Robert Leslie “Bob” Riales, 90, passed away peacefully at Mississippi Veteran’s Home in Oxford, MS, on February 13, 2024. He was born on March 8, 1933, to the late Katherine Trotter Riales and Alfred Preston Riales.

Bob loved to fly and was a proud veteran with 41 years of military service with the Tennessee Air National Guard. He served as flight engineer on the C-130 Hercules aircraft in the 164th Tactical Airlift Group and retired in 1992 with the rank of Master Sergeant. In his civilian career, Bob worked over 40 years for Federal Compress and Warehouse Company and L.P. Brown Company .He attended LaBelle Haven Baptist Church in Olive Branch, MS where he was a very active and dedicated member. Robert, and his late wife, Eone, gardened and ran the Fogg Road Herb Farm in Nesbit, MS, for many years. Repairing cars became his passion and he could fix just about anything. He especially enjoyed making memories with his children, while teaching them the skills of hunting and fishing. Anyone who knew him knew that Robert was generous and had the gift of service. He was always ready to lend a helping hand wherever he was needed or to help others in any way. He was very much a family man who loved his grandchildren and was a devoted husband who was caregiver for his late wife, Eone, over the last few years.

Left to cherish his memory includes his daughter, Mary Katherine Haffey (Vic) of Parker, CO; son, Richard Lynn Riales (Lisa) of Collierville, TN; step-daughter, Carole Ann McKenzie (Randy) of Hernando; step-son, Al Hamberlin (Karen) of Nesbit; sisters, Mary Louise Gray of Senatobia, Wanda Bennett of Cascilla; grandchildren, James Haffey, Robin Haffey, Jacob Riales, Emma Riales, Preston Riales, Chris Hamberlin, Beau Hamberlin, Cassidy Hamberlin, Allee Hamberlin, Emily Hamberlin, Adam Hamberlin, Randy McKenzie and Justin McKenzie; and 4 great-grandchildren. Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Katherine Trotter Riales and Alfred Preston Riales; wives, Elizabeth Margaret Swango and Eone Chatham Riales; step-son, Lee Hamberlin; brothers, James Riales, Kenneth Riales, and Fred Riales.

Visitation will be held at Ray Nowell Funeral Home in Senatobia on Saturday, February 24, 2024, from 12 noon-1:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Ray Nowell Funeral Home chapel at 1:00 p.m. A private graveside service and interment for immediate family only will be held at Davis Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Sardis, MS immediately following funeral services. Memorial contributions may be made in Robert’s memory to Davis Chapel Cemetery Fund, c/o George Land, 2919 McKinney Road, Sardis, MS 38666.

Ray Nowell Funeral Home is honored to serve the Riales family during this time of sadness.