Dorothy Gregg "Ruby" Ballew

DOROTHY "RUBY" GREGG BALLEW, 76, DIED MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2001, IN AN ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL. SHE RESIDED AT 114 ROCK HILL RD., ASHEVILLE. A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE EUGENE GREGG AND EDNA BRANK. SHE WAS THE WIDOW 0F CHARLES E. BALLEW. SHE WAS A CPA FOR SCOTT BANKS TRUCKING CO. FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL DECLINING HEALTH. RUBY WAS A LOVER OF NATURE, ESPECIALLY FLOWERS AND ANIMALS. DURING HER LAST YEARS, HER MOST FAITHFUL COMPANIONS WERE A CAT NAMED HUGO AND A DOG NAMED TRISH. RUBY ALSO LOVED CHILDREN AND JUST SEEING ONE WOULD BRING A SMILE TO HER FACE. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SURVIVING ARE HER NIECE, THERESA GREGG HARTSFIELD AND HUSBAND, RICHARD E. HARTSFIELD OF WILMINGTON; THEIR CHILDREN: RICHARD E. HARTSFIELD, JR. AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; DARREN J. HARTSFIELD AND WIFE ANDREA OF EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA; R. GREGG HARTSFIELD AND WIFE JENNIFER OF RALEIGH, MARY ELLEN HARTSFIELD OF RALEIGH AND RACHEL ERIN HARTSFIELD OF WILMINGTON; AND 5 GREAT GREAT NIECES, CHELSEA, MOLLY, NATALIE, VIVIAN, AND SUZETTE HARTSFIELD, WHOM SHE LOVED DEARLY. A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 3:30 PM WEDNESDAY AT FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, SMOKEY PARK HWY., CANDLER, NC WITH DR. JACK INNES OFFICIATING. PALLBEARERS WILL BE RICHARD HARTSFIELD, GARY HENRY, JOSEPH P. RHEW, GREGG HARTSFIELD, KIRK BANKS, AND SCOTTY BANKS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INTERNATIONAL, P.O. BOX 628222, ORLANDO, FL, 32862-8222. ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME IS SERVING THE FAMILY.