Obituary of Ethyl Riffle

Ethyl Davis (Dameron) Riffle was born on April 29, 1897, near Elsberry, Missouri. She was one of ten children born to James Dawson and Ida Ellen (Davis) Dameron. She passed away Thursday evening, August 11, 1988, at Lincoln County Memorial Hospital in Troy, Missouri. She had reached the age of 91 years, 3 months and 12 days.

Ethyl was united in marriage on June 28, 1917, in Elsberry, Missouri, to Allie Thurmon Riffle. This union was blessed with seven children: Rodney T., Delmar "Irvin", Homer A., John R., Fae Anna, Patricia Jane, and Stephen L. After 48 years of marriage, Ethyl lost her loving husband, Allie, who died on April 23, 1966. Since 1972, she made her home with daughter, Fae. She was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church, and was a lifelong resident of the Elsberry area. Ethyl has been a loving sister, always ready with a helping hand. She has loving concern for all her nieces and nephews, but for 70 years her major concern in life was her family. She was a MOTHER in the greatest sense of the word. Each of her children and their families had her daily prayers. She worried with them and for them, and helped in any way possible.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one child who died in infancy; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; three sisters: Bertha Rogers, Myrtle Graves, and Irene Rose; four brothers: Owen, Otis, Paul, and Wesley Dameron; and her husband, Allie Riffle.

Ethyl is survived by their children: Rodney Riffle and his wife, Virginia, of Elsberry, Irvin Riffle and his wife, Bernita, of Elsberry, Homer Riffle and his wife, Gertrude of Bowling Green, John Riffle and his wife, Eunice, of Cottleville, Missouri, Fae Anna Cox and her husband, Woodrow, of Elsberry, Patricia Jane Stewart and her husband, Eugene of Elsberry, and Stephen Riffle and his wife. Brenda, of Foley; thirty-three grandchildren, sixty great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren. She also leaves two sisters: Pauline Barnes of Elsberry and Dorothy Triplett and her husband Orval, of Elsberry; nieces, nephews, and several other relatives.

Ethyl Riffle

ELSBERRY—Services for Ethyl Davis Riffle, 91, of Elsberry, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home. The Rev. Sammy Lorton will officiate. Burial will be in Elsberry City Cemetery.

Mrs. Riffle died at 6:45 p.m. Aug. 11, 1988, in Lincoln County Memorial Hospital in Troy.

She was born April 29, 1897, in Lincoln County to James Dawson and Ida Ellen Davis Dameron.

She married Allie Thurmon Riffle on June 28, 1917, in Elsberry. He died April 23, 1966.

Survivors include five sons, Rodney t. Riffle and Irvine Riffle, both of Elsberry, Homer A. Riffle of Bowling Green, John R. Riffle of Cottleville and Stephen L. Riffle of Foley; two daughters, Fae Anna Cox and Patricia Jean Stewart, both of Elsberry; two sisters, Pauline Barnes and Dorothy Triplett, both of Elsberry; 33 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.

Mrs. Riffle was a member of New Hope Baptist church.

Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Ethyl Riffle

Services for Ethyl Davis Riffle were held at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 in the Carter-Ricks Funeral Home at Elsberry. The Rev. Sammy Lorton, pastor of the Foley Holiness Church, officiated with burial in Elsberry City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Rose, Paul Graves, Warren Rogers, Norman Dameron, Delmar Dameron and Dawson Dameron, Forrest Gladney was an honorary pallbearer.

Mrs. Riffle, 91, died Aug. 11, 1988, in Lincoln County Memorial Hospital, Troy. Born April 29, 1897, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of James Dawson and Ida Ellen Davis Dameron. One June 28, 1917, she was married in Elsberry to Allie Thurmon Riffle, who died in 1966. A life-long resident of the Elsberry area, Mrs. Riffle was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church.