Shenandoah County Library Archives

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W.O. Riley, Sr.

Files

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Dublin Core

Title

W.O. Riley, Sr.

Subject

Riley, Wilbur Odell Sr. (1904-1982)

Description

Portrait of Wilbur Odell "Web" Riley taken in a studio. He was born in Augusta, West Virginia, the son of the late George W. and Virginia (Hawkins) Riley.

He graduated from Lynchburg College and served in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. After that, he worked for 20 years as a Chevrolet Dealer in Woodstock. Web was very active in his community serving as Mayor, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, former President of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, a realtor and an appraiser, a prime mover in the establishment of the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital, a member of the Board of Directors of the Shenandoah Telephone Co., the Farmers Bank of Edinburg and Elder and member of the Woodstock Christian Church.

His wife was Ann T. Hundley and they had two sons, Wilbur O. Riley Jr., of Woodstock and George T. Riley of California, and a daughter, Susan (Riley) Lambiotte of Woodstock.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Labelled "Jan 1932" on box of plates.

Contributor

Identified by Betty Page who was a friend of the subject. Also supported by information from subject's obituary printed in the Richmond-Times Dispatch on January 28, 1982.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Same subject as in Morrison Photo 04073

Identifier

004077

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “W.O. Riley, Sr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 18, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/32218.

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