Gerald Ballard was President of the South Carolina Breakfast Club since 1979.  He passed on December 4, 2017 (officially December 5) 
after a battle with heart disease.

Not surprisingly, he already had his grave marker in place and had on it this inscription...

"At the end of each day, 
let me conscientiously say,
I have dealt fairly, 
matched wits, 
yet faced all squarely. 
I have no one to answer to. 
No fine to pay."  

To my mind, that pretty much sums up Gerald Ballard.

The family had a Memorial fly-in at Twin Lakes on June 23, 2018.

I took a liberty and put together an SCBC video retrospective of Gerald. It was presented at the funeral...

Gerald Ballard - A South Carolina Breakfast Club Retrospective