Lindsey McCray

November 30, 2020

Mr. Lindsey McCray answered the Master’s call on Monday November 3, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House, Florence, South Carolina after an illness. He was born on May 6, 1934 in Ambrose, Georgia to the late Herbert McCray and Essie Frierson McCray. He received his education in the public schools of Sumter County. Early in his life he became a member of St. Mark AME Church. Lindsey work at Vulcraft for a number of years and went to Plainfield, New Jersey where he resided for many years, he later returns to South Carolina and worked as a farmer. Lindsey was joined in matrimony to the late Rena Stevenson. He was preceded in death by his late son Barry Stevenson; six sisters, Katherine Lewis Mary Lee Hill, Edith Wilder, Ida Mae Lewis, Dorothy L. McCray and Delaney V. Goodman and one brother Shack Shields. Loved ones who will continue his legacy are: one granddaughter Ayashia Stevenson of Coward, South Carolina; four grandsons, Chris Johnson of Tampa, Florida, Jerry Durant of Lynchburg, South Carolina, Nakieta McElveen, and Kenyada Gurley; a sister Ree (Waymond) Edwards; a brother Willie (Eula Mae) McCray; a devoted nephew Tony A. McCray of Lynchburg, South Carolina; and a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.