- Date Of Birth: October 29, 1930
- Date Of Death: May 27, 2021
- State: Georgia
Billye Dean McElroy, age 90, passed away peacefully in the late hours on Thursday, May 27, 2021. She was born on October 29, 1930 in Cleburne County, AL to the late Franklin and Mary Glass Craven. Along with her parents Billye is preceded in death by her husband, Clayton H. McElroy and their son, Wayne McElroy. She is survived by her son, Lynn McElroy and his wife Betty; grandsons, Brooks and Chad McElroy; granddaughter, Astra Duncan; great grandchildren, Kenneth, Curtis, Angline, Gracie, Taylor, Olivia; daughter in law, Sheryl McElroy and stepdaughter, Sharon Augero. Known by many as “Ma-Bill”, she was the neighborhood mom to all. Her favorite pastime was cooking and as soon as you walked into her house, she would say “Lets eat”. Her specialty was homemade biscuits and every Saturday she would make 32 biscuits because people knew and would come from all around. In her youth she and her twin sister, Betty, were well known in the country music world as The Gold Dust Twins.
