A funeral service for Herman Ball, age 74, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home with Brock Mitchell officiating. Interment will
follow at Peerless Cemetery with Chris Follis, Shane Jeter, Michael Robinson, Donald Fouse, Michael
Ball and Brandon Rogers serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mr.
Ball passed away on February 1, 2022, at his residence.
Herman was born on December 24, 1947 in Memphis, Texas, to Jess and Zora (Wilks) Ball. He married
Debra Kay Moore in Rockwall, Texas. Herman worked as a heavy machine operator for
the city of Sulphur Springs and retired as a supervisor for the city of Emory. He was a member of the
Faith Chapel.
He is survived by his sons, Herman Ray Woodall and wife, Jenny, and David Ball and wife, Elizabeth;
daughter, Kellie and husband, Christopher Murphy; grandchildren, Brandon Woodall, Reagan Woodall,
Shayla Gibson, Charlie Gibson, Kayla Snodgrass, Zoe Cooksey, Becca Ball, Dylan Allen and Claira
Taylor; great-grandchildren, Kalvin-Jay Williams and Khloe Williams; brothers, Ned Ball, Charles Ball
and Harold Ball; and sisters, Laska Lathuris, Mildred Logan, Joanne Fouse and Cathy Pipkin.
Herman was preceded in death by his parents; wife; grandson, Jacob Woodall; and eight brothers and
sisters.
Arrangements under the direction of Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home.
The online register can be signed at www.murrayorwosky.com
