
<p>*Published January 9, 1953 - The Courier Times, New Castle, IN<p><p>William A. Riley, Hagerstown Man, Dies After Illness<p><p>William
 Alvin Riley, age 60, a resident of Knightstown, died at the Henry 
County Hospital Thursday afternoon after an illness of one week 
duration.  (His birth year was approximated.)<p>Mr. Riley was a member 
of the Christian Church at Headgrassey, KY and the American Federation 
of Labor.  In recent years he worked as a road construction foreman for 
the McManus Company of Rochester, IN.  He also had been employed by the 
S. J. Graves Co. of Springfield, IL.<p>Survivors are the wife, Viola 
Mae Riley; three sons: Bernie (Alvin) Riley &amp; Coy E. Riley, both of 
Knightstown and William C. Riley, reported to be en route home from 
Korea; two daughters: Mrs. Jennie Yapp of Knightstown and Mrs. Julia 
Absher of Denver, CO; four brothers: Mance Riley of Hillsboro, KY, Jack 
Riley of Emerson, KY and John Riley &amp; Willis Riley both of 
Headgrassey, KY; fifteen grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.<p>Services
 will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Raysville Friends Church with 
Rev. Cleo Cox officiating.  Burial will be in Glen Cove Cemetery.  <p>The
 body will be taken to the Butcher Funeral Home in Knightstown and will 
be removed Saturday afternoon to the home of Paul Yapp, north of 
Knightstown, where friends may call after 7:00 p.m. Saturday.<p>(taken from www.genealogy.nchcpl.lib.in.us)
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