Funeral service for Mrs. Evelyn Elaine Raley, 64, of Ball Play, Alabama will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday January 16, 2020 at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Chapel with Reverend Tim Kinney and Sheriff Matt Gentry officiating the service.  Burial will follow the service in Mt. Tabor Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until time of the service at Glencoe-Hokes Bluff Funeral Home.

Mrs. Raley passed away on Monday, January 13, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family. She is preceded in death by her father Charles A. Reed, mother, Mary L. Reed; brother’s Sherman D. Reed and Arlon D. Reed; sister, Clara Sue Reed.

Left to cherish her memories are her husband, John Raley; children, Jason (Ashley) Raley, and Jennifer (Derick) Frasier; grandchildren, Ty Roach, Owen Roach, John Frasier, Ben Raley, Jacie Stoker, Gracie Raley, Macie Raley; brothers, Wayne Reed, and Sherill Reed; sisters, Judie Reed, Jeanette Kiser, Verna Henderson, and Patricia  Chesnut; and many nieces and nephews.

Elaine was born and raised in Ball Play, attended Hokes Bluff School.  She was of the Christian faith.  She worked nearly 20 years at So Sew Styles in Centre before pursuing a career in Law Enforcement.  She started at Etowah County Sheriff’s office, then became Chief of Corrections at Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department.  After moving to Cullman, she became the assistant warden of the Cullman County Jail.  She retired in 2013.

Pallbearers will be nephews, nieces, and law enforcement officers.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital.

Online condolences may be left to the family at: ghbfuneralhome.com

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