Education, Military, Occupation, Family
Adley graduated in 1965 from Airline High School in Bossier City and thereafter entered the United States Marine Corps. He served two years, from 1965 to 1967 including a stint in the Vietnam War. He is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. After military service, Adley procured an associate's degree from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana. He is a past president of the Louisiana Jaycees.
Adley has owned Pelican Gas Management Company, Inc., since 1993. He was President of ABCO Petroleum from 1972 to 1993. Prior to 1972, he was a securities broker. Adley is affiliated with the interest group the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. Prior to his legislative election in 1979 at the age of thirty-two, Adley had already served on the Bossier City Recreation Board, Civil Service Board, and City Council. He is a past state president of the Louisiana Jaycees.
Adley is divorced from the former Dawn Womack (born December 29, 1948) of Bossier City. His second wife is the former Claudia Henagan (born November 14, 1950), formerly of DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish near Lake Charles. From the first marriage, he has a son, the veterinarian Brandon Adley (born 1971) of Bossier City. A younger son, Bruce Adley, who attended Loyola College Prep in Shreveport, committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of fourteen in the spring of 1988.
Adley is a United Methodist Church lay leader and speaker.
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