Louis Riley

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Louis "Uncle Bubba" "Pap" Riley, 81, widower of Marie Junious Riley, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter.

Born Jan. 26, 1931, in Rimini, he was a son of the late Jacob and Phronie Hampton Riley. He attended Clarendon County public schools. He retired from Santee Print. He was a member of Antioch UME Church.

Survivors include his children, Jacob (Ruth) Riley, Mary Lee (Samuel) Nelson, Luetina R. Green and Tina M. Riley; a granddaughter raised in the home, Teragin (Ellison) Holland; three sisters, Lena Ragin, Elanora (John) Simmons and the Rev. Mary Lou Brailsford; two brothers, Benjamin (Lottie) Riley and Esau (Dorothy) Riley; eight sisters-in-law, Earnestine Stukes (the Rev. Joseph), Minister Inez Junious, Bishop Dorothy Williams, Lucille McConico (David), Irene Johnson, Mary Junious, Rosa Riley and Mae Mickens Riley; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, at Antioch UME Church, with pastor Barry Gadsden, Bishop Willie Green Jr. and Elder James O. Robinson officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Memorial Garden.

The family received friends at the home of Mary Lee (Sammy) Nelson, 1087 Billups Road in Pinewood.

Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@sc.rr.com.

Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements.