Obituaries

William E. "Buddie" Ball went home to be with the Lord on January 23 2012 in Garland TX at the age of seventy. Funeral services will be Friday January 27 2012 at 11 a.m. at Dannel Funeral Home in Sherman TX with Dr. David Reagan and Joe Ed Furr officiating. Interment will follow at Vittitoe Cemetery in Whitewright TX. The family will greet friends 1 hour prior to service. Buddie grew up in Sherman TX and graduated from Sherman high School and Oklahoma State University. He was in the Home Care business for over thirty years and resided in Telephone TX for the past seventeen years. Buddie was a devoted family man friend and Christ follower and will be greatly missed. He is preceded in death by infant brother James Russell Jr. parents James Russell and Mary Lou Ball and first wife Sandra. He is survived by his wife Marie daughters Rebecca Herd and Priscilla Gooch Emily Ball Susannah Ball. Son John David Ball and wife Lauren daughter Bethanne Stufflebean and husband Steve and one brother Gary Ball 14 grandchildren and one great- grandson. Pallbearers for Buddie will be Steve and Steven Stufflebean Scot and Brock Herd Cary and Dylan Gooch. You may sign the online guestbook at www.dannelfuneralhome.com