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Following complications from a stroke suffered on June 16, 1986, Senator Willey died one month later on July 17. At the time of his death, he was considered the
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Ed Willey first entered public life in 1947, when he accepted appointment to fill a vacancy on what was then the
Richmond Board of Aldermen. In 1949, he was unanimously elected by other members of City Council to fill an unexpired term. Councilman Willey would serve from 1949 to 1951, when he
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Richmond's three Senate seats in the state legislature. On January 19, 1952, Senator Edward E. Willey took the oath and began his career that would span thirty-four years until his death in 1986. In 1971, he became chair of Committee on Finance. He became
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Springer Drug Company in Richmond. He continued with the firm until 1940, when he became a partner in Willey Drug Company. He became the pharmacy's sole owner in the early 1950s.
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