Obit of William Tommy, "W.T." "Dub" Riley Jr. (r400) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Wanda Purcell   <wpurc25758@aol.com>  24 Jan 2003
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Surnames: Riley, Mills, Comer, Sibley, Thomas, Saiz, Briggs, Malson, 
Summers, O'Hair 

Originally Posted at: 
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5314

Message Board Post:

William Tommy, "W.T." "Dub" Riley Jr., 69 of Amarillo, Texas, died on 
Friday December 6, 2002.

Memorial services and rosary were held at the Memorial Park Funeral 
Home Chapel with Deacon Terry Pevehouse of St. Thomas and the Apostle 
Catholic Church, officiating.  Graveside services were held at the 
Dumas Cemetery, Dumas, Texas.

Mr. Riley was born in Durham, Oklahoma on November 17, 1933.  He moved 
to Dumas in 1940 and graduated from Dumas High School in 1952.  He 
moved to Amarillo in1956 working for the united States Postal Service 
as a letter-carrier, supervisor and station manager before moving to 
Borger as Postmaster in 1976, remaining there until his retirement in 
1988, having a total of 34 years of service.

He was a past member of the Lions Club, Kiwanis, Toastmasters and 
various civic organizations.  He wasa retired member of NAPUS and a 
member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees of 
America.  He was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Chcurch.

He married Nina Mills of Dumas in 1954, and she preceded him in death 
in January, 1988.  W.T. was loved by many and all whose paths he 
crossed.  He will be truly missed by family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Zenobia Riley in 1986.

Survivors include his wife, Joan, a son, Jerry Riley and wife, Kristy, 
of Arvada, Colorado, a daughter, Terri Comer and husband, Dr. Ken 
Comer of Amarillo, Texas, a stepdaughter, Leslie Sibley of 
Amarillo,Texas; his dad, "Tom" Riley of Amarillo; four grandsons, 
Michael Riley of Arvada, Shea and Ryan Comer of Dallas and Landon 
Comer of Lubbock, Texas; and a granddaughter, Stefanie Riley of 
Arvada.

Those attending the funeral from this area were his aunts, Lois Thomas 
and Gerri Saiz and his uncle Loel Briggs.  Cousins attendin were Leon 
and Janet Malson, Loree Summers and Darla O'Hair.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 9-Jan-2003
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