Elizabeth "Betty" Lee Riley-Neeld

Elizabeth "Betty" Lee Riley-Neeld, 71 of Carlsbad, NM and Midland, TX was called home to be with the Lord Thursday, October 23, 2014 in Midland, TX while in the company of family. Visitation will be 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Sunday, October 26, 2014 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home. Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:00 AM, Monday, October 27, 2014 at Denton-Wood Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Standard officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Gardens, Carlsbad, New Mexico. Denton-Wood Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Betty was born April 8, 1943 to Elmer and Ruth (Williams) Riley. She had a passion for life and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Betty enjoyed tending to her lawn and gardens, working as a neonatal nurse and had a love for country line dancing that cannot be expressed with words. She was a lifelong and die-hard Notre Dame Football and Green Bay Packers fan and was known to scream rather loudly at the television while watching her teams play. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Ruth Riley; son, John Kevin Neeld and her beloved husband, Wesley "Sonny" Neeld. She is survived by daughter, Weslyn Standard and husband, Jamey of Midland, TX; son, Derek Neeld and wife, Crystal of Carlsbad, NM; brother, Bill Riley of Ridgway, Colorado; nephew and niece: Erin and Logan Riley; grandchildren: Justin and Blake Neeld of Hobbs, NM, Tyler, Talyn and Tanner Standard of Midland, TX and Dax, Athena and Draven Neeld of Carlsbad, NM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Autism Speaks, 1060 State Road, 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540.