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Jim J. Ballard

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Jim J. Ballard

Birth
Braggs, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
3 Jun 2005 (aged 70)
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Jim Ballard was the son of John Ballard and Bertha Langton (both buried at Greenleaf); he had the following siblings: Sallie Ballard Hendricks and Loretta Ballard Jones, both of Tahlequah; Howard Ballard who married Rosie and Hubert Ballard who married Betty, both of Tahlequah; and Maudell Ballard Wichliff, Margie Ballard Oung, and Ima Jean Ballard Sparks.

He married Lena Faye Prichett (buried at Greenleaf); they had the following children: Joyce Ballard who married Leon Torix; Lois Ballard who married Tim Wofford of Tahlequah; Terry Ballard who married Brad Taft of Grand Prairie, TX; and Jimmie Blood Worth of Ratliff City; Cecil and Gerald Ballard both of Tahlequah.

He is survived by 10 grandchildren: Jimmy Don Bloodworth, Kevin Wilson, Jennifer (Stephen) Conpean, Gary Torix, Bethany Gains, Jessica Wofford, Tammie Wofford, Sarah Wofford, Kaelynn Taft and Gregory Taft; and a great-granddaughter: Lillian Conpean. He was preceded in death by a grandson: Greg Torix.

Jim enjoyed fishing, traveling, playing the fiddle, and chicken fighting.
Jim Ballard was the son of John Ballard and Bertha Langton (both buried at Greenleaf); he had the following siblings: Sallie Ballard Hendricks and Loretta Ballard Jones, both of Tahlequah; Howard Ballard who married Rosie and Hubert Ballard who married Betty, both of Tahlequah; and Maudell Ballard Wichliff, Margie Ballard Oung, and Ima Jean Ballard Sparks.

He married Lena Faye Prichett (buried at Greenleaf); they had the following children: Joyce Ballard who married Leon Torix; Lois Ballard who married Tim Wofford of Tahlequah; Terry Ballard who married Brad Taft of Grand Prairie, TX; and Jimmie Blood Worth of Ratliff City; Cecil and Gerald Ballard both of Tahlequah.

He is survived by 10 grandchildren: Jimmy Don Bloodworth, Kevin Wilson, Jennifer (Stephen) Conpean, Gary Torix, Bethany Gains, Jessica Wofford, Tammie Wofford, Sarah Wofford, Kaelynn Taft and Gregory Taft; and a great-granddaughter: Lillian Conpean. He was preceded in death by a grandson: Greg Torix.

Jim enjoyed fishing, traveling, playing the fiddle, and chicken fighting.


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