- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022
- Title:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Ella Johnson Ball
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-22
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Groveland--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Groveland--21st century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Groveland--21st century
Funeral service--Georgia--Groveland--21st century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Groveland--21st century
African Americans--Georgia--Groveland--21st century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, Groveland, 32.14436, -81.74567
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Mrs. Ella Johnson Ball. Date of funeral service: December 22, 2003. Location of funeral service: Jerusalem Baptist Church, Groveland, Georgia, 11:00 a.m. Birth date: January 15, 1919. Death date: December 18, 2003.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-317
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:eccca_aafp-ec_ecaaam-317
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- African American Funeral Programg Collection, Evans County African American Archive Museum, Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Holding Institution:
- Evans County Community Center (Claxton, Ga.)
- Rights:
-
Monday, December 22, 2003
11:00A.M.
lerusalem Baptist Church
Groveland, Georgia
Dr. L. Peny McNeal, Pastor
Interment: lerusalem Church Cemetery
Mrs. Ella )ohnson Ball was born in Bulloch County, Georgia on january
IS, 1919 to the late Mr. Cornel and Mrs. Theolia Kirkland johnson.
Mrs. Ball resided in Bulloch County until she met and married the late
Mr. Joseph Thomas Ball on March 19, 1948. Upon being joined in Holy Matri-
mony, they made their home in Evans County, in Claxton, Georgia.
She was a member of Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church in Bulloch
County, but she occasionally attended Jerusalem Baptist Church in Groveland,
Georgia with her husband. Mrs. Ball was also a member of a club called The
Jolly Twelve Club, of which she herself had the pleasure of naming.
Mrs. Ella Ball was a vety loving, kind, and compassionate lady. She was
residing in Claxton Nursing Home when she slipped quietly away into death while
she was sleeping on December 18, 2003. She leaves the following loved ones
behind to cherish many special memories: a devoted daughter, Mrs. Blondell Ball
Martin of Claxton, Georgia; three sons: Mr. Teny Bali (Janie) of Claxton, Georgia,
Mr. Thomas Ball (Jeanette) and Mr. Michael Ball, both of Atlanta, Georgia: two
sisters: Mrs. Josephine Sapp (Walter) of Metter, Georgia and Mrs. Helen Bachelor
of Cincinnati, Ohio; five sisters-in-law: Mrs. Alberta Ball, Mrs. Avis Hagan
(Booker T.), and Mrs. Ovedia Simmons, all of Claxton, Georgia, Mrs. Milinease
Hall (Charles) of Fitzgerald, Georgia, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Cooper of Dothan,
Alabama: seven grandchildren: Mr. Christopher Lee Martin and Mr. Jerimy Ball,
both of Claxton, Georgia, Mrs. Melissa Stone, Mr. Andre Rashaun Ball, and Ms.
Bornaza Lee Ball, all of Atlanta, Georgia, Mrs. Michele Brown (Richard) of Fort
Hood, Texas and Mr. Joseph Martin of Queens, New York: and many loving and
caring great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
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Musical Prelude
Processional
Selection..........................................Amazing Grace"
Scripture
Invocation
Selection..........................................Oh Happy Da/
Remarks:
Dea. D.W. McCray
Friends and Acquaintances
Obituary (Silently Read)
Acknowledgments....................................Harpers Staff
Selection.....................What A Friend We Have In jesus"
Eulogy......................................Dr. L. Periy McNeal
A Parting Glance
Recessional
Interment:
lerusalem Church Cemetery
The family will receive friends and share repast
in the Fellowship Hall of lerusalem Baptist Church.
Deacons of Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church
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Mr. Rosevelt Clark Mr. Anthony Hagan
Mr. Willie james Hall Mr. Tony Dekle
Friends of the Famijy
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Nieces
The family of the late Ella Johnson Ball is sincerely grateful
for the many acts of kindness and all untiring deeds, those known
and those unknown, which have been extended to us during the
passing of our loved one. May God richly bless each of you.
Professional Services Entrusted To:
Harpers Funeral Home
12S North Broad Street
Claxton, Georgia
912-739-2658
Juanita B. Hodges Yvonne Hodges
Owner Manager
Percy L. Hodges Ylonne Hodges Jerry Gibson Alvin Hall
Mortician Mortician Mortician Mortician