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Arthur Lee “Jake” Ballard

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Arthur Lee “Jake” Ballard

Birth
Louisiana, USA
Death
10 Aug 1990 (aged 91)
Louisiana, USA
Burial
Beaver, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Oakdale--Funeral services for Arthur L. Ballard, 91, will be at 3 p.m. today, August 12, in Mount Hope Baptist Church. The Revs. Bobby Bonds and Sam Martin will officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Creek Cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the church.

Mr. Ballard died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital.

A resident of Oakdale most of his life and a charter member of Mount Hope Baptist Church, he was a retired law enforcement officer. He was the first chief of police for the City of Oakdale, serving two terms as Ward 5 Marshal and was s deputy Sheriff for Allen Parish.

Survivors are seven sons, Coleman C., olin, and A.D. Ballard, all of Lake Charles; Curtis Ballard of Deer Park, Texas, and Gerald, Tommy and Robert Ballard, all of Oakdale; one daughter, Mrs. Glenda Navarre of Oakdale; one brother Col. DeWitt Ballard of Thousand Oaks, California; one sister, Mrs. Dovie Wiggns of Oakdale; 32 grandchildren, and 43 great-grandchildren.

Lake Charles American Press, August 12, 1990.

Oakdale--Funeral services for Arthur L. Ballard, 91, will be at 3 p.m. today, August 12, in Mount Hope Baptist Church. The Revs. Bobby Bonds and Sam Martin will officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Creek Cemetery under direction of Ardoin Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the church.

Mr. Ballard died at 10:15 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital.

A resident of Oakdale most of his life and a charter member of Mount Hope Baptist Church, he was a retired law enforcement officer. He was the first chief of police for the City of Oakdale, serving two terms as Ward 5 Marshal and was s deputy Sheriff for Allen Parish.

Survivors are seven sons, Coleman C., olin, and A.D. Ballard, all of Lake Charles; Curtis Ballard of Deer Park, Texas, and Gerald, Tommy and Robert Ballard, all of Oakdale; one daughter, Mrs. Glenda Navarre of Oakdale; one brother Col. DeWitt Ballard of Thousand Oaks, California; one sister, Mrs. Dovie Wiggns of Oakdale; 32 grandchildren, and 43 great-grandchildren.

Lake Charles American Press, August 12, 1990.



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