From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:18 AM To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Corinna Balden, 2003, Boyle & Fayette Co. >From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 4 Apr 2003 Graveside services for Corinna Minor Cook Balden, 76, of Lexington, formerly of Danville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Bellevue Cemetery by the Rev. Carol Rawls. She died Tuesday. Born July 5, 1926, in Danville, she was the daughter of the late William R. and Madge Isaacs Cook. She had been a librarian in Louisville, and in Danville at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where she also was a member, Edna L. Toliver Elementary School and Boyle County Public Library. She was a member of the Garden Club of Danville, Daughters of the American Revolution, and worked with Boyle County 4-H horticulture programs. She was instrumental in restoration of McDowell House and its gardens. She attended Virginia Intermont College and graduated from University of Kentucky with a degree in library science. She was the widow of William H. Balden Jr. Survivors include a daughter, Madge B. Adams of Lexington; two sisters, Margaret Davis of Morehead and Ellen Braselton of Oklahoma; and a grandson. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. today at Stith Funeral home. Memorials may go to charity. ______________________________