--- ---  # Man's Obituary Asks Mourners Not to Vote for Hillary Clinton  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.” Hillary Clinton: North Carolina Man's Obituary Says Don't Vote For Her ```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":"2026-04-13T07:18:53.560Z","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 topic"],"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"}}]}] ```