Ball, Harold Lee

Passed: 1952-04-17

Age: 3

Source: Ravenswood News

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1952-04-24

Information: CHILD DIES OF INJURIES - Tragedy struck swiftly in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Ball of Route 1, Sherman, last Wednesday.  Their three-year-old son, Harold Lee Ball, was fatally injured when he fell from a moving wagon and his head was crushed beneath a wheel of the vehicle.  The child was brought to the Ravenswood hospital where he died on Thursday.  It was reported that the youngster was at the home of grandfather, Fred Jay, Sherman, Route 1, when the accident occurred.  Horses drawing the wagon reared, throwing the victim to the ground.  Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Willowdale Baptist church, and burial was in the church cemetery.  Besides his parents, he is survived by his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ball of Leroy, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay.