Martha Glymph Riley Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Martha Glymph Riley of Durham, North Carolina, who passed away on February 4, 2025, at the age of 101, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Martha Glymph Riley to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Grover Cleveland Glymph and Mary Kelly Glymph; and her siblings, Virginia, Ed, Tom, Joe, Kelly, Betsy and Grover.
She is survived by: her children, Marti McCracken (Susan Turner), Lin (Sylvia), Steve (Julie), Ginger and Page (Maggie); her grandchildren, Kelly, Claire, Clark, Blair, Tim, Peyton and Russell; her great grandchildren, Keiko, Rhea, Manu, Hazel, Celia Martha, Freya and Anya; her cousins, Charlie and Bill Stuart; her nieces and nephews, Joe Glymph, Denise Glymph, Betsy Ann Whitesel, Brenda Witten, Gary, Kevin Pope and Scott Perry; and her sister-in-law Fran Glymph.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 29th 2025 at the Few Chapel at Croasdaile Village (2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy, Durham, NC 27705).
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that a charitable donation be made to continue Martha and Homer's legacy of paying it forward by providing financial aid to NC State Civil Engineering students. Donations can be made to the "Homer and Martha Riley Scholarship Endowment" at NC State Engineering Foundation, Inc. Use this link: go.ncsu.edu/rileyscholarshipccee (http://go.ncsu.edu) to contribute online.
