Mrs. Eleanor Pearl Adams Ballard

Mrs. Eleanor Pearl Adams Ballard, age 92, of Raleigh, departed this life on Monday, January 26, 2026.

Public viewing, 12 Noon to 8 PM, Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Steven L. Lyons Funeral Home, 1515 New Bern Avenue, Raleigh. 

Public viewing, 1 PM to 5 PM, Thursday, February 5, 2026, Russell Funeral Home, 822 Carl Russell Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC.

Visitation, 11 AM to 12 Noon, Friday, February 6, 2026, United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, 450 Metropolitan Drive, Winston-Salem, NC.

Funeral, 12 Noon, Friday, February 6, 2026, United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, 450 Metropolitan Drive, Winston-Salem, NC. The Rev. Dr. Alvin T. Armstead, Jr., Pastor, Officiating.

Interment, 12 Noon, Saturday, February 7, 2026, Jones-Turner Family Cemetery, 5607 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs.  

Survivors; husband The Rev. Dr. James D. Ballard; son, Derek D. Ballard (Maria); grandchildren, Carmen Pearl Barham (Jay), Sara C. Ballard, Schuyler Marie Suarez and Madison Rose Suarez; nieces, Gloria J. Adams and Phyllis Grimes (Ernest) and a host of other relatives and friends.