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'''Braden Lee Ball''' ([[1911]]-[[2006]]) was publisher of the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' from [[1942]] until [[1976]]. | '''Braden Lee Ball''' ([[1911]]-[[2006]]) was publisher of the ''[[Pensacola News Journal]]'' from [[1942]] until [[1976]]. | ||
| − | Born [[October 1]], [[1911]] in Newport News, VA, Ball moved to Pensacola as a boy. He filed his first news story at age ten, about a ship wreck, and | + | Born [[October 1]], [[1911]] in Newport News, VA, Ball moved to Pensacola as a boy. He filed his first news story at age ten, about a ship wreck, and joined the ''News-Journal'' (then operated by [[John H. Perry]] as both the ''[[Pensacola Daily News]]'' and the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'') as an advertising salesman. |
| − | + | In [[1940]] he married [[Theda Ball|Theda Sims]], with whom he had three children: [[Suzanne Parkhurst|Suzanne]], [[Kirk Ball|Kirk]] and [[Roger Ball|Roger]]. | |
| − | He became business manager and eventually manager of the ''[[Panama City News-Herald]]'', and in [[1942]] became publisher of the ''News-Journal''. During this time he | + | He became business manager and eventually manager of the ''[[Panama City News-Herald]]'', and in [[1942]] became publisher of the ''News-Journal''. During this time he began what is now the ''[[Northwest Florida Daily News]]'' in [[Fort Walton Beach]]. He was also president and board chairman of the [[Florida National Bank]] in Pensacola and director of both the [[St. Joe Paper Company]] and the [[Edward Ball Wildlife Foundation]]. |
Ball was interested in the promotion and growth of Florida and the Pensacola area. His efforts helped bring the first four-lane highway to the Panhandle, and he helped select the site for the [[University of West Florida]]. | Ball was interested in the promotion and growth of Florida and the Pensacola area. His efforts helped bring the first four-lane highway to the Panhandle, and he helped select the site for the [[University of West Florida]]. | ||
