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John Clifford Ball

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John Clifford Ball

Birth
Baileyton, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Death
29 Sep 1981 (aged 68)
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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He went to work at Borden Mills as a teenager in the late 1920s. Throughout his life he made a living as a tobacco tenant farmer, a carpenter and a contractor. He built many houses in the Kingsport, TN area.

Clifford was never without his overalls, engineer's cap and pocket watch on a leather strap. He loved to whittle, watch wrestling, sing Hank Williams songs and cook ears of corn fresh from the garden. He sang with a gospel quartet in the 1950s.

Married to Mary Minnie Crawford on Jun. 22, 1940 in Gate City, VA.

Children:
Wanda Marie Kidd Wolfe
Betty Ann Debord
Charles Clifford Ball
He went to work at Borden Mills as a teenager in the late 1920s. Throughout his life he made a living as a tobacco tenant farmer, a carpenter and a contractor. He built many houses in the Kingsport, TN area.

Clifford was never without his overalls, engineer's cap and pocket watch on a leather strap. He loved to whittle, watch wrestling, sing Hank Williams songs and cook ears of corn fresh from the garden. He sang with a gospel quartet in the 1950s.

Married to Mary Minnie Crawford on Jun. 22, 1940 in Gate City, VA.

Children:
Wanda Marie Kidd Wolfe
Betty Ann Debord
Charles Clifford Ball

Inscription

husband of Mary M. Ball

Gravesite Details

grave site located in Garden of Hope 2



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