Dwayne "Keith" Briley

Dwayne "Keith" Briley obituary, Winterville, NC

Dwayne "Keith" Briley

Dwayne Briley Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Wilkerson Funeral Home and Crematory - Greenville on Aug. 17, 2025.

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Mr. Dwayne "Keith" Briley, 69, passed away Saturday, August 16, 2025 at his home.

The funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 PM in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Winterville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 PM at Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Keith lived most of his life in the Greenville community and was a 1975 graduate for J.H. Rose High School. He worked for over 20 years as a butcher with Kroger's Grocery before spending 7 years working in construction with his son. Keith loved hunting and fishing with his son and was a devoted and much-loved husband, father, and grandfather.

Keith was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Elbert Briley and Jonnie Mae Smith Briley; and brother, Willie "Bill" Elbert Briley, Jr.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Donna N. Briley; son, Christopher Keith Briley and wife, Hayley; grandchildren, Aubrey and Logan Briley; sister-in-law, Adrianna Elizabeth Briley; brother-in-law, David Mark Napier and wife, Jessica; nieces, Melissa Ann Wilson and husband, Roger, Kimberly Nicole Hill and husband, Spencer, and Diana Elizabeth Briley and husband, Javier Mondragon; Ella Marie Napier; nephew, David Wilder Napier; and a number of great-nieces and nephews.

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