Alex Murdaugh's son Buster is seen arriving at funeral service for his mother Libby, 85, at family plot in Hampton, South Carolina

Family and friends gathered on Tuesday for the funeral of Alex Murdaugh's mother, Elizabeth 'Libby' Murdaugh, who died last week at the age of 85.

Exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com show more than a hundred mourners attended the service at Varnville's United Methodist Church in Hampton, South Carolina, which was followed by a commitment at the family plot in Hampton Cemetery.

Alex Murdaugh, 55, who is now in prison for the murders of his wife, Maggie, 52, and youngest son, Paul, 22, as well as a host of financial crimes, was not present.

Buster Murdaugh was seen arriving in Hampton, South Carolina for his paternal grandmother's funeral on Tuesday morning, exclusive DailyMail.com photos show 

Buster, 30, unmistakable for the distinctive red hair that he and his late brother Paul both inherited from their father, Alex Murdaugh, wore a gray suit and sunglasses for the service 

Exclusive pictures obtained by DailyMail.com show more than a hundred mourners attended the burial service at the family plot in Hampton Cemetery

Alex Murdaugh, who is currently serving two life sentences for the murders of his younger son and wife in 2021, was not eligible for special release to bury his mother, Elizabeth 'Libby' Murdaugh (right) who died at her home aged 85 on March 19 

As a violent prisoner, and one who has been disciplined for communications with a documentary film-making team as well as use of another inmate's phone privileges, Murdaugh was not eligible for special day-release under the guidelines of McCormick Correctional Institution where he is currently being held.

He is serving two life-sentences with no hope of parole for the crimes that took place June 7, 2021.

Murdaugh's older son Buster, 30, unmistakable for the distinctive red hair that he and his brother both inherited from their father, was there to pay his respects to his grandmother who was, according to her obituary, surrounded by family and friends when she died at her Varnville home on March 19. 

Buster, who is the only surviving member of his family besides his incarcerated father, wore a gray suit for the service on Tuesday. 

Photos show the elder Murdaugh son being hugged and consoled by family members as they gathered outside the church in between the funeral and burial services. 

Alex Murdaugh had attempted to rope his mother into providing him with an alibi even though the elderly woman was suffering from dementia at the time he committed his crimes.

Buster, who is the only surviving member of his immediate family that is not in prison, was consoled by relatives outside the Varnville United Methodist Church on Tuesday 

He was seen sharing an emotional embrace with a relative as family members gathered outside the church 

Family and friends gathered at Varnville United Methodist Church before the burial service

The former librarian and teacher had been in declining health for years and therefore not eligible to testify at her son's trial last year. 

A jury decided that Murdaugh had driven to his mother's house after shooting his wife and son dead to arrange an alibi. 

On the night of Maggie and Paul's murders he told investigators he had left his hunting lodge, Moselle, to visit Libby at her home. 

Murdaugh claimed that he spent 40 minutes with her, watching a show, before returning to the hunting estate to find Maggie and Paul brutally gunned down near the family's dog-kennels.

They had both been shot multiple times at short range – Paul with a shotgun, Maggie with a rifle. 

Libby, a former librarian and teacher, had been in declining health for years and therefore unable to testify at her son's trial last year

Libby was remembered by Reverends Jack Hutto and John Culp as a woman whose, 'greatest loves were family, grandchildren and friends' 

The 85-year-old was buried alongside her husband, former Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III, who died in hospital three days after Maggie and Paul were murdered 

Murdaugh's wife Maggie and younger son Paul, whom he was convicted of murdering, are buried in the same plot as the elder relatives 

But Murdaugh's alibi imploded at trial when his mother's caretaker, Mushelle Smith, took the stand to testify that Murdaugh had indeed visited that evening, but that the 'unusual' trip lasted barely 20 minutes.

She stated that Murdaugh appeared to stash material that she described as a 'blue tarp,' and left within twenty minutes of arriving.

She described Muraugh as 'fidgety' and recalled that he later telephoned her and attempted to convince her to say that he had been at his mother's home almost twice as long as he actually had. 

Investigators found a blue raincoat covered with gun residue at the back of Murdaugh's mother's property. 

Similarly, Murdaugh's claim to have not been down at the kennels with Maggie and Paul in the moments before their deaths was exposed as a lie by an iPhone video.

The video clip, taken by Paul and sent to a friend just minutes before his death, captured Murdaugh's distinctive voice in the background, irrefutably placing him at the scene of the crimes.

Libby was married to former Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III for 60 years before his death in 2021 

The disgraced lawyer tried to use his late mother Libby as an alibi in the murders of his wife and son. He is pictured with his wife Maggie and their two sons Paul (left) and Buster

Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, were found shot dead on the grounds of the family home on June 7. Maggie was killed with an assault rifle, whereas Paul had been killed with a shotgun. Both were shot multiple times

Today, 'Libby' was remembered by Reverends Jack Hutto and John Culp as a woman whose, 'greatest loves were family, grandchildren and friends.'

She was married to former Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III for 60 years. 

The elected prosecutor along with his father and grandfather oversaw criminal cases in Hampton County and surrounding areas for nearly nine decades.

Randolph was in the hospital the night Maggie and Paul were shot dead. 

Libby was laid to rest alongside her late husband who died June 10, 2021, just three days after Maggie and Paul's horrific murders. 

Their gravestones stand side by side in the family plot.

Libby's daughter, Lynn Goettee and sons Randy and John Marvin were also there to mourn their mother's passing along with their spouses and Libby's numerous grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.