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Carl "Joe" Buford Riley 1926–2007 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 April 1926

Birth Location: Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 4 Jan 2007

Death Location: Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida

Father: Mack Riley

Mother: Ellen Messer

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Carl "Joe" Buford Riley was born in 1926 in Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, the child of Mack William Riley And Ellen Andora Messer. Carl "Joe" Buford Riley married Lillie Geneva Ammons. Carl "Joe" Buford Riley passed away in 2007 in Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida.

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Biography

  • Carl "Joe" Buford Riley was born in 1926 in Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, the child of Mack William Riley And Ellen Andora Messer.
  • Carl "Joe" Buford Riley married Lillie Geneva Ammons.
  • Carl "Joe" Buford Riley passed away in 2007 in Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida.

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Carl Riley's Ancestors

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Carl Riley
1926–2007
Birth Place: Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Mack William Riley
1901–1987
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Ellen (Andora) Messer
1903–1966
Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
James (Franklin Roberson Riley) Jr.
1870–1956
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Minerva ((Minnie) S Van) Pelt
1874–1962
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
William (Washington Joseph) Messer
1876–1959
Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Mary (Jane) Reece
1877–1963
Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Pelt
1828–1900
Martha Sims
1833–1894
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Carl Riley's Timeline

2 Records

1926
23 April 1926
Birth of Carl "Joe" Buford Riley in Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States
2007
4 Jan 2007
Age 81
Death of Carl "Joe" Buford Riley in Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida
Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 April 1926
    Event Place: Lowell, Gaston, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Jan 2007
    Event Place: Atlantic Beach, Duval, Florida
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

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