Tazewell County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Harold B. Riley

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Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, January 11, 2003

Harold B. Riley
    BATESBURG, S. C. -- Mr. Harold Bruce Riley, 69, formerly of Richlands,
passed away Jan. 9, 2003, in a Lexington, S.C., medical center following a
brief illness. 
    He was born in Spencer, W.Va., and was the son of the late Howard Early and
Goldie Faye Riley.
    He had made his home in the Richlands area most of his life and was the former
owner and operator of Riley's Grocery in Richlands for 27 years. He attended
the Chapel of Love and the Wilderness Church and was a member of the Hulon
Baptist Church inBatesburg and was a U.S. Army Korean War veteran.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, William
Darrell Riley.
    Survivors are wife, Juanita Wess Riley; daughter, Anita Kelly Truan of
Richlands; two sons, Darrell Bruce Riley of New Jersey and Harold Scott Riley
of Richlands; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Mae Tapar of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs.
Virginia Paxton, Gandeeville, W.Va., Mrs. Mary Whited of Parkersburg, W.Va.,
and Mrs. Judy Harper of Savannah, Ga.; three brothers, Mr. Wayne Riley of
Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Frank Riley of Spencer, W.Va., and Mr. James Riley of
Spencer; and two grandchildren, Todd Riley and Amber Riley, also survive. 
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003, at 2 p.m. at the
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel in Richlands with the Rev. Roger Lester and the
Rev. Aldie Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Greenhills Memory
Gardens Cemetery in Claypool Hill, Va. Relatives and friends will serve as
pallbearers. Members of the Casey-Shortt VFW Post 9640 and Tazewell County
Chapter 31 DAV will conduct military graveside rites. Friends may call after 6
p.m. Sunday evening at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands. Hurst-Scott
Funeral Home in Richlands is in charge of arrangements and those wishing to
express sympathy online may do so at www.hurstscottfuneralhomes.com.