This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ball, Duman, Gibson, Holliday, Miller Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADE/1684 Message Board Post: Dispatch Democrat Ukiah, Mendocino Co., CA Friday, January 24, 1941 Passes Son of Pioneer Lived His Life In This County Final Rites Are Held for E. B. Ball of Ukiah Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon for E. B. Ball, who was born in this county and lived the 72 years of his life within its bounds. Mr. Ball suffered a slight stroke Monday evening and passed away at an early hour Tuesday morning. Pallbearers were D. C. Smith, R. E. Donohoe, Joseph Elledge, Kirk Ford, Earl Cox, Lee Hiatt. Rev. Elbert Holland officiated at the services and interment was in the Ukiah cemetery. Born in County. E. B. Ball was the son of the late J. D. Ball, who is said to have been the second white settler in Anderson Valley. Deceased was born in Anderson Valley and grew to manhood there. Coming to Ukiah many years ago, he was state farmer under Fred Handy, then manager of the State Hospital, and during the years was a merchant in Ukiah, located where the Morris Drug Store now stands. He was formerly a deputy assessor and a member of Ukiah's police force. E. B. Ball was rated in the community a substantial citizen of the good, old type, whose honesty and integrity were never questioned. He drew around him many friends who were shocked at the sudden death. Mr. Ball was in Ukiah the day before his death, greeting his friends here. Mr. Ball is survived by his widow, Mrs. Etta Ball, three daughters and two sons: Mrs. Velma Gibson of Ukiah, Mrs. Edna Holliday, Talmage, Mrs. Lola Dumas, Ukiah, Ernest Ball of Albany and Irwin Ball of Talmage. A sister, Mrs. Emily Miller, also survives. Mrs. Miller is now the sole survivor in her generation of a large, pioneer family. Funeral services were under the direction of Eversole Mortuary. Mendocino County Indexes http://www.pacificsites.net/~pcarna Mendocino County Tombstone Photos http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/