Bill Workman
| Bill Workman | |
|---|---|
| 33rd Mayor of Greenville, South Carolina | |
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In office June 13, 1983 – December 11, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Harry B. Luthi |
| Succeeded by | Knox H. White |
| President of the Municipal Association of South Carolina | |
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In office 1994–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen M. Creech |
| Succeeded by | Lessie B. Price |
| At-large member of the Greenville City Council | |
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In office 1981 – June 13, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Clifford Gaddy, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Knox H. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Douglas Workman III July 3, 1940 Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Missing |
| Children |
Two sons, including: |
| Parents | Heber Rhea Thomas Workman |
| Residence |
Current: Walterboro |
| Alma mater | The Citadel |
| Occupation |
Retired business consultant |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army (peacetime) |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
(1) Missing
Two sons, including:
William D. Workman, IV
Three stepdaughters:
Gage Marks Beerer
Barnwell Johnson Marks
Current: Walterboro
Colleton County
South Carolina Formerly:
(1) Greenville, South Carolina
(2) Bluffton, South Carolina
(3) Charleston
Retired business consultant
William Douglas Workman, III, known as Bill Workman (born July 3, 1940), is a retired economic development consultant who served from 1983 to 1995 as the mayor of Greenville, South Carolina.
His father, W. D. Workman, Jr., was the journalist with the Charleston News and Courier and then The Columbia State, who ran for the United States Senate in 1962 and for governor of South Carolina in 1982, both times on the Republican ticket.
Workman was born in Charleston but spent his first five years in Walterboro in Colleton County in the South Carolina Lowcountry while his father was in the United States Army as an intelligence officer during World War II. His mother, the Heber Rhea Thomas (1918-1988), a native of Walterboro, was the supervisor of recreation for the Walterboro Works Progress Administration servicemen's club. Called "Tommie" by her husband, whom she married in May 1939, Rhea Workman graduated from Winthrop College at age eighteen and went on to obtain her Doctorate from the University of South Carolina. She was a full Professor of English from 1957 to 1977 at Columbia College in Columbia. Her mother, Ruth Dorrill Thomas, Workman's grandmother, taught at Walterboro High School and in 1935 launched the Future Teachers of America chapter at the school. Workman has a sister, Dorrill "Dee" Workman Benedict, now residing in Greenville, South Carolina with her husband, Lloyd Benedict.
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