AURORA--Frances Juanita Smith Ball, 99, of Aurora, formerly of Louisburg, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Services will be private.

She was born in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Clyde and Jennie Covert Smith. In addition to her parents, Frances was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Ball; her daughter, Carolyn Gray, and siblings, Edgar Smith and Betty Jane Hamilton.

Surviving: her sons, William F. Ball (Pam) and Clyde Herbert Ball; her daughters, Jennifer Campbell (Larry), Donna Belle Smith (Coley), and Matha Jane McKinney; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Shelby Powell.

Arrangements are being handled by Lancaster Funeral and Cremation Services, 804 N. Bickett Blvd., Louisburg, NC 27549. Online condolences may be made to www.lancasterfcs.com.