Obituary of Linda Coffee Ballinger

Linda Ballinger, age 70, passed away on August 16, 2017.  The family will be receiving friends at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon TN on Friday from 4-8 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until the service.  The Funeral Service, conducted by Brother Gary Drennon, is 2 p.m. Saturday, August 19, 2017 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery will follow the service.  Pallbearers:  Matt Apple, Bill Apple, Rob Apple, Johnny Ballinger, Timmy Smith, and Shaw Grantham.  Honorary Pallbearers : Eddie Ricketts and Kevin Dunsavage. 

               Mrs. Ballinger enjoyed watching the grandchildren, camping, fishing, and shopping.  She was an avid reader.  She is survived by her husband of 36 years, John Ballinger, children Lisa Ricketts (Eddie), Debra Dunsavage (Kevin), and Wayne Hendrixson (Carrie), grandchildren Brandi Cousino, Kristy Darnell, Katie Wierman, Joshua Hendrixson, Jami Strickland, Hayley Hendrixson, Jesse Hendrixson, Jamie Dunsavage, and Justin Dunsavage, siblings Edward Coffee (Barbara) and Brenda Malone (Ted), and 13 great-grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by parents Harlan and “Lizzy” Angeleline Mea Coffee, brothers Johnny Coffee and Jonah Coffee, sisters Stella Coffee Roberts, Phyllis Tomlinson, and Helen Coffee, and grandson Mark Anthony Fletcher Jr. 

               The family extends their gratitude to Kindred Hospice and Dr. Robert Jantz.  Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN 615.444.9393.