Raiford Ballard, Sr., Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Shelia Lambert Ballard 
Date: April 11, 2009

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Pointe Coupee-Rapides-Iberville Parish Louisiana Archives Deaths
Raiford Ballard, Sr.
September 4, 1942

Name:                Ballard, Sr., Raiford 
Date Of Death:       September 4, 1942 Time: 6:00
Place Of Death:      Jarreau, Pointe Coupee Par., La.
Residence:           Jarreau, Pointe Coupee Par., La.
Gender:              Male
Race:                W
Age:                 76 yrs, 8 days
Marital Status:      Married
Spouse:              Ballard, Lydia Major  aka Lidia
Date Of Birth:       August 12, 1866
Place Of Birth:      Maringouin, Iberville Parish, La.
Mother's Name:       Troxler, Ameline Marie
Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana
Father's Name:       Ballard, Alexander
Father's Birthplace: Goss, Marion County, Mississippi
Cause Of Death:      Congestive heart failure
Hospital:            None
SS Number:           None
Occupation:          Farmer of Cotton and Cane
Funeral Home:        J. Niland
Doctor:              J. M. Manly
Coroner:             Unavailable
Informant:           Cade Ballard
Date Of Burial:      September 5, 1942
Place Of Burial:     Chenal Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Par., La.
Date Recorded:       Unavailable
Source Of Record:    Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, La.
Certificate No.:     Vol. 50 #32386

Congestive heart failure due to chronic myocarditis hypertension, 
arterosclerosis

It listed he was widowed on this record but this is incorrect because his wife 
died five years later.

Additional Comments:
He lived 51 years in this community of Jarreau, PCP, La. He was the father of 
ten children: Foster, Francois Hayes "Frank" Cesaire Raiford "Coy, twin and 
Louis Refford, Willie Fernand "Goose", John Abner "Coon", James "Jim", Marie 
Delta "D-Del", John Cade and Alexander "Zang" Ballard

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