Reuben Riley

Published 12:00 am Sunday, November 22, 2009

NATCHEZ — Services for Reuben Eugene Riley, 42, of Natchez, who died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in Adams County, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Eddie Alsworth officiating.

Burial will follow at Milford Baptist Church Cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home.

Mr. Riley was born Nov. 16, 1967, in Detroit, the son of Reuben Watkins and Essie Riley Pullins. He was educated in the Detroit public school system.

He was preceded in death by his mother; two aunts, Gloria Carlisle and Diane Burkes; two uncles, William Carlisle and Percy Watkins; and his grandparents.

Survivors include one son, Eugene Riley; five siblings, Horace Pullins III, Tiffany Pullins, Tiheshia Pullins and Maurice Pullins, all of Natchez, and Terrance Pullins of Baton Rouge; his father; stepfather, Horace Pullins Jr., both of Detroit; and a number of other relatives and friends.