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From: Juanita Ball <>
Subject: Re: [McC] Obit for Arnold Dow Ball, 1916-2001
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:44:08 -0500
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At 09:57 PM 1/9/02 -0500, Steven C Perkins wrote:
>Arnold Ball
>Arnold Dow Ball, 85, of Lebanon since 1957 and formerly of
>Kentucky, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001 at Hospice of Dayton.
>He was born in Bethel, Ky. on Oct. 8, 1916 to George Matt and Rosa
>(Swain) Ball and was a graduate of McCreary County High School. He
>served in the U.S. Army during World War II and retired from Lebanon
>City Schools in 1981 after 24 years with the maintenance department.
>He was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Lebanon, where
>he served as both Deacon and Trustee. He was also a former member
>of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F&AM, and was an Honorary
>Kentucky Colonel. He enjoyed building and refinishing furniture.
>He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Vernon Ball, sister,
>Ruth Perkins; and son-in-law, Jed Whitaker.
>Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Anna Grace (Moore) Ball
>(daughter of Cardine Moore and Etta Gilreath Moore); two daughters,
>Pat Smith and her husband Bill of Naperville, Ill. and Paula Whitaker of
>Lebanon; two brothers, Noble Ball of Florida and Homer Ball and his
>wife Dorothy of Cincinnati; sister, Eudena Perkins of Cleveland; five
>grandchildren, Stephanie Edwards, Jake Smith, Matthew Smith, Abigail
>Campbell and her husband Jason, and Luke Whitaker; and two great-
>grandchildren, Christopher Edwards and Joshua Zachary Campbell.
>Visitation was Wednesday, Dec. 19 from 10 a.m. to noon with funeral
>service immediately following all at the Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home,
>Lebanon with the Rev. Donald Dewey and the Rev. Marty Egelston
>officiating. Interment followed at Lebanon Cemetery. Memorials are
>requested to either the First Baptist Church of Lebanon or Cedars of
>Lebanon Nursing Home.
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Steven C. Perkins
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~scperkins/
> http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~sperkins/hdtv.html
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