Elsie LeMaster

Gaffney, SC - - Elsie Stafford LeMaster, 80, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 6, 2026, at her residence.

Born in Sumter, she was the widow of the late Robert Wayne LeMaster and daughter of the late James Lynn Stafford and Geraldine Touchberry Stafford. She was a graduate of Mayewood High School, Columbia Commercial Business College, and Limestone College and was retired from the Cherokee County School District. She was a member of Grassy Pond Baptist Church for 57 years where she taught the Lib LeMaster Sunday school class for many years and sang in the choir for many years as well. As a young woman, she loved playing church softball. Later in life, she loved watching hummingbirds from her “Happy Place”, the sunroom. Elsie loved her Lord, her church, and her family.

She is survived by two daughters, Kimberly LeMaster Eubanks (Edward) and Angela LeMaster Bailey (Preston), both of Gaffney; four grandchildren, Cody Bailey (Whitney), Becca Segina (Grayson), Carly Bailey (fiancé Coby Epley) and Jillian Eubanks; a great-grandson, Wade Segina; a niece, Allison Peebles of Florence; and a nephew, David Peebles of Sumter. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Barbara Peebles, and an infant son, Kenneth Wayne LeMaster.

The family will receive friends from 1:30PM until 3:00PM on Friday, July 10, 2026, at Grassy Pond Baptist Church. Funeral services will immediately follow at 3:00PM at the Church with Reverend Martin Hogg and Reverend Mark Gregory officiating. Interment will be in the Grassy Pond Baptist Church Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Grassy Pond Baptist Church, “Building Fund” and Grassy Pond Baptist Church “Music Ministry”, 254 Grassy Pond Road, Gaffney, SC 29341.

The family will be at the residence.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC