Elwyn “Ted” Humphries

Cowpens, SC - - Elwyn Teddington “Ted” Humphries, 88, of 1288 Love Springs Road, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 22, 2026 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

Born in Gaffney, he was the husband of Willie Jean Lindley Humphries and son of the late Hyrle Hoover Humphries, Sr. and Bertha Quinn Humphries. He was a graduate of Gaffney High School, attended Gardner Webb, Limestone College and Stetson University, retired from textiles, and was the former owner/operator of Pyramid Screen Printers. Ted was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church where he formerly served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher. He served in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II, and was a Mason with the Gaffney Masonic Lodge. He loved his family, dogs, farming, gardening, and was an avid Gaffney Indians fan.

Surviving in addition to his wife is a son, Hyrle Bailey Humphries (Tammy) of Gaffney; two daughters, Lindley Ann Carolyn Auton (Scott) of Gaffney and Jeanne DeLona Pena (Servando) of Houston, TX; thirteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Elwyn Teddington “Wynn” Humphries, Jr, a granddaughter, Gabriella Grace “Gabi” Yeomans, three brothers, Eugene Humphries, Lew Sherer Humphries and Hyrle Humphries, Jr., and two sisters, Violet H. Hales and Betty H. Kethan.

The family will receive friends from 12:00PM until 1:00PM on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at Macedonia Baptist Church. Funeral services will immediately follow at 1:00PM at the Church with Reverend Bryon McIntyre, Reverend Seth Walker, Dr. Terry Duvall and Reverend C. J. Smith officiating. Interment, with Masonic rites, will be Frederick Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Macedonia Baptist Church “Care Team”, 216 Macedonia Road, Gaffney, SC 29341 or the charity of one’s choice.

The family will be at the home of Bailey & Tammy Humphries, 110 Meadow Wood Drive, Gaffney, SC 29341.

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

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC