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Carl Ballard K5BBA
January 15, 1941 - April 9, 2013
Shannon - Carl Ballard, 72, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at his residence. He was born in Jackson on January 15, 1941, to Ernest Carl and Mary Inez Willis Ballard. He spent over thirty-two years in the military, serving in the Army, Air Force and the National Guard, retiring as a Master Sergeant. An entrepreneur, he was the co-owner, with his late wife, Brenda, of Ballard Furniture. He still found time for volunteering and was a Shriner and a Mason. He was a member of the Tupelo Amateur Radio Club, Call # K5BBA.
Services with military honors will be 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, 2013 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Rev. Phil Wood officiating. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park.
Survivors include three sons, Ricky Lee (Tammy) of Brewer, David Lee (Lisa) of Nettleton, John Lee of Shannon; one daughter, Jessica McLevain (Fiance, Dee Sullivan) of Troy; seven grandchildren, Ashley Lann (Patrick), Amber Hall (Steve), Michael Lee, Brandon Mitchell Lee (Lenita), Brandon Paul Lee (Phyllis), Breanna Lee and Kyle Stafford; eight great-grandchildren, Ashtann, Madelynn, Seth, Kylie, Elli, Connor, Clint and Juleah; two sisters-in-law, Lillene Ballard of Shannon and Judy Ballard of Tupelo; two brothers, Paul Ballard (Ruth Jane) of Conyers, Georgia and Carley Ballard (Patsy) of Shannon; six sisters, Sally Harrison of Fayette, Alabama, Ruth Bruce of Sherman, Mary Nell Gordon (Chester) of New Albany, Pat Warren of Saltillo, Judy Jones (Jerry) of Guntown and Charlene Centanni (Tony) of Thibodeaux, Louisiana.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Ballard; his parents; three brothers, William, Jim and Charlie Ballard; two sisters, Ann Hill and Sarah Wilson.
Pallbearers will be Michael Lee, Brandon Paul Lee, Brandon Mitchell Lee, Steve Hall, Patrick Lann, Steven Hilliard, Dee Sullivan, Michael Ballard and Carl Ballard.
Visitation will be 2 - 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2013 at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children Burn Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
October 18, 2012 meeting
President Dan Hales holds the business meeting The stormwatchers present a program
Some notes and thoughts about last night's meeting.
Jay Robinson did a great program describing the Storm Spotters group and giving us a lesson on better understanding radar images.
Chuck Young KE5UFZ, Robert Hall AD5YB, Ikey Roebuck W5OYK and Bobby Copeland K5TV were chosen by lot to serve as the Nominating Committee for 2013 Officers. I would like to call a meeting of this group for next Thursday 10/25/2012 at 6PM in the Club House. If you can not attend, please let me know so a later meeting can be scheduled.
Jacqui Letellier KF5SBO was a welcome guest and expects to join the Club after the first of the year.
Sammy Hood KF5TV and Greg Fitzgerald W5LMW completed the beam antenna repairs last Saturday so it is ready for use by club members. Hopefully we will give it a workout during the November Sweeps on Nov. 17th at 2100Z. Will you be working the contest at the Club House?
It was suggested that the December meeting be at a local restaurant rather than again having a potluck at the Club House. I will try to get us a general reservation and post the details. If there are any comments or suggestions, please let me know.
After the meeting, I was reminded that we had not discussed Papa Jack's Trade Day which had been scheduled for November 10th (I believe) It had totally left my mind, perhaps because I have some personal "Stuff" going on at that time and I can't be involved. If anyone wants to step in and make it happen, GREAT. Otherwise if it is up to me, we will have to skip it for now. Maybe we can make it an activity in the spring.
We had 13 in attendance.
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Dan Hales KG4MDT
VE testing schedule
We have moved to a quarterly schedule. Regular exam dates will be the second Saturday of February, May, August and November.
The NEMRA VE team offers the exams on the 3rd Saturday of the first month of each quarter.
A group at Booneville offers it on Friday night during the third month of each quarter. This schedule will put us offering the exam on the same months as the Tishomingo group, but they are most distant from us.
Field Day 2012
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