This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ballard, Farnsworth, Ness, Hotchkiss Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3574 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Joe (Jody) Wendle Ballard, 77, long-time resident of Rocky Ford, Colorado, was heldc at 10:00 a.m., Monday at Ustick-Donelson Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Chipman officiating. Music was provied by Betty jo Thomas and Keith Waggoner. Mr. Ballard passed away Thursday, at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized for 5 weeks for treatment of a respiratory condition. He was born September 8, 1910 in Rankin, Ok, to Wilbert and Lillie Mae Farnsworth Ballard. He was a retired Comptroller for Bray lines, Inc.; was a deacon emeritus of First Baptist Church and served on board of directors for Rocky Ford Federal Credit Union, including a term as president. He also servedc as investment officer for a period of time. He is survived by his widow, Rae Ballard, of the home; two daughterws, Betty Jo Ness of Cedaredge and Pat Hotchkiss of Cucamonga, Californa; five grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two brothers, Royal Ballard of Altus, Oklahoma and Kenneth Ballard of Wewoka, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by one brother, one sister and his parents. Burial was in the Rocky Ford Cemetery with Ustick-Donelson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok