William A. Urie, 92, a retired FBI special agent who served as Maryland’s secretary of licensing and regulation from 1976 to 1979, died Feb. 13 at his home in Silver Spring. He had cancer.
The death was confirmed by his son Thomas Urie.
William Arthur Urie was born in Rock Hall, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He was a 1939 graduate of Washington College in Chestertown, Md., and he attended George Washington University law school.
He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II as an military policeman and later as provost marshal. Starting in 1946, he served for 23 years in the FBI and worked in Washington, Chicago and Knoxville, Tenn.
After retiring from the FBI, he joined the senior management ranks of the Maryland Department of Licensing and Regulation. He retired in 1979.
Mr. Urie’s memberships included Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church in Olney, Manor Country Club in Rockville, the Masons and the American Legion.
His first marriage, to Margaret Mathews, ended in divorce. His second wife, Grace O’Donnell Urie, died in 2011 after 34 years of marriage.
Survivors include two sons from his first marriage, James Urie of Los Angeles and Thomas Urie of Ijamsville; a stepdaughter, Nancy Lockhart of Madison, Miss.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
— Adam Bernstein
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