[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1649]
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                  IN LASTING MEMORY OF MACK BALL, SR.

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 6, 2006

  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Mack Ball, 
Sr., who passed away August 8, 2006, in Eudora, Arkansas at the age of 
75.
  Mack Ball, Sr. was dedicated to improving his home community of 
Eudora, Arkansas. He served the community as Mayor for 12 years and was 
the presiding Chicot County Judge. Mack Ball, Sr. was also a committed 
member of the Eudora Chamber of Commerce. He took a particular interest 
in improving public education opportunities in Eudora and served on 
Eudora Public School Board. In addition he was a past national board 
member of the Beefmaster Breeders Universal.
  Mack Ball, Sr. was a man devoted to his faith and was a member of the 
Eudora Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and as a Sunday 
school teacher.
  My deepest condolences go to his wife, Leila Ball; his son Mack Ball, 
Jr.; his daughter Sally Tisdale and husband Stephen; his daughter 
Kathryn Phillips and her husband Doug; his brother Fred Felts, Jr.; his 
five grandchildren Mary Kathryn Gilfoil, Allan Phillips, David 
Phillips, Meg Phillips, and Elizabeth Cooper; and his two great 
grandchildren. Mack Ball, Sr. will be greatly missed in Chicot County 
and throughout the state of Arkansas.

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