John Bascom Ponder Jr. Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved John Bascom Ponder Jr. (Birmingham, Alabama), born in Somerset, Kentucky, who passed away at the age of 85, on November 18, 2018. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He was predeceased by: his parents, John, Sr. and Sarah Jane Ponder; his wife Mary Joyce Harris Ponder; and his son John Mark Ponder. He is survived by: his siblings, Beverly Ponder Rives (Bob) and Charles M. Ponder; his son Stephen Allen Ponder (Tracey); his granddaughters, Sarah Elizabeth Ponder (Camille Brooome) and Mary Caroline Ponder Duncan (Miles); his daughter Elizabeth Ann Ponder; his granddaughter Andrea Clair Colbert Ziglar (Anthony); his great grandchildren, Camden Noble and Grant Andrew Ziglar; his grandson Jameson "Jamie" Allen Colbert (Kate); his great grandchildren, Sarah Grace, Vivian Jane and Laura Batson Colbert; his grandson Sandar Harris Johnson; his daughter Melinda Joyce Ponder Goode (Dale); and his grandsons, John Murphy, Mark Patrick, Stephen Augustus "Gus" and Samuel "Sam" Ponder Goode. He is also survived by two siblings; three children; two son-/daughter in-laws; nine grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials are made to SHPC at 2035 Highland Avenue S., Birmingham, AL 35205 or to a.
