Obituary: Liberty Ball

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Liberty Ball, 91, of Harrisburg, but longtime former resident of New Haven, died peacefully on Monday, June 27, 2011, in the Saline Care Center in Harrisburg.

Liberty was born on Dec. 14, 1919, in Mount Vernon to the late Joseph and Sarah (Redmond) Thomas. Liberty was married to Guy Wilson, with whom her children were born. He preceded her in death. She was then married to Jeff Price and Ed Ball; both preceded her in death.

Liberty was a person full of life with a real spirited soul and uncanny sense of humor. She was well known for her cooking, operating a restaurant in New Haven years ago. She was always a very neat person, with her house and clothes always immaculate. She attended school in New Haven and was a member of the Green Tabernacle Church when there. In later years she attended the Church of God in Harrisburg. Liberty was a wonderful mother, wife, grandmother, sister and friend.

Liberty is survived by her son, Guy (Nancy) Wilson of Eldorado; along with five grandchildren, Bryan (Jill) Wilson of Mt. Vernon, Ind., Eric (Tami) Wilson of Mooresville, Ind., Julie Girot of Albers and Jill Girot and Joe (Bebe) Girot, all of Galatia; and five great-grandchildren. Liberty was preceded in death by two daughters, Marcella Donahue and Beverly Wilson, along with one son, Joseph Wilson. She was also preceded by four brothers, Jess Thomas, Thurman Thomas, Finis McGhee and William Jennings Thomas; and two sisters, Mary Clifford and Thursa Wood.

Visitation for Liberty will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011, followed by her funeral services, starting at 1 p.m. at the Cox and Son Funeral Home in Ridgway. The Rev. Jonathan Peters will officiate and interment will follow in Plainview Cemetery near New Haven.

You may leave a note of comfort to the family at www.coxandson.com.