Riley, Otmer A./ Part II

Passed: 1906-02-16

Age: 29

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Death Notice: 1906-02-16

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Information: Otmer Adelbert Riley, son of W. W. and Laura V. Riley, was born October 24th, 1876, died February 16th 1906.  He was educated in the Ripley schools and the State Normal school at Glenville and the Mountain State Business College at Parkersburg.  Enlisted in the Spanish-American war on the 23rd day of June, 1898 at Charleston and was assigned to Company A., Second Regiment of West Virginia Volunteers, and was honorably discharged on the 10th day of April, 1899.  Soon after coming home from the army, he was made assistant cashier of the Montgomery Banking & Trust Company, of Montgomery, which position he filled acceptably for a few months and resigned to take a place with the B & O and Ohio River railroads, but owing to his being unable to pass the physical examination required by the railroads, he gave up that work.  Soon after leaving the railroad, he was elected cashier of the Beverly Bank, September 22nd, 1900, which position he filled with ability and satisfaction until he voluntarily resigned and immediately organized and became cashier of the Miners & Merchants Bank at Thomas, June 10th, 1902.  Severed his connection with this bank March 31st, 1904 to accept the cashiership of the Randolph National Bank at Elkins, April 1st, 1904.  Resigned this position August 15th, 1904 because the bank went into liquidation and was absorbed by the Trust Company of West Virginia, with which institution he became associated and remained until October 15th, 1904, when he came home to rest and recuperate for a few months, after which he became associated with the West Union Wholesale Grocery Company as head bookkeeper and treasurer, where he remained until his health failed him, December 23rd 1905.  He held membership with the Grafton Lodge No. 308 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Otmer had never united with the church, although it was his fixed purpose and intention to do so during his stay at home, which he frequently discussed with his mother.  In his recent letters and home talks with his mother, to whom he was most tenderly devoted, he spoke of having changed his way of living and was trying to live the life of a Christian and was fully prepared for the future, and his only regret along this line was that he had not made the change earlier in life.