Wednesday, July 2, 2025 9:24 am

Elwood "Butch" McCullough, age 77, passed away Sunday, June 29, 2025.

Butch was born January 5, 1948 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Andrew McCullough and Murella Edmiston McCullough. He worked many years as a machine operator at the American Paper Company in Philadelphia before his retirement.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 54 years, Rose McCullough; daughters, Rosemary Smith (Craig) of Winston-Salem, Denise Stanton (Kenny) of Gloucester County, NJ and Christine Horton (David) of Forest City; grandchildren, Amanda McCullough, Christina McCullough, John Horton, Jessica McCullough, Edwin Acevedo, Julia Keim, Ashley Horton and Hailey Horton; great grandchildren, Sebastian, Jariel, Matthew, Harper, Madison, Scarlet and Artemis.

A gathering of family and friends will be held from 11am until 12pm Saturday, July 5 at Harrelson Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with Mr. Ryan Greene.

Memorial donations are requested to the American Lung Association, www.lung.org

An online guest registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Harrelson Funeral and Cremation Services is serving the family.