Mr. Larry Hugh Riley, Sr., 73, of Grenada, passed away Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi in Oxford.  He was born January 11, 1950 in DeSoto, MS to Edgar Ray and Christine Hiatt Riley.  Larry was a graduate of Quitman High School where he was a standout linebacker on the high school football team.  He worked for many years at Mississippi Chemical and ultimately retired as a Maintenance Supervisor at Bowater in Grenada.  He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.  Larry was a good man with a huge heart and will be remembered for many years to come as a man who excelled in everything he did.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Friday, October 6, 2023 at McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service with Rev. Tim McCafferty officiating.  Interment will follow in the Pea Ridge Cemetery.  Family and friends will gather one hour prior to the service Friday at McKibben and Guinn.

Survivors include a daughter, Lora Gibson(Rickey) of Pascagoula; son, Larry Hugh Riley, Jr.(Melanie) of Lucedale; daughter, Amanda Hames(Curtis) of Pontotoc; son, Michael Anthony Burrell of Elliott; three sisters, Paula Manasco(David) of DeSoto, Patty Combest of Stonewall and Lisa Harris(Ray) of DeSoto; two brothers, James VanBuren Riley and Edgar Wayne Riley, both of DeSoto; ten grandchildren, Kristen Pellerano, Riley Parker, Noah Riley, Jordan Riley, David Burke, Michael Burrell, Jr., Amelia Nabors, Daisy Hames, Hunter Hames and Shelby Hames and five great grandchildren, Landen Pellerano, Rosaleigh Pellerano, Weston Pellerano, Braxton Krecker and Elizabeth Krecker.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Kathy Riley and a brother, Charles Alton "PeeWee" Riley.

Pallbearers will be Noah Riley, Van Rayburn Riley, Riley Parker, Adam Pellerano, David Burke and Barry Kelly.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.

Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).