Riley Clark Earls' Obituary
Riley Clark Earls, 78, born March 26, 1937, to Hobert and Nannie(Roach) Earls, in McMinnville, Tennessee, passed from this life Friday, May 29, 2015, with his family by his side. Riley married the love of his life, Rebecca Ann Byrd, September 20, 1957, in Dearborn, Michigan. Riley was a truck driver with BFI for 35 years. After retiring from BFI, he went to work for National Waste and Disposal. For the last ten years they have been part of his family. Riley will be dearly missed by his doting wife, Rebecca Earls; his niece and her husband, whom he thought of as his daughter and son, Deborah and Matt Goodman; his brother, Jack Earls and wife Dorothy; sister, Louise Earls; and his National Waste and Disposal family. He is preceded in death by his parents and brothers. He will also be missed by his 5 feline family. Rile was a dedicated cat lover. He had to feed all cats, if he thought they were hungry or doing without. A celebration of Riley’s life will be held Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at the Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Interment will be in the Floral Haven Memorial Gardens.
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