Carol Annette Ball Hiscoe of Raleigh died Wednesday, October 26, after a short illness. This world will now have to make its way sadly along without one of its most loving teachers, fiercely loving parents, imaginative feminists, noble protectors of lost cats, and dearest friends. We all suffer inconsolably from the loss of her.
Motivated by what she experienced during her own childhood in the public schools of Franklinton, NC, Carol dedicated both her life and her career to sustaining the magic that an inspired education can conjure, especially for those who are not given a privileged start in life. Trained in the English Department at NC State University and holding a prestigious and hard-earned Ph.D. from the English Department at Duke University, she taught early in her life at NC State, Peace College, Duke, and Rice University and could have chosen a career publishing scholarly works and teaching advanced graduate students about the literature that she loved. She chose instead to focus her talents on doing what she could to make up for the many shortsighted choices that our communities made over the course of her lifetime as we reduced our commitment to the education of our young people. As one of the intensely dedicated faculty members of the English program at William Peace University since 1992, she was most especially proud of the work that she did to keep the flame burning in young women (and more recently, in young men) who came to college not as well prepared as they might have been but yearning to improve their lives. She loved her students beyond measure.
Carol is survived by her parents, Jerri and Carolyn Ball of Franklinton, NC. She will also be achingly missed by her two sons—always the suns at the center of her life—Nathaniel Hiscoe of Raleigh and Jeremy Ball of Boston (and his extraordinary wife, N. Lee Ball). Jeremy's young daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, now must somehow live their lives without Carol's physical presence. But as females they will do so in a world made more brilliant by Carol's own persistent, practical, and cheerful championing of the lives of women. We all grieve that her beloved partner, the brave, wise, and kind Barry Peters, must carry on without her and that the husband of her early life, David Hiscoe, will have to struggle without her friendship and understanding. Her two sisters, Cynthia Ball and Amy Ball, both of Raleigh, will miss her terribly. Together, they were our Three Graces. Now there are only two.
In this, her last communication, Carol would like to salute those colleagues at William Peace who have stayed true to their inspired work through many difficulties and to the faculty of the NC State University English Department, who humbly, carefully, and with great joy taught her how to become a scholar and teacher.
Motivated by what she experienced during her own childhood in the public schools of Franklinton, NC, Carol dedicated both her life and her career to sustaining the magic that an inspired education can conjure, especially for those who are not given a privileged start in life. Trained in the English Department at NC State University and holding a prestigious and hard-earned Ph.D. from the English Department at Duke University, she taught early in her life at NC State, Peace College, Duke, and Rice University and could have chosen a career publishing scholarly works and teaching advanced graduate students about the literature that she loved. She chose instead to focus her talents on doing what she could to make up for the many shortsighted choices that our communities made over the course of her lifetime as we reduced our commitment to the education of our young people. As one of the intensely dedicated faculty members of the English program at William Peace University since 1992, she was most especially proud of the work that she did to keep the flame burning in young women (and more recently, in young men) who came to college not as well prepared as they might have been but yearning to improve their lives. She loved her students beyond measure.
Carol is survived by her parents, Jerri and Carolyn Ball of Franklinton, NC. She will also be achingly missed by her two sons—always the suns at the center of her life—Nathaniel Hiscoe of Raleigh and Jeremy Ball of Boston (and his extraordinary wife, N. Lee Ball). Jeremy's young daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, now must somehow live their lives without Carol's physical presence. But as females they will do so in a world made more brilliant by Carol's own persistent, practical, and cheerful championing of the lives of women. We all grieve that her beloved partner, the brave, wise, and kind Barry Peters, must carry on without her and that the husband of her early life, David Hiscoe, will have to struggle without her friendship and understanding. Her two sisters, Cynthia Ball and Amy Ball, both of Raleigh, will miss her terribly. Together, they were our Three Graces. Now there are only two.
In this, her last communication, Carol would like to salute those colleagues at William Peace who have stayed true to their inspired work through many difficulties and to the faculty of the NC State University English Department, who humbly, carefully, and with great joy taught her how to become a scholar and teacher.
Carol Annette Ball Hiscoe of Raleigh died Wednesday, October 26, after a short illness. This world will now have to make its way sadly along without one of its most loving teachers, fiercely loving parents, imaginative feminists, noble protectors of lost cats, and dearest friends. We all suffer inconsolably from the loss of her.
Motivated by what she experienced during her own childhood in the public schools of Franklinton, NC, Carol dedicated both her life and her career to sustaining the magic that an inspired education can conjure, especially for those who are not given a privileged start in life. Trained in the English Department at NC State University and holding a prestigious and hard-earned Ph.D. from the English Department at Duke University, she taught early in her life at NC State, Peace College, Duke, and Rice University and could have chosen a career publishing scholarly works and teaching advanced graduate students about the literature that she loved. She chose instead to focus her talents on doing what she could to make up for the many shortsighted choices that our communities made over the course of her lifetime as we reduced our commitment to the education of our young people. As one of the intensely dedicated faculty members of the English program at William Peace University since 1992, she was most especially proud of the work that she did to keep the flame burning in young women (and more recently, in young men) who came to college not as well prepared as they might have been but yearning to improve their lives. She loved her students beyond measure.
Carol is survived by her parents, Jerri and Carolyn Ball of Franklinton, NC. She will also be achingly missed by her two sons—always the suns at the center of her life—Nathaniel Hiscoe of Raleigh and Jeremy Ball of Boston (and his extraordinary wife, N. Lee Ball). Jeremy's young daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, now must somehow live their lives without Carol's physical presence. But as females they will do so in a world made more brilliant by Carol's own persistent, practical, and cheerful championing of the lives of women. We all grieve that her beloved partner, the brave, wise, and kind Barry Peters, must carry on without her and that the husband of her early life, David Hiscoe, will have to struggle without her friendship and understanding. Her two sisters, Cynthia Ball and Amy Ball, both of Raleigh, will miss her terribly. Together, they were our Three Graces. Now there are only two.
In this, her last communication, Carol would like to salute those colleagues at William Peace who have stayed true to their inspired work through many difficulties and to the faculty of the NC State University English Department, who humbly, carefully, and with great joy taught her how to become a scholar and teacher.
Motivated by what she experienced during her own childhood in the public schools of Franklinton, NC, Carol dedicated both her life and her career to sustaining the magic that an inspired education can conjure, especially for those who are not given a privileged start in life. Trained in the English Department at NC State University and holding a prestigious and hard-earned Ph.D. from the English Department at Duke University, she taught early in her life at NC State, Peace College, Duke, and Rice University and could have chosen a career publishing scholarly works and teaching advanced graduate students about the literature that she loved. She chose instead to focus her talents on doing what she could to make up for the many shortsighted choices that our communities made over the course of her lifetime as we reduced our commitment to the education of our young people. As one of the intensely dedicated faculty members of the English program at William Peace University since 1992, she was most especially proud of the work that she did to keep the flame burning in young women (and more recently, in young men) who came to college not as well prepared as they might have been but yearning to improve their lives. She loved her students beyond measure.
Carol is survived by her parents, Jerri and Carolyn Ball of Franklinton, NC. She will also be achingly missed by her two sons—always the suns at the center of her life—Nathaniel Hiscoe of Raleigh and Jeremy Ball of Boston (and his extraordinary wife, N. Lee Ball). Jeremy's young daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, now must somehow live their lives without Carol's physical presence. But as females they will do so in a world made more brilliant by Carol's own persistent, practical, and cheerful championing of the lives of women. We all grieve that her beloved partner, the brave, wise, and kind Barry Peters, must carry on without her and that the husband of her early life, David Hiscoe, will have to struggle without her friendship and understanding. Her two sisters, Cynthia Ball and Amy Ball, both of Raleigh, will miss her terribly. Together, they were our Three Graces. Now there are only two.
In this, her last communication, Carol would like to salute those colleagues at William Peace who have stayed true to their inspired work through many difficulties and to the faculty of the NC State University English Department, who humbly, carefully, and with great joy taught her how to become a scholar and teacher.
