Obituaries:  Mrs. Ethel Tompkins Wright Ball, Sabine Parish       B-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 10, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 


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Mrs. Ethel Tompkins Wright Ball

  Mrs. Ethel Tompkins Wright Ball, 88, of Many died Sunday, Dec. 7 at Riley's Manor
in Little Rock, Ark.

  Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 at Many First Baptist Church
with interment following at Many Cemetery. The Rev. Joe Ratcliff and Dr. Ed. Scott
officiated.

  Mrs. Ball was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Many for 48 years,
an active member of the order f the Eastern Star and Louisiana Society Daughters of
the American Revolution. She was one of the founding partners in Wright Brothers
Piggly Wiggly of Many and worked in the business for many years.

  Survivors include one son Vernice Wright and wife, Sandra of Little Rock, Ark.;
three grandchildren, Robin Thurman and husband, Rick of Valrico, Fla., Candy Wright
of Baton rouge and Mike Wright and wife, Dawn of Dallas, Texas; two great-grandchildren
Heather Thurman and Logan Wright; one step-son; four step-grandchildren; and 10 nieces
and nephews. Mrs. Ball was preceded in death by her husband, V. L. Wright and Edwin
Ball; and nine brothers and sisters, born in the marriage of Alvia Leach and Archie
Tompkins.

  Pallbearers were Dr. Hollis Bray, Dr. Norman Tompkins, Danny McCormick, Hoyt
Tompkins, Victor Tompkins and Tommy Wright.

  Warren Meadows Many, La.