'He died alone': Son of Navy veteran describes shock of losing father to coronavirus

Whitley Riley, the youngest and only daughter in the family, similarly described her father as giving.Just a year shy of graduating, she had taken extra classes to graduate early so that her dad didn't have to wait until 2022 to see her in a cap and gown.

The 19-year-old Prairie View A&M University student said she's on still track to graduate in 2021, but her father won't be able to be there.Lawrence Riley tested positive, March 17, 2020. Two days later, he died in Milwaukee.It isn't the only milestone her father will miss.She and her brother hope their dad's story will serve as a message to others to take the disease seriously. If not for yourself, then for others.

"We need to do everything we can to protect one another. Just because someone the same age as me might not feel the symptoms doesn't mean you can't pass it along," Riley said."It took my father just like that. I never thought in a million years my dad would be gone in five days."

H_Combs Rest easy brother

H_Combs Good you can if you believe

This is so sad ! God rest his soul!

My heart breaks.

CarmelReal_77 Mainstream outlets are literally trying to make black people the face of coronavirus fatalities

Prayers for this family , America is grieving with you ! We thank you for your dad's service to our country 🙏

That just makes me sad beyond words. RIP.

H_Combs My sincere condolences goes out to the family!

RIP. I’m guessing the strokes were his pre existing.

How sad that this man fought the good fight and died without his family beside him

Fail ABC! Of course the family feels this way, so you use that quote as a headline. But the truth is that patients die with dedicated hospital staff at the bedside, doing noble work. NursesRock

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