Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Elizabeth (Mrs. J. E.) Ball (1856-1939)


Richmond Conservator, Thursday, May 25, 1939 

MRS. J. E. BALL DIED IN CALIFORNIA ON MAY 19 

News was received in Richmond the last of the week of the death of Mrs. J. E.
Ball of this city, which occurred in Alhambra, California, Friday morning, May
19. She and her daughter Miss Bess Ball went to California last fall for an
extended visit and the news of her death came as a great shock to our people
who had known her for so long. The body will arrive here tomorrow, when the
funeral service will be considered by Rev. Ernest Jones of the Methodist
church. We will give a more extended notice in our next issue of the life of
this grand Christian woman.


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Richmond Conservator, Thursday, June 1, 1939 

MRS. J. E. BALL BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL, FRIDAY 

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Ball, whose death occurred in Alhambra,
California, May 19, and was briefly chronicled in last week's issue, was held
Friday afternoon at the Brothers Funeral Home. Services were conducted by the
pastor Rev. Ernest Jones. Internment was in the family lot in Sunny Slope
cemetery.

Mrs. Ball was born Oct 20, 1856 and was 82 years of age at the time of her
death. She was the daughter of Jabez Shotwell, a member of the Shotwell family
that has lived in Ray county for more than a hundred years. She was married to
james E. Ball of thiscity on January 17, 1877. Mr. Ball was for many years one
of the leading attorneys of northwest Missouri. He preceded her in death
passing away on August 18, 1907.

She is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters, namely Dr.
J. E. Ball of Kansas City, Frank M. Ball of Topeka, Kansas, Harry L. Ball of
Whittier, California, Miss Ethel Ball of Alhambra, California, Mrs. J. W.
Rowntree of San Gabriel, California, Miss Ethel Ball of Alhambra, California,
and Miss Bess Ball of Richmond. Since early girlhood Mrs. Ball has been a
member of the Methodist church and her life was so lived that she walked in
the fear and admonition of the Lord and had in her heart genuine love and
sympathy for everyone. She was a charter member of the Lydia Ewing Bible class
and of the Ladies Aid Society of her church and her activities were only
lessened because of advancing years. Her long life here and her interest in
her church and in the better things of life endeared her to many friends and
acquaintances. Las fall with her daughter Miss Bess, she went to California to
spend the winter, and the news of her death came as a great shock to our
people. She will be greatly missed by those who had known her for so long.
Sincerest expressions of sympathy are extended to the family by those who had
known her so long and who appreciated her character and Christian kindness.

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