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In 2004, Workman retired from the position of vice president of South Carolina district operations of the Piedmont Natural Gas Company but continued working as an economic development consultant.<ref name=votesmart/> Thereafter, he served as town manager of Bluffton, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121449/http://www.cceainc.com/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=cceainc.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> He also headed the Colleton County Economic Alliance Board.<ref name=scorg/>
In 2004, Workman retired from the position of vice president of South Carolina district operations of the Piedmont Natural Gas Company but continued working as an economic development consultant.<ref name=votesmart/> Thereafter, he served as town manager of Bluffton, South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121449/http://www.cceainc.com/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=cceainc.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> He also headed the Colleton County Economic Alliance Board.<ref name=scorg/>
In 2014, Workman, by then retired in Walterboro summed up his business and political career as follows, "Economic development is what I have done for a living and for fun. ... Economic development is a high calling as far as I am concerned," upon receiving in Columbia the designation of "South Carolina Economic Ambassador".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colletontoday.com/news/a-workman-like-effort-bill-workman-honored-as-s-c/article_1e3d463e-c57f-11e3-89aa-001a4bcf887a.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140514132825/http://colletontoday.com/news/a-workman-like-effort-bill-workman-honored-as-s-c/article_1e3d463e-c57f-11e3-89aa-001a4bcf887a.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2014|title=A WORKMAN-LIKE EFFORT: Bill Workman honored as S.C. Economic Ambassador|date=April 17, 2014|publisher=''Colleton Today''|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref>
In 2014, Workman, by then retired in Walterboro summed up his business and political career as follows, "Economic development is what I have done for a living and for fun. ... Economic development is a high calling as far as I am concerned," upon receiving in Columbia the designation of "South Carolina Economic Ambassador".<ref>"A WORKMAN-LIKE EFFORT: Bill Workman honored as S.C. Economic Ambassador," ''Colleton Today,'' April 17, 2014.</ref>
Workman died on May 12, 2019, in Walterboro, where he is interred at Live Oak Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/bill-workman-former-greenville-mayor-passes-away-at/article_f743572c-75ea-11e9-8769-7bbde6ee69c7.html|title=Bill Workman, former Greenville mayor, passes away at 78|author=Ella Wilkie|date=May 13, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2020|publisher=WHNS (Fox News)}}</ref>
Workman died on May 12, 2019, in Walterboro, where he is interred at Live Oak Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/news/bill-workman-former-greenville-mayor-passes-away-at/article_f743572c-75ea-11e9-8769-7bbde6ee69c7.html|title=Bill Workman, former Greenville mayor, passes away at 78|author=Ella Wilkie|date=May 13, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2020|publisher=WHNS (Fox News)}}</ref>