His headstone is the best timeline of his life. It reads:
Adolphus Spalding Worrell
Born Newton Co., GA, March 3, 1831
Died Louisville, KY, July 31, 1908
A.B. 1855, A.M. 1858, and D.D.
Mercer University
Married Mary L. Sheed
Sweetwater, Tenn. 1864
Evangelist – Captain, Confederate Army
Teacher of Hebrew, Greek and Latin,
Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss. 1855-56
Union University, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1856-1857
President,
Mt. Lebanon University, Mt. Lebanon, LA. 1865-66
Lexington Baptist Female College,
Lexington, KY. 1870-1871
California College, Vacaville, Calif. 1873-1875
Mt. Pleasant College, Huntsville, MO. 1878-80
Private Academy, St. Louis, Mo. 1880-91
Pastor,
First Baptist Church, Santa Ana, Calif. 1877-78
Editor,
The Louisiana Baptist, Mt. Lebanon, LA. 1865-66
The Baptist Sentinel, Lexington, KY. 1870-71
The Western Recorder, Louisville, KY. 1871-72
The Gospel Witness, Louisville, KY. 1893-1908
Translator,
Worrell Translation of New Testament,
Phila., PA. 1904
