Jonah Riley
June 29, 2015 — January 8, 2016
RILEY, Jonah Eugene
Fort McCoy- Jonah Eugene Riley, infant son went to his heavenly home Friday, January 8, 2016. Born in Munroe Regional Medical Center on June 29, 2015 to Jeremiah Thomas Riley and Steffany Danette Dunlap Riley. Jonah is deeply loved by his mommy and daddy, big sister, Birdie-Marie; his grandparents; David and Sharon Fry, Sherman and Melba Beam, and Tim and Amelia Dunlap; great-grandparents; Glendia Brooks and Ruth Dunlap; uncles and aunts; Tiffany and Stephen Sevick, Kyle and Kayla Byerly, John Michael Byerly, Laurie and David Stone, David Alan Fry, Jennifer Fry, Joshua Riley, and Joseph Riley; great uncles and aunts; RaeLynn and Elray Woods, Ronnie Kalenda, Deanna and Kyle Roberts, Robin and Randy Wolfe, Stacey and Robbie Robbins, Kim and Gene Adams, George Chappell, Jerldeen Fain, Janette Rodriguez, Terry and Mary Claybrook, Ramona and Brad Hopson, Tammy Beam, and Diana Perry. Cousins; Abbiegail Landrum, Eden Sevick, Ashley Stone, Gayle Stone, Michael Stone, and David Stone; Addison Fry, Teranie Riley, and Sierra Sprinkle. He laughed and smiled throughout his 6 months with us; bringing joy and happiness to everyone he touched. Jonah is preceded in death by great grandparents; Billy Mack Dunlap, Bobby Brooks, Susie and Cecil Stovall, Imogene Beam, and Sherman Beam, Sr. and Great Aunt Connie Chappell. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 pm., Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Countryside Funeral Home, Anthony, FL. Funeral Service will be noon, Friday, January 15, 2016 at First Baptist Church Fort McCoy, with Pappaw Marion officiating.
A Poem For Jonah
When God calls little children to dwell with Him above,
We mortals sometime question the wisdom of His love.
For no heartache compares with the death of one small child
Who does so much to make our world, seem wonderful and mild
Perhaps God tires of calling the aged to his fold,
So He picks a rosebud, before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them,
and so He takes but few
To make the land of Heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult still somehow we must try,
The saddest word mankind knows will always be "Goodbye."
So when a little child departs, we who are left behind
Must realize God loves children,
Angels are hard to find.