Howard was born July 2, 1926, in Paragould, Arkansas. He was the second son of the late Howard Thomas and Anna Straub Raley.
After serving as a First Lieutenant in the US Army, Howard graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology receiving a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree. While at Georgia Tech, he met Joyce, his wife to be for 68 years.
Howard is survived by his wife Joyce (née Clements); brother Joseph Ronald Raley of Tularosa, New Mexico; three sons: Greg and wife Karen of Texas, Philip and wife Rita of the Carolinas, David and wife Lynda of Douglasville, Georgia; and a daughter Joan Raley Barnwell and husband Charlie of Vinings, Georgia; eleven grandchildren: Meredith, Mat, Matthew, West, Alex, Kristina, Sean, Jordan, Andrew, David, and Laine; and two great grandchildren: Sam and Myers.
Preceding him in death are his parents, five sisters: Pauline Raley, Loretta Raley, Francis Raley-Hayden, Virginia Raley-Ephrussi, and Sister Anne Michele Raley, and two brothers: Adrian Raley, and John Raley.
Private services were held.
