Orian Rieley

Orian Petty Rieley VIRGINIA BEACH - Orian Petty Rieley, 92, of 2415 Beaufort Ave., Virginia Beach, passed away June 6. Having suffered a debilitating stroke on March 4 of this year, she was a patient at the River Pointe Rehab at the time of her death. Widowed twice, she was predeceased by her first husband, Thomas B. Petty in 1962. She married Harvey M. Rieley in 1968 and he passed in 2002. A member of Haygood United Methodist Church, she was born in Suffolk to George Washington and Dora Jones Boykin in 1917. A graduate of Suffolk High School, she remained in Suffolk until her marriage to Mr. Petty in 1948. She moved to his residence in Bayside (Chesapeake Beach) and lived there until her death. Orion was a loyal member of the Bayside Women's Club and the Bayside Chapter No. 181 of Order of the Eastern Star and was active into her eighties. She had seen many of her longtime friends pass on before her. One of her last activities was helping decorate "Easter Egg" cakes sold for annual fundraising, which she did until 2007. She is survived by four nieces and nephews and numerous great- and great- great-nieces and -nephews. Dorothy H. Hines (Mrs. Henderson Hines, formerly of Suffolk), her oldest niece at 94, lived with her and assisted with her needs for the past four years. They were inseparable and depended on each other for support and companionship. The other niece and nephews are Elinor Branch of Chesapeake, Robert Pettyjohn of Williamsburg and George Pettyjohn of Dover, Del. A memorial service will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel. Contributions in her name may be made to Haygood United Methodist Church.