Catherine Kay Stafford

Kay passed away on Christmas morning, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Born in

Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kay attended the University of Kentucky, where she earned her BS

degree, and met her husband. After a time together in Lexington, Ky. the Staffords moved to

Columbia, SC, where, beginning in 1971, they developed Webb-Rawls Art Galleries from a

single store on Gervais Street to a thriving business with 5 locations across the midlands. She

was a long time member of first Presbyterian Church.

Retiring in 2018, Kay shared her time between her daughter Camilla’s home in Chapin,

where she fell in with a group of close-knit friends she called her “walking group”, and at her

daughter Claire’s farm in Calhoun County. She was welcomed with love and open arms by the

congregation at the First Baptist Church, St. Matthews. She loved the services there, and making

new friends at the Senior Center.

Kay was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Marshal Gladish and Catherine

Roberson Gladish of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and her husband of 58 years, Daniel Wesley

Stafford. She is survived by her brother, Raymond Marshall Gladish, Jr. (Nancy) daughters

Camilla E. Ross and Claire S. McElveen (George), and a crew of devoted grandchildren, Daniel

A. Caballero (Margaret), Michael A. Caballero, Rebekah E. Caballero, William C. Rorie,

Susannah McE. Powers (Frederic), and Catherine S. McElveen. There will be a private

ceremony. Memorials may be made to Calhoun County Animal Shelter 140 Purple Martin Road,

St. Matthews,SC 29135