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April 27, 1942 DEATHS HASKEW BALL
LEBANON, Va., April 27, - Haskew Ball, 96, the last survivor of the 1,450 young men from Russell county who marched away with the gray-clad Confederate armies in the War Between the States, died at 11:00 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Mutter, at Blackford.
Mr. Ball, who taught in the public schools of Buchanan and Russell county and then left the schoolroom to fight under Lee and Jackson, was widely known in this section.
His stories of the War Between the States were told and retold to scores of listeners during his lifetime, and his memories of three and a half years of this historic conflict were of the courage and bravery of the Southern soldiers through periods of privation and soul-testing battles.
Many times he slept in the snow with his comrades, marched for long miles without proper shoes, and fought in parched territory where little water could be found and thirst was almost unbearable.
Returning from the war, Mr. Ball became a well-known cabinet marker in Russell county, turning out spinning wheels, beds, tables and other household furnishings.
Mr. Ball is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carrie Mutter, three sons, A. C. and A. R. Ball, Honaker, and E. W. Ball, of Gardner, and 24 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
He is also survived by four brothers, Frank, John A., and C. R. Ball, of Honaker, Cummings Ball, Davenport, Va., and three sisters, Miss Alta Ball, Clinchfield, Va., Mrs. Leona Stidwell, of Chilhowie, and Mrs. Myrtle Thompson of Honaker.
Funeral services will be held at the Gardner Methodist church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, in charge of the Rev. W. L. Vernon and the Rev. H. E. Mauch.
Interment will follow in the family cemetery.
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