Oct. 27, 1959 – April 6, 2012

VIDALIA — Services for Calvin K. Riley, 52, of Blytheville, Ark., formerly of Vidalia, who died Friday, April 6, 2012, at St. Bernard Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Vidalia with the Rev. Noah L. Riley officiating.

Burial will follow at the Vidalia Cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church.

Mr. Riley was born Oct. 27, 1959, in Natchez, the son of Robert Riley and Elnora Watkins Riley. He was a carpenter.

Mr. Riley was preceded in death by his parents and one nephew, Christopher D. Bell.

Survivors include one son, Calvin Riley Jr. and wife, Samella, of Chicago; two brothers, the Rev. Noah L. Riley of Lynwood, Ill., and his twin brother, Alvin Riley and wife, Lillie, of Blytheville; four sisters, Jacintha Riley Galloway and husband, Carl, of Aurora, Ill., Parmer Brown and Tyberia Bowman and husband, Phillip, all of Vidalia, and Sandra Pugh and husband, Bobby, of Blytheville; two grandchildren, DeShawn Martel Riley and Caliyanna Riley; one aunt, Helen Watkins Jacobs of Chicago; and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins of the Watkins family in Concordia Parish.

Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.