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Descendants of William Ball

Generation No. 19


31. MARTHA JO (MARTHA)19 CROSS (GLADYS ESTELLE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) was born in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama. She married (1) JACKSON LEE (JACK) HERRON in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama, son of LUTHER HERRON and ERMA CULPEPPER. He was born in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. She married (2) TREVOR TEAGUE MORDECAI November 11, 1972 in Los Angeles, California, son of TREVOR MORDECAI and CHARLOTTE WALKER. He was born February 23, 1934 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Notes for M
ARTHA JO (MARTHA) CROSS:
Occupation: Executive Secretary 1955 - 1982.
Owns and manages CHEMAM, Inc., Richmond Hts., OH., an educational facility in life planning and self development, established in 1982.

Notes for J
ACKSON LEE (JACK) HERRON:
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer for Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Madison Co., AL.
from 1957 to 2001.

Marriage Notes for M
ARTHA CROSS and JACKSON HERRON:
Divorced in 1972.

Notes for T
REVOR TEAGUE MORDECAI:
Attended Auburn University in Auburn, AL for 1 quarter in Mechanical Engineering. Then received an appointment for Kingspoint U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kingspoint L. I., NY, as well as one from Anapolis, the U.S. Naval Academy. He accepted the appointment at Kingspoint , entered as a cadet and he graduated from there in 1957. He entered the Navy as Lt. (jg) Operations Officer on a Mine Sweeper, the USS Exploit, MSO 440.

Occupation: Mechanical Engineer and Inventor for Marshall Space Flight Agency, Huntsville, AL
From 1959 to 1969. Federal Electric as Systems Safety Analysis Manager for the Pentagon.

" I went to Auburn for a quarter, in the NROTC. Meanwhile, I was waiting for appointments to either Annapolis Naval Academy, or to Kings Point, Merchant Marine Academy. I received appointments to both, and chose Kings Point.

Kings Point had a program where the entire sophomore year was spent in training on many different ships, whereas Annapolis only spent a quarter/year on one ship. This way, I traveled around the world on many different ships. Naturally, we did not have summer breaks the other three
years to get the heavy curriculum completed.I was graduated in 1957 from Kings Point with a Mechanical Engineering degree, a commission of Ensign in the Navy, and an Engineers license for the Merchant Marine. This was in Long Island, NY.

I sailed on my license as an engineer on a passenger-cargo ship from New Orleans, LA to Europe. After one year, I was called into active duty in the Navy, stationed in Charleston, SC and Panama City, FL. I was assigned as the Operations Officer on an Ocean going MINE SWEEPER. That was a wonderful time for me also (1957-1959). We went on maneuvers off the coast of Florida until we were called to duty in the Mediterranean Sea, with the home port of Athens, Greece. Loved it. Never saw any action, since only the Lebanon crises was happening. I missed the Korean war (thankfully) with exemptions of being at the Academy; and, Viet Nam with exemptions for the moon landing program.

When I returned home after my tour of duty in the Navy in 1959, my Dad had a job possibility for me at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL. I checked it out and was hired as an engineer assigned to the Arsenal. The Army was developing the Redstone Rocket that was used for the early low altitude
space flights with the monkeys, and later the Mercury Redstone program for the Astronauts. Then, NASA took over the Arsenal and it became Marshall Space Flight Center, as you know. I loved this period of time, too. President Kennedy made his famous announcement of a man on the moon, AND BACK SAFELY, this decade. I worked in the Quality & Reliability Engineering Program, with many of the German scientists, testing the systems of the emerging Saturn Flight Vehicle that eventually sent the men to the moon, and back, SAFELY, in the Apollo program.

In the latter part of 1968, I started to venture into inner space, as did so many of us after the successful moon landing. This is where I met my teacher, a magnificent woman teaching the Path of the Masters. She had been working for NASA as Administrative Assistant to Werner Von Braun, and left that life to concentrate on the inner (self) work. We developed a group of people who had the same drive in those days. (Source: Trevor Teague Mordecai, 2001)

Von Braun had been brought to the USA following the Second World War to continue his work on Rockets for the US. After he retired to Washington State, he also followed his own inner space interests. He died soon after. (Source: Martha Mordecai, 2003)


     
Children of M
ARTHA CROSS and JACKSON HERRON are:
  i.   JACQUE PAGE (PAGE)20 HERRON, b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama; m. (1) KENNETH PATRICK (PAT) BARKER, Santa Maria Island, Florida (outside of Tampa); b. Anniston, AL; m. (2) STEPHEN (STEVE) BAIRD, Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama; b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
  Notes for JACQUE PAGE (PAGE) HERRON:
Occupation: Hospital MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technician.

  Notes for KENNETH PATRICK (PAT) BARKER:
Occupation: Salesman

  Notes for STEPHEN (STEVE) BAIRD:
Occupation: Works for the City of Huntsville, AL in Public Housing.

37. ii.   KELLEY BROOKE (BROOKE) HERRON, b. Athens, Limestone Co., Alabama.
  iii.   JR. JACKSON LEE (LEE) HERRON, b. Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama.
  Notes for JR. JACKSON LEE (LEE) HERRON:
Occupation: Owns and manages a business in Car Stereo Equipment which includes sales, installation and maintenance. "Quality Car Stereo", of Pensacola, FL.

38. iv.   DANA ANNE (DANA) HERRON, b. Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama.


32. GEORGE EDWARD (BUTCH)19 CROSS (GLADYS ESTELLE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) was born in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. He married PATRICIA ANN (PAT) FORTENBERRY in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL, daughter of FLOYD FORTENBERRY and BERTHA POWELL. She was born in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Ala..
     
Children of G
EORGE CROSS and PATRICIA FORTENBERRY are:
39. i.   KAREN LYNNETTE (KAREN)20 CROSS, b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
40. ii.   KARY WAYNE (KARY) CROSS, b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Ala..
41. iii.   ANTHONY LEE (TONY) CROSS, b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
42. iv.   SHELBY LYNN (SHELBY) CROSS, b. Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.


33. PATRICIA ANN19 BEALL (MARY ALICE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) She married (1) JOHN CHARLES WAKELAND 1958 in Pueblo, Co.. She married (2) MARION REGIS GORDON 1960 in Pueblo, Colorado. He was born June 29, 1932, and died October 10, 1997 in Pueblo, Colorado.

Notes for P
ATRICIA ANN BEALL:
Patricia Ann's second husband Marion Regis Gordon legally adopted her children by John Charles Wakeland. Their names became: John Charles Gordon, Michelle Joan Gordon, and Karen Sue Gordon.


     
Children of P
ATRICIA BEALL and MARION GORDON are:
  i.   JOHN CHARLES20 GORDON, m. (1) COLLEEN PETIT; m. (2) KARLA LAZZARINNI.
  Notes for JOHN CHARLES GORDON:
Adopted by Marion Regis Gordon. Child of Patricia Ann Beall and John Charles Wakeland. In direct Shelby line.

43. ii.   MICHELLE JOAN GORDON.
44. iii.   KAREN SUE GORDON.


34. DAMIAN LEO19 ROTOLO (MARY ALICE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) He married PATRICIA EILEEN SIMMONS.
     
Children of D
AMIAN ROTOLO and PATRICIA SIMMONS are:
45. i.   SHARI DAWN20 ROTOLO.
  ii.   GINA NICOLE ROTOLO.


35. MARY ANN19 ROTOLO (MARY ALICE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) She married CARL PEMBROKE ROGERS.
     
Children of M
ARY ROTOLO and CARL ROGERS are:
46. i.   LISA CRYSTAL20 ROGERS.
  ii.   AMBER JOY ROGERS.


36. JR. VINCENT CHARLES19 ROTOLO (MARY ALICE18 LOVE, LEO SHELBY17, ALICE PARALEE16 SHELBY, ELIZABETH MALONE15 COBB, ELIZABETH (BETSY)14 CAMPBELL, MARTHA PATSY13 GLASCOCK, JOHN MILTON12, GEORGE11, ESTHER10 BALL, RICHARD9, WILLIAM8, WILLIAM7, WILLIAM6, JOHN PARIS5, JOHN PARIS4, WILLIAM3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) He married MARYETTA BUTKOVICH.
     
Children of V
INCENT ROTOLO and MARYETTA BUTKOVICH are:
47. i.   LAYLA20 ROTOLO.
  ii.   III VINCENT CHARLES ROTOLO.
  iii.   TRACY ROTOLO.


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