Charles Hilliard Riley

1934 - 2016

Charles Hilliard Riley obituary, 1934-2016, Columbus, GA

BORN

1934

DIED

2016

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Charles Riley Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 30, 2016.

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April 22, 2020

Daughter

Tina Nelson

Miss you daddyrosa.

July 26, 2018

Daughter

Tina Nelson

Hey daddy. I just had you on my mind today and wanted to say how very much I love and miss you. It is so hot this summer and I know if you were here you would be fishing. Love and miss you bunches. Tina

December 16, 2017

Tina Nelson

Daddy Christmas is almost here and I am thinking about you and mama so much! I love you both so much and I miss y'all so much it hurts. It doesn't really even feel like the holidays are right around the corner. We will all be together but it hasn't been the same since we lost y'all! Micah and Adrienne got engaged and that I know will make you happy. I sure wish mama could have met her. She is an absolute angel and I am so glad that her and Micah found each other. Know that my heart is with y'all til we meet again and i love and miss you both!

Posted by Tina Nelson

December 8, 2017

Cindy Slater

Good Morning Daddy...Its so very cold this morning and hunting season is once again upon us. Chuck isn't hunting much this year as he says it makes him extremely sad because he know how very bad you wanted to hunt one last time. This will be our second Christmas without you and our fourth without mama. I wish it would get easier but it doesn't. I can close my eyes and see you smiling when all of your family was around you. What I wouldn't give to see you smile with all of us, your family at your side. Its so hard to believe that Christmas 2015 you were happy and healthy and in less than one short year we lost you, Kiss mama for me. I love and miss you more than you could ever know....Cindy

October 4, 2017

Cindy Slater

Good morning my sweet daddy. The thoughts of you are so very heavy on my mind the last few days. The leaves are starting to fall and hunting season is almost upon us. I know last year you wanted to just be well enough to go hunting one last time even if you could only lay on the ground. I am so sorry you were not able to do that. I wish with all my heart that you could have spoken to me the night that you joined mama in your eternal home. I wish I knew you were ready. I only know that you always said that you believed the good lord would not take us until we are ready and you were going kicking and screaming. While it is true that you passed on you went as calmly and quietly as a gentle breeze that blew through our lives leaving incredible memories of the daddy we all knew and come to cherish. Please hug mama for me and tell her she is always in my thoughts as well. I love you both more than you will ever know. Please continue to watch over us as only the two of you can. Until we meet again...cindy

August 29, 2017

Daughter

Cindy Slater

Well daddy today makes 9 months to the day that I held your hand and watched helplessly as you slipped away from life as we knew it and forever changed my life. It was so very hard to lose mama and with you gone all that are left are the memories of your laughter, your kindness and your greatly missed catch phrase YOU BETCHA. What I wouldn't give to get one of those big ole daddy hugs and an I love you. I have them in my heart to recall but it simply is not the same. I am so very grateful that I have those memories to help me get through a dark day or night. They are becoming less frequent but I would be lying if I didn't admit that most days life is a struggle. Kiss mama for me and tell her how very much I miss her and thank her for always being the best mama anyone could ask for. I love you both and miss terribly. Until we meet again at heavens door please continue to watch over us. Yesterday was Micah doos birthday as you are aware. We all remembered to wish him a good one without Mama reminding us. I guess we are going to make it although it isn't easy.....

August 21, 2017

Hi Daddy and Mama,

I can't write on mama's anymore so I am addressing you both on yours daddy. I miss ya'll both so very much. It seems like it has been forever since I have talked to either of you. It is hard to believe that so much time has gone by since you left mama and yours is going by as well daddy. The sadness has gotten a little easier to cope with but there are still days when I just want to sit down right where I am and cry. Today just happens to be one of those days. I need to talk to ya'll. I have so much I want to tell ya'll. I know that all of this will have to wait until we meet again just know how much I love and miss you both.

Tina

July 11, 2017

Paula Powell

Oh how I miss you daddy, it's been over 7 months since you left. My heart still hurts from missing you. It was hard enough losing mama but now your gone. What am I going to do now when I need your wisdom and knowledge. I know you are no longer suffering and your with mama now. Just know Pauda misses you. I love you so much.

March 28, 2017

Daughter

Cindy Slater

Hey my sweet daddy. Tomorrow will be four months since you slipped away from us and joined mama in heaven. My heart is so heavy and I miss you so very much. The last week has been terrible. Keith and I went and cut your grass last week end and the yard was so grown up. You would have ben very upset. We found almost every bone you had given midnight with the lawn mower. I can close my eyes and see you unwrapping those big ole bones and giving them to him every day. I close my eyes and remember looking at you ever so closely on the night you passed away. Even after you were gone your hand was so warm as I held onto hoping I could keep you here. It was not to be!!!! Please know I think of you each and every day and long to ear your voice and get a big ole sweet daddy hug. You were one of a kind...my hero...my daddy!!!!1 Tell mama how very much I love and miss her. I know you are taking care of each other just please continue to let me know you all are around. I need you both so very badly. Happy 4 month anniversary in heaven daddy. I love you oh so much..

March 1, 2017

Tina Nelson

Hi daddy! It has been just over three months since you joined mama and I still have days my heart feels like it is going to explode. Today is one of rhode days. I woke up this morning thinking of you, like I do most mornings, and I've just been sad today. You just don't know how much I miss you. I am so thankful that I got to spent as much time with you as I did but I so long to see you. I miss you and mama so much. I know y'all are no longer suffering and for that I am so thankful. I know y'all are together and are very happy. I just miss you both. I love you my DADDY ROSA and my dear sweet mama. Watch over us until me meet again. Tina

December 25, 2016

Tina Nelson

Daddy Christmas is almost over and I have really missed you and mama. While it was wonderful being with Chuck and Cindy and Paula and their families it was so hard not having either of you with us. You would be very proud of us though because when one of us falls apart another of us is there to listen and help them put the pieces back together. I truly don't know what I would do without David and Ty and Chase because they are so loving and understaning. I was blessed with the best parents ever and the best family ever. I miss you so much the other day I drove over to your house and just sat there for a little while.
I knew you weren't there but I thought it would make me feel better. It really didn't though. I just want to see you so very badly.! I wish I could talk to you. I wish I could kiss you on the head like we all did. I guess for now this is the only way I can express how I feel so it will have to do. We all miss you so much. I hope that you and mama know how very much you are loved and missed. Merry Christmas daddyrosa and mama. I send all my love. Tina.

December 20, 2016

Tina Nelson

Well daddy I made it through my birthday. I ended it by watching the video of you and then writing this. I am going to bed but wanted to say I love you again and miss you and mama so much. Tell her I love her. Gods night in heaven and I send you both all my love.

December 6, 2016

Tina Nelson

Well daddy it has been a week since you joined mama in heaven and even though I know how happy you must be my heart is still breaking. I miss you so much. I watch the video of you riding your jazzy over and over again and when I hear your little chuckle it makes me smile. Every night I feel the need to pick the phone up and call you and every morning I feel like I should be headed to your house and it is really tearing me up inside. I know you are longer suffering but I just wish incouldnhave had even just a short while longer with you. I know that in time the pain will ease but I will never ever stop missing you. I love you more than words can say. Say hi to mama for me and tell her I love her. It is really hard to believe that you are both gone but at least y'all are together again. Until I see you again, I send all my love. Tina

December 2, 2016

Tina, Cindy and family. I was sad to hear about your daddy. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.

December 1, 2016

Tina Nelson

Daddy I already miss you more than words can say. You fought such a hard battle. Your strength amazed me. I am so very grateful that I was blessed with such a precious daddy and that I got to spend so much time with you over the past few months. Those memories will last me a lifetime. I wish I could tell you I love you just once more and hear you say it back. I long to hear you sing, even if they were songs we had never ever heard. There are so many things about you that were so special. You were so giving and thoughtful. I could go on and on but the more I say the more upset I get so for now I will say see ya later until we meet again. I have comfort knowing that you are no longer suffering and also that you are in heaven with mama because I know how much you missed her. I love you Daddyrosa. Tina

Posted by Tina Nelson

December 1, 2016

Cindy Slater

My sweet daddy. My heart is broken although I know you are with mama and free from pain. Saying goodbye to you today was the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life. Even in death you thought of all of those around you and made provisions for the holidays although you won't be with us in the physical sense. Please send me a sign to let me know you are safe and sound if you can. The world is surely at a loss without you in it. You never met a person who didn't fall in love with you and I never grew tired of your tales of youth and mischief. My world was always a little brighter with you in it. My falls didn't hurt as bad because you were there to either pick me up or teach me a lesson in how to get up, learn a lesson from it and move on. Oh how I will miss you but have a lifetime of memories to recall and brighten a day which would otherwise be dark. Thank you for always being my hero. I love you... Cindy

December 1, 2016

Chuck Riley

Dad you mean so much to All of us! I know you are in Heaven now with Mom and other loved ones that have passed before you. You know how much I love you. You have always been our ROCK and our Family will surely miss your kind and loving way. I miss you so much but I know you are at Peace and God will surely take care of you. Till we meet again in Heaven, I LOVE YOU !! Your Son.....

December 1, 2016

Rusty James, PT

I meet the best people at the worst times of their lives and I am blessed beyond measure with their kindness, grace and their determination to live. Mr. Riley was one of those people. I enjoyed every minute that I got to spend with you. Tina, my thoughts and prayers are with you and the family. May God comfort you during this time. He is at peace now and with your mom. Certainly a bright star was added to the heavens.

December 1, 2016

Rusty James

I meet the best people at the worst times of their life and I am blessed beyond measure with their conversations, kindness and determination to live. I enjoyed every minute I got to spend with him. Tina and the family, may God comfort ya'll through this time of grief and joy that he is no longer suffering and is with his Sara. Love ya'll.

December 1, 2016

Kathleen Riley

Dear Pete, you were loved by all and will surely be missed. Such a sweet soul that gave Christmas gifts to his Doctor's, local store employees and anyone in need. I will always remember our special conversations together and our family gatherings. What a special man you are. Rest in peace and I will always love you Pete.

December 1, 2016

Neal Stansell

Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

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December 1, 2016

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