ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BALLARD, MURPHY DAVID, JR 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary 
Parish, La.

Died: Oct. 28, 2013

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BALLARD, MURPHY DAVID, JR 

Murphy David Ballard Jr., 84, a longtime resident of Clarks and a current 
resident of Patterson, died Oct. 28, 2013, at his home in Patterson.

He was born in Clarks on July 9, 1929. He was retired from Atlas Construction 
Company after 41 years, beginning work as a ground man, then heavy equipment 
operator, and up to a field supervisor, working in many locations in five 
states. He served two terms as an alderman for the Village of Clarks. He was 
also mayor pro-tem and then completed a term for mayor.

Services are Thursday at Risers and Sons Funeral Home in Columbia. Visitation 
is 9 to 11 a.m., and the funeral service will be at the chapel of Riser and 
Sons at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jack McKeithen officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Old Bethel Cemetery near Clarks 
under the direction of Riser and Sons Funeral Home. 

Survivors include his wife, Betty Allen Ballard; one daughter, Rebecca Easley; 
two granddaughters; and one sister, Billie Ruth Gaskill.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a brother.

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