Sarah Ball

PRINCETON – Sarah Elizabeth Ball, 73, of Princeton, passed away Friday, May 23, 2025. Born June 27, 1951, in Washington D.C., she was the daughter of the late Bocie Taft Barbour and Mary Elizabeth Pennington Barbour. Sarah was a member of Maranatha Baptist Church in Princeton where she loved to sing. She was a former unit clerk at Princeton Community Hospital. Most of her life, she was a homemaker who loved her family well. She enjoyed taking trips with her family, especially camping and to the beach. She also volunteered at Princeton Healthcare Center. She loved to read, watch movies, and play games on her Kindle. She taught all the grandchildren to play cards; especially Skip-Bo, Rummy, Spades and Poker. She enjoyed dancing and was an excellent flat-footer. She thoroughly enjoyed eating Chinese food and drinking blue Slushies. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Howard Ball, sister, Judith Hall; and brother, John Barbour. Survivors include children; Mary Melcher and husband Daniel of Graysville, AL, Katrina Tickle and husband Benjamin of Princeton, and Daniel Akers and wife Tammy of Princeton; grandchildren, Aaron Akers and wife Justine, Joshua Powell, Austin Mathena, Haley Wellman and husband Jered, Jacob Akers, Morgan Gross and husband Zach, and Caleb Akers; great-grandchildren, Tremonti, Harmonie, Gabriel, Aria, and one on the way, Tucker; first husband and father of her children, Otis Akers of Vance, AL; sister, Juanita Davis of Princeton; sister-in-law, Debra Barbour; a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins; and her life-long friend of over 44 years, Shirley Miller. The family would like to extend special thanks to Roanoke Carilion and Hospice Amedisys for their excellent care of their mother. Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 30, 2025 at Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with Pastor Justin Hall, officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Friends may visit from noon until the service hour. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.

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Sarah Ball

June 27, 1951 - May 23, 2025