CONTRIBUTED BY BOB WHITE

Children of John Riley, Sr. and Mary Riley

  1. Elender Riley ( Ward)
  1. Martha Ann Jincey Ward, daughter of Elender Riley and John Grady Ward, b 23 June 1842, Dale County, AL; d 31 July 1909. On 25 Dec 1859, she married (1) Arnold Wiggins, b 17 July 1828, d 30 Mar 1863, Tuscumbia, Colbert County, AL. On 8 Nov 1865, in Dale County, AL, she married (2) W. Newman Meek, b 19 Jun 1839, Echo, AL, date of death unknown. On 28 Jan 1883, she married (3) Col. C. C. Turlington (He was her former son-in-law). Date of death unknown.

Their children:

  1. Jasper John Wiggins, b 17 Sep 1860, d 13 Apr 1862.
  2. Mary Melinda Wiggins, b 8 Apr 1862, d 23 Jan 1880. Married Col. C. C. Turlington on 7 Jan 1877. They had one son who died right after being born and Mary Melinda died a few days later.
  3. Robert Oscar Meek (Robert Oscar Obediah Keuklehan Neuman Gillespie Meek) went by R. O. Meek, b 13 Jan 1868, Echo, AL; d 29 April 1921, Fort Meade, Polk County, FL. On 5 July 1898, in Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL, married Nellie Allen Penick, b 4 Jun 1872, Wetumpka, AL, d 20 Apr 1940, Fort Meade, Polk County, FL. She was daughter of William Smith Penick and Sophronia Jane Bell, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL. R. O. Meek was President of Wedowee Normal College, AL, in 1900.

Their children:

1. Allen Bell Meek, b 29 June 1899, Wetumpka, AL, d 26 March 1958, St. Petersburg, FL. He married (1) Mary Elizabeth Hamilton and had one son, Allen B. Meek, Jr., b 29 Dec. 1921, Fort Meade, FL. Married (2) Mary Inman Hood, Hickory Grove, SC, and had one son, Joe Bernard Meek, b 16 Jan 1936, Bartow, Polk County, FL. Divorced both wives.

Allen B. Meek, Jr., married (1) Helen Douglas, b 21 Feb 1922, Fort Meade, FL , on 7 Jun 1940. Helen died 24 Dec. 1975, Jacksonville, FL. They had one daughter, Velinda Faye Meek, b 1 Apr 1943, Jacksonville, FL. Married (1) Frederick Eugene Smith. They had one daughter, Holly Christine Smith, b 11 Feb 1967. She divorced Smith and married (2) Richard E. Dougherty. Holly Smith married Norman Dwayne Hill and later divorced. Allen married (2) Barbara Mitchell on 30 Jul 1977.

Joe Bernard Meek, b 8 Jan 1936, married (1) Jane Seignious, Charleston, SC. Their children: Karen Elizabeth Meek, b 30 Jan 1965; David Christopher Meek, b 12 Sep 1967; Gerald Francis Meek, b 1 Nov 1970. Joe divorced in 1986. Married (2) Barbara McCaskill, Fayetteville, NC, on 7 Jan 1989.

  1. Bernard Oscar Meek, b 8 Jan 1902, Wetumpka, AL, d 29 Aug 1919, Fort Meade, Polk County, FL.
  2. William Robert Meek, b 8 Oct 1905, Wetumpka, AL, d 4 Apr 1906, Wetumpka, AL. He is buried in the Penick lot in Wetumpka, AL.
  3. Nellie May Meek, b 14 Mar 1912, Fort Meade, FL. Married Melvin S. White, b 14 Feb 1914, Evansville, IN, on 21 Feb 1942. Melvin died 12 Sep 1976, Fort Meade, Polk County, FL.

Their children:

Robert Melvin White, b 15 Sep 1943, Kearney, Neb. Married Martha Holsteen, b 20 Apr 1939, Denmark, Iowa, on 1 Nov 1975, Winter Park, Orange County, FL. Their children: Jodene Mitzi White, b 23 Aug 1978, Orlando, Orange County, FL; married Jason Storer, 14 Feb 1997. Their children: Storm L. Storer, b 24 Aug 1997, Longwood, Seminole County, FL; Sebastian L. Storer, b 30 Sep 1998, Longwood, Seminole County, FL; Janice Lynn White, b 16 Sep 1978, Sanford, Seminole County, FL (Birthdates are correct as Jodene was adopted at 3 days old and girls were raised as fraternal twins.)

Nellie Katherine White, b 23 Oct. 1944, Bartow, Polk County, FL. Married (1) James A. Parker, Fort Meade, FL. Their children: James Melvin Parker, b 13 Sep 1960, Wauchula, Hardee County, FL; Robert Joseph Parker, b 9 Aug 1963, Wauchula, Hardee County, FL. After Nellie and James were divorced, she married (2) Maurice “Stack” Sutton, 30 Sep 1972. Divorced in Oct 2001.