Retired Ocean Ridge Town Manager Bill Mathis, who was called back twice to be the town’s top administrator, died May 11 in Belle Glade. He was 79.
Mr. Mathis, whose given name was Delano William Mathis, was a police officer, police chief and town manager in Belle Glade for more than three decades before coming out of retirement in 1993 to manage Ocean Ridge.
He held the Ocean Ridge position for three years. He returned to the post as interim manager in 2004 for two years and again in the summer of 2008.
In between stints in Ocean Ridge, Mr. Mathis served on the Belle Glade City Commission for five years, including three years as mayor.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; a son and a daughter and two stepsons. A memorial service was held in Belle Glade and burial was at Foreverglades Cemetery in Belle Glade.
— Tim O’Meilia
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