On Friday morning, March 14th, at 6:30 o'clock, Mr. J.J. Ball died at his home, having been ill for one month. He was 63 years old and had been in very bad health for a year. The suffering he had endured was terrible. The children were all at his bedside except Arthur Ball, who could not come because of his own illness. Friday at 3 o'clock this dear consecrated father was laid away in his earthly resting place in Red Hill cemetery, the community where he lived for sixteen years. His wife, Mrs. R.J. Ball, and nine children, six sons and three daughters are left to mourn his death.
These children are: Mrs. Annie Alvis, John Ball, Arthur Ball, Shelley Ball, Bob Ball, Vinnie and Minnie, the twins, all of Opelika, and Tom Ball of Alto, Abb Ball of Noonday and a host of friends.
Mr. Ball served his Master for a number of years, being a member of the Christian church. He was a kind and loving father and affectionate husband. He was called upon to endure many hardships, privations, and sufferings, but he bore them bravely, striving to rear his children in the fear and favor of Him for whom he was toiling, and indeed today those children rise up to call him blessed. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
We mourn for him, yet we are happy in the knowledge that no longer does he have to bear the burdens of this weary life, that he is with Christ, and to be with him is gain.
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
Published in the Athens Review March 20, 1924
These children are: Mrs. Annie Alvis, John Ball, Arthur Ball, Shelley Ball, Bob Ball, Vinnie and Minnie, the twins, all of Opelika, and Tom Ball of Alto, Abb Ball of Noonday and a host of friends.
Mr. Ball served his Master for a number of years, being a member of the Christian church. He was a kind and loving father and affectionate husband. He was called upon to endure many hardships, privations, and sufferings, but he bore them bravely, striving to rear his children in the fear and favor of Him for whom he was toiling, and indeed today those children rise up to call him blessed. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
We mourn for him, yet we are happy in the knowledge that no longer does he have to bear the burdens of this weary life, that he is with Christ, and to be with him is gain.
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
Published in the Athens Review March 20, 1924
On Friday morning, March 14th, at 6:30 o'clock, Mr. J.J. Ball died at his home, having been ill for one month. He was 63 years old and had been in very bad health for a year. The suffering he had endured was terrible. The children were all at his bedside except Arthur Ball, who could not come because of his own illness. Friday at 3 o'clock this dear consecrated father was laid away in his earthly resting place in Red Hill cemetery, the community where he lived for sixteen years. His wife, Mrs. R.J. Ball, and nine children, six sons and three daughters are left to mourn his death.
These children are: Mrs. Annie Alvis, John Ball, Arthur Ball, Shelley Ball, Bob Ball, Vinnie and Minnie, the twins, all of Opelika, and Tom Ball of Alto, Abb Ball of Noonday and a host of friends.
Mr. Ball served his Master for a number of years, being a member of the Christian church. He was a kind and loving father and affectionate husband. He was called upon to endure many hardships, privations, and sufferings, but he bore them bravely, striving to rear his children in the fear and favor of Him for whom he was toiling, and indeed today those children rise up to call him blessed. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
We mourn for him, yet we are happy in the knowledge that no longer does he have to bear the burdens of this weary life, that he is with Christ, and to be with him is gain.
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
Published in the Athens Review March 20, 1924
These children are: Mrs. Annie Alvis, John Ball, Arthur Ball, Shelley Ball, Bob Ball, Vinnie and Minnie, the twins, all of Opelika, and Tom Ball of Alto, Abb Ball of Noonday and a host of friends.
Mr. Ball served his Master for a number of years, being a member of the Christian church. He was a kind and loving father and affectionate husband. He was called upon to endure many hardships, privations, and sufferings, but he bore them bravely, striving to rear his children in the fear and favor of Him for whom he was toiling, and indeed today those children rise up to call him blessed. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.
We mourn for him, yet we are happy in the knowledge that no longer does he have to bear the burdens of this weary life, that he is with Christ, and to be with him is gain.
HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
Published in the Athens Review March 20, 1924
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