Robert L. Wiley

WILEY, Robert L., 84, husband of Laura McConathy Wiley died Fri., Feb. 20, 2004 at his residence. He was a former owner and operator of Shell and Texaco service stations and he had been a Gate Keeper at Keeneland for the last fourteen years. He was born in Mercer County, Kentucky son of the late Ernest S. and Corinna Hendren Wiley and he was a member of Southern Hills United Methodist Church. Surviving besides his wife, are one son, Robert Berry Wiley and daughter-in-law, Linda, Nicholasville, three sisters, Ann Wiley Bricken and brother-in law, Jim, Lexington, Margie Chapman , brother-in-law Carl, Nicholasville and Cornell Thompson and brother-in-law, Leonard, Crestview, KY and one granddaughter, Laura Elizabeth Banks, D.V.M. and her husband, Justin, Auburn, Alabama. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Charles, Fred and Harry Wiley. Funeral services will be 1:30 pm Mon. at the W.R.Milward Mortuary-Southland conducted by Rev. Dennis Burrows and Rev. Wayne B. Smith with burial in the Lexington Cemetery. Casketbearers will be Chris Wiley, Barry Bricken , Mark Bricken, Phillip Wiley, Sam Wiley and Gerry Schweitzer. Honorary casketbearers will be George Richey, James Bricken, Robert F. Simpson and Leonard Thompson. Friends may call 5 - 8 pm Sun. Contributions may be made to Hospice of the Blue Grass 2312 Alexandria Drive, Lexington, Kentucky 40504 or to the Jessamine County Humane Society 400 ½ Park Drive, Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356.www.milwardfuneral.com.