Extracted from The Bryan College-Station Eagle (Bryan, TX)
Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Martin L. `Jim' Riley, Sr.

Dec. 7, 1913 -- Oct. 8, 2000

Services for Martin L. ``Jim'' Riley, Sr., 86, of Reliance are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Reliance Baptist Church in Reliance. The Rev. Ray Marshall will officiate. Burial will follow at Reliance Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites under the auspices of Cedar Creek Masonic Lodge, #300 A.F. & A.M.

Arrangements are under the direction of Callaway-Jones Funeral Home in Bryan. Mr. Riley died Sunday at St. Joseph Regional Health Center.

He was born in Bryan and had been a dairy farmer prior to his retirement. He was a member of Reliance Bpatist Church and Cedar Creek Masonic Lodge, #300 A.F. & A.M., receiving his 50 year pin.

Survivors include his wife, Maurice Dell Riley of Reliance; a son and daughter-in-law, Martin and Judy Riley Jr. of Bryan; a daughter and son-in-law, Martha Jane and Clyde Sides of Bryan; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.