Barbara Lou Ball

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Saturday, August 29, 2009, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. C. W. Parker, Odyssey Hospice chaplain, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Ball was born December 20, 1931 in Beloit, Kansas. She married Melvin Ball on December 14, 1952 in Russell, Kansas. She had been a resident of Pampa since 1965. Barbara was a homemaker. She loved traveling, sewing and painting. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.SURVIVORS: husband: Melvin Ball of the home; 2 daughters: Cindy Fulton and husband Kevin, and Linda Lanham and husband John, all of Pampa; 4 grandchildren: Michael Lewis, Shanda Arnzen and husband Chris, Crystal Herring and Johnny Blakemore; 4 great-grandchildren: Madison Lewis, Kaylee Arnzen, Zerick Arnzen and Brittney Blakemore. She was preceded in death by her parents: Clarence Elmer and Anna Mildred Wagner Covert; and a brother: Billy Covert.MEMORIALS: Odyssey Hospice, 6900 I-40 West, Suite 150, Amarillo, Texas 79106, or a favorite charity.