--- title: Hillary Clinton: North Carolina Man's Obituary Says Don't Vote For Her description: Larry Upright was a passionate Republican. Now, a week after a North Carolina man died, he's keeping the message alive in his obituary. canonical: https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-19T16:00:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:44.568Z article:section: Politics og:title: Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton og:description: “We know he’s up there giggling right now" og:url: https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bce55511124eae/6987ebc38e060154e245e329/larry-upright.jpg?branch=production&width=450&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 450 og:image:height: 253 og:image:alt: larry-upright og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton twitter:description: “We know he’s up there giggling right now" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bce55511124eae/6987ebc38e060154e245e329/larry-upright.jpg?branch=production&width=450&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=1573a172-1ba8-4e42-b351-c264d5bd9830&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1)  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2015 4:00 PM UTC  Whitley's Funeral Home  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2015 4:00 PM UTC Nearly a week after a North Carolina man died, having lived a life passionate about politics, his family thought it best to include those views in his [obituary](http://www.whitleysfuneralhome.com/Obituary-Details.html?IDclient=3929). Mourners of Larry Upright, who died at 81 on April 13, were urged not to cast their ballot for a specific candidate in next year’s presidential election: “The family respectfully asks that you do not vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016\. R.I.P. Grandaddy.” Upright repeatedly shared his negative opinion about Clinton, family members [told](http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/mans-obituary-asks-people-not-vote-hillary-clinton/nkxnW/#%5F%5Ffederated=1) WSOC-TV, but he didn’t come up with the idea to include the line about the presidential candidate in his obituary. “We know he’s up there giggling right now,” said Mike Upright, Larry’s son. “Just laughing out loud.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2015-04-19T16:00:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:44.568Z","description":"“We know he’s up there giggling right now\"","url":"https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 Election","Newsfeed","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bce55511124eae/6987ebc38e060154e245e329/larry-upright.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18bce55511124eae/6987ebc38e060154e245e329/larry-upright.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"larry-upright","caption":"","creditText":"Whitley's Funeral Home","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3827567/man-obituary-vote-hillary-clinton/","name":"Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```