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''For the [[Louisiana]] judge, see [[John Richard Ballard]].''
''For the [[Louisiana]] judge, see [[John Richard Ballard]].''
'''John Henry Ballard''' (June 21, 1931 – March 31, 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/john-ballard-obituary?id=51577536|title=John Ballard obituary|publisher=Legacy Remembers|accessdate=January 27, 2025}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] retired [[clergy]]man with sixty years in the ministry, thirty-eight with the First Baptist Church of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], at which he taught the Downtown Bible class. During his ministry in Lubbock, Ballard was an associate pastor under the long-term former pastor, David Lawrence "D. L." Lowrie (born May 18, 1935) .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-lowrie/e491223732348|title=David Lowrie|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref> Ballard conducted literally thousands of funerals during his career and made many visits to [[hospital]]s and nursing homes. He retired to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] with his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Herring (born June 19, 1929).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mary-ballard/e33316590012|title=Mary Ballard|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
'''John Henry Ballard''' (June 21, 1931 – March 31, 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/john-ballard-obituary?id=51577536|title=John Ballard obituary|publisher=Legacy Remembers|date=April 9, 2023|accessdate=January 27, 2025}}</ref> was a [[Southern Baptist]] retired [[clergy]]man with sixty years in the ministry, thirty-eight with the First Baptist Church of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], at which he taught the Downtown Bible class. During his ministry in Lubbock, Ballard was an associate pastor under the long-term former pastor, David Lawrence "D. L." Lowrie (born May 18, 1935) .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-lowrie/e491223732348|title=David Lowrie|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref> Ballard conducted literally thousands of funerals during his career and made many visits to [[hospital]]s and nursing homes. He retired to [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] with his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Herring (born June 19, 1929).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mary-ballard/e33316590012|title=Mary Ballard|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
Ballard was one of ten children reared in a poor neighborhood of East St. Louis, [[Illinois]], an urban extension across the [[Mississippi River]] from [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. His father was also a minister who said that [[God]] could not trust him with money; so He gave children instead.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180711/moving-ministry-ballards-leaving-lubbock-after-decades-sharing-gospel|title=A moving ministry: Ballards leaving Lubbock after decades sharing gospel|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|author=Ray Westbrook|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
Ballard was one of ten children reared in a poor neighborhood of East St. Louis, [[Illinois]], an urban extension across the [[Mississippi River]] from [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. His father was also a minister who said that [[God]] could not trust him with money; so He gave children instead.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20180711/moving-ministry-ballards-leaving-lubbock-after-decades-sharing-gospel|title=A moving ministry: Ballards leaving Lubbock after decades sharing gospel|publisher=''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|author=Ray Westbrook|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}</ref>