Emma Lee Ballard Neal Bolton, 79, widow of Travis Neal and George Bolton, passed away Wednesday morning at the Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, after a long illness. Mrs. Bolton was a native of Estill County, daughter of the late James and Rosie Henry Ballard. She was a homemaker, who enjoyed tending her rose garden, singing and playing her guitar, cooking and reading the bible. In her younger days Emma was known to be very skilled at horseshoes. She was preceded in death by her son Stephen Lee Neal; her siblings Art Ballard, Edith West Spicer, TJ Ballard, Helen Barnes, Martha Ann Roe, and O.W. Ballard. Survivors include her children Danny (Tonya) Neal, Travis Neal, Rosa ( William) Atkinson, and Della Ree (Delay) McKinney; her sister Eva West; her grandchildren Jeremy Atkinson, Jennifer Wides, Grover McKinney, Jeff McKinney, Cory Neal, and Jacob Neal; her great grandchildren Breckyn Atkinson and Elizabeth Wides. Services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, at Lewis-Abner Home for Funerals. Burial will follow in the Sparks Cemetery. Friends may call anytime after 10:00 am until service time.