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Submitted: 5/7/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R416806-G416806-S3
Buddy
May 21, 1919-November 15, 2007
Please see military marker
Billie
August 13, 1923-June 29, 2010
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Buddy
Buddy Ballard, 88, of Amarillo died Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in South Georgia Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery in Borger at 2 p.m. Arrangements are by Cox-LaGrone Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.
Buddy was born May 21, 1919, in Violet Hill, Ark. He lived in the hills of Arkansas in his youth. He joined the CCC when he was 16 years old. He moved to Borger in 1935. He married Billie Milligan in Borger in 1941. He served in the Navy in World War II. Buddy worked as a body and fender man for Joy Motor Co. until its closure. He purchased Joy Body Shop and ran this shop until his retirement in 1984. He moved to Amarillo at that time and began working as a handyman, landscaper, delivery man and all round helper to many people. He undertook many jobs at South Georgia Church of the Nazarene. He was greeter, head usher, custodian, yard man, financial adviser and hospital visitor.
Buddy was a collector, always seeing the hidden value in the smallest of things. He spent the last 20 years helping others with anything that was needed. He loved his family, his church and his country.
Buddy was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Vesta Barnard, Ersy Moats and Faye Moats; and a brother, Ray Barnes.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Dale Ballard and wife Betty of Midland; a daughter, Sherry Gill and husband Jim of Amarillo; four grandchildren, Bryan Ballard of Midland, Becky Rejon and husband Mike of Midland, Cody Gill of Amarillo, and Erica Templeton and husband Matt of Earth; three great-grandchildren, Jessica, Jared and Jase Rejon; and two half-brothers, Bill Ballard of Benton, Ark., and L.B. Ballard of Baltimore. He loved them all very much.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 17, 2007
*Obituary Billie
Billie Ballard, 86, of Amarillo died Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Highland Park Cemetery in Borger. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. in Amarillo.
Mrs. Ballard was born in 1923 in Dodson. She married Buddy Ballard in 1941 in Borger. She was a graduate of Phillips High School.
Billie was a riveter in California during World War II. After the war, Billie and Buddy owned a cafe on Amarillo Boulevard - the old Route 66 for a short time. Then they moved to Borger.
Billie worked for J.C. Penney Co. until she retired. Upon retirement, Billie and Buddy moved to Amarillo.
She was a member of South Georgia Church of the Nazarene. She has been a resident of Park Place Towers for the last two years. She loved the many friends she made there. Those friends gave her many joyous hours of fun, fellowship and love.
Her kindness, sweet nature and humor will be missed by all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Buddy Ballard; four brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include a son, Dale Ballard and wife Betty of Midland; a daughter, Sherry Gill and husband Jim of Amarillo; a sister, Maxine Tisdale of Greenville; four grandchildren, Bryan Ballard and wife Brenda and Becky Rejon and husband Mike, all of Midland, Cody Gill of Amarillo and Erica Templeton and husband Matt of Brownwood; and four great-grandchildren, Jessica, Jared and Jase Rejon, all of Midland, and Kuper Templeton of Brownwood.
The family suggest memorials be to BSA Hospice and Life Enrichment Center, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, Texas 79105.
Amarillo Globe-News, June 30, 2010
Contributed on 5/7/21
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