Wayne A. Cawley Jr., 84

DENTON, Md. - Wayne A. Cawley Jr., of Denton, died Monday, June 9, 2008, at his home. He was 84.

Born on the same family farm, Mr. Cawley was the son of the late Wayne A. Cawley Sr. and Ida Mae M. Cawley.

His beloved wife, Barbara Cooper Cawley, whom he married on June 1, 1946, died July 2, 2002.

Mr. Cawley had been a resident of Denton and a self-employed farmer all of his life and was a past Secretary for the Maryland Department of Agriculture from 1979 until 1991, serving in both the Gov. Harry Hughes and the Gov. William Donald Schaefer administrations.

During World War II, he was in the U.S. Army Airborne, parachuting into France on D-Day in 1944.

He graduated from Caroline High School in Denton and was a 1948 graduate of Washington College in Chestertown.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbert H. Cawley and Bryant M. Cawley; and one sister, Ida Mae Boyce.

Mr. Cawley is survived by four sons, W. Archie Cawley III of Denton, Charles C. Cawley of Denton, Lance C. Cawley of Great Falls, Va., and Gail F. Cawley of Denton; one daughter, Lynn C. Wilson of Alexandria, Va.; ten grandchildren, Sarah O'Neil of Alexandria, Va., Amy Cawley of Kernersville, N.C., Jennifer Vogel of Cordova, Charles "Chris" Cawley Jr. of Denton, Lance Cawley of Denton, Matthew Cawley of Denton, Andrew "Tucker" Wilson of Front Royal, Va., Rachel Hubbard of Bethlehem, Adam Cawley of Denton, and Wayne A. Cawley IV of Denton; and four great-grandchildren, Grant Vogel, Hayden Cawley, Oliver O'Neil, and Gemma Vogel.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the family farm, Controversie, 24699 Meeting House Road, Denton, where the family will receive friends for one hour before the service and after the service.

The interment will be private.

The family requests, instead of flowers, for memorial donations to be sent to the Caroline Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 362, Denton, MD 21629.

Arrangements by Moore Funeral Home, P.A., Denton.