Later Years
McCall narrowly lost his re-election bid just days after the trial ended in November 1972 and retired to his home on County Route 450A (CR-450A) in Umatilla, Florida. The Lake County Board of County Commissioners named the road after McCall in the 1980s, responding to a request from the black and white citizens living on the road. In October 2007, the Lake County Commission changed the name of Willis V. McCall Road back to County Road 450A.
McCall published a memoir about his experiences, The Wisdom of Willis McCall, in which he defends his long career as sheriff and responds to his critics. He died on April 28, 1994 at the age of 84.
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