Background
Ball, Mary Jane was born on July 21, 1926 in Atlanta. Daughter of William Ewart Gillespie and Georgianna Olivette (McClure) Wilson.
Ball, Mary Jane was born on July 21, 1926 in Atlanta. Daughter of William Ewart Gillespie and Georgianna Olivette (McClure) Wilson.
Diploma, Evanston Hospital, 1948. Diploma, Charleston General Hospital, 1970.
Staff nurse, assistant head nurse hospital and infirmary, Evanston (Illinois) Hospital, 1948-1949; director, Presbyterian Hospital, Evanston, 1949-1952; staff nurse, Tipton (Indiana) County Hospital, 1952-1953; staff nurse, Thomas Memorial Hospital, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1971-1972; hemodialysis kidney nurse, Charleston (West Virginia) Memorial Hospital, 1973-1976; coordinator health service, West Virginia University, Parkersburg, since 1977. Part time instructor West Virginia, Parkersburg, 1978-1980, representative state health education consortium, Charleston, 1985-1988, representative college drug and alcohol consortium, Charleston, 1988-1991.
President West Virginia United Methodist Ministries Wives, 1975-1976. Mem Parkesburg Choral Society, 1976-1980. With United States Army, 1945-1948.
Married Kenneth Blaine Ball, September 16, 1950. Children: Jane Lynne Ball-Slack, Kenneth Blaine II, Thomas Andrew.