Ford S. Worthy Jr. Obituary

We are sad to announce that on November 9, 2024 we had to say goodbye to Ford S. Worthy Jr. in Rex, North Carolina. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Ford Stedman Worthy and Pauline Marion Worthy; his wife Isabel Carter Worthy; his sister Marion Worthy; his nephew Paul Freeman; and his brother-in-law David Fowle.

He is survived by: his children, Ford Stedman Worthy (Allison), Isabel Blount Worthy Mattox (Steve), Marion Carter Worthy (Tom Hester) and Marjorie Hoyt Worthy (Malcolm Lewis); his grandchildren, Alexander Stedman Worthy (Nealy), Sophie Spencer Worthy (Cameron Adams), Isabel Spencer Mattox, William Blount Mattox, Henry Thomas Hester (Caitlin O'Neil), Ford Worthy Hester (Olivia Poles), Emilie Walton Lewis, Hoyt Worthy Lewis and Clay Carter Lewis; his stepgrandchild Ashley Mattox Wood (David); his nephews, Jennings Bryan Freeman and Ford Worthy Freeman; his sister-in-law Peggy Carter Fowle; his niece Margaret Fowle (Scott Boulette); his nephew David Fowle, Jr. (Liz); his great-nieces, Catherine Fowle O'Day (Tom) and Caroline George (Brian); and also, Thomas, Ira, Evan, James Mattox (Reston), Powell, Emma, Turner, Miller and Kit.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 1520 Canterbury Road, Raleigh, NC 27608.