Love Co., OK. - Obit for Carl J. "Dude" Riley

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                   Obit for Carl J. "Dude" Riley

Services for Carl J. "Dude" Riley, 88, of Marietta, were held at 2 p.m.
Thursday, November 8, at Southwest Church of Christ in Marietta, with the Rev.
Tom Riley and David Hand officiating.

Mr. Riley was born January 17, 1913, in Marietta, the son of Will and Jesse
Rose Riley. He died Monday, November 5, 2001, in Mercy Health Love County,
Marietta.

Mr. Riley lived in Love County most of his life, except for four years in
Oklahoma City, when he was employed by Cassity Commission Company, and during
the time he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He and Joyce I. Ridley
were married May 3, 1940, in Oklahoma City, and she preceded him in death
August 13, 1998. A 1931 graduate of Marietta High School, Mr. Riley attended
college and played football at Cameron State University in Lawton and graduated
in 1933. In 1935 he graduated from Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, where he also
played football. Mr. Riley was a rancher, owned and operated a dairy and also
served as Love County tax assessor. He was a member of the Burch Brothers Post
of the American Legion, the Oklahoma Cattlemans Association and the Southwest
Church of Christ.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Lynn Riley of Marietta; a
daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Jimmy Jones of Decatur, Texas; seven
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mr. Riley was also preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Bill Riley; two
sisters, Rose Goins and Evelyn Williams; and a granddaughter, Heather Riley.

Pallbearers were T.J. Riley, John Kennedy, Will Riley, Vance McGill, Jim Goins
and Charles Williams. Honorary pallbearers were Tup Robertson, Charles Lain,
Claude Brannan and Raymond Coyle.

Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, under the direction of
Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta.

The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to Mercy Health
Love County, Marietta, c/o Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home.

Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, November 9, 2001.