I am Sheryl Ballard of Houston, TX. Edward Thomas Ballard (of Houston) was my grandfather. He died in the mid to late 1970s. He was married to June Patria (nee Brooks) Ballard. She died in either or April 1994.
They had two sons - Dennis Ballard and my father, Edward Thomas Ballard, Jr. (born in 1942)
Dennis died in 1979 (he was 32, I think) from untreated diabetes. My father is married to Evelyn F. (nee Lynch) Ballard and have one child, me - Sheryl Lee Ballard (born in 1969).
I am also researching the Ballard side of the family as my father seems to recall that the bloodline contained Native American heritage.