Agnes Riley

Graveside services for Mrs. Agnes Riley will be held Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi. Rev. Rickey Green officiating and Stephens Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Riley, age 96, of Meridian, passed away September 5 at Rush Foundation Hospital.

Agnes was born in Gordo, Alabama and raised in Ethelsville, Alabama and graduated from Liberty High School in 1940. She attended business school in Birmingham, Alabama and while there, was recruited by the FBI to assist during wartime in Washington, DC. After her husband returned from the Pacific, she dutifully loved and cared for her family.

Agnes is survived by her children, Patricia Riley Gaddis, Frances Riley Raider, and John Riley; grandchildren, Charles Coulter, Vincent Passero III, John K. Riley, Jr., Virginia Ann Passero, and Maggie Riley McDonald and twelve great-grandchildren; and brother, James Lawrence Moore.

She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years, Charles E. Riley.

Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at stephensfunerals.com.