He was a native of Cleveland County, born April 12, 1932 to the late Wilburn and Alda Scruggs Dye.
Survivors include his wife, Katherine Chatman Dye, children Donna Foreman, Tammy Cape, Judy Beam, Gloria Howe, and Kathy Norton, sister's Faye Dye and Jean Dawson, nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.