Washington County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Richard D. Ball

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 24, 2002

Richard D. Ball
    ABINGDON -- Mr. Richard Dean Ball, 67, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at 
Grace Health Care Center in Abingdon.
    He was a lifelong resident of Washington County and was a son of the late 
Elmer Ball and Gladys Wright Ball. Mr. Ball was a retired farmer and a former 
employee of Abingdon Milling. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel 
Nunley Ball; and a brother, Bobby Ball.
    He is survived by a son, Richard David Ball of Abingdon; two daughters, 
Mrs. Robert (Joyce) Spriggs and Mrs. John (Sara) Denton, all of Abingdon; two 
brothers, Hunter Ball of Bristol Virginia and Andy Ball of Hopewell, Va.; and 
five grandchildren, Susan Frye, Bobby Spriggs, Reva Spriggs, Angela Spriggs and 
Lilly Spriggs.
    The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003, 
in Farris Funeral Chapel with Rev. Rick Cuddy officiating. Entombment will 
follow in Colonial Chapel Mausoleum at Forest Hills Memory Gardens. 
Casketbearers will be Doug Minnick, David Miller, Bruce Stone, John Brown, 
Buddy Parris and Jerry Webb. Honorary casketbearers will be Cecil Holmes, R.F. 
Latham, Eddie Holmes, Rick Henry and June Miller. The family will receive 
friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home or any time at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Robert (Joyce) Spriggs, 15308 Macedonia Drive, Abingdon. Those 
wishing to send messages of sympathy online may do so by visiting 
www.farrisfuneralservice.com. Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, 
VA is serving the family of Mr. Richard Dean Ball.