Joan Dekle Riles, 86 of Lake Blackshear, died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Wynfield Park. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA. The family will receive friends at the residence of Wayne and Melanie Riles at 1654 Lovers Lane Rd. Rev. John Smith will officiate.
Born in Cordele, GA, February 20, 1931, Joan was a 1948 graduate of Cordele High School and a 1952 graduate of Valdosta State College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr., and was a dedicated 2nd grade school teacher for 32 years.
Survivors include three sons, Britt Riles and his wife, Debbie of Oakfield, GA, Wayne Riles and his wife, Melanie and Burt Riles and his wife, Amy, all of Albany, 2 sisters, Emily Whittle Wakefield and her husband, Matthew of Cordele, GA and Jane Cunningham of Warner Robins, GA, a sister in law, Vicki McGarity Riles of Albany, 8 grandchildren,and 5 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Riles was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. S. M. and Minnie Reid Dekle, her husband, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr. and a son George Griffith Riles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or to the Warwick United Methodist Church, 199 Magnolia St., SE, Warwick, GA 31796.
Born in Cordele, GA, February 20, 1931, Joan was a 1948 graduate of Cordele High School and a 1952 graduate of Valdosta State College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr., and was a dedicated 2nd grade school teacher for 32 years.
Survivors include three sons, Britt Riles and his wife, Debbie of Oakfield, GA, Wayne Riles and his wife, Melanie and Burt Riles and his wife, Amy, all of Albany, 2 sisters, Emily Whittle Wakefield and her husband, Matthew of Cordele, GA and Jane Cunningham of Warner Robins, GA, a sister in law, Vicki McGarity Riles of Albany, 8 grandchildren,and 5 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Riles was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. S. M. and Minnie Reid Dekle, her husband, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr. and a son George Griffith Riles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or to the Warwick United Methodist Church, 199 Magnolia St., SE, Warwick, GA 31796.
Joan Dekle Riles, 86 of Lake Blackshear, died Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Wynfield Park. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele, GA. The family will receive friends at the residence of Wayne and Melanie Riles at 1654 Lovers Lane Rd. Rev. John Smith will officiate.
Born in Cordele, GA, February 20, 1931, Joan was a 1948 graduate of Cordele High School and a 1952 graduate of Valdosta State College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr., and was a dedicated 2nd grade school teacher for 32 years.
Survivors include three sons, Britt Riles and his wife, Debbie of Oakfield, GA, Wayne Riles and his wife, Melanie and Burt Riles and his wife, Amy, all of Albany, 2 sisters, Emily Whittle Wakefield and her husband, Matthew of Cordele, GA and Jane Cunningham of Warner Robins, GA, a sister in law, Vicki McGarity Riles of Albany, 8 grandchildren,and 5 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Riles was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. S. M. and Minnie Reid Dekle, her husband, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr. and a son George Griffith Riles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or to the Warwick United Methodist Church, 199 Magnolia St., SE, Warwick, GA 31796.
Born in Cordele, GA, February 20, 1931, Joan was a 1948 graduate of Cordele High School and a 1952 graduate of Valdosta State College. She married her childhood sweetheart, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr., and was a dedicated 2nd grade school teacher for 32 years.
Survivors include three sons, Britt Riles and his wife, Debbie of Oakfield, GA, Wayne Riles and his wife, Melanie and Burt Riles and his wife, Amy, all of Albany, 2 sisters, Emily Whittle Wakefield and her husband, Matthew of Cordele, GA and Jane Cunningham of Warner Robins, GA, a sister in law, Vicki McGarity Riles of Albany, 8 grandchildren,and 5 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Riles was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. S. M. and Minnie Reid Dekle, her husband, Frederick “Sonny” Emerson Riles, Jr. and a son George Griffith Riles.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church, 2200 Dawson Rd., Albany, GA 31707 or to the Warwick United Methodist Church, 199 Magnolia St., SE, Warwick, GA 31796.
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