Ervin Lincoln Ball

May 16, 1920 ~ June 18, 2001
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mr. Ball was born in Charleston, SC, and was a son of the late E.M. and Docia Jane Baker Ball. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Mabel Laura Pritt Ball, who died in 1989, and by a grandson, Ridley Ecta Hutchinson, who died in 1994.
He was the owner and operator of Ball Photo Supply Co., Inc. and attended First Baptist Church. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and was an avid nature lover, beekeeper, and world traveler. He was also a history and geography scholar.
He is survived by four daughters, Laura Ann Ball and Judy Lee Ball of Asheville, Dianna Lynn Hutchinson and Truly Ball of Fairfield, Iowa; two sons, Ervin L. Ball, Jr. and his wife Carol of Asheville and Tom McKinley Ball of New York, NY; and three grandchildren, Benjamin Robert Amberg, Sarah Easterling, and Gaelyn Hutchinson.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Friday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gail Coulter officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be William Clements, Michael Hogsed, Leonard Lollis, Robert Donaldson, and Gaelyn Hutchinson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Alisia Andropolis, Meghan Benally, Bernard Elias, Benjamin Amberand Ridley Hutchinson.
His family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Thursday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or to the Sierra Club.
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