- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Arthur Riley, Jr. "Nukey", Saturday, June 24, 2017, 4:00 P.M., William Gayleano Murray & Son Funeral Home, 923 McDaniel Street, Atlanta, Georgia
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2017-06-24
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Atlanta---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Arthur Riley, Jr. Birth date: February 19, 1933. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: June 15, 2012. Church: Donald Trimble Mortuary Chapel (Decatur, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_rileyjrarthur20170624
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_rileyjrarthur20170624
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
FOR
~~cfk.
UNUKEY"
Don't cry t:ause I'm gone. juJt remember the good timeJ.
We tried to makeyou Jtqy, We watt:hedy ou Jlowjy fade awqy God waJ watchingyoufrom above But he calledy ou home to Jhare hiJ love.
Gone too Joon. RI.P.
Love Ella Riley, Auntie
The family would like to thank each of you for the many acts of kindness shown to us in our time of bereavement.
May God richly bless you.
WILLIAM GAYLEANO MURRAY & SON FUNERAL HOME
923 McDaniel Street Atlanta, Georgia 404.963.5634
Programs by Darryl Allen's Plus 404.755.0965
Saturday, June 24, 2017 4:00P.M.
William Gayleano Murray & Son Funeral Home 923 McDaniel Street Atlanta, Georgia
_Arthur "Nukey" Riley, Jr. was born to Ms. Cathy .Ann James and Mr. Arthur Riley on February 9, 1980.
Nukey, a name his grandmother gave him, was a man of great intellect with many passions in life with the greatest of them being his family. He was a devoted father that believed in showing an encouraging his kids to be the best at everything. When feeling troubled he would often call his grandmother to read Psalm 27.
Nukey loved to cook. His passion for cooking often landed him jobs designed for top professionals.
He was a man of many words that did not meet a stranger. He could carry a conversation and give useful advice to total strangers.
Nukey leaves to cherish his memones his mother, Cathy Ann James; father, Arthur Riley, Sr.; son, Tyre Riley; daughter, Trinity Riley; sister, Betty James preceded him in death; brothers, Allen Riley and Thomas Riley; grandfathers, Thomas James and William Riley; uncle, Richard Lee Riley; special friend, Quintarius Beck and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Prelude
Processional
Solo
Joyce Clay
Scripture Readings Old Testament: Psalm 27 New Testament
Courtney Lupoe Richardson Deanna Weede
Prayer
Lashonda Riddle
Selection
Remarks (fwo Minutes, Please)
Obituary (Read Silently)
Eulogy
Pastor Carolyn Jones
Acknowledgements
William G. Murray & Son Staff
Recessional
Postlude