Ballard - Cecil May
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 27 October 1899
Cecil May Ballard was born in Crawfordsville, Aug. 20, 1895, and died in Logansport, Ind., Oct. 24, 1899, aged 4 years, 2 months and 4 days. The little body was brought from Logansport Wednesday and taken directly to the cemetery, where Rev. H. L. Davis held short services. She was taken ill a little more than a week ago with cold, which developed into membranous croup. Everything that skilled physicians and loving care could do was done for her, but all this proved futile when her Master said "Come up higher." She was one of the brightest and happiest little girls the writer ever knew. Her home was in this city until about six months ago, and the neighbors all loved her so much that when they stood around the little white casket laden with flowers at Oak Hill, you would have thought it was their own little girl, so deep was their grief. Her parents and only sister, Maurine, are simply heartbroken over her death. Time is the only healer, and while their hearts are bleeding with this grief we kindly commend them to lean on Him who is so willing to aid them in bearing their great sorrow - kim h