William T. "Billy" McElroy, Jr

NarragansettMcElroy, William T. Jr., 42, of Homestead Road, died Friday at South County Hospital. Born in Providence, a son of William T. McElroy, of Narragansett, and the late Shirley E. (Tracy) McElroy, he had lived in Narragansett most of his life. Billy recently retired as a Sergeant from the Narragansett Police Department after serving for the past twenty-one years. He had also been involved with his local union, serving as President of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 303 for eighteen years. His father, Bill, is his only immediate survivor, but he also leaves many friends, cousins, professional colleagues, and neighborhood citizens whose lives he touched during his career as a police officer. He was a brother of the late Betty Ann McElroy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated on Wednesday morning, at 10:00 am, in Saint Mary, Star of the Sea Church, Point Judith Road, Narragansett, to which relatives, friends, and colleagues are invited. Burial will be private. Visiting hours are respectfully omitted. In lieu of flowers, donations to Saint Mary, Star of the Sea Church, P.O. Box 3329, Narragansett, RI 02882 in Billy's memory will be appreciated. Arrangements by Russell J. Boyle & Son Funeral Home, Warwick.