Amanda "Bobbie" Ball

Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Broadview Baptist Church in Abilene with David Cason and Brian Holamon officiating. Interment will be held at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery privately. She will will lie in state at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home on 277 S. in Abilene on Wed. and Thurs. from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM.

Bobbie was born in Matewan, West Virginia on July 8, 1932. She was a resilient & determined young woman with a sharp sense of humor. In her teens, she worked in her mother’s general store. One day, Robert Ball, her Prince charming, came in for some new shoelaces and as they say, the rest is history. From that point on he called her his “1932 Model.” Mom & Dad married each other in Delbarton, West Virginia, a short while later and had two children, Glenn & Gail.

As a couple, they were affectionately known as Bob and Bobbie. After several deployments and many relocation orders they settled in Abilene, Texas after being stationed at Dyess Air Force Base. Robert and Bobbie were joyfully married for 62 years.

Bobbie has been a faithful member of Broadview Baptist church for many years. She accepted Jesus into her heart when she was younger in West Virginia and was baptized along with her husband and son at University Baptist Church.

She never met a stranger and was always willing and ready to help anyone in need. Because of her, we have all learned to never judge a book by its cover and above all, to have a servant’s heart. Bobbie loved to garden, work in her flowerbeds and backyard, shell pecans from her pecan trees for gifts and make elaborate meals with family. Even at 91 she enjoyed getting into the cool pool on a hot summer day. She was insistent on Sunday family lunches after church at her house for decades to build family memories. Her favorite vacation spot was Vero Beach. She loved to help others, give gifts, and be the servant the Lord teaches us to be in the Bible. She was most happy when she was with her family eating homemade vanilla ice cream and watching her six great-grandchildren play.

Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Jeanette Ball, daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Gary Garner. Grandchildren: Amber Ball, Chris Garner and his wife Dr. Erin Garner, Kimberly Garner, Kevin Ball and wife Jacinda Ball, Emery Myers and Aubrey Beber. Great-grandchildren: Ethan, Ryan, Grant Garner, Kai Ball, Callie & Kensie Farley. and many more family members.

Pallbearers include: Gary Garner, Chris Garner, Kevin Ball, Dan Beber, David Dreuell, and Don McGallian.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Hendrick Hospice, for their extraordinary care and compassion. In lieu of flowers please consider planting a tree with Holy Land Tree https://www.holylandtree.com/.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.elliott-hamil.com for the Ball family.