IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Katina Rae

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'Tina' Riley

June 5, 1972 – December 14, 2013

Obituary

Katina Rae 'Tina' Riley passed away in Batesville, Arkansas on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at the age of 41 years.

Tina was the daughter of Audie Sanford & Valerie (Ballard) Sanford, born on June 5, 1972, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Her childhood was spent in Holdenville and Seminole, until her family moved when she was a young teenager, to Cushman, Arkansas, where she lived for all her adult life. Tina graduated Cushman High School, and attended the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville. She was married in Cushman on August 3, 1991, to Randy 'Bear' Riley, and they made their home in Cushman. Tina loved coaching softball, and watching her kids play sports - basketball, baseball, softball. She was of the Baptist faith.

She is preceded in death by her father, Audie Sanford; her maternal grandmother, Loujean Price; her step grandfather, Scotty Carpenter; a cousin who was a very close friend, Brandon Sanford.

She is survived by her beloved husband of twenty-two years, Bear Riley, of the home; her daughter and son-in-law, Kana & Sean Hodge, and their two children, Shane and Kenli, all of Yukon; her son, Cub Riley, of the home; her mother and step-father, Valerie and Dan Williams of Cushman; paternal grandmother, Jean Carpenter of Holdenville; paternal grandfather and step-grandmother, Kenneth and Beverly Sanford, of Holdenville; three sisters and two brothers-in-law: Gina & Scott Fowler of Holdenville, Megan Sanford of Seminole, and Heather & Josh Presley of Prague; one brother, Cody Sanford of Holdenville; step-mother, Beverly Sanford of Seminole; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at Faith Free Will Baptist Church in Holdenville, and Tina will be laid to rest in the Non Cemetery at Non, Oklahoma. Rev. Carl Blankenship and Rev. Earl Scroggins are the officiating ministers. Pallbearers are Sean Hodge, Darren Strain, Shawn Ballard, Eddie Ballard, Michael Sanford, Cody J. Sanford. Honorary pallbearers are Scott Fowler, Shawn Sanford, Matt Sanford, Willy Sanford, Marvin Ballard, William Riley, Cody R. Sanford, and Joe Sanford.
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