Perry Downs McGuire

Catawba, SC - Mr. Perry Downs McGuire, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House, Rock Hill, SC.

The family will receive friends from 5 - 7 pm on Monday, March 3, 2025, at Bass Cauthen Funeral Home. 

Funeral services will be 2 pm Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Bass Cauthen Funeral Home with the Pastor Scott Demeres of Lesslie Church of God and Pastor Ron Roddey of Cornerstone Baptist Church officiating. Immediately following the funeral, a graveside service will be at Grandview Memorial Park. 

A native of Rock Hill, SC, Mr. McGuire was a son of the late Grier McGuire and Ollie Thornwell Perry McGuire. He graduated from Rock Hill High School and attended the University of SC and Clemson College. He served as a clerk/typist in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He worked for Celanese in their Charlotte office and later worked for SC Employment Security Commission as the claims supervisor until he retired. He was a faithful member of the Lesslie Church of God, where he led the Read Through the Bible Every Year group. He thoroughly enjoyed spending time with his family, facilitating games, taking pictures, discussing trivia, telling a joke, pulling a prank, and sharing the many stories of his life. He loved generously and was quick to give. He will be remembered as a great man who always thought of others. He was an example of what a Christian man should be like. He never tried to impress anyone, but the more you got to know him, the more impressive he became. He was always a responsible man who kept his word. 

Surviving are his wife of 29 years, Susie Passmore McGuire; two daughters, Terry McGuire Roddey (Ron) and Robin McGuire-Gill (Ken Hunt); three stepsons, Tim Wallace (Anissa), Scott Wallace (Julie) and Michael Wallace; four grandchildren, Suzanne Slaughter, Becky Matthews, Charity Turbeville (Everett), and Anna Gill; 8 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; 10 step-grandchildren; and 10 step-great-grandchildren. 
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward “Eddie” Downs McGuire; three brothers, Jerry McGuire (twin brother), Frank McGuire and Tommy McGuire. 

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice and Community Care, PO Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29731.

Bass Cauthen Funeral Home is serving the family.