Sussex-Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ballard, J. Willard, 1985 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

JAMES WILLARD BALLARD 

  WAKEFIELD - James Willard Ballard, 79, died Wednesday in Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital, Suffolk.

  Born in Gates County, N.C., he was a retired Southampton County farmer 
and a member of Millfield Baptist Church, Southampton County.

  Survivors include two sons, Johnnie W. Ballard of Ivor and James E. 
Ballard of Wakefield; a sister, Mrs. Mildred B. Holt of Suffolk; two 
brothers, Frank Ballard of Ivor and J.T. Ballard of Virginia Beach; two 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Purviance Funeral Home 
Chapel, Wakefield, by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Frank Crawford.

  Burial will be in Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family will be at the residence, Main Street, Wakefield.


James Willard BALLARD, of Wakefield, retired Southampton Co. farmer, 
b. 25 May 1922, Sussex Co., d. 5 Jun 1985, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 7 Jun 1985, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), June 6, 1985, p. 69 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Find a Grave Mem. #127570122 

His wife's obit ("Daily Press," Nov. 6, 1980, p. 75) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b463m2ob.txt 

His parents, John Columbus & Fannie Louise (KELLY) BALLARD, are buried in 
   Cedar Hill Cemetery.  Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

He murdered John Henry BABB 4 May 1930, near Nurney's Station, Nansemond Co. 
   He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years in prison.  However, 
   he must have been granted clemency, as he appears as a farm laborer in the 
   1940 Census, on Rt. 600, Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. 
   Coverage ("Suffolk News-Herald," May 5, 1930, &c.) posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/newspapers/19300505nh.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/b463j1ob.txt