Roger Clay Ball

Abingdon, Virginia

Roger “Clay” Ball age 29, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2024 At Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va.Clay was a loving husband, father, son and sibling.

A 2013 graduate of Sullivan East High School, Clay kept the beat of the Sullivan East High School Band as percussionist and cymbals in the marching band. He was a former employee of Walmart in Bristol, Tenn., a driver for IMPACT and Amazon Warehouse. When he wasn’t working or spending time with the family he loved, Clay enjoyed video games of all kinds - from racing to Call of Duty to Madden NFL and anything with zombies; card games like Rook and Phase 10 were also favorites. Always the jokester and wanting to put a smile on everyone’s face, Clay was a natural for his own You Tube channel and Tik Tok videos as “The Rocking Joker.” There will never be another Clay – and he is dearly missed. 

He was preceded in death by infant twins, Harley Quinn Ball and Damian Michael Ball; maternal grandparents, David “Joe” Hall and Susan Rosebery Hall; mother-in-law, Brenda Lee Wattz; special friends, Mark Weddle, Mark Lambert and Fred Winkler.

Clay is survived by his wife, Angel Nicole Starr Ball; sons, Dylan James Clay Lovelace and Kyle David McCarthy; daughter, Rozalee Ann Lovelace all of Abingdon, Va.; daughter of the heart, Lacey Marie Lovelace of Gate City, Va.; father, Roger Lee Ball of Bristol, Tenn.; mother, Kimberly Ball of Abingdon, Va.; sister, Alexysee “Lexi” Ball of Bristol, Tenn.; brother, Fredrick “Ricky” Beck of Chilhowie, Va.; uncles, David Hall (Becky) and Roy Ball (Victoria); aunts, Michelle Jones (Chief) and Connie Robinson; sister-in-law, Dominica Marie McCarthy of Milton, Penn.; special friends, Max Noonkester of Bristol, Tenn., Thomas Miller and wife, Anna of Bluff City, Tenn., Randy Plummer of Elizabethton, Tenn. and Haley Thacker of Kingsport, Tenn.; god-mothers, Melissa “Missy” Clay and Teresa Lambert; four-legged babies, Rebel Lee, Elvira Mae, Oscar Myer and White Fang.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

To share memories of Roger Clay Ball, please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Clay has been entrusted to Fraziers’ Seaver-Brown Funeral Service & Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion VA 24354.