SHARPSBURG - Michael Dennis Riley, age 50, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020. Michael was born in Nash County on May 1, 1969. He was preceded in death by his fathers, Willard Dennis Riley and William Randolph Cary.
He is survived by his mother, Brenda Green Culpepper and husband Dennis; two sisters Nicole Denise Riley and Karen Cary Pappas and her husband Harry; his brother Matthew Cary and his wife Kim; one nephew; three nieces.
A service will be held Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Dr. Jody Wright officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the service in the Atrium of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and briefly following the service in the Atrium. A private family burial will be held at a later date at Oakdale Cemetery in Spring Hope.
Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made in Michael's name to either Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178 Thurston Bowles Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7178, www.med.unc.edu/alcohol, or to the Cancer Research Institute, 29 Broadway, Floor 4, New York, NY 10006-3111, www.cancerresearch.org. |
