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ida Mae Parsons,   b. CA 1877, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Dec 1895	Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F24548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Church Emerson Balis,   b. 11 Aug 1910, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 2009, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1936	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Notes	Marriage Record Date: 12/19/1936 at Sandyville Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States Church Balis, 26, Jackson Co, Sandyville Virginia Palmer, 18, Jackson co, Sandyville
  Children	1. Robert Palmer Balis   2. Deloris Louise Balis   3. John Earl Balis
  Family ID	F24532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 26 May 2010 - Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S21] Obit. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.