Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetShirley W. Palmer-Ball
American politician and businessman
Date of Birth: 10-May-1930
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 17-Aug-2012
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Shirley W. Palmer-Ball
- Shirley Webster Palmer-Ball (May 10, 1930 – August 17, 2012) was a politically active Kentucky Republican who was his party's nominee for lieutenant governor in 1975.He was born to Lawrence Bernard Palmer-Ball (1886–1961) and the former Virginia Allemong Vogt (1895–1990) and attended Centre College, later serving in the United States Army in Germany from 1951 to 1953.
- He served in the administration of Kentucky Governor Louie B.
- Nunn from 1967 to 1971, serving Commissioner of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and later as Commissioner of the Department of Parks.Palmer-Ball was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1975, running on the same ticket as Bob Gable of McCreary County.
- Palmer-Ball defeated Bob Bersky in the Republican primary, winning 30,317 votes (59.5%) to Bersky's 20,608 (40.5%).
- He lost the election to Democrat Thelma Stovall, while Gable lost the governor's race to Democrat Julian Carroll.
- Stovall was the first woman to win either of the state's highest two offices and the first woman nominated for lieutenant governor or governor of Kentucky by either major party.
- Palmer-Ball won 357,744 votes (45.4%) to 430,011 (54.6%) for Stovall, while Gable won 277,998 votes (37.2%) to Carroll's 470,159 (62.8%), running some 90,000 votes ahead of ticket-mate Gable.In 1995, he again sought the office of Lieutenant Governor, running again as Gable's running mate in the primary.
- They finished second, with 17,054 votes, to Larry Forgy and his running-mate, Tom Handy, who won the primary with 97,099 votes.
- In 2003, Palmer-Ball served on the transition team for the new incoming Republican governor Ernie Fletcher.The Palmer-Ball family owns and manages the Palmer Products Corporation, a manufacturing business located in Louisville, Kentucky.
- He served as president of the Palmer Products Corporation, Lemon and Son Jewelers and Kentucky Bubbling Springs.Shirley W.
- Palmer-Ball died on August 17, 2012, aged 82, of undisclosed causes.
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