Barbara Buckner^{[1, 2]}

1955 -  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Barbara Buckner
  Born	Jan 1955
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I188363	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Albert Buckner,   d. Bef 9 Jul 2006
  Mother	Shirley Jean Masoner,   b. 15 Feb 1937,   d. 23 Oct 2008  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F75061	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ronnie L. Ball,   b. 27 Aug 1946  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1980
  Children	1. Michelle Ball,   b. Abt 1986  (Age ~ 38 years)   2. Malinda Ball,   b. Abt 1991  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F71341	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  2006 NPT PHOTO BY DAVID POPIEL One of the several jobs that Barbara Ball does is to restock cards and merchandise. She handles the Premier Cards at the White Pine Food City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 9 Dec 2005. Horace Ball obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 9 Jul 2006. You recall some weeks ago I bumped into Barbara Ball on the job restocking greeting cards at the White Pine Food City. About a week ago I finally ran into her again at our favorite morning coffee stop-The Valero station. She was munching on a biscuit so we talked about her work. I've known her entrepreneur husband, Ronnie Ball, for years and didn't know much about her. She is the daughter of the late Parrottsville Constable Albert Buckner and her mother is the former Jean Masoner Buckner, of Trentham Hollow. Perhaps you know her brothers, James, who is a supervisor at Mayfield's of Morristown; and Ronald Buckner, who works at Lowe's. Ronnie and Barbara, who have been married for 26 years, have two athletic daughters-they take after Ronnie and brother, Wayne, who were quite the athletes in their day. Michelle, 20, attends Tennessee Wesleyan and plays third base on the college's softball team. Likewise, Malinda, 17, plays softball at Cocke County High School where she is a senior. You will find her on the field at shortstop. The Buckners may not be athletes but boy can they work. Barbara was working three jobs until just recently. In the past years, she sold real estate and ran the family's restaurant at Stone Mountain. She loves working for Premier Card Company traveling in Morristown, Newport, and Talbot as a merchandiser. She also works for Mayfield doing "pull up" work, which is pulling outdated dairy products in Rogersville and Greeneville. She said that one of the popular lines with Premier that she handles is called Jellybelly. James Buckner's wife, Lisha, also works for Premier. Barbara told me that the family is excited because for the first time in about 14 years there will be a newborn in the Buckner family. Ronald's wife, Marta, is expecting a boy in October. Just Plain Talk