February 6, 1996

JEANNINE RILEY

SIKESTON -- Evelyn Jeannine Riley, 60, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Jan. 28, 1936, in Tanner, daughter of Bill and Eva Gray Cole. She and Ernest Roy Riley were married Oct. 20, 1956. Riley was a licensed practical nurse at Bertrand Retirement Home. She was a member of Miner Baptist Church and Sikeston Duplicate Bridge Club...

SIKESTON -- Evelyn Jeannine Riley, 60, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Jan. 28, 1936, in Tanner, daughter of Bill and Eva Gray Cole. She and Ernest Roy Riley were married Oct. 20, 1956.

Riley was a licensed practical nurse at Bertrand Retirement Home. She was a member of Miner Baptist Church and Sikeston Duplicate Bridge Club.

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Survivors include her husband; six sons, Ernest Jr., William, Tommy, Jerry and David Riley, all of Sikeston, Tim Riley of Montgomery, Ala.; three brothers, Jimmy Cole of Dallas, Texas, Bill and Howard Cole of Sikeston, and 12 grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and a foster brother.

Friends may call at Ponder Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dale Merrit officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

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