Robert A. Foley, age 86, of Boone passed away Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Moses H. Cone Hospital.

He was born September 8, 1935, in Rockingham County, North Carolina. A son of the late Grover and Mary Foley. He was the owner of Foleys Auction and was a member of Gate City Baptist Church.

He is survived by three sons, Robert A. Foley, Jr., and wife Sarah of Greensboro; Timothy Mark Foley of Boone and James Richard Foley of Millers Creek;  three grandsons, Cameron Foley, Ian Foley, and Benjamin Foley all of Greensboro; one granddaughter, Kassidy Southerland and husband Will of Mountain City, Tennessee; one sister, Annie Harris of Patrick Spring, Virginia and one brother, James Foley of Patrick Springs, Virginia.

In addition to his father and mother he was preceded in death by his wife Faye Hardy Foley, two brothers, Clyde, and Ralph Foley, and two sisters, Donna Foley Ray and Margaret F. Shumate.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 28, 2022, at 3:00 PM, at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Larry Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00, prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to St. Jude Tribute Program at www.stjude.org

Online condolences may be sent to the Foley family at www.hamptonfuneralnc.com

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.