Mack Ball, Sr. was dedicated to improving his home community of Eudora, Arkansas. He served the community as Mayor for 12 years and was the presiding Chicot County Judge. Mack Ball, Sr. was also a committed member of the Eudora Chamber of Commerce. He took a particular interest in improving public education opportunities in Eudora and served on Eudora Public School Board. In addition he was a past national board member of the Beefmaster Breeders Universal.

   Mack Ball, Sr. was a man devoted to his faith and was a member of the Eudora Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and as a Sunday school teacher.

   My deepest condolences go to his wife, Leila Ball; his son Mack Ball, Jr.; his daughter Sally Tisdale and husband Stephen; his daughter Kathryn Phillips and her husband Doug; his brother Fred Felts, Jr.; his five grandchildren Mary Kathryn Gilfoil, Allan Phillips, David Phillips, Meg Phillips, and Elizabeth Cooper; and his two great grandchildren. Mack Ball, Sr. will be greatly missed in Chicot County and throughout the state of Arkansas.