Edmond Fordham News Today

On Veterans Day 2022, the Star-Banner provides brief stories about four local men who have served, including two who served during World War II.

Open Arms Village can house 20 men. It soon will be able to add 10 more at the new facility, called The Nest at Open Arms Village.

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Edmond Fordham served in the military, stood up for civil rights and was a longtime educator in Marion. A new center has been named in his honor.

Just weeks after a new school was named for noted local educator and community leader Edmond Louis Fordham, he passed away peacefully in Ocala on July 19,

A year after Evergreen Elementary School closed its doors, Marion County Public Schools will open an early learning academy to boost literacy.

L.C. Stevenson, now 91, recalls the 1960s, when he and others helped protect the Rev. Frank Pinkston, a civil rights leader.

Julius was married to Vernita (Willoughby) Julius for 62 years and the couple have two adult children, Francine Julius-Edwards and Russell Julius; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.  Julius-Edwards said the family took COVID-19 precautions very seriously and she took all CDC-suggested guidelines to help protect her parents. "Theres no such thing as too careful," she said.  The family has not pinpointed when or where her father might have contracted the virus. Julius-Edwards, who...

Marion County native Edmond Fordham navigated a world of racial segregation as he served in the U.S. Air Force and the public school system. Fordhams daughter, Krista, said her father always "commanded respect" in every role he filled, despite even the harshest discrimination. Fordham, now 93, was born in rural Fort McCoy, about 15 miles east of Ocala, and lived near the intersection of the main crossroad. His father drove a truck, and was a laborer and a farmer. His mother worked for the Co...