Melissa Dawn Stapleton Ball Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Melissa Dawn Stapleton Ball of Conover, North Carolina, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Melissa left this world on November 24, 2025 at the age of 53, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Melissa Dawn Stapleton Ball to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Billy Gene Stapleton and Arminta Bailey Stapleton; her grandparents, Robert, Ferna Stapleton, McKenley and Antha Bailey; her brother Richard Stapleton; her parents-in-law, Bobby and Pauline Ball; her siblings-in-law, SallyJo Ball, Lynn Ball Thomas and Robert Ball; her stepdaughter Tabitha Ball; her great-niece Caitlin Williams; her aunt Belinda Stapleton Saunders; her uncles, Earl Robert Stapleton Jr. and Ronnie (Brenda Fuller); and her cousin Steven Bias.
She is survived by: her husband Harold Ray Ball of Conover, NC; her children, Anthony Billy Ray Stapleton (Emily Arnold) of Lincolnton, NC and Ashley Nicole Ball Lowman (William Lowman) of Gastonia, NC; her grandson William Liam Harold Lowman Jr.; her brothers, David McKenley Bailey of Newton, NC and Christopher Allen Stapleton (Donna) of Newton, NC; her brother-in-law Alfred Ball (Shirley) of Noblesville, IN; her aunt Ruth Stapleton (Michael Bias); her uncle Johnny Lee (Betty Lusk Bailey); her niece April R. Landel of Anderson, IN; and her nephews, William Ball of Welch, WV, Zachary Ball of Wapekentka, OH, Aaron (Merissa Ball), Bobby (Jessica Thomas), Ethan (Patricia Stapleton), Josh Thomas of Oceana, WV, Christopher Stapleton of Longbranch, WV and Richard Stapleton Jr. of Longbranch, WV.
Live streaming for this service is available at oneroom.com/Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123; or to the North Carolina Firefighters Burned Children Fund of Catawba County, 2850 Fire House Ln., Claremont, NC 28610.
