October 28, 1996

RILEY W. CARDIN

Riley W. Cardin, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Vanduser, son of Alphas Henry and Mayme Cardin. He married Edna Moore on May 14, 1951, in Pocahontas, Ark. Cardin was a pipefitter with the Local 562 and taught welding at Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School for six years. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a member of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

Riley W. Cardin, 62, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Dec. 17, 1933, in Vanduser, son of Alphas Henry and Mayme Cardin. He married Edna Moore on May 14, 1951, in Pocahontas, Ark.

Cardin was a pipefitter with the Local 562 and taught welding at Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School for six years. He was a veteran of the Korean War and a member of the First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau.

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Survivors include his wife; a son, Steve Cardin of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Barbara K. Smith of Jackson and Andrea F. Cardin of Cape Girardeau; a brother, A.B. Cardin of Cape Girardeau; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Ford & Sons Sprigg Street Chapel.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel, with the Rev. Hal Greene officiating. Burial will follow in New Morley City Cemetery.

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