Mr. Carroll Ray Hurley

Carroll Ray Hurley, 80, husband of Sherill Marr Hurley passed from this life on Monday, November 3, 2014. Carroll was born in Bryson City, NC, son of the late Bass Lee and Ethel Seay Hurley. He was retired from Pickens County Recycling after a full working life as a Chemist with Dow Chemical, Technician with the Tega Cay Water Works near Rock Hill, Equipment Superintendent with RMI Oil Co, and as a long haul truck driver. A lifelong cowboy, he broke and trained horses for many years and traveled around the world 15 times. He was a member of the Masonic lodge in the Philippines and he was a Shriner. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Sherill of the home, a son, George Hurley (Cindy) of Six Mile, and two daughters, Joyce Hurley (Roane Evans) of Bedford, VA and Lorrie Brewer (Dennis) of Lancaster, SC. Also surviving are nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Carroll was preceded in death by a son, Steven Hurley and a grandson, Paul Derrick Hiles. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 PM Thursday, November 6, 2014 at Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens followed by a celebration of his life at 3:30 PM in the funeral home chapel. Carroll will be driven to his final resting place at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Pickens in his 1969 Ford, F250 Pickup truck. A message of condolence may be expressed to the family by visiting www.Dillard Funerals.com. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Foothills Cottingham Hospice House, 390 Keowee School Road, Seneca, SC 29672. Dillard Funeral Home Pickens, SC