Florence Ballard late 1975, prior to her death. Besides her three daughters, Ballard's family included her cousin Hank Ballard and his grandnephew, NFL player Christian Ballard. Notes Bibliography Further reading Florence Ballard Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer. Ballard was the founding member of the popular Motown vocal female group the Supremes. Ballard sang on 16 top 40 singles with the group, including ten number-one hits. After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard tried an unsuccessful solo career with ABC Records before she was dropped from the label at the
Alice R. Ballard All this time, she was bonding with these little pod forms as her ideas for future forms to be made in clay percolated. The Wall Pod series eventually became the result of this lengthy but rich process.” She received her BS degree in design and MFA in painting from the University of Michigan. From 1974 to 2001 she attended workshops at the Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina. Her work is in the permanent collections of: Alice R. Ballard Alice R. Ballard. (born June 16, 1945, Florence, South Carolina) is an American ceramicist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Much