William Hastings (Bill) Wyly

William Hastings (Bill) Wyly, 84, passed away July 25, 2025, after a short illness, with his family and friends by his side.

Bill was born January 15, 1941. After graduating from Washington and Lee University at Lexington, VA, (where he was the captain of the golf team) and the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Phoenix AZ, he began his career as an international trainee for the Continental Insurance Group of New York, NY, and subsequently became the Country Manager in Spain after spending a year in the West Indies. Later, after returning to the States, he served as a Training Store Manager for Pier 1 Imports, and a vice president, wholesale division, for the HomeFurnishings Store at New Orleans, LA. Returning to Fort Worth, he became co-founder and vice president of sales of Image Video and Film. For the last years of his career, he was a representative for seven different banks in the subprime auto finance industry.

Bill’s hobby and passion was golf, and he was proud of the fact that he maintained a single digit handicap for over 60 years. He was a member of River Crest Country Club and a past member of the Steeplechase Club. He had an active membership in the Historical Society of Tarrant County.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Robert F. and Lillian Wyly, and one sister, Ann Petruccelli.

He is survived by his sister, Sydney; niece, Carol Wyly Astley; nephews, David Petraccelli and Robert Dobson; and two great nephews, Drew and Berit Astley, all of Seattle WA and a number of cousins from both sides of the family.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to United Way of Tarrant County, where his sister, Ann Petrucccelli, spent her entire career.

Graveside Service: 1:00 p.m., Friday August 1, 2025 at Tahlequah City Cemetery, Tahlequah, OK.