Tech Sgt, Earl M. Ball, USAF (Ret.) On Thursday, October 7, 2010 of Mitchellville, MD. He was retired from Chief Naval Operations. Beloved husband of Pamela M. Ball; loving father of Megan Gaither and her husband Charles, Kevin Ball, Keith Ball, Corey Ball and Andrea Gaines; father-in-law of Raymond Gaines; brother of the late Ralph Ball; grandfather of Damon, Tonda and the late Charles Gaither, III. Family will receive friends at the family-owned BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rte. 3 South), Bowie, MD on Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 11:00am until service time, 12:00pm. Interment, Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 3:00pm. Please arrive at the Administration Building at 2:30pm. If desired, contributions may be made to American Lung Association, National Headquarters, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004 or to American Cancer Society, 1041 Rt #3 N, Bldg A, Gambrills, MD 21054.