Nancy G Mobley

NANCY RISER MOBLEY PASSED AWAY AT HOME WITH HER FAMILY ON JULY 31ST 2018. SHE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 30TH 1924 IN ABBEVILLE, AL, THE DAUGHTER OF ELIJAH LESTER AND EVA MAE GLOVER. SHE GRADUATED FROM ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED STEPHENS COLLEGE IN MISSOURI AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. WHILE WORKING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN BIRMINGHAM, SHE MET AND LATER MARRIED DR ABNER BANKSTON RISER. THEY LIVED IN BIRMINGHAM AND HAD FOUR SONS, ABNER BANKSTON RISER, JR, THOMAS GLOVER RISER, JAMES LESTER RISER, AND JOHN BYRON RISER. AFTER DR RISER’S UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1971, NANA BRIEFLY WORKED AT COMPASS BANK THEN AT AGE 41 (WHILE BEING A SINGLE MOM) WENT BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AND OBTAINED HER MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK. HER NEW CAREER INCLUDED STINTS AT CARRAWAY HOSPITAL AND MANY YEARS FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELD OF CHILD ABUSE. WHILE HER MOTHER SERVED AS A MATCHMAKER BEHIND THE SCENES, SHE RECONNECTED WITH HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, JAMES EARL MOBLEY AND REMARRIED IN DECEMBER 1985 AND MOVED TO HIS FARM IN SHORTERVILLE, AL AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2005. SHE WAS FORTUNATE TO EXTEND HER FAMILY TO INCLUDE JAMES EARL’S 4 CHILDREN INCLUDING JAMES MOBLEY, JR, ALBERT MOBLEY, CINDY MOBLEY, AND JOHN MOBLEY WHO WERE MUCH MORE TO HER THAN JUST STEP-CHILDREN. IN HER FINAL YEARS, SHE MOVED BACK TO BIRMINGHAM WHERE SHE ENJOYED THE COMPANY OF HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SHE WAS AN AVID READER, LOVED TO TRAVEL AND LOVED TO IMPART HER WORDS OF WISDOM WHICH WERE BOUNTIFUL. SHE WILL BE MISSED TREMENDOUSLY BUT HER LEGACY LIVES ON NOT ONLY BY HER CHILDREN BUT ALSO BY HER GRAND CHILDREN AND EVER EXPANDING NUMBER OF GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. THE FAMILY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COMFORT CARE HOSPICE AND ESPECIALLY HER SITTERS KAWANA AND MADISON.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST CHURCH ON FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD 2018, DR DOUG DORTCH PRESIDING, WITH VISITATION STARTING AT 10:00AM FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE AT 11:00AM. THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE INTERMENT AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO MOUNTAIN BROOK BAPTIST CHURCH.

RIDOUTS SOUTHSIDE CHAPEL PRESIDING