Ball, Marion Oscar

Ball, Marion Oscar

Grove Hill pastor dies at 89

Marion Oscar Ball, pastor of Asbury Baptist Church, Grove Hill, Alabama, died March 9, 2018, at the age of 89 years.
At the age of 17, Ball was diagnosed with polio.

He accepted the Lord Jesus as Savior in August 1949. Shortly thereafter, he felt God was calling him to preach the gospel. Marion pastored churches in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.

Ball is survived by his wife, Carrol Jean Williams Ball; daughters, Irma Gunter and Delita Potter; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.