Obit of Riley, James Franklin - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 13 Mar 2005 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Duncan Banner 12 Dec 2002 Riley, James Franklin LAWTON — James Franklin Riley, 53, of Lawton died Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, in Lawton. Service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Cameron Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Jones and the Rev. Mike Teel officiating. Burial will be in Denton Cemetery, east of Lawton, under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Lawton. The family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mr. Riley was born Aug. 11, 1949, in Marlow, to Pete and Evelyn Riley. He married Linda Mancino on Aug. 14, 1970, east of Lawton. Mr. Riley was a 1967 graduate of Marlow High School. He received his bachelor of arts in mathematics from Cameron University in 1973 and his master’s in education in counseling from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 1982. He taught at Tomlinson Junior High from 1973 to 1991, and at Eisenhower Junior High from 1991 to 2001. He coached girls junior high and high school basketball, girls junior high softball, boys and girls high school track, and girls junior high track. Mr. Riley was a member of Cameron Baptist Church where he taught first grade Sunday School. Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters and sons-in-law, Janice and Steve Weger of Dallas, Texas, and Karin and Paul Gerberding of Kansas City, Mo.; his father, Pete Riley of Lawton; three brothers and a sister-in-law, Dewayne and Debbie Riley of Lindsay, Bobby Riley of Stephenville, Texas, and Kenny Riley of Duncan; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Albert and Elnora Mancino of Lawton; three sisters-in-law, Laretta Woods and her husband, David, of Sterling, Peggy Campbell and Anita Baldwin, both of Lawton; and 14 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother; a brother, Eddie Dean Riley; and a sister, Shirley Riley. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm