- Date Of Birth: 1936
- Date Of Death: 2018
- State: Maryland
William Olen Wesley, known as Bill by his wife and friends, Dad by his children, and Papa Bill by his grand-daughters passed away on October 28, 2018. He was 82 years old.
Born in Anniston, Alabama in 1936 to Lecil and Lillian Wesley, William grew up in various towns in Alabama and Tennessee. He attended the University of Alabama where he met his future wife Elizabeth Anne McAdams. In 1958 they married and moved to Maryland for William’s first assignment as a Naval Officer. In Maryland, William and Elizabeth made their home in Crofton where they raised two children (William Jr. and Cynthia), made numerous life-long friends and truly enjoyed all that Maryland had to offer including the beach and the Chesapeake Bay.
William truly had an incredible life. He had a very successful career as a Senior Executive for the National Security Agency. William enjoyed his work where he met numerous friends and was able to serve the United States of America. Even with his career he always found time to enjoy his passions (golf and sailing) and found joy helping Elizabeth raise their children.
As a Dad, William coached both of his children in their various sports (baseball, basketball and softball) and enjoyed watching them participate in many sports including swimming, soccer, wrestling, baseball, softball and rugby. He taught them lifelong lessons and with Elizabeth gave them quite the wonderful life.
William is survived by his devoted children William Olen Wesley, Jr. and his wife Melanie, Cynthia W. Haskett and her husband Rick; loving granddaughters Allyson and Rachel Wesley and Nicole Stark.
William is preceded in death by his father, his mother and his sister, Joyce Wesley Harkins.
