Ballard James Thompson, 83, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday, March 19, 2017, at Miller’s Merry Manor West, in Wabash. He was born August 3, 1933 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Ballard and Daisy (Pitts) Thompson.
Ballard married Karen E. Kirby, in Wabash, on May 18, 1968. She died September 1, 2015. He retired from U.S. Gypsum, in Wabash, in 1995. He enjoyed raising chickens, playing the banjo and the guitar, bluegrass music, being outdoors, and loved his family.
He is survived by two daughters, Angela M. (Daniel) Fleshood and Tricia L. Shidler, six grandchildren, Tabetha Tyler, Daniel William Ballard Fleshood, Serenity Fleshood, Jozilynn Fleshood, Taylor M. Shidler, and Jason Shidler, all of Wabash, and 4 great grandchildren, brother, Leslie (Janice) Thompson of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, three sisters, Ora Reynolds of Pierceton, Indiana, Elsie (Ed) Shepherd of Urbana, Indiana and Jeanette (Burnis) Pitts, of Louisville, Kentucky. He was also preceded in death by his parents, 5 sisters, and 2 brothers
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday March 25, 2017, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Rev. Tim Webb officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is to the Ballard Thompson family, for expenses.
The memorial guest book for Ballard may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.