As a young man, Edgley served as a
missionary in the eastern United States and later served in the church as a
stake president and
bishop. Prior to his call as a general authority, he was the managing director of the church's Finance and Records Department. Edgley was
called as second counselor to
Presiding Bishop Robert D. Hales in 1992. In 1994,
Merrill J. Bateman replaced Hales and Edgley was retained as second counselor. When former first counselor,
H. David Burton, became presiding bishop in 1995, Edgley was called as first counselor. Edgley also participated in unveiling the first solar powered meetinghouse of the LDS Church in North America and a prototype eco-friendly meeting house. ==Personal life and death==