Shelly Faye Riley

Funeral service will be held on Monday, September 15, 2025 at the First Christian Church of Chelsea. Burial will follow at Winganon Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2025 at the Chelsea Funeral Home from 1p.m.-5 p.m. With family receiving friends from 3p.m. -5p.m..

Shelly Faye Riley, age 59, of Chelsea, Oklahoma, passed away on September 9, 2025.

She was born on May 29, 1966, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Ted and Milene (Bacon) Hunt. In her early years, Shelly lived in Missouri and Michigan with her parents and siblings, Angie and “Buckshot”, before the family settled back in Chelsea, and added little sisters Tracy and Sheri. Shelly attended school in Chelsea, making many lifelong friends, and graduating with the Class of 1984.

Shortly after graduation, while visiting friends in Claremore, she met William Riley “Billy”. The two began dating and were married on August 21, 1987, at the First Christian Church in Chelsea. They made their home in Claremore for almost 20 years, and is where they raised their children. They returned to Chelsea in 2010.

Shelly spent many years working for Green Country Oil and Gas, which later became BSMK. She later worked for mentor, Tim Mosteller, filing tax returns, and after his retirement, she opened Shelly’s Tax Service that she operated for 3 years. Shelly, with her husband and children, also established Mother Road Medicines.

Shelly loved camping, reading, gardening, hummingbird watching, and most of all, spending time with her grandchildren, who were the joy of her life, family, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Milene Hunt; brother, Buckshot Hunt; and grandparents, Dink and Ruth Bacon, Granny Mac, along with many other family and friends.

Survivors include her husband, Billy Riley; father, Ted Hunt; children, Jerry Riley (Courtney Lewis), Andrea Riley (Billy Lewis), and Teddy Riley; grandchildren, Jaxon Riley, Chelsea Riley, and Brandon Lewis; sisters, Angie Morose (Jack), Sheri Michael (James), and Tracy Hunt; along with many aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family members.

Shelly will be remembered for her hard work, strength, and compassionate giving nature, but most of all, for the love she had for her family and friends; which can only be described as the most unconditional love this side of Heaven.