Louise Ballinger

Louise Ballinger, of Searcy, Arkansas died Friday October 9, 2009. She was born to John Orendorff and Artie Broad in Denison, Texas on November 21, 1914. She was a member of the Church of Christ, and she and her husband were foster-parents to fifty children. She is preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur; granddaughter, Virginia; and her parents. She is survived by one daughter Ethel Woods, of Searcy; and two sons Wilbur Ballinger of Rose Bud, and John Ballinger of Searcy; one sister Helen Williams of South Africa; and one brother Joe Orendorff, of Minnesota; and numerous grandchildren. Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Foothills Church of Christ in Searcy.