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Submitted: 5/16/21 • Approved: 5/16/21 • Last Updated: 5/19/21 • R1374077-G1374077-S3
February 16, 1848 - February 17, 1932
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Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, February 18, 1932
BALLARD, Clarissa Shumate - Mrs. A.J. Ballard Dies At Her Home - Mrs. A.J. Ballard, just past her 84th birthday, died at her home in the Bates addition Wednesday night at 11 o'clock after being bed-fast for eight years.
A brief service will be held Friday at 1 o'clock at the home and the body will be taken to Shumate cemetery where further services will be held at 2:30, both in charge of Rev. William Sherman.
Active pallbearers will be six grandsons: Ben Ballard, Jr. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Charles Ballard of Stillwater, Oklahoma; Jack Cullom and John Ballard, Jr. of Fayetteville and George Ballard of Fort Smith.
Honorary: Judge J.E. Dowell, W.S. Gregson, J.R. Bates, J.S. Bates, V.J. Ptak, Hugh Pond, Dease Smith, Mr. Decker, W.L. Lamb and W.W. Renick.
She had been a member of the Methodist church, South for about 50 years.
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Friday, February 19, 1932
Mrs. A.J. Ballard is Buried Today - Funeral services for Mrs. A.J. Ballard, who died Wednesday night at 11 o'clock at her home on Cleveland avenue, were held this afternoon with Rev. William Sherman officiating. A brief service at the residence at 1 o'clock was followed by a service at 2:30 at Shumate cemetery. Six grandsons served as active pallbearers.
Clarissa Shumate Ballard was born February 16, 1848 near Durham. She was the daughter of William and Sarah Ball Shumate. She was married to A.J. Ballard who preceded her in death nine years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. J.G. Waskom of Marked Tree, Arkansas, and Miss Sarah Ballard of Fayetteville, and four sons, Jim, Jerod and John Ballard of Fayetteville and Ben Ballard of Bernice, Oklahoma; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Cooper of Walnut Grove, now the only surviving member of a large family; also a number of grandchildren. Rev. and Mrs. J.W. McKinney, the latter a granddaughter, attended the funeral.
Contributed on 5/16/21 by judyfrog
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