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Obituary:

PALESTINE - Graveside services for Riley Daniel "Jack" Mallard, 94, Palestine, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Land of Memory Cemetery with the Rev. Lyle Huntress officiating under direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home, Palestine.

Mr. Mallard died May 7 in a Tyler hospital.

He was born Sept. 23, 1907 in Anderson County to the late H.E. and Lula Robert Mallard.

He retired as an inspector from Missouri-Pacific Railroad after 38 years service.

Mr. Mallard was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.

He was preceded in death by sisters, Carrie Streety, Ruby Ray, Evelyn Kennedy and Eddie McCafferty; and brother, Clarence Mallard.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Ann Mallard, Palestine; sister, Audrey Winston, Oklahoma City, Okla.

He also is survived by three nephews; and two nieces.

Honorary pallbearers are Y.B. Walston, H.C. Wilson, Clarence Bice, Rob Beall, Bob Dockendorf, Jerry Palmer and Z.D. Gibson.

Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

(Published in The Tyler Morning Telegraph on May 9, 2002)

Riley married Rhoda Ann Greer 1938. Rhoda (daughter of George Washington Greer, Sr. and Maudie Lucille Craig) was born 16 Jul 1910, Millican, Brazos County, Texas, USA; died 4 Apr 2007, Elkhart, Anderson County, Texas, USA; was buried 6 Apr 2007, Land of Memory Cemetery - Palestine, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]