Loay J. “Jack” Ball
Dec 30, 2007
PRINCETON — Pastor Loay J. “Jack” Ball, 85 of 1131 Old
Athens Rd. in Princeton died Saturday, December 29, 2007, at Princeton
Community Hospital.
Born in Buchanan, Va., June 17, 1922 he was the son of
the late Matt Perry and Bessie Perkins Ball. He retired after 30 years of
service as a heavy equipment operator for Consolidated Coal Co. He was a member
of the Pentecostal Holiness Church and faithfully served in the ministry for 54
years. “Jack” proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War ll.
He served in Company A, 715th Railway Operating Battalion in North Africa and
Italy.
In addition to his parent's his wife, Opal Mae
Blankenship Ball; one son, Michael R. Ball; and several brothers and sisters
preceded him in death.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue Smithson and her
husband David of Princeton, with whom he made his home; four sons, Loay Dennis
Ball and his wife Betty of Bland, Va., Perry W. Ball and his wife Elsie, Billy
Joe Ball and his wife Jo Ann and Steven R. Ball and his wife Sandy, all of
Princeton; 17 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and eight
great-great-grandchildren, one sister, Stella Belcher of Princeton.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Tuesday,
January 1, 2008, at the George W. Seaver Chapel of Seaver Funeral Home in
Princeton with Pastor Casper Dalton officiating. Burial will follow in Roselawn
Memorial Gardens in Princeton.
The West Virginia National Guard will serve as
pallbearers and conduct military graveside rites.
Friends may call at Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton from
1:00 p.m. to the service hour on Tuesday, January 1, 2008.
Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton is serving the Ball
family.
Below Ball's medals
