[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 123 (Monday, July 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1044-E1045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                IN HONOR OF MR. JAMES EDWARD WILEY, SR.

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 23, 2018

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. James Edward 
Wiley, Sr., who passed away peacefully on Sunday morning of July 8, 
2018, surrounded by his loved ones.
  Mr. James Edward Wiley, Sr., the second son of A.P. and Florence 
Wiley, was born in Dallas, Texas on September 16, 1925. In 1942, he 
graduated from Adamson High School and entered the Corps of Cadets in 
August later that year, upon enrolling at The Agricultural and 
Mechanical College of Texas, now The Texas A&M University. After 
completing Armor Officer Commissioning School at Fort Knox, KY, James 
went to the Pacific Theater with the Army Corps of Engineers and 
assumed command of a Japanese POW Camp before he was even twenty years 
of age. Once he returned to College Station, he successfully completed 
his engineering degree in May of 1948 and he was awarded Texas A&M's 
highest honor as a Distinguished Alumnus in 1990 for all his hard work 
and dedication to the school.
  Immediately following graduation from Texas A&M, James obtained a job 
with Robert E. McKee in their Dallas office. He helped construct many 
prominent additions to Dallas after the war, including the Federal 
Reserve Bank, Moody Coliseum, in addition to the ``new'' Parkland 
Hospital, just to name a few. However, in 1960, he left McKee to join 
his loving father and brother at Wiley Brothers General Contractors and 
Investment Builders where they adopted the popular model of building 
long-block warehouses and sub-dividing them for multi-tenant occupancy 
in the fast-expanding industrial parks in what became the Stemmons 
Corridor.
  When the gift of grandchildren arrived, James embraced that role 
wholeheartedly. James used to invite his grandchildren to accompany him 
into Downtown Dallas to tour them through bank lobbies, and over 
Christmas break, he would treat them to lunch at the rotating Antares 
in Reunion tower. Throughout his life, James touched the hearts of many 
and always led by example, and his family will continue to thrive from 
his leadership.
  James is survived by his wife Virginia; his 4 sons and their wives, 
Jim (Karen), Alan (Melinda), Don (Julia), and Glen (Ann); 8 
grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. Although no words can really 
help to ease the loss, his life was truly a blessing and he is held 
very close in thought and prayer. In honor of his memory, I would like 
to take this opportunity to thank Mr. James Edward Wiley, Sr. for his 
service to our country and his dedication to the city of Dallas.

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