Wallace Adams Riley

The Rev. D. Wallace Adams-Riley, son of Weston Adams and Elizabeth Nelson Adams, was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from The University of the South and Virginia Theological Seminary. He is 15th the Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Virginia). Prior to becoming Rector of St. Paul's, Adams-Riley served as Canon of St. John's Cathedral (Jacksonville). Adams-Riley also served as Associate Rector of Old Christ Church (Pensacola, Florida), and he also served at Christ Church (Alexandria, Virginia), where he began his work as an ordained priest.

Before entering the seminary, at Virginia Theological Seminary, Adams-Riley taught at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. Adams-Riley served as Lay Chaplain at All Saints' Chapel at The University of the South prior to his term as a teacher at Holy Innocents'.

Adams-Riley was instrumental in the development of the feature film The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams from Solar Filmworks and ThinkFilm (2007). With his knowledge of the history of the family, Adams-Riley greatly impacted the telling of the story in the script phase, working closely with his father, Weston, and his brother Julian Adams, in the writing of the story of their family.