Ray Ballard

Ray Junior Ballard was born January 15, 1935 in West Plains, Missouri. He was the son of Ted R. and Lilly Cook Ballard. He married Glenda Moler on April 17, 1992 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Mr. Ballard owned the 89er's Restaurant in Springfield, Missouri for twenty years and lived in Pensacola, Florida prior to moving to Mountain Home, Arkansas in 2004. He was a member of Twin Lakes Baptist Church. Ray Junior Ballard passed away on May 9, 2005, at his residence, at the age of 70 years, 3 months and 24 days. Survivors: Wife of 13 years, Glenda Ballard of Mountain Home, Arkansas; 2 sons, Robert Ballard of Mountain Home and William Ballard of Columbia, Missouri; one brother, Dale Ballard of Monett, Missouri; 2 sisters, Wanda Bratcher of Nixa, Missouri and Freda Reichert of Springfield, Missouri, and 5 grandchildren Preceded in Death by: Parents; one brother, Harlin Glen "Bud" Ballard, and a sister, Norma Jean Ballard Visitation: 10:00-Noon, Friday, May 13, 2005 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Funeral: 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2005 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel in Mountain Home, Arkansas with Dr. Richard Walker officiating Burial: Entombment will be in Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum Memorials: Hospice of the Ozarks, 701 Burnett Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653 Honorary Bearers: Joe Salmon, Gene Bass, Duane Hesterly and Pete Teeter Active Bearers: Jason Ballard, Joshua Grantham, Fred Terry, Laverne Hayes, John Dodson and Joe Bradshaw