April 26, 2007

LILBOURN - Lillian Pearl Riley, 88, died April 24, 2007, at Bedford County Nursing Home in Shelbyville, Tenn. Born Oct. 20, 1918, in Collingwood, Tenn., daughter of the late Luther Brown and Mallie Nowlin Middleton, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lilbourn...

LILBOURN - Lillian Pearl Riley, 88, died April 24, 2007, at Bedford County Nursing Home in Shelbyville, Tenn.

Born Oct. 20, 1918, in Collingwood, Tenn., daughter of the late Luther Brown and Mallie Nowlin Middleton, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lilbourn.

On July 27, 1940, she married Herbert Olen Riley who preceded her in death June 6, 1983.

One son, Troy Riley; one brother, Luther Brown Middleton; and one sister, Mary Josephine Manley, preceded her in death in addition to her parents.

Survivors include: two daughters, Brenda Matlock of Shelbyville and Judy Brown of Memphis, Tenn.; and six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Ponder Funeral Home in Lilbourn where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday. Webb Manley, pastor of Day Springs Baptist Church in Jackson, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Matthews Cemetery.

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