Barbara Ann White Riley

Barbara Ann White Riley, age 82, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017 at University of MS Medical Center in Grenada, MS.Funeral services for Ms. Riley will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, August 24, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville. Rev. John Howell will officiate. Barbara was born December 31, 1934 to the late Ira White and Velma Annie Huddleston White in Lambert, MS. Barbara worked for Panola Mills in Batesville. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Those she leaves behind to cherish her precious memory include her children, Polly Riley Sorrells of Southaven, and William Ross "Wally" Riley of Batesville; her brothers, Ira Gail White, and Hosey M. White, both of Batesville; 2 grandchildren, Justin and Brad Sorrells, and 2 great grandchildren.