Wesley Stubbs worked for the Department of Defense and the Pentagon before his death. (Courtesy Photo)
Wesley L. Stubbs, 92, of southwest Atlanta, died March 13. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn A. Stubbs, parents, James and Mary Stubbs, and brother, Melvin “Ike” Stubbs.
Wesley was born in Gloucester, Virginia and reared in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Frederick Douglass High School in 1941, where he was vice president of his class and played quarterback.
He attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. on a tennis scholarship and graduated in 1948, after service in the U.S. Air Force. Wesley was a mathematician with the Department of Defense and worked at the Pentagon.
In 1969, he and his family moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland. Wesley was a longtime member of Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, deacon and taught Sunday school.
After his wife’s death in 2007, Wesley made a life in Atlanta, Georgia with his daughter and her family. He looked forward to reading the New York Times, discussing current events, playing bridge every Friday with the Anne Woods Bridge Club and his active participation as a member of the Regency Park HOA board.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Weslie and Earl Robinson; granddaughter, Erin; sister and brother-in-law, Audrey and Semuel May; brother-in-law, George Amonitti (Mary); nephews, Stuart May (Pia), George Amonitti, Robert Amonitti (Linda), and Glenn Amonitti (Yoshie).
A Memorial Service was held at North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA.