Elizabeth Mims Riley

Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
holmanmortuaries.com
334-693-3371
Date: Sep 13 2019 4:12 PM

DOTHAN…Elizabeth Mims Riley, a resident of Dothan, died Friday morning,  September  13, 2019 at her residence.  She was 93.

     Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, September 16, 2019, in Gardens of Memory between Headland and Dothan, with the Reverend Billy Rich officiating.  Holman-Headland Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements.  The family will receive friends following the graveside service.

     In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Southside Baptist Church, 423 East Cottonwood Rd., Dothan, AL 36301 to the Alzheimer’s Resource Center, P.O. Box 1170 Dothan, AL 36302.

     Elizabeth Riley was born and reared in the Echo Community in Dale County, daughter of the late Richard Mims and Mary Elizabeth Smoot Mims.  She was a graduate of the Dale County High School in Ozark and received her B.S. Degree in Education from Troy University.  She furthered her education in Social Studies from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mrs. Riley retired from the Okaloosa County School System in Ft. Walton Beach, FL as a Social Studies teacher.  In earlier years, she taught at Carroll High School in Ozark. She was a member of the Southside Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Leonard Riley and a son, Victor Mims Riley.

            Surviving relatives include two grandchildren, Samantha Riley Cormier and Desiree Riley; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Sara Mims Cherry (Johnny Mack), Dothan; two nieces, Marilyn Cherry Chancey (Scott), and Sharon Cherry Trujillo (Henry), two great nieces, Athens Trujillo and Cheyenne Trujillo.

 

HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com.  This establishment does not own a crematory.  

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