Funeral services for Ricardo Ball, 36, of Woodbridge, Virginia formerly of Montezuma, GA will be conducted Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Zion Grove Baptist Church, Montezuma, Georgia with Reverend Coley Clark officiating. Interment will follow in New Hope Cemetery.
Ricardo Ball, was born June 8, 1979 to Brenda Ball Coates and the late Willie James Smith in Perry, Georgia. Ricardo grew up in Macon County and was educated in the Macon County Public School System. He lived in Woodbridge, Virginia for the past ten years where he was employed at Wegmans Food Service.
Left to cherish his memory are his parents: Brenda Ball Coates and Larry Coates of Montezuma, Georgia; his son, Zhikerr Tarquin Howard; sisters and brothers: Persephanie Ball of Stockbridge, Georgia, Markita Glynn of Perry, Georgia and Kareem Glenn of Montezuma,Georgia; step-sisters and step-brothers: Stacy Coates of Montezuma, Georgia, Michael Coates of Americus, Georgia and Reggie Harris of Oglethorpe, Georgia; grandfather, James Rackley of Jacksonville, Florida; aunts and uncles: Katherine Ball of Perry, Georgia, Diane Ball of Unadilla, Georgia, Hattie Eley of Seattle, Washington, Annie (Willie James) Allen, Mary Hammock, Patricia Smith and Sammy Smith all of Montezuma, Georgia, Cheryl Rackley and Sheila Rackley of Macon, Georgia, James Rackley II of Fort Valley, Georgia and Malcolm (Veronica) Shelly of Oglethorpe, Georgia; a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends including his friends and coworkers at Wegmans.