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Ballard, Ben Graden   156679
Birth: 03/27/1907    Death: 03/18/1937    Marriage:
Cemetery: Garretts Bluff (EAST)
Record Source: The Paris News Texas Death Certificate
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/15/2025)

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THE PARIS NEWS, March 1937: "B. G. Ballard, 29 years old, died Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home on the Emberson road northwest of Paris after a short illness.  Arrangements were made for the funeral service at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the church at Garrett's Bluff, conducted by the Rev. J. W. Milligan, Baptist, pastor from Unity, Emberson-Brown-Roden funeral home had charge.  Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ballard, four brothers and a sister, Oscar and Archie Ballard and Mrs. R. L. Bryan of Paris; Orvel Ballard of Petty and Odis Ballard of Little Rock, Ark."

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
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Name: B. G. Ballard
Death Date: 18 Mar 1937
Death Place: Lamar County, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 29 years 11 months 21 days
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1907
Birthplace: Ark.
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: J. A. Ballard
Father's Birthplace: Ark.
Mother's Name: Dora Hall
Mother's Birthplace: Ark.
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Paris, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Garretts Bluff
Burial Date: 19 Mar 1937
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117170
Digital Film Number: 4028582
Image Number: 3034
Reference Number: cn 16374
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Buried next to his sister, Axie Ellen Ballard.

 


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