Patsy Ann Riley

Patsy Ann Coker Riley of Tullahoma, Tennessee passed from this life on Sunday, February 16, 2025, at her residence in Tullahoma at the age of 82 years. A native of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, she is the daughter of the late Edward and Molly Worley Coker. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marion Riley, and sister, Elaine Muir.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 1:30 PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Friends may visit with the family on Saturday at the funeral home from 12:30 PM until the time of service.
Patsy was a loving mother, fun grandmother and a caring friend to many. She truly enjoyed meeting and spending time with old friends and new ones. She was a dedicated lifelong volunteer for many different organizations, and a veteran of the United Stats Navy. We owe her a great debt of gratitude for her service. She enjoyed crafting with her late husband Marion and they both belonged to Foothills Craft Shop in Manchester. She was a longtime member of Wesley Heights United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher, and choir member. We all feel blessed to have been a part of her life.
Her survivors include her son, Neil Riley of Tullahoma, Tennessee, daughter, Dale (Louis) Deflice of Quaker Hill, Connecticut, brother, Michael (Rita) Coker of Gasburg, Virginia, sister, Janice Tyson of Wilson, North Carolina, and two grandchildren, Sam and Max Deflice.
Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.