Annie Bell Ball

b. September 1896
  • Annie Bell Ball was born in September 1896 in Texas.
  • Benjamin B. Ball and Amanda P. Page appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montague County, Texas. Other members of the household included Annie Bell Ball, Willie Ball, Mary Ball, Odie Seline Ball, James Samuel Ball, Horace Ball, Rosa Selina Ball, Nellie Ball and Samantha Gowing.
  • The following appeared on 6 March 1927 in the Wellington Leader: Mrs. Rosy Salina Poore died in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Carl McDonald after an illness of five months caused by Bright's Disease.
         Mrs. Poore was born in Texas September 7, 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben D. Ball. She was married May 1, 1913, to J. F. Poore and two children who survive her were born to the union. They are: Margaret, aged 11, and Adren, aged 4. Besides her husband and children, Mrs. Poore is survived by two brothers and three sisters, who are: Horace Ball of Wichita Falls, Sam Ball of Terrell, Okla., Mrs. Carl McDonald of Wellington, Mrs. Willis Scarbough of Bowie and Miss Annie Bell Ball of Knott, Texas.
         Mrs. Poore had been in a hospital at Childress, where she underwent an operation. She had never fully recovered when her husband brought her to the home of Mrs. McDonald in Wellington where a local doctor was called but due to the headway of the disease she could not recover and succumbed Wednesday afternoon.
         Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the Carl McDonald home, with Rev. C. R. Joyner of the First Baptist Church in charge. Scott & Thomas conducted the funeral.
  • Last Edited: 13 Nov 2012