Beckham County, OK - Obits: Mrs. Ora Ball Friday, May 03, 2002 Submitted by: phill@redrock.net (Phyllis Hill) ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Mrs. Ora Ball Rites Set on Tuesday, June 20, 1967 (With corrections by Phyllis Hill) Mrs. Martha Ora (Allsup Hill) Ball, 403 N. Seventh Street, died suddenly Friday at the Sayre hospital. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Immanuel Baptist church with Rev. Lynn Heard and Rev. John R. Kelly officiating. Mrs. Ball was born August 15, 1886 in Llanco (Llano) county, Tex. She was married in 1908 to James Hill in Sayre (Willow) who preceded her in death in 1932. She was married in 1935 to M. L. Ball at Mangum, who preceded her in death in 1953. She had resided in the Carter and Hext community before moving to Sayre in 1953. She was a member of the Immanuel Baptist church and had been a member of the Baptist church 64 years. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. G. O. Bass, Dallas, Tex., Marie Hill of the home; two step daughters, Mrs. Hazel Dowdell, Sayre, Mrs. Lona Phillips, Clinton; four sons, Raymond Hill, Hayden, Arizona, Floyd of Mapa (Napa), Calif., J. W. of La Mesa, Calif., J. B. of the U.S. Navy; one sister, Mrs. R. R. Haines, Dallas, Texas; nine grand- children; six step grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; 12 step great grandchildren. Pall bearers will be George Bell, Richard Carmichael, Keith Dowdell, Bill Dowdell, Leo Breeze, Al Dorman. Honarary pallbearers will be Earl Chadwick, Bill Lewis, Marvin Largent, L. C. Weston, Al McKinsey. Interment will be in Spring Creek cemetery, with Rose Chapel funeral service in charge. ========