W.O. Riley, Sr.
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Title
W.O. Riley, Sr.
Subject
Riley, Wilbur Odell Sr. (1904-1982)
Description
Portrait photograph 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.
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 in 2010 by Betty (Benchoff) Page who was a friend of the subject.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources, including Mr. Riley's obituary printed in the Richmond-Times Dispatch on January 28, 1982.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
W.O. Riley appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004073 and 004077.
Identifier
004077
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “W.O. Riley, Sr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/32218.
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