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DATE: Friday, January 20, 1995               TAG: 9501200466
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
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JOHN P. BALLARD

John Parker Ballard, 73, of Rt. 2, died Jan. 19, 1995. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Hunter's Funeral Home, Ahoskie.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB