_John Franklin BALL _+
                                                 | (1874 - 1953) m 1895
                           _Orville Pierce BALL _|
                          | (1898 - 1966) m 1923 |
                          |                      |_Flora Belle YOWELL _+
                          |                        (1878 - 1930) m 1895
 _Orville Pierce BALL Jr._|
| (1924 - 2006) m 1946    |
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|                         |_Vera Helen MERRELL __|
|                           (1903 - 1951) m 1923 |
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|--Nancy Lynn BALL 
|  (1947 - ....)
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|_Laura Lou SHERMAN ______|
   m 1946                 |
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