Source of submission: The Calhoun Times; St. Matthews, SC

December 21, 2000

Mrs. Lesley Mims Riley - Mrs. Lesley (Les) Mims Riley, 90, 1000 Methodist Oaks Drive, Orangeburg, SC, formerly of St. Matthews, SC, died Tuesday, December 19, 2000, at The Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg.

Graveside services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, December 21, at West End Cemetery, in St. Matthews with the Rev. Kermit Shrawder officiating. Thompson Funeral Home, Inc. of Orangeburg was in charge of arrangements.

Born June 26, 1910, in Elloree, SC, Mrs. Riley was a daughter of the late Iverson E. Mims and the late Talluah Myra Rivers Mims. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in St. Matthews. She was the widow of Julian L. Riley, and was pre-deceased by a son, Dr. Mims Riley.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Donald Nelson (Myra) Noel of Florida; a sister, Carolyn Mims Lucas of Walterboro; a grandson, Craig K. Noel of St. Louis, MO; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas Craig Noel, and James Noel, both of St. Louis; and a daughter-in-law, Barbara Creel of Clinton, SC.

Submitted by: Laurie Davis Hannah