William Warren Ball “Bill” age 67, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 10, 2019, after an unexpected medical illness. He was born in San Angelo, Texas, on July 23, 1951, to Jackson Ball and June Ferguson. Bill graduated in the class of 1969 from Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After high school, he was drafted by the U.S. Army and was headed to Vietnam. Due to his performance in training, Bill ended up in the Army Security Agency in Berlin, Germany for 4 years. Upon honorable discharge, he applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and for 30 years and was an employee as an air traffic controller until his retirement in 2005. Bill loved to tinker and build and in his spare time after retirement he created and managed his own residential and commercial construction firm as a general contractor. He later worked for Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, SAIS and with Leidos as an Aeronautical Information Consultant.
Bill is survived by the love of his life, Christine Dearing Keyser, his daughter Jennifer Ball Cassell (Jim), his son Charles Warren Lovett Ball (Erin), his daughter Hannah Green (Chris), his seven grandchildren, Owen, Emma, Warren, Noah, Caroline, Elizabeth and Crutch, his parents Jackson and June Ball, his brother John Ball (Susan) and his sister Kathleen Draughon (Rob).
Bill was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish and garden, especially with his family. True to his nature, he could whip up a gourmet meal from nothing in the kitchen and had the healing hands of the Reiki Master that he studied to be. To his grandchildren he was “Opa”, and to his kids he was the best dad ever and one that led by example. He will be greatly missed by all his friends and family but we know that this is not a goodbye, as his spirit, lessons of life and his laughter will forever be with us.
Services will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2019 beginning at 3:00pm at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral located at 256 E. Church St. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to St. John’s Cathedral Refugee Re-settlement in Bills’ name as he loved to help people in need.
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