Attention: OBITUARY FLAG MR. RICHARD S. BALLENGERJUNE 18, 1918 - May 26, 2007 Anderson,SC Mr. Richard Smiley 'Dick' Ballenger, husband of Elizabeth Green Ballenger died on May 26, 2007 in Anderson,SC. The Funeral Service will be held at 11:00am on Monday, May 28, 2007 in the Sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Dr. Dennis F. Tedder officiating. Interment will follow in Old Silver Brook Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00pm until 7:00pm on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Garden House, 201 Edgebrook Drive, Anderson. Born June 18, 1918 in Duncan, South Carolina, the son of the late Lucy Pate and Richard Smiley Ballenger, he graduated Wofford College in the class of 1939. There he served as President of the Student Body, Most Valuable Player and Captain of the Football Team, member of the Basketball & Track Teams, President of Block W and Blue Key. Mr. Ballenger served in World War II in the 338th Infantry, Fifth Army, in North Africa and Italy. He was the past president of both the Anderson Rotary Club, where he was a Paul Harris Fellow, and the Piedmont Retired Officers Association. He was President of City Glass Company of Anderson and D&B Glass of Greenville, SC. He was also a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Anderson where he had formerly served as Sunday school teacher and deacon. A man of strength, kindness, honor, generosity, and wit, he was beloved by his family. In addition to his wife of sixty-five years, he is survived by his son, Richard Clifton Ballenger and his wife, Mary, of Anderson; his daughter, Mrs. Patrick Dorn (Jane) and her husband, Pat, of Columbia, SC; his grandchildren are Walter P. Dorn, III, and his wife, Elizabeth, of Columbia, SC; Richard Ballenger Dorn and his wife, Eleanor, of Belton, SC; Elizabeth Dorn Wardlaw and her husband, Field, of Columbia, SC; Emily Leigh Ballenger of Charleston, SC; and Alice Pate Ballenger of Anderson. Survivors also include great-grandchildren: Walter Patrick Dorn, IV; Richard Ballenger Dorn, Jr; Laura Manning Dorn; Joel Riddick Dorn; Margaret Ballenger Dorn; Lee Walker Wardlaw; Lucille Jane Wardlaw; a sister, Martha Ballenger Shelton and her husband, Wendell, and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Ballenger Crouch. The family would like to express gratitude to the Staff of the Garden House for their capable, loving care of Mr. Ballenger during his residence there. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, South Carolina 29621 or to the First Presbyterian Church, 302 West Whitner Street, Anderson, South Carolina 29624. The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.