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The
Vincennes
Morning Commercial
Friday, 24 April 1914
DEATHS
BALLARD.
Agnes May
Ballard, wife of Ollie Lee Ballard, died at
l p. m., Thursday at the family residence on the Maggie White farm on
Allison
Prairie west of the city. The
deceased
was aged twenty years, eight months and twenty-two days. The funeral services will
be held Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock from the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, the
funeral
cortege leaving the residence on Allison Prairie at 8 o'clock. Interment in Mt.
Calvary
Cemetery. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The Springs
Valley
Herald
9 November 1911
Audry
Ballard
Audry,
the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ballard, died at an early hour Sunday morning, of tuberculosis. She was very young indeed
to be called away
with that dreadful disease, being near her sixth birthday. The interment took place
at Ames
cemetery. Rev.
Haley, of French Lick, conducted the
services. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The Sullivan Daily Times
Monday, 31 March 1924
Bertha
May Ballard
Bertha
May, the little ten months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J.T. Ballard died last Tuesday night following
a several weeks illness of measles and
pneumonia.
The
funeral was held at the Methodist church Friday
afternoon at 3 p.m. and was conducted by Rev. Simon Bennett.
The
following little girls acted as flower girls and
pall bearers: Loree Coyner, Pauline Hubble, Vivian Kaufman, Evelyn
Arnett, Mary
Boone, Juanita McKinley, ____Morris, and Doris Thornton.
Misses
Mabel Alexander, Juna Ruth Butler, Louise
Eaton and Ruth Bennett sang the funeral hymns.
Bertha
May is survived by the parents and following
brothers and sisters, Ray, Rollie, Ralph, Robert, Jessie, Fae and
Lottie and
seven half brothers and sisters. Out
of
town relatives attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ballard of
Robinson
and Bert Brummett of Story, Ill. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Commercial Appeal
9 February 2011
Carl
Ballard
Carl
Ballard, 64, died February 4 2011, at DCH
Regional
Hospital
in Tuscaloosa,
AL.
He was a U. S. Army veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Roy and
Evelyn Ballard and brother, Jimmy Ballard. He is survived by two
brothers, Lee
(Myong) Ballard of Arizona and Paul (Ann) Ballard of Colorado,
a twin sister, Carol (Andy) Priora of Memphis and nephew, Roy W. Priora
of Kentucky.
Service will
be 2 p.m. Friday, February 11 at Roller Family Funeral home with
private
burial. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Jasper Herald
26
December 1906
Charles
Ballard
Charles
Ballard, a middle-aged man of Hillham, who
made his home with his brother and sisters part of the time and part of
the
time at Dr. Wm. A. Line's residence, was killed last Saturday. Mr. Ballard and Knofel
Line, a son of Dr.
Line, were at Wm. R. Fuller's saloon in the forenoon, and had a quarrel. Knofel drew a pistol and
Ballard a
knife. Mr. Fuller
got the weapons from
them and they left the place. At
about 5
o'clock p.m. Mr. Line in company with Jim Chastain, came back to the
saloon and
Line begged the pistol from Mr. Fuller, claiming it belonged to the
doctor, his
father. Mr. Fuller
gave him the pistol
on promise that he would take it and go home.
Line and Chastain started toward home, but did not
go. Mr. Fuller
locked up the saloon and went home
some 100 yards from the saloon building.
In a few minutes Mr. Ballard came came up the road
and was passing the
saloon. Line and
Chastain were a few
steps from the saloon, and when they saw Ballard, Line called him to
the side
of the saloon to have a talk. Mrs.
Zeeks, living upstairs in the saloon building, heard Mr. Ballard say,
"No,
you must not do that." Mrs.
Zeeks
looked out of the window and saw Mr. Ballard with his hands on Line's
shoulders, telling him he had nothing against him and did not want any
trouble. Mr.
Chastain whispered to Line
something that Mrs. Zeeks could not hear, upon which Ballard said, "No,
Jim you must not tell Knofel to do that."
About that time Line drew the pistol out of his hip
pocket and fired
three times. The
two fell, Ballard
falling on top. Line
got out from under
and standing over Ballard, snapped the pistol in the face of the dying
man. Line and
Chastain then walked to a barn a few
rods away, turned and came back.
Chastain says, "You have killed the d--- son of a
b----." Line says,
"If I haven't I will."
and snapped the pistol in Ballard's face again.
Line and Chastain were lodged in jail at Jasper by
John Ballard of
French Lick, a cousin of the murdered man. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
St.
Petersburg Times (FL)
Tuesday,
October 13, 1987
CHARLES
E. ''CHAD'' BALLARD
CHARLES
E. ''CHAD'' BALLARD, 73, who accidentally
killed his wife, Alicia Chimiak Ballard, while trying to commit suicide
in
1982, died Friday in Indianapolis.
Mr. Ballard, who had been ailing since suffering a stroke in 1979,
pleaded
guilty to reckless homicide. In addition to a five-year suspended
sentence and
a $10,000 fine, a judge ordered him to write a book about his family's
past.
The book, The Ballards in Indiana,
was a tribute to Mr. Ballard's father, Charles Edward Ballard, whose
charitable
works included the donation of the West Baden Springs Hotel to the
Society of
Jesus for use as a seminary. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Los
Angeles Times (CA)
Wednesday,
14 October, 1987
Charles
E. Ballard; Figure in Family Slaying,
Misfortunes
Charles
E. (Chad)
Ballard, 73, who five years
ago tried to kill himself but killed his wife instead. He was the son
of
Charles Edward Ballard, who owned casinos, farmland and several
circuses.
Misfortune began to plague the Ballard family in 1936 when the elder
Ballard
was shot to death in a dispute with a business associate. He had owned
the
plush West Baden Springs Hotel in Indianapolis,
a one-time meeting place for such notorious figures as gangster Al
Capone. The
younger Ballard, who had been ailing since suffering a stroke in 1979,
accidentally shot Alicia Chimiak Ballard to death in an April, 1982,
suicide
attempt. Ballard pleaded guilty to reckless homicide. In addition to a
five-year suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine, a judge ordered
Ballard to
write a book about his family's past. "The Ballards in Indiana"
was a tribute to the elder
Ballard's charitable works, the author said. On Friday, somewhere in Indiana
of undisclosed
causes. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Pharos-Tribune
19
February 1949
Dolly
(Finfrock) Ballard
Final
Rites Monday For Dolly Ballard
WEST
BADEN, Ind., Feb. 19 - (UP) - Services were
arranged today for Mrs. Dolly Ballard, 58, widow of the man who gave
one of the
world's most fabulous resort hotels to a religious order.
Mrs.
Ballard died in Miami Beach, Fla.,
Thursday. Services
will be held Monday
in the chapel of West Baden
college, a Jesuit
Society institution which occupies what once was West Baden Springs
hotel.
Mrs.
Ballard's husband, Charles Edward Ballard,
operated the hotel in this mineral springs area in the lush days of the
1920's. During the
depression year of
1934, he gave it to the Catholic order as a site for a priest training
school. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Kokomo
Tribune
21
February 1949
Dolly
(Finfrock) Ballard
Mrs.
Ed Ballard Dies
Funeral
services for Mrs. Dolly Ballard, 58, mother
of Charles Edward Ballard Jr., Peru
route 1, who died at Miami,
Florida,
Thursday, will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the West Baden
college
chapel, West
Baden Springs, Ind.
Mrs.
Ballard was the widow of Charles Ballard who
operated the former West Baden Springs Hotel in the 1920's, when many
people
were attracted to the mineral springs area.
In 1934 he gave the hotel to the Jesuit society as a
site for a priest
training school.
Surviving
besides the son mentioned are a daughter,
Mrs. John P. Kelly, and three grandchildren. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun-Commercial
14
December
2009
Doris
Irene Ballard
Doris Irene Ballard, 83, 4094 E. State Road
61, passed away at 9:45 p.m. on
Saturday,
Dec. 12, 2009, at the New Willow Manor.
Doris was
born on May 22, 1926, the daughter
of Charles and Sylvia (White) Raney. She married James O. Ballard on
Sept. 26,
1942, and he passed away on May 14, 2005.
Doris was a homemaker and an Avon
representative. She also worked at Squibbs during WWII. She also was a
member
of First Christian Church. Doris
also was a
member of the American Legion and VFW auxiliaries and enjoyed sewing,
gardening, cooking and canning.
Survivors include daughters Janice Murphy and her husband, Tom, of Greenwood; Becky Lemons and her
significant other, Randy
Holzmiller, of Monroe
City;
Sue Vories and her husband, Maurice
"Bud" of Vincennes;
and sisters
Carolyn Bilskie of Vincennes,
Judy Ritterskamp
of Vincennes and
Juanita Burris of Vincennes. Also
surviving
are six grandchildren, Brian Murphy, Eric Murphy, Michael Murphy,
Michelle
Spears, Jennifer McCammon and Josh Vories, and nine
great-grandchildren. Doris
was preceded in death by
her parents; husband; one grandson, Justin Vories;
three sisters; and two brothers. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun Commercial
29
March 1945
Earl
Ballard
EARL
BALLARD KILLED IN ACTION ON LUZON ISLAND
Word
has been received by Mrs. Dica Geyer Ogborn, 613
Broadway, that her nephew, Earl Ballard, was killed in action on Feb.
27, on Luzon
Island
in the Philippines.
He
was a son of Scott Ballard, who now is in serious
condition in a hospital at Alton, Ill.
Earl
Ballard was on guard duty at Pearl
Harbor on the day that base was bombed, and has never
been home
since.
He
has another aunt here, Mrs. Sarah McClary, 822
Buntin, and two uncles, Guy Ballard and Charles Ballard of
Lawrenceville. He
has two brothers also in the service, Virgil
Ballard in the South Pacific and Eugene Ballard, still serving in this
country. Still
another brother, Roy,
lives in Plymouth, Ill., and two sisters, living in
Maplewood,
Ill. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Martin
County
Tribune
27
February 1914
OBITUARY
Mrs.
Elizabeth Ballard
Mrs.
Elizabeth Ballard passed away at her home at Natchez on
February 14th
at the age of eighty-two years.
Mrs.
Elizabeth Wolfington-Ballard was born in French
Lick, Orange county, Indiana. In
the
year 1848 she was married to Thomas Westfall. To this union two sons
were born,
William Westfall, of Beaumont,
Kansas;
and Samuel Westfall,
of Illinois; and
one daughter, Mrs. William Salmon, of Natchez. Her
first
husband died in 1853, at
their home in
northwestern Illinois.
She came back to the place of her birth with her three children and in
the year
1855 was united in marriage to Jackson Ballard of Martin county. To
this union
three sons and two daughters were born. The surviving are John L.
Ballard, of Merom, Indiana; James G.
Ballard, of Natchez. When quite young she
united with the
Methodist church and lived a consistent Christian life.
She
also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Jane Archer and
Mrs. James Kirkland, of Martin county; and Mrs. Luvici Abel, of Orange county,
thirty seven grand-children and thirty
great-grandchildren. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun Commercial
9
August 1937
Ellen Catherine Ballard
GIRL, 14,
WADES IN WABASH
RIVER,
DROWNS
ELLEN BALLARD
STEPS IN HOLE AND LOSES LIFE
Brother
Summons Help But It Arrives Too Late to Save Sister.
FORM
"HUMAN CHAIN"
Body Brought
From Water by Rescuers Holding Hands
Ellen
Catherine Ballard, 14 year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Ballard, living on the Illinois bank of the Wabash
river across from the foot of Main street,
was drowned Sunday afternoon about 3:30
while wading in the river a short distance north of her home.
The
body was recovered about 45 minutes later and
efforts were made by local
firemen
with the inhalator to resuscitate the drowned
girl, but proved futile. Ellen had been warned by her father and mother
not to
go swimming or wading in the river, but the afternoon being hot and
sultry, she
stole out her bathing suit, and accompanied by her brother, Lyman
(Ras), age
12, went up to the spot near the old ferry landing, in operation when
the old Main
street bridge
was condemned, waded out into the river.
John
Erst, 18, who was to have accompanied them, had
gone home for his bathing suit, and was not present when the tragedy
occurred.
Waded Out
Ellen
waded out into the water up to her arm pits and
called to her brother: "Ras, I bet you can't swim out this far."
Before he could answer her she stepped into a hole about four feet deep. When she came up, fighting
in the water, she
called to her brother for help."Go
and get somebody to save me, Ras." she
called, "I am drowning." Without even stopping to tell his mother,
Lyman ran to the filling station where Bud Westfall was employed. "Can
you
swim, Bud?" the frightened child asked him. "Hurry, my sister is
drowning
over there in the river."
Westfall
accompanied him to the spot where the girl
had gone down. By
that time young Ernst
had returned with his bathing suit.
The
two searched for the body, but could not locate it.
In
the meantime a call was sent to the father, who
was attending a baseball game at Washington
field. He was told
of the drowning of
his daughter.
News Spreads
From
the ball park, the news of the drowning spread
rapidly to the Rainbow Beach, and
several
swimmers donned their clothes and left the beach, to render any
assistance
possible in recovering the body of the girl.
Within
a short time there was a group of swimmers in
the water. One
group, forming a
"human chain," wading out to the spot Lyman pointed out where the
girl had gone down and searched carefully downstream.
Finally one of the boys called out "Here
she is" and diving into the water brought up the body of the girl. She
was
brought to the bank where firemen worked for more than an hour in a
futile
attempt at resuscitation, but she had been in the water too long. Two of the boys in the
group gave their names
to the prostrate father as C.W. Grandy , 319 North Seventh street,
and Donald Frankel,
of Winneteka,
Ill.
The names of the others could not be learned. Dr.
C.G. Stoll, of Sumner,
Lawrence
county
coroner, was called and conducted an inquest at the Ballard home.
Oldest of
Twelve
Mr.
Ballard, the father, is highway commissioner for
Allison township. He
was formerly maintenance
director for the Illinois
highway commission
for Lawrence
county, and has been engaged in higway work for a number of years. The family occupies the
house formerly
constructed by the city of Vincennes
as the home
of the tender of the old wagon bridge which spanned the Wabash
at the foot of Main street.
Ellen was the third oldest of a family of 12 children. She was in the
second
year of high school attending Lincoln
high
school in Vincennes.
Surviving
besides the parents are the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Louanna Ravellette, Mrs. Dorothy Collins,
Lyman,
Benice, Emma, Lester, Helen, Clara, Lee and Betty, all at home.
Funeral
services will be conducted from the Brethren
church
in Vincennes
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. Miller officiating.
Burial will be made in Greenlawn cemetery.
This
is the second fatal tragedy which has entered
the Ballard home. Eighteen
years ago, an
older child, was burned to death. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Paladium-Item
28
December 2010
Francis
Marie Ballard
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. -- Frances Marie Ballard
died peacefully surrounded
by her family at Mason City Area Nursing Home in Mason City, Ill., Dec.
26,
2010.
She
was born Feb. 11, 1913, in Wayne County, Ind., to
Morris and Pauline Mary (Freeman) Johnson.
On
April 7, 1930, she married Jackson (Jack) Edgar
Ballard, to whom she was married 52 years. They lived most of their
married
life in the Wayne County
area. After her
husband's death in April 1982, she moved to Mason City, Ill.
She
was the loving mother to Russell (Brenda) Ballard
of San Jose, Ill., Carl Ballard, Luella Willis, Thelma (Robert) Keihn
of Mason
City, Ill., Barbara McCutchan, Pasadena, Calif., Faye (John) Monroe,
Winchester, Ind., Helen Black and Patricia Adkins, Cambridge City, Ind.
Frances
had 22 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, 37
great-great-grandchildren and
one great-great-great-grandchild.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; brothers,
Everett and Howard Johnson; sister, Ethel Platt; a brother and sister
in their
infancy; husband; and sons, Jackie Eugene, George Edwin, Robert Allen,
Freddie
Morris in their infancy. Also sons-in-law, Russell Willis Sr. 1/84,
Johnie Guy
Black 8/05, Glen McCutchan 11/09 and James Carl DeCanter 4/10;
grandson,
Christopher Helmsing 12/82; and a great-great-grandson, Andrew Wade
Shank 7/91.
Visitation
will be Wednesday, Dec. 29, from noon till
time of service at 2 p.m. at Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel, 1010 E. Main St..
Cambridge
City, Ind.,
with Pastor Gary Sellers officiating. Burial will be at Willow Grove Cemetery, Fountain City,
Ind.
In
lieu of flowers, the family would like
contributions be made to Christopher Helmsing Memorial Scholarship
Fund, c/o
Wayne Bank & Trust, 145 W. Main St., Cambridge City, IN 47327,
or Mason City Area Nursing Home, 520 N. Price Street, Mason City, IL 62664. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
New
Castle Courier Times
29
September 1952
Freddie
Morris Ballard
Bentonville
- Freddie Morris Ballard, the month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ballard, died Sunday morning in the Riley Hospital
in Indianapolis
from a heart ailment.
Besides
the parents, he is survived by six sisters,
Helen Ballard of Richmond,
Fayne Lynn, Luenna,
Maxine, Barbara and Patricia, and a brother, Carl, all at home, and the
grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson of Lynn.
Services
will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
oclock in the Doll Funeral Home in Dublin
and
burial will be in Willow Grove
Cemetery,
Fountain
City. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Peoria
Journal Star
23
November 2013
George
Ray Ballard
WASHINGTON - George
Ray Ballard, 83, of Washington,
formerly of Peoria,
passed away at 6:38 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19,
2013, at UnityPoint-Proctor
Hospital
in Peoria.
He
was born on July 12, 1930, in Lawrenceville, Ill.,
to Samuel and Lena Snider Ballard. He married Evida P. Beede on May 10,
1959,
in Reno,
Nev.
Surviving
are his wife; five daughters, Lyn (Stephen)
Stanley, Gale (Terry) Hayes, Janet (Charles) Ingram, Julie (Steve)
Firmand and
Linda Saetana; and three sons, George (Darci) Ballard, Rob Ballard and
Tom
Thomas. Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.
His
biological father; his mother; and his adoptive
parents, Charles and Thelma Snyder; three sisters, Marie Lawrence, Jane
Lenover
and Lucille Pugh; and one brother, Carl Ballard, preceded him in death.
George
served 17 years in the United States Army and
was honorably discharged in 1963. He worked for A.O. Smith Harvester in
Eureka
for many years.
Cremation
rites have been accorded; and no services
are scheduled.
Memorials
in his name may be given to the American
Heart Association. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Evansville
Courier & Press
January
20, 2002
Illinois
Ida
Lou Ballard
LAWRENCEVILLE
-- Ida Lou Ballard, 85, died Friday,
Jan. 18, 2002, at her home.
She
was a secretary and bookkeeper for Bruce
Kixmiller in Vincennes
and worked for ReQuest
Investors Research and Development Corp. in Naples, Fla.
She
was a member of the American Business Women's
Association and First United Methodist Church in
Lawrenceville.
Surviving
are a sister, Margurete Lynch of
Lawrenceville; and nieces and nephews.
Services
will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Emmons-Macey
& Steffey Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, with burial in Lawrenceville
City Cemetery.
Friends
may call from 10 a.m. to service time at the
funeral home.
Memorial
contributions may be made to Lincoln Trail
Hospice. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun Commercial
1
November 1951
JAMES
G. BALLARD TAKEN BY DEATH
James
G. Ballard, 87, retired farmer formerly living
at 613
Broadway street,
died in the Schidler nursing home in Bridgeport
Wednesday.
Surviving
are the following children: Oscar Ballard
of Carlisle, Mrs. Goldie Thompson of Vincennes
route 2, Harry Ballard of Logansport,
Mrs. Grace
Brock of Glennwoods Springs,
Colo.,
Samuel Ballard of Carbondale,
Colo.,
William C. Ballard of Fairbanks,
Alaska, and
Mrs. Ruby Lockhart of Mt. Carmel, Ill. He also leaves 35
grandchildren and 34
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be conducted from the
Flummerfelt chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday, Rev. Fordyce Bennett, pastor of
the
Free Methodist church officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview
cemetery. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Daily Herald
Madison,
Indiana
7
November 1890
James
H. Ballard
Killed
by a Runaway Team.
SHOALS,
Ind., Nov. 7.—James H. Ballard, a farmer
residing in this county, while coming from his home to Shoals, was
instantly
killed by his team becoming frightened and dashing the buggy against a
tree. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Jeffersonville
Daily Evening News
8
November 1890
James
H. Ballard
A
PECULIAR DEATH
James
Ballard Choked to Death Between the Bows of His
Buggy Top.
James
Ballard, a merchant of Hillham, Orange county,
Indiana, met his death in a peculiar manner last Wednesday. He was driving along the
road from his home
to Paoli, when he was seized, as is supposed, with an epileptic fit. In his struggles his head
was caught between
the bows of his buggy top in such a manner as to choke him to death. The horse having no one to
guide it turned
off into a log road, where the vehicle became entangled in the stumps
and
frightened the animal so badly that he kicked himself loose from the
buggy and
ran home. A
searching party was at once
sent out, and the buggy and it's dead passenger found. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun-Commercial
May
14, 2005
James
Oscar "Red" Ballard
James
Oscar "Red" Ballard, age 83, of 4094 E. State Road
61, passed away Saturday at 8:50 a.m. following an illness. He was born
Jan.
28, 1922 in Lawrence
County, Ill.,
the son of Oscar Ballard
and Pansy (Snider) Ballard.
Mr.
Ballard was a truck driver, a member of the
V.F.W., American Legion Post 73, the Harmony Society, the 40 &
8, and the
First Christian Church. He was an WWII army veteran having earned both
the
Bronze Star and the Silver Star.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and one
grandson, Justin Vories.
He
is survived by his wife Doris (Raney) Ballard,
three daughters, Janice Murphy of Greenwood, Ind., Rebecca Lemons of
Monroe
City and Sue Vories of Vincennes; six grandchildren, Brian Murphy of
South
Bend, Ind., Eric Murphy of Noblesville, Ind., Michael Murphy of
Granger, Ind.,
Michelle Stewart of Trinity, Ala., Jennifer McCammon of Monroe City and
Josh
Vories of Vincennes. Seven great-grandchildren survive as well as two
sisters,
Mary Godfrey of Olney,
Ill.,
Opal Smith of Vincennes, and a brother Bob Ballard of Huntington Beach,
Calif.
Burial with full military honors will be held in Memorial Park
Cemetery.
Friends
of James Oscar Ballard may call Monday from 4
until 8 p.m. at Gardner-Brockman Funeral Home where funeral services
will be
held Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pallbearers will be, Brian Murphy, Eric Murphy,
Michael
Murphy, Michelle Stewart, Jennifer McCammon, and Josh Vories. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Sullivan Daily Times
Friday,
February 5, 1943
John
T. Ballard, 86, Dies Today
John
T. Ballard, age 86, of Merom, died at the Mary Sherman Hospital
this morning at
2 o'clock. He is
survived by seven sons,
Guy of Vincennes, Charles of Lawrenceville, Illinois, Scott of Pearl
Harbor,
Roy of Memphis, Tennessee, Ralph of St. Louis, Okla., Robert of
Sullivan R.2,
and Jess of Merom; five daughters, Miss Minnie Ballard of Mississippi,
Mrs.
Dicie Guyer and Mrs. Sarah McClarie of Vincennes, Mrs. Fay Noblette of
Holdenville, Okla., and Mrs. Lottie Eaton of New Lebanon; and several
grandchildren.
The
body was removed to the Billman Funeral Home
where it lay is in state pending completion of funeral arrangenments. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Sullivan Daily Times
Wednesday,
10 February 1943
John
T. Ballard
CONDUCT
RITES FOR JOHN T. BALLARD
Funeral
services for John T. Ballard were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Merom Pentecost church with the Rev.
Emery Wright
officiating.
Pallbearers
were Berlin Bogard, William Stevens,
Harold Burk, Paul Sanders, Francis Goodman and Marion Anderson. Flower bearers were Katie
Sparks, Dorothy
Bogard, Beulah Stevens, Audrey Burk,
Hazel Goodman and Clara Anderson.
Interment was in Merom Cemetery. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
June
25, 1991
MRS.
JULIA H. BALLARD
MRS.
JULIA H. BALLARD, 87, of Memphis,
retired supervisor for the old Lowenstein's department store, died
Saturday at St.
Francis
Hospital
after a long illness.
Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial
Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park.
She
was a member of St. Stephen's United Methodist Church.
She
leaves her husband, Roy J. Ballard; a daughter,
Ms. Carol Priora of Memphis; four sons, Jimmy Ballard of Memphis, Lee
Ballard
of Phoenix, Paul Ballard of Aspen, Colo., and Carl Ballard of
Tuscumbia, Ala.,
and a grandchild. The family requests any memorials be sent to Le
Bonheur
Children's Medical Center. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Morning Commercial
29
May 1928
Lee
Ballard
WORD
OF DEATH IS RECEIVED HERE
Word
has been recived here of the death of Lee
Ballard at Effingham,
Ill.,
Sunday. Death followed an operation for
appendicitis. Mr.
Ballard is survived by his widow and five
children, his mother and three brothers and three sisters. Mrs. Dica Geyer, of 1155 DeWolf
street, Vincennes and
Mrs. Mae McCleary. living
across the Wabash river in Illinois
are sisters.
Funeral
services will be held at Oblong, Ill.,
at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
remains will be brought to Vincennes
for burial. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Morning Commercial
29
May 1928
Lee
Ballard
BROTHER
DEAD IN EFFINGHAM
Lee
Ballard Dies Sunday Evening Following Attack of
Appendicitis.
Lawrenceville,
Ill.,
May 28 - Lee Ballard, former resident of Lawrence
county, died Sunday at Effingham following an attack of appendicitis. Funeral services will be
conducted from
Oblong Tuesday afternoon and the remains will be taken to Vincennes
for burial. The
deceased is the brother of Guy Ballard,
Ray Ballard and Charles Ballard of this county. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun Commercial
15
November 1933
Lena Ballard
BALLARD
RITES TO BE THURSDAY
Lawrenceville
Woman Will Be Buried at Centerville
LAWRENCEVILLE,
Ill., - Funeral services for Mrs. Lena
Ballard, who died Monday afternoon, will be conducted from the
Centerville
Christian church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Elmer Smith,
of
Vincennes officiating. Burial
will be
made in the adjoining cemetery.
Mrs.
Ballard, who was the daughter of Alexander
Snider, prominent farmer of Allison township, was taken to the hospital
at Anna,
Ill.,
from her home in St. Francisville about four weeks ago.
Surviving
her are two daughters, two sons, and the
following brothers and sisters: William of Decker,Ind., Ray, of Paris,
Lee, of
Arizona, Tom and Woodrow, of Olivet; Mrs. Pansy Ballard and Mrs. Daisy
Patterson, of Allison; Mrs. Agnes Garvey of St. Francisville, Mrs.
Nancy
Thompson, of St. Thomas, Ind., and Mrs. Rose Waldrop, of Allison. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Cincinnati
Enquirer
26
May 1923
Logan
Ballard
LOGAN
BALLARD DIES
SPECIAL
DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER
French
Lick, Ind.,
May 25 - Logan Ballard, of this city, died on a train to-day between Bay City, Mich.,
and Chicago. He was en route home from Mackinac Island.
He was stricken on
the train last Tuesday and taken off unconscious at Bay City.
He was put back on the train to-day, still
unconscious and was being
taken to Chicago
for an operation. Ballard
had lived here
nearly all of his life and is widely known.
He leaves a widow and three children.
He was a brother of Edward Ballard, owner of the
Wallace-Hagenbeck-
Sells- Floto and other circuses. Ballard
married a daughter of John Duey, of Cincinnati. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Huntington
Herald
29
May 1923
Logan
Ballard
LOGAN BALLARD FUNERAL
TO BE HELD IN WEST BADEN
West
Baden, Ind., May 29 - The body of Logan Ballard,
forty-three years old, who died of Bright's disease at Bay City, Mich.,
will be
brought to West Baden for burial.
Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. Mr. Ballard was a veteran
of the
Spanish-American war. He
was owner of
the Grand hotel at Mackinac Island,
Mich., and
real estate at French Lick and West
Baden. He
left for Mackinac Island
last week to open the
Grand hotel for the season. He
was taken
sick suddenly and had started to return home.
He was taken from the train at Bay City
and died a few hours later. The
widow, three children, James, Jane and
Katherine, his mother and five brothers survive. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Paoli Republican
30
May 1923
Logan
Ballard
Logan
Ballard, a well known man about French Lick and
West Baden, died suddenly at Bay City, Mich.,
last week, from
diabetes. He had
gone to Mackinac Island
to look after some property and was stricken and started for Chicago
to enter a hospital, but becoming so very ill was removed from the
train at Bay
City.
His remains were brought home to West Baden for burial.
He was a son of the late James Ballard and is
survived by a widow and
three children. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Loogootee
Martin
County
Tribune
31
May 1923
Logan
Ballard
LOGAN
BALLARD DEAD
The
body of Logan Ballard, age 43 years, and one of
the best known of the citizens of West
Baden,
who died of Bright's disease last Friday, was brought to that town for
burial
Monday. Mr. Ballard
was a veteran of the
Spanish American war. He
was the owner
of the Grand hotel at Mackinaw Island,
Michigan,and
real estate at French Lick and West
Baden. He
left last week for Mackinaw Island to open the Grand for the season and
was
taken suddenly and before he could be sent home was so bad that he was
taken
from the train at Bay City Michigan and died there a few hours later. He is survived by his
widow, three children,
mother and five brothers. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Springs
Valley
Herald
31
May 1923
Logan
Ballard
Logan Ballard Dies at Bay City,
Michigan
Word
reached here Friday that Logan Ballard of this
place had died suddenly at Bay City, Michigan
at 11:00 a.m. that
forenoon. Mr.
Ballard had gone to Mackinac Island, Mich.
where he owns a large hotel property which he conducts during the
summer
months. His visit
there at this time was
to look after the preliminaries for the opening of the hotel later. He was not well when he
left here and grew
worse on the way up and when he arrived at Mackinac Island his
condition was
very serious and it was decided to take him to Chicago for
treatment. When he
reached Bay
City his condition was so critical
that
the trip was ended there and he died at a hotel at eleven o'clock
Friday. The
body was brought here Saturday evening.
Mrs.
Ballard was notified of his serious condition
and the arrangements to take him to Chicago
and went there to meet him at the Congress Hotel.
A telegram awaited her at that place
announcing that his condition was so serious it had been necessary to
stop at Bay City and
she rushed on, reaching Bay City a few
hours before he died.
His
aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ballard who is at Long
Beach, California
and a sister, Mrs. Jas. Ragsdale, who is in a sanitarium in California
were wired, but neither was in a
physical condition to make the long trip to attend the funeral.
A
brief service was conducted at the home in West
Baden at ten o'clock Monday morning by Rev. O. E.
Haley and the body was laid to rest in the Ames Chapel cemetery.
While
affiliate with no church he gave liberally to
all good causes and was ever ready to assist anyone in need of help.
His hotel,
the Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, Mich., was
perhaps the largest of
his many holdings in real estate.
He
was a veteran of the Spanish American War and
served in the Philippines.
Cut
off in the prime of life - 42 years of age - he
leaves a wife and two young daughters to mourn their loss, and they
have the
sympathy in their bereavement a host of friends. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Sullivan Daily Times
3
March 1989
Louise
Ballard
Louise
Ballard, 78, Sullivan, died at 1:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 2, 1989, at Miller's Merry Manor.
She
was born June 7, 1910, in Knox County
to Franklin and Alberta Johnson Hayes.
She was a member of the Indian Prairie Baptist Church,
the Willing
Workers Club and the Country Birthday Club.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Robert
Ballard, who died in 1987; three brothers and one sister.
Survivors
include two daughters, Rita Scott, Dugger,
and Ronda Hankins, Bruceville; one son, Robert Ballard Jr., Carlisle;
three
sisters, Vera McHenry and Margaret Boyle, both of Lawrenceville,
Ill., and
Gretchen Stoltz, Sumner, Ill.;
one brother, Raymond Hayes, Sumner; five grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral
services are at 2 P.m. Saturday at the
Alexander Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Jones officiating. Burial is in the Merom
Cemetery. Friends may call after 4
p.m. Friday. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Republican Leader
Salem
Indiana
9
May 1913
Martha
Ballard
Mrs.
Asa Ballard
Mrs.
Martha Ballard, wife of Asa Ballard, died at the
family residence on the west side Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock of
cancer.
Beside
her husband, the deceased leaves three
children, two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Chaney, of near Salem,
and Miss Lena and a son, Dale.
The
funeral took place yesterday morning at 11
o'clock at Mt.
Zion
church conducted by Rev. Allen Kenworthy, pastor of Weir Memorial church
of Salem.
Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Sullivan Daily Times
Thursday,
17 May 1934
Minnie
(Batchelor) Ballard
MRS.
JOHN BALLARD DIES AT HOSPITAL
Mrs.
Minnie Ballard, 49 years old, well known Merom
resident, died at the Mary Sherman hospital here last night.
Mrs.
Ballard was widely known. She
is survived by the husband, John, two
daughters, Mrs. Lottie Eaton, of Shoals, Ind., and Faye at home, and
five sons,
Ralph of St. Louis, Okla., Ray of Lawrenceville, Ill., and Rollie and
Jessie of
Missouri. A wide
circle of friends also
mourn her death.
She
had been seriously ill for several weeks, and had
been brought to the local hospital for treatment on two occasions
recently.
Funeral
arrangements have not been announced.
**Although
obit states five sons, only four were
named. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Martin
County
Tribune
17
September 1946
Norman
Ballard
Norman
Ballard Of French Lick Dies At Chicago
French
Lick, Ind.,
Sept. 17 (Spl.) - Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at
French
Lick for Norman Ballard, wealthy landowner, who died yesterday in a Chicago
Hospital. He was 67 years old.
He
formerly owned the West Baden Springs Hotel, which
he sold recently to Jackson B. Derflinger, a son-in-law. He was a cousin of the
late Edward Ballard,
who started the Brown Club here and later operated the club. At one time he was the
owner of the
Sells-Floto Circus. He
made his home at
French Lick.
Survivors
include his widow, Hannah Lindley Ballard;
two daughters, Mrs. Jackson B. Derflinger of West Baden Springs and
Mrs. John
Cory of Iowa; a brother, Harry Ballard of West Baden Springs; three
sisters,
Amanda Ballard of French Lick, Mrs. Sarah Kirk of West Baden Springs
and Mrs.
Stella Harmon of Prescott, Ariz.; and a granddaughter, Susy Derflinger
of West
Baden Springs. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun-Commercial
February
7, 2011
Robert
Ballard
HUNTINGTON
BEACH, Calif. " Robert Ballard,
Huntington Beach, died peacefully Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at his home.
He
was born July 2, 1925, to Oscar and Pansy (Snider)
Ballard.
Bob
was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran and a member
of the American Legion.
He
is survived by his son, Chris Ballard of Lawrenceville,
Ill.;
sisters Opal Greentree of Vincennes and Mary Etta Fisher of Griffith,
Ind.;
four nephews; and three nieces.
He
was proceeded in death by his wife of 53 years,
Rosalie (Lemons) Ballard; his parents; and his brother, James Ballard.
Funeral
services and visitation will be Wednesday at
the First Christian Church in Huntington Beach.
He will be laid to rest with his wife at Westminister
Memorial Park
in Huntington
Beach. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Sullivan Daily Times
15
January 1987
Robert
W. "Curly" Ballard Sr.
Robert
W. "Curly" Ballard Sr., 77, 623 E. Jackson St.,
Sullivan, died at 4:33 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1987, at Mary
Sherman
Hospital.
He
was born Sept. 8, 1909, in Illinois to
John and Minnie Batchelor
Ballard. He was a
retired farmer and a
member of Indian
Prairie
Baptist
Church
and Sullivan
County Farm Bureau. He
was preceded in
death by two sisters, Lottie Eaton and Bertha Ballard.
Survivors
include his wife, Louise Hayes Ballard; one
son, Robert Jr., Carlisle; two daughters, Rita Scott, Dugger, and
Rhonda
Hankins, Bruceville; three brothers, Ralph, Baxter Springs, Kan., Roy,
Memphis,
Tenn., and Jesse, Shalomette, Louisiana; one sister, Fay Noblett, Mena,
Ark.,;
and five grandchildren.
Funeral
services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at the
Alexander Funeral Home. Burial
is in the
Merom
Cemetery. Friends may call after 4
p.m. Friday. Mrs.
Ballard will receive friends from 6 to 8
p.m. Friday Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Commercial Appeal(Memphis, TN)
December
7, 1993
ROY
JAMES 'R. J.' BALLARD
ROY
JAMES 'R. J.' BALLARD, 88, of Memphis,
carpenter with Carpenters Local 345
for more than 45 years, died Sunday at St. Francis
Hospital.
Services
will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at
Roller-Citizens Funeral Home of West Memphis with burial in Memorial
Park in Memphis.
Mr.
Ballard leaves a daughter, Carol Priora of Memphis;
four sons, Jimmy Ballard of Memphis,
Leroy Ballard of Phoenix,
Carl Ballard of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and
Paul Ballard of Aspen,
Colo.;
a sister, Faye Noblett of Bixby,
Okla.; a
brother, Jesse Ballard of Chalmette, La.,
and a grandson.
The
family requests any memorials be sent to St.
Stephen's United
Methodist
Church
in Memphis. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Sun Commercial
26
October 1931
MRS.
LOU BALLARD TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs.
Dica Geyer, Mrs. David McClary and Guy Ballard
have received word of the death of their mother, Mrs. Lou Ballard. The body will be brought
to Vincennes
for interment on Wednesday. Further
notice concerning the services in Vincennes will
be
made.
Charles
Ballard, of Lawrenceville and Scott Ballard
of Dupo,
Ill.
are sons. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Indianapolis
News
26
October 1931 Lou
Ballard
BALLARD
- Mrs. Lou, mother of Mrs. Dica Geyer, Mrs.
David McClarry, Minnie, Charles, Guy and Scott Ballard, passed away
Sunday
afternoon, age 75 years. Funeral
services Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., at West Michigan Street Methodist Church. Friends invited. Burial in City
Cemetery,
Vincennes,
Ind.,
3 p.m. Wednesday. Friends
may call at
residence, 1203
N. Warman Ave.,
after 4 p.m. Monday. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
State Sentinel
12
July 1899
Almost
Instant Death
Special
to The Indianapolis
Sentinel
Whitelaw
Reed Ballard
SHOALS
, July 7 - This afternoon, at Natchez, Martin
county, while the Salmon boys
were hauling lumber, a young son of Jackson Ballard, when the team was
stopped,
got in front of the wheels and when the wagon started a wheel passed
over his
body, killing him almost instantly. Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
The
Vincennes
Morning Commercial
24
September 1922
Wilena
Fern Ballard
Wilena
Fern Ballard, the four year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ballard, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30 at the home
of her
parents who reside in Lawrence County, Ill.,
R.R. No. 6, Vincennes.
Death
was caused from burns the child received last
Wednesday morning.
The
funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4
o'clock in the home, the Reverend Roberts officiating.
Burial will be in Fairview.
Besides
her father and mother the child is survived
by one brother Lawrence L. and two sisters Louanna and Dortha Violet.
Courtesy
of Cathy Clark
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