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Submitted: 5/14/21 • Approved: 5/19/21 • Last Updated: 5/22/21 • R418589-G418588-S3
John Vanoye "J V"
Jan 25, 1928 - July 28, 2015
Ellen Louise
May 28, 1928 - Dec 28, 2007
Married May 18, 1946
*Obituary
Services for Ellen Louise Riley, 79, of Brownfield were held Monday, Dec. 31, at Abundant Harvest Community Church with Rev. Lynn Dill officiating. Burial was in Terry County Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Riley died Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, in Lubbock. She was born May 28, 1928, in Sylvester to Delbert and Edith Davis. She attended school in McCaulley and Brownfield. She moved to Brownfield in 1942. She married J. V. Riley, May 18, 1946, in Lubbock.
She was a member of the Meadow Baptist Church.
Mrs. Riley is preceded in death by her parents and a brother--George Davis. She is survived by her husband--J.V. Riley of Brownfield; one daughter--Yvette Adams and her husband--Johnny of Brownfield. She is also survived by two grandchildren--Zane and Desirea Harris; three sisters--Margaret Davis, Wilma Kendrick and Merrel Foster and one brother--Gerrel Davis.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and Abundant Harvest Church.
Brownfield News
*Obituary
John Vanoye “J.V.” Riley, 87, of Brownfield was born in Morton to Ellis Vaughan and Mattie Imo Riley on January 25, 1928. He graduated from Brownfield High School in 1946. J.V. married Ellen Louise Davis on May 18, 1946 in Lubbock. He began farming in 1947. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1956. He was a member of Brownfield First Baptist Church, Odd Fellow Lodge, as well as a board member of Terry County COOP Gin, Lonestar State Bank and Terry County Memorial Hospital. He is preceded in death by his wife, Ellen Louise Riley; parents, Ellis Vaughan and Mattie Imo Riley; sister, Leota Hinson and two brothers, Vaughn Riley and Velton Riley.
J.V. is survived by his daughter Yvette Adams and husband Johnny of Brownfield; two grandchildren, Zane Harris of Savannah, GA and Desirea Harris of Lubbock; sister, Freddie Tatum; in-laws, Margaret Davis of Sylvester, Wilma Kindrick and Gerrel Davis of Houston; and several nieces and nephews.
Published by Brownfield Funeral Home on July 28, 2015
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