Minnie Ballew

Funeral services will be held for Minnie Ruth Ballew, 96, at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Canute First Methodist Church.

She died Monday, July 1, 2019, in Clinton.

Ballew was born Feb. 22, 1923, to William “Arve” and Ester (Williams) Wilson in Canute, and was raised in the Prairie View community.

On May 16, 1942, she married Luther Melvin “Bud” Ballew in Clinton. They made their home in the country near C…