WILLIAM J. BALL

William J. Ball was born at Steelville on Dec. 30, 1921, the son of 
the late Arthur A. Ball and his wife, Ethel Grayson Ball, and passed 
away at the St. John's Mercy Hospital in Washington on Sept. 4, 1992 
at the age of 70 years.  He received his schooling in St. Louis and 
grew to young manhood there.  On March 13, 1942, he was united in 
marriage to Miss Marie Gulley in Tower Grove Baptist Church in 
St. Louis.  From 1942 to 1945 he served in the U.S. Army infantry, 
serving for almost two years in Central Europe, northern France,
Rhineland and Ardennes, for which he received five Bronze Stars.  
When he returned home from the service, he started his own 
decorating business (Ball Decorating) in St. Louis County. 
 Mr. Ball had been a member of the city council and also mayor 
of Charlack in St. Louis County from 1965 to 1980.  He was a member 
of the Overland Baptist Church.  In 1984 he retired and they moved 
to the Union area.  One brother, Jim Ball, preceded him in death.

Those who survive are his wife, Marie Ball of Union; three daughters, 
Barbara Carpenter of Washington, Marty Tayon and her husband, Jim, 
of the state of Maine, and Jackie Naumann and her husband, Wayne, of 
Union; and four grandchildren, Shannon and Chris Finley and Jennifer and 
Amy Naumann.  He is also survived by two sisters, Pat Lich and Betty 
Wilkenson, both of St. Louis; three brothers, Phil Ball of Kentucky, 
Jack Ball of St. Louis and Bob Ball of St. Charles; and many other 
relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 from the Oltmann 
Funeral Home in Union by the Rev. Thomas Smith.  Interment followed 
in the Lakewood Park Cemetery in St. Louis.