Marshia Michelle Riley Obituary

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Marshia Michelle Riley in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, who passed away on August 29, 2025 at the age of 80. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Marshia farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Marshia is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Fredericka Matthews Riley and Russell Riley. She is survived by: her son James Russell Riley.