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Cecil Ball Obituary
Cecil Ball May 1, 2024
Cecil Ball age 83 originally from Greene County TN went to be with Jesus Wednesday May 1, 2024 at the Holston Valley Medical Ctr. He retired from TN Eastman after 30 years of service. He was a member of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church since 1967, having served in the bus ministry for 20+ years. He was a US Army Vietnam veteran, a lifetime charter member of the Gray Volunteer Fire Dept., and served as an assistant and a Scout Master for Troup 240 in Gray, TN. He is survived by his 3 children Richard and Sheila R. Ball, Rebecca Ball, and Roger and Sheila L. Ball, grandchildren Kurt and Angelika Taylor, Tyler and Rachel Ball, Emily and Ben Harr, Connor Godsey, Faith and Dalton Balthazr, Abagail and Joshua Medlin, and Cecilia Godsey, great grandchildren Eli Medlin, Asa Ball, Aiden Medlin, Beatrice Ball, Zayne Balthazr, Ezra Ball, Sabrina Ball, and Annalee Medlin. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years Shirley Ball, parents Floyd and Arvetta Ball, sister Phyllis Ball, 2 brothers Walter Theron Ball and Floyd Franklin Ball Jr. The family will receive friends from 6-8pm Friday May 3, 2024 at Jeffers Funeral Chapel at Afton and also Saturday May 4, 2024 from 12:30pm-1pm at Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church in Gray, TN. The funeral service will follow at 1pm at the church with the burial to follow in Washington County Memory Gardens with Pastor John Herdman officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons and grandsons-in-law. Jeffers Funeral and Cremation Service are in charge of the arrangements.
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B.C. Gillenwater Jr
May 13, 2024
He was over me in the Scouts and with Gray Volunteer Fire Department
Joey Gremillion
May 3, 2024
Our family lived across the street from the Balls and I went to school with Richie and Becky. I have fond memories of Cecil and the family.
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