William Finley Sahlie

Background

Sahlie, William Finley was born on March 8, 1933 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Jesse Herman and Virginia Margaret (Short) Sahlie.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Forestry, U. Florida, 1955.

Career

Various positions, St. Regis Paper Company, Pensacola, Florida, 1955-1960; vice president, Royal Wood, Inc., Eastman, Georgia, 1961-1963; president, Bama Wood, Inc., Wetumpka, Alabama, 1963-1990; president, Wetumpka Small Motors, Inc., 1964-1981; president, Saco Wood, Inc., Prattville, Alabama, since 1966; president, Southern Trucking, Inc., Prattville, since 1966; president, Mid-South Wood, Inc., since 1991. Member of advisory committee School of Forestry, Auburn (Alabama) U., since 1976.

Membership

Deacon First Baptist Church, Wetumpka, since 1972. Charter president Wetumpka Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1964-1965. Councilman Wetumpka City Council, since 1988.

Elmore County chairman Montgomery Area United Way Fund Drive, Wetumpka, 1985. Member Society American Foresters (chairman Alabama chapter 1984), Alabama Forestry Association (president 1987-1988), Alabama Forestry Council (Chairman of Commission of 100 1985-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, fishing, aerobics.

Connections

Married Shirley Patterson, June 1, 1957. Children: Virginia, Elizabeth, Malcolm Clark, Anne.

Father:

Jesse Herman Sahlie

Mother:

Virginia Margaret (Short) Sahlie

Spouse:

Shirley Patterson

child:

Malcolm Clark Sahlie

child:

Virginia Sahlie

child:

Elizabeth Sahlie

child:

Anne Sahlie