Mary Ann Jenkins Riley, the daughter of Laura Bell Smith of Hopkinsville, KY. She went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 13, 2012, after a brief illness.

Mary Riley received her early education in the Hopkinsville, KY school system.

She was united in holy matrimony to Floyd Riley, Sr. of St. George, SC. Her husband, Floyd was the only true love of her life. This beautiful union was blessed with ten children. Her children include Ella L. (Kenneth) Bowser, Dr. Florene A. (Jacob) Fulks, Floyd Riley, Jr., Jimmy (Tammy) Riley, Timmy Riley, Diane (Harold) Gaines, Cornell (Twilla) Riley, Roshell Ozella (Anthony) Riley, Lorene Riley and Michael Riley and one step-son, Robert Barnwell.

She was a dedicated member of Brown's Chapel F.B.H. Church for many years.

Later she joined House of Prayer for All People, where her pastor was Reverend Richard Thompson. She enjoyed shopping, sewing and cooking for her children and her "John".

She leaves to cherish her beautiful memories, her husband, Floyd; her children; twenty-seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two sisters, Carolyn Gooch and Betty Watkins both of Hopkinsville, KY; two brothers, James Watkins and George Henry Coleman both of Hopkinsville, KY; two brothers-in-law, Michael Riley of Fayetteville, NC and Cornell Riley of St. George, SC; two sisters-in-law, Thelma Windham of St. George, SC and Willie C. Gass of Florence, SC.

Her last testimony was "I'm in a win-win situation. If I return, I'll be back with my family, if I don't make it, I'll wake up in the arms of Jesus. I'm a winner."