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- I.W. Ballard Dies Sunday.
Isaac Wood Ballard, 85, one of Drumright's pioneer residents, died at his home east of the city at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12. Mr. Ballard had lived here since 1915, and owned a barber shop for many years.
Mr. Ballard was born Sep. 1, 1861, in Eastland, Texas. He was married to Carrie Vaughn in 1892 who preceded him in death in 1906. To this union two daughters and one son were born, Virginia Sylvester and Vera Ripley of Drumright, and Eddie Ballard, who preceded his father in death in 1942. One granddaughter, Geneva Bryant of Paris, Texas, also survives.
On April 25, 1911, he married Frankie Carey, who survives him. Also surviving is a step-son, John Carey of Pauls Valley and a foster son, Lisle Harrison of Durant.
Funeral services will be conducts at the Holmes Funeral Home in Durant by the minister of the First Baptist Church at Durant, which Mr. Ballard joined early in his life. Interment will be made in a Durant cemetery.
The Drumright Journal, Drumright, Oklahoma. Thursday, 16 Jan 1947. Page 1.
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