Submitted by: Sharon Pierce

Rains Co. Leader
July 6, 2004
Darlene K. Riley
1918-2004

Funeral services for Darlene K. Riley of Emory will be at 2:00 p.m., 
Tuesday, July 6, at Shady Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Wayne Wolfe 
and Rev. Joe Strebeck officiating.  Burial will be in Smyrna Cemetery. 

Pallbearers are Paul Molidor, Odie Wayne Taylor, A.B. Gowin, Justin Wolfe, 
Charlie Paris, and Roy Weatherford.  

Mrs. Riley passed away Friday, July 2, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital.  
She was born in Texarkana, Ark., Jan. 18, 1918, to William N. and Faye Butler 
Kennedy.  She married Roy H. Davidson Nov. 16, 1961, in Los Angeles County, 
Calif.  She was a retired attorney, and a member of Texas Bar Association, 
past judge of Wood County, and a member of Ladies Helping Hands at Shady 
Grove Baptist Church where she was a member.  

She is survived by her husband, Roy B. Davidson; sons, Joseph L. Riley and 
wife Charleen of Irvine, Calif., Stephen A. Riley and wife Jeannie of Huntington, 
W. Va; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in 
death by one brother and two sisters.  Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home is in 
charge of arrangements.