Ora Lee Ball Metcalf, 95, of 11 Morningside Drive, West Asheville, died Saturday at her home.
A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Jefferson and Rosanna Ball and the wife of Tildon J. Metcalf, who died in 1968. She was a member of Indian Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Velva Luther of Asheville, Flossie Prince of Fletcher and Louise Whiteside of New Iberia, Louisiana; two sons, Bill Metcalf of Columbia, South Carolina, and Charles Metcalf of Candler, North Carolina; a brother, Winfred Ball of Desert Hot Springs, California; 29 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in West Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jesse Head will officiate. Burial will be in Willie B. Metcalf Cemetery, Madison County, North Carolina.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at the residence.
Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville, North Carolina · Sunday, July 29, 1984
Ora Ball was married to Thomas Rathbone, son of Phillip Rathbone, on 31 Jan 1904 in Yancey, North Carolina.
Ora Lee Ball Metcalf, 95, of 11 Morningside Drive, West Asheville, died Saturday at her home.
A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Jefferson and Rosanna Ball and the wife of Tildon J. Metcalf, who died in 1968. She was a member of Indian Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Velva Luther of Asheville, Flossie Prince of Fletcher and Louise Whiteside of New Iberia, Louisiana; two sons, Bill Metcalf of Columbia, South Carolina, and Charles Metcalf of Candler, North Carolina; a brother, Winfred Ball of Desert Hot Springs, California; 29 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in West Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jesse Head will officiate. Burial will be in Willie B. Metcalf Cemetery, Madison County, North Carolina.
The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, and at other times, will be at the residence.
Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville, North Carolina · Sunday, July 29, 1984
Ora Ball was married to Thomas Rathbone, son of Phillip Rathbone, on 31 Jan 1904 in Yancey, North Carolina.
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Harriet Ellen Ball Lovin
1874–1948
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Martha Cordella "Delia" Ball McKinney
1887–1966
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Cornelia Martha Ball Metcalf
1887–1950
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Myrtle Ball Doan
1891–1970
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James Henry Ball
1894–1982
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William George Ball
1896–1925
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George William Ball
1896–1921
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Robert Kelly Ball
1898–1963
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John G "Bud" Ball
1903–1971
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Gay Theodore Ball
1906–1981
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Winifred Quincy Ball
1909–1994
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Wade Wilson "Pete" Ball
1913–1973
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Jeffrey Joseph Metcalf
1910–1979
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Velva Elizabeth Metcalf Luther
1912–2005
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William Walter "Bill" Metcalf Sr
1915–2003
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George Gerome Metcalf
1917–1980
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Paul Pressley Metcalf
1919–1968
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Max Martin Metcalf
1921–1942
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Flossie Mae Metcalf Prince
1923–2006
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Roy Richard Metcalf
1926–1973
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Lillie Louise Metcalf Whiteside
1929–2014
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Charles Cleveland "Shorty" Metcalf
1930–2013
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