Sybil Myrt Ballard Raulins

Funeral service for Sybil Myrt Ballard Raulins will be held 9 AM Saturday, August 21, 2010 in Blanchard St. Denis Chapel with Dr. Roy Cook officiating. Burial will be in Central Cemetery at Robeline, La. Visitation will be Friday, August 20, 2010 from 5 PM until 8 PM and on Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 8 AM until service time in the funeral home. Mrs. Raulins, 83, of Natchitoches, La., died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center in Natchitoches, La. She was a native of Natchitoches, La. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Natchitoches, La. She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Neal Raulins; parents, Pinkney Jackson Ballard, Sr. and Lillie Belle Scarborough Ballard; two sisters, Ruth Ballard Drumwright and Georgia Ballard Campbell; five brothers, Vernon Ballard, Nealy Ballard, Cecil Ballard, Glen Ballard, and P. J. Ballard, Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Anna Kay Shores and husband Ray of Bentonia, Ms. and Nancy Rachal of Provencal, La.; one son, Alan Raulins of Jackson, La.; two grandchildren, Stephen Rachal, Jr. and wife Casey and Claire Shores; one great grandchild, Hunter Gage Rachal; one brother, Preston 'Buddy' Ballard and wife Nelda of Colfax, La. Pallbearers will be Ray Shores, Stephen Rachal, Jr., Stephen Rachal, Sr., Jimmy Dillard, Irvin Billiard, and Kenny Campbell. The family of Mrs. Raulins would like to extend a special thanks to The Courtyard of Natchitoches, La. and Zeta Houston ‘Our Angel’.