Lela Ballard Shealy

Lela Ballard Shealy February 23, 1929 – February 27, 2019 Lela Ballard Shealy, 90, of Wilson passed away Wednesday.  A graveside service will be conducted at 11a.m. Saturday In Maplewood Cemetery, 400 College Street, Wilson. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 – 8 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Lela was a dare-devil, she was a pilot and the first female in Wilson County to fly solo and she was also a motorcyclist. Lela is survived by her daughter, Nancy Mockridge and husband, Cris of Black Creek; son, Roy Shealy, Jr. and wife, Martha of Snow Hill; granddaughter, Jennifer Byrns and husband, Jeffrey of Chapel Hill; grandson, Frank Shealy of Snow Hill; great grandson, Theodore Byrns; niece, Charlotte W. Eatmon of Wilson; nephew, L.G. Ballard, III of Elm City and her beloved dog, Gabby. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Ardell Shealy, Sr. Flowers are welcome or please consider memorials in Lela’s memory to Kitty Askins Hospice, 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, North Carolina 27534. Condolences may be directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home at www.joyners.net.