On Thursday Jan. 12, 1981 Bill left Bald Head Island on a 12 foot canoe. Bill was setting up gill nets in the Frying Pan shoals area south of Bald Head Island when he was caught up in a storm. After 3 day of searching from the coast guard by boat and helicopter his body was never recovered.

Businessman: Owner of Shuford Insurance agency. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where he played football. Bill was a member of the 1969 graduating Class of Concord High School, Concord, North Carolina. He was the class president. Bill was involved in all manner of sports at which he excelled. (Information retrieved from NamUs.gov)