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