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| death_date=May 12, 2019 (aged 78)

| death_date=May 12, 2019 (aged 78)

| death_place=Walterboro, South Carolina, USA

| death_place=Walterboro, Colleton County<br>

South Carolina, USA

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| occupation=[[Business]]man

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'''William Douglas Workman, III''', known as '''Bill Workman''' (July 3, 1940 &ndash; May 12, 2019), was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man and [[politician]] who served from 1983 to 1995 as the [[mayor]] of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].

'''William Douglas Workman, III''', known as '''Bill Workman''' (July 3, 1940 &ndash; May 12, 2019), was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]man and [[politician]] who served from 1983 to 1995 as the [[mayor]] of Greenville, [[South Carolina]].

His father, W. D. Workman Jr., was a journalist with ''The Charleston News and Courier'' and then editor of ''The Columbia State,'' who ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 1962 and for [[governor]] of South Carolina in 1982, both times as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].

His father, W. D. Workman Jr. (1914-1990), was a [[journalist]] with ''The Charleston News and Courier'' and then the editor of ''The Columbia State,'' who ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 1962 and for [[governor]] of South Carolina in 1982, both times as a [[Republican Party|Republican]].

==Background==

==Background==

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>"Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors," May 17, 2014 material no longer on-line.</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former 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, and "Dimples" by her friends,  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 the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=papers/> Her mother, Ruth Dorrill Thomas, Workman's grandmother, taught at Walterboro High School, where in 1935 launched the Future Teachers of America chapter at the school.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrMhp1Ie5XEC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Rhea+Workman+of+Walterboro,+SC&source=bl&ots=uBTS2yx1GZ&sig=gymGlVlZ8JPuLzRL5gzaTTnPpRY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZtzU7itI4ycqAbasoHYBg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rhea%20Workman%20of%20Walterboro%2C%20SC&f=false|author=Sherry J. Cawley|title=Around Walterboro, South Carolina|page 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=1998|ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref> Workman has a sister, Dorrill "Dee" Workman Benedict of Greenville.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/socar/uscs/1995/workma95.html|title=William D. Workman Papers|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Workman was born in [[Charleston]], South Carolina<ref name=scorg>"Local Leaders Named S.C. Economic Ambassadors," May 17, 2014 material no longer on-line.</ref> as an intelligence officer during [[World War II]]. His mother, the former Heber Rhea Thomas (1918–1988), a native of Walterboro in Colleton County, 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, and "Dimples" by her friends,  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 the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=papers/> Her mother, Ruth Dorrill Thomas, Workman's grandmother, taught at Walterboro High School in Walterboro, where in 1935 launched the Future Teachers of America chapter at the school.<ref name=book>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrMhp1Ie5XEC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=Rhea+Workman+of+Walterboro,+SC&source=bl&ots=uBTS2yx1GZ&sig=gymGlVlZ8JPuLzRL5gzaTTnPpRY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QZtzU7itI4ycqAbasoHYBg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Rhea%20Workman%20of%20Walterboro%2C%20SC&f=false|author=Sherry J. Cawley|title=Around Walterboro, South Carolina|page 62|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=1998|ISBN=978-0-7385-6868-3|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref> Workman has a sister, Dorrill "Dee" Workman Benedict of Greenville.<ref name=papers>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/socar/uscs/1995/workma95.html|title=William D. Workman Papers|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014; material no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Reared in Charleston and Columbia, Workman graduated in 1961 from [[The Citadel|The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina]] in Charleston, the [[alma mater]] of his grandfather, father and both of his sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/scpc/Workman.pdf|title=William D. Workman, Jr.|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014; material no longer be on-line}}</ref> Workman served two years active duty in the [[United States Army]], with subsequent Army Reserve Corps service, in which capacity he attained and retired with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=scorg/> Like his father, he was a newspaper reporter for the ''Charleston News and Courier.'' He also worked for ''The Greenville News.'' He was, for a time, an educator and dean of Allied Health Sciences at Greenville Technical College. For six years, he was a member of the Greenville County School Board. He was among the founders of the South Carolina Literacy Association.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/29431/|author=[[Lindsey Graham]]|title=Bill Workman|date= February 2, 2004|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

Reared in Charleston and Columbia, Workman graduated in 1961 from [[The Citadel|The Citadel: The Military College of South Carolina]] in Charleston, the [[alma mater]] of his grandfather, father and both of his sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.sc.edu/scpc/Workman.pdf|title=William D. Workman, Jr.|publisher=library.sc.edu|accessdate=May 14, 2014; material no longer be on-line}}</ref> Workman served two years active duty in the [[United States Army]], with subsequent Army Reserve Corps service, in which capacity he attained and retired with the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=scorg/> Like his father, he was a newspaper reporter for the ''Charleston News and Courier.'' He also worked for ''The Greenville News.'' He was, for a time, an educator and dean of Allied Health Sciences at Greenville Technical College. For six years, he was a member of the Greenville County School Board. He was among the founders of the South Carolina Literacy Association.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/public-statement/29431/|author=[[Lindsey Graham]]|title=Bill Workman|date= February 2, 2004|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

Workman was twice married. From his first union, to the former Marcia Moorhouse, he has two sons: William Workman, IV, and Frank Moorhouse Workman. From his second marriage to Patti Gage Fishburne (born 1942), who was formerly married to Donald K. Marks of Greenville,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Donald&qmi=&qn=Marks&qcs=Greenville%2C+SC&focusfirst=1|title=Donald K. Marks|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> Workman gained three stepdaughters,<ref name=votesmart/> Gage Marks Beerer, Barnwell Johnson Marks, and Kemp Fishburne Marks.<ref name=mrsfishburne>{{cite web|url=

Workman was twice married. From his first union, to the former Marcia Moorhouse, he has two sons: William Workman, IV, and Frank Moorhouse Workman. From his second marriage to Patti Gage Fishburne (born 1942),Workman gained three stepdaughters,<ref name=votesmart/> Gage Marks Beerer, Barnwell Johnson Marks, and Kemp Fishburne Marks.<ref name=mrsfishburne>{{cite web|url=

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77074199/florence-fishburne|title=Florence Barnwell Dargan Fishburne (1916-2008)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77074199/florence-fishburne|title=Florence Barnwell Dargan Fishburne (1916-2008)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 23, 2020}}</ref>