John Howard Worsham
1911 - 1969 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Howard Worsham was born on 22 Aug 1911; died on 27 Oct 1969 in Orange County, Florida; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida. Other Events:
- _MILT: World War II. US Army. PFC.
Notes:
Mr. J. Howard Worsham, 58, Route 3, Box 340, died Monday.
A native of Manchester, Ga., he moved to Orlando in 1919 from Georgia. He had been superintendent of Orange County Sewage Districts for the past five years, and was superintendent of the City of Orlando sewage treatment plants for 12 years before working for the county. He was a member of North Park Baptist Church.
Survivors: widow, Mrs. Clara Bell Worsham; sons, John H. Jr. and Joseph T.; daughter, Mrs. Susan A. Henderson; sisters, Mrs. W.J. Harrison, Miss Freddie L. Worsham, all of Orlando and Mrs. Joe Graham, Germany; two grandchildren.
Hawthorne Funeral Home.
The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida. Wednesday, 29 October 1969.
County Official Dies While Driving Car
Seizure Fatal: John Howard Worsham, 58-yaer-old Orange County Sewage Department superintendent, died Monday of an apparent heart attack while driving a county car on Highway 50 just west of Good Homes Road. Worsham, White, Road, was dead on arrival at Orange Memorial Hospital. Marty Williams, 25, Winter Park, said Worsham just “started driving off the road” into an orange grove.
Orlando Evening Star, Orlando, Florida. Tuesday, 28 October 1969.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135817926/john-howard-worsham
Section H, Lot 298Family/Spouse: Clara Belle Terry. Clara (daughter of Boyd Calvin Terry and Mary Isabelle Caskey) was born on 28 Dec 1915 in Billings, Noble County, Oklahoma; died on 15 Jun 2005 in Ocoee, Orange County, Florida; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Gotha, Orange County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]