FRANKLIN — William Fletcher “W.F.” Worrell Jr., 81, passed away on March 7, 2017, in Southlake Hospital, Clermont, Florida.

He was a native of Franklin and was the son of the late William Fletcher Worrell Sr. and Dora Whitley Worrell, and was also predeceased by his wife, Sandra Britt Bridgers Worrell, and a son, William Russell Worrell.
Mr. Worrell attended Murfreesboro High School, graduated from Chowan College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and earned a law degree from Lasalle University in 1972.
He served in the Army and the National Guard Reserve, and was employed by Union Camp Corp. in 1958, and retired from Union Camp (now International Paper) in September 1993.
He was a member of Southern Forest Products, New Orleans, Louisiana; Transportation Commission chairman, 1982; Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984-1988; American Pulpwood Association, Washington, D.C., 1983-1993; National Industrial Transportation League, Washington, D.C.; Florida Forestry Association, Tallahassee, Florida; and the Conference Board, New York City, New York.
He was past member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church and the Beverly Sunday School Class, Savannah, Georgia; past member and deacon at Sunbeam Baptist Church, Franklin; and recently Watch Care Member Open Door Baptist Church, Clermont, Florida.
He was a Mason, Franklin Lodge No. 151 where he was a Past Master; Scottish Rites 32nd Degree, Portsmouth, Virginia; President Franklin Shrine Club 2004; a member of the Ruritan Club in Como, North Carolina; past member of the Sons of the Confederacy; and a member of the Roanoke Chowan Shrine Club.
Survivors include his son, Gregory Alan Worrell; grandchildren, William Britt Worrell and Keely Briana Worrell; and a great-grandchild, Luna Bell Bashlon.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 17, in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Hoyle Green officiating. Burial with Masonic rites will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday in the funeral home, and suggests that memorial donations be made to Sunbeam Baptist Church.
www.wrightfuneralhome.org.