local man reported missing

On April 29 at 11:57 a.m. it was reported that Larry Bob Ballard, Jr., 56 yrs old, white male, 5’8”, 200 lbs. was reported missing. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a t-shirt, and long sleeve blue denim shirt.

He was last seen at 11:00 p.m. Thursday on CR 2116 at CR 2118 where his truck had been stuck. He was last seen on foot walking towards the area north of Douglassville around Hwy 8 and CR 2122.

At the time of the release, he was listed as a diabetic and had not reported to his residence for three days.

In an interview with the Journal-Sun, the sheriffs department said they had no new news to report. That there had been several volunteers looking, some on horseback and with search and rescue dogs with no success.

It was reported that his last known contact was at midnight. He had someone helping him with his vehicle but with little success. At that time it was reported to his wife that he would stay with the truck. The phone was later located in the vehicle by the Sheriff’s Department.

Please call 903-756-7511 with any information.