St. Petersburg Times (FL) - Sunday, August 10, 1997
BALLARD, ELMO K. ""JACK,'' 81, of Dunedin, died Friday (Aug. 8, 1997) at home.
He was born in Denver, and came here in 1988 from Lake Wales. He was a retired Air Force colonel and a veteran of World War II. After retiring, he worked for the Gideons. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1937 and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a boxer and a nine-time featherweight division winner of the Gold Gloves competition. He was a member of World Radio Fellowship.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Jean; and a sister, Virginia B. Johnston, Dunedin.
Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes & Cemeteries, Lakeview Chapel at Sylvan Abbey, Clearwater.
Also has a plot at Bay Pines National Cemetery
BALLARD, ELMO K. ""JACK,'' 81, of Dunedin, died Friday (Aug. 8, 1997) at home.
He was born in Denver, and came here in 1988 from Lake Wales. He was a retired Air Force colonel and a veteran of World War II. After retiring, he worked for the Gideons. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1937 and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a boxer and a nine-time featherweight division winner of the Gold Gloves competition. He was a member of World Radio Fellowship.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Jean; and a sister, Virginia B. Johnston, Dunedin.
Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes & Cemeteries, Lakeview Chapel at Sylvan Abbey, Clearwater.
Also has a plot at Bay Pines National Cemetery
St. Petersburg Times (FL) - Sunday, August 10, 1997
BALLARD, ELMO K. ""JACK,'' 81, of Dunedin, died Friday (Aug. 8, 1997) at home.
He was born in Denver, and came here in 1988 from Lake Wales. He was a retired Air Force colonel and a veteran of World War II. After retiring, he worked for the Gideons. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1937 and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a boxer and a nine-time featherweight division winner of the Gold Gloves competition. He was a member of World Radio Fellowship.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Jean; and a sister, Virginia B. Johnston, Dunedin.
Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes & Cemeteries, Lakeview Chapel at Sylvan Abbey, Clearwater.
Also has a plot at Bay Pines National Cemetery
BALLARD, ELMO K. ""JACK,'' 81, of Dunedin, died Friday (Aug. 8, 1997) at home.
He was born in Denver, and came here in 1988 from Lake Wales. He was a retired Air Force colonel and a veteran of World War II. After retiring, he worked for the Gideons. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1937 and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was a boxer and a nine-time featherweight division winner of the Gold Gloves competition. He was a member of World Radio Fellowship.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Jean; and a sister, Virginia B. Johnston, Dunedin.
Blount, Curry & Roel Funeral Homes & Cemeteries, Lakeview Chapel at Sylvan Abbey, Clearwater.
Also has a plot at Bay Pines National Cemetery
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