TITLE:  William Alan Langley

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, July 29, 2001

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, July 2001

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William Alan "Bill" Langley, 71, of Adams Run, died Friday, July 27, 
2001, in a local hospital. He was born May 22, 1930, in Portsmouth, 
N.H., the son of the late William Langley and Madelyn Munce Langley 
Gamester. He attended Suffield Academy and Yale University, both in 
Connecticut. Participating in many sports, he set New England track 
and field records. He served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.
After teaching at Cornwall Academy, he spent much of his writing 
career in Maine. He covered the war in Viet Nam, political and 
environmental issues and received awards for his reporting at the 
Portland Press Herald. He also wrote for the Maine Times, the Palm 
Beach Times and other publications. He valued knowledge, writing, 
books, music, and nature. He was a member of the Charleston Library 
Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, the Nature Conservancy and Disabled American 
Veterans.Surviving are his wife of 30 years, Lynn S. Langley of Adams 
Run; one brother, Rob Gamester of Tampa, Fla.; one sister, Judy G. 
Ruth of Tiger, Ga.; two sons, Ethan S. Langley of Idaho Falls, Idaho, 
and Currier Langley of Maine; one daughter, Sara Langley DeCasta of 
Portland, Maine, and three grandchildren. Services will be private.In 
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Suffield Academy
, P.O. Box 999, Suffield, Conn. 06078. Arrangements by JAMES A. 
MCALISTER FUNERAL HOME, 1620 SAVANNAH HWY. 766-1365.    (The Post and 
Courier July 29, 2001)
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