December 16, 2023

Brenda Riley

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Brenda LaVaughn Cook Riley, 72, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in Sikeston. She was born July 1, 1951, in Benton, Missouri, daughter of the late Cleve and Thelma Vaughn Cook. Brenda grew up in Oran, Missouri. She was a member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and had worked as a bookkeeper for Heartland Office Supply before retiring...

Brenda Riley

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Brenda LaVaughn Cook Riley, 72, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in Sikeston.

She was born July 1, 1951, in Benton, Missouri, daughter of the late Cleve and Thelma Vaughn Cook.

Brenda grew up in Oran, Missouri. She was a member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and had worked as a bookkeeper for Heartland Office Supply before retiring.

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On Aug. 14, 1993, in Sikeston, she married Gary Riley. He survives of the home in Sikeston.

Other survivors include her three children, Kristi Merideth, Patrick Riley and Taryn Glathar; brother, Vincent Cook; sister, Shelia Lee; and five grandchildren, Tyler, Macey, Coen, Mac and Jacob.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of funeral at noon Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. Burial will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Pallbearers will be Matt Garner, Ryan Glathar, Robert Cook, Barry Cook, Zach Brimer and Mike Todt.

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