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Dorothy Queen Riley

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6 Mar 2012 (aged 84)
Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Dorothy Queen Riley, a housewife and loving grandmother, died at 12:05 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at OLOLRMC. She was 84 and a resident of Port Allen.

Visitation at New Poplar Grove Baptist Church until services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. S.H. Freeman. Interment at Our Lady of Knight Cemetery in Port Allen.

She is survived by adopted daughter, Melody Chance, of Fort Worth; sons, Pink Riley Jr. (Diane) of Port Allen, Pastor Freddie L. Riley Sr. (Bonnie) of Baton Rouge, Donald Ray Riley Sr. (Barbara) of Port Allen, and Henry Riley of Port Allen; sisters, Lillian Thomas of Port Allen and Rosa Lee Grimes of Brusly; brother, Leroy Grimes of Baton Rouge; 16 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, and 25 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her husband, Pink Riley Sr.; mother, Gertrude S. Grimes; father, Amos Queen; daughter, Dorothy Phillips; two brothers; three grandsons; one granddaughter; and one great-greatgrandson.
Arrangements by Hall Davis & Son.

Obituary published in The Advocate from March 9 to March 11, 2012.
Dorothy Queen Riley, a housewife and loving grandmother, died at 12:05 a.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at OLOLRMC. She was 84 and a resident of Port Allen.

Visitation at New Poplar Grove Baptist Church until services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. S.H. Freeman. Interment at Our Lady of Knight Cemetery in Port Allen.

She is survived by adopted daughter, Melody Chance, of Fort Worth; sons, Pink Riley Jr. (Diane) of Port Allen, Pastor Freddie L. Riley Sr. (Bonnie) of Baton Rouge, Donald Ray Riley Sr. (Barbara) of Port Allen, and Henry Riley of Port Allen; sisters, Lillian Thomas of Port Allen and Rosa Lee Grimes of Brusly; brother, Leroy Grimes of Baton Rouge; 16 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, and 25 great-great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her husband, Pink Riley Sr.; mother, Gertrude S. Grimes; father, Amos Queen; daughter, Dorothy Phillips; two brothers; three grandsons; one granddaughter; and one great-greatgrandson.
Arrangements by Hall Davis & Son.

Obituary published in The Advocate from March 9 to March 11, 2012.

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  • Created by: Rita Graves
  • Added: Mar 11, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86635050/dorothy-riley: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy Queen Riley (10 Sep 1927–6 Mar 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86635050, citing Lady of Knight Cemetery, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Rita Graves (contributor 46836288).