William Fordham Obituary

To the Fordham and Collier families, my deepest sympathy. May the love and peace of Christ embrace you in this moment of bereavement and always.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. I will love you and miss you always.

God Bless His (Ghost) Life's Works.

My prayers and thoughts are with you during this time of sorrow. Contine to be encouraged and ask God for peace and favor during your time of bereavement. May you memories bring you comfort.
With Deepest Sympathy & Prayers
Genita & Family

To Mrs Barbara Collier and The Fordham Family, May God Bless and Be with you in this your hour of Sorrow. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot Heal. From cousin Francine Glover and Family

To Billy and the Family:

I know this has been a long journey for your father and for yourselves, but every since humankind forgot who it was and became clothed with human form with which to express and work outside the Garden of Eden, its sole function was to manifest God as it worked for its soul unfolding in order to get back to that Garden of Eden as purified Spirit.

Every human being must make a decision to "arise and go to the Father" just as the Prodigal Son did, once he found himself outside of the will of God, in the pigpen. We remove ourselves from the "pigpen" of life and return to Spirit when we separate from a body that has betrayed us, as your father did.

Remember, "that which cannot be seen is eternal, and that which can be seen is temporal." Your father has shed his mortal body and taken on immortality.

I imagine he would say:

"Though my soul may set in darkness,

It will rise in perfect light.

I have loved the stars too fondly,

To be fearful of the night."

Marian Carter, Licensed Bible Teacher, Christ Universal Center,
Charleston, South Carolina

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

May the peace of God that surpasses all understanding keep you at this time

To our family, "Ghost", our uncle, will truly be missed. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

To the Fordham Family:

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there were no more sea. Be assured that he is resting in peace. My
prayers are with you and your family.

Barbara,

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., has lost one of its greatest son's. Your father, "Ghost" as we all knew him. He was a fighter for Justice, truth and fairness.

One of his greatness achievement that very few of us knew about was his recent architectural work along with many others to save the
"Historical Scanlonville Community Graveyard" dated back to the 1870's where hundreds of slaves and individuals are buried.

Gone but never will be forgotten. We will accept the torch from him now and continue his fight for any injustice that we see.

His dearest brother in Omega. Rest own.

Peace,

TO THE FORDHAM FAMILY,

My most sincere sympathy is extended to you during this hour. May Allah's blessings and grace continue to provide for all your needs and be your joy in the morning.

BERNARD (X) WALKER

On Sunday I lost a friend, Ghost was a man of wisdom and knowledge, he was my "Cousin" and my friend. I will alway remember the quote that he would alway say to me, "My friends are mine and mine alone."
I will miss you my friend.

To the Fordham Family,
Your loss is our loss. We have enjoyed being family friends for decades. "Dilly" and "Bill" were very close and we have always enjoyed the friendship and the stories that we have heard from each one of them over the years. They shared and they cared for each other. We will miss "Ghost". Our prayers and thoughts are with you during the days ahead. May God continue to bless each of you.
Claud and Kevin Hart

Please accept my deepest sympathy. I was a student of
Mrs. Lorraine Fordham, and in later years meet Mr. Fordham.

Billy,
My condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. I will continue to keep you in my prayers.

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life’s routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

Bill and Lorraine were as aunt and uncle to me when I was a child as they were dear friends of my parents John H. and Verneshea A. Washington. Bill's passing marks the end of a era in my life's story and I will remember him with fondness and affection.

From the Fabor_Hymes family: Our deepest condolences goes out to your family. We love you and may God continue to bless you and strengthen you and your family in the time of trouble.

Our prayers are with the family. Tim, Lynne and family

From the Fabor-Hymes Family: Our deepest condolence goes out to your family, and we love you and may God continue to give you the strength you need in the time of trouble. Love P. Viola Fabor-Hymes

To the Fordham Family;
I would like to extend my deepest condolences in your loss.
No I did not know your father, your mother was my civic teacher and she was the BEST TEACHER I ever had....God Bless Her Soul!
Again I am sorry for your loss.
God Bless

To The Fordham Family,

Our sincere sympathy is extended to the family during this time of bereavement. Remember to look to the Heaven's for God understanding.

Chester, Carolyn and Eartha

To my dearest family, some things I'd like to say...
but first of all, to let you know, that I arrived okay.
I'm writing this from heaven. Here I dwell with God above.
Here, there's no more tears of sadness; here is just eternal love.

Please do not be unhappy just because I'm out of sight.
Remember that I'm with you every morning, noon and night.
That day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and He said, "I welcome you."

It's good to have you back again; you were missed while you were gone.
As for your dearest family, they'll be here later on.
I need you here badly; you're part of my plan.
There's so much that we have to do, to help our mortal man."

God gave me a list of things, that he wished for me to do.
And foremost on the list, was to watch and care for you.
And when you lie in bed at night, the day's chores put to flight.
God and I are closest to you....in the middle of the night.

When you think of my life on earth, and all those loving years
because you are only human, they are bound to bring you tears.
But do not be afraid to cry; it does relieve the pain.
Remember there would be no flowers, unless there was some rain.

I wish that I could tell you all that God has planned.
But if I were to tell you, you wouldn't understand.
But one thing is for certain, though my life on earth is o'er.
I'm closer to you now, than I ever was before.

There are many rocky roads ahead of you and many hills to climb;
but together we can do it by taking one day at a time.
It was always my philosophy and I'd like it for you too...
that as you give unto the world, the world will give to you.

If you can help somebody who's in sorrow and pain,
then you can say to God at night......"My day was not in vain."
And now I am contented....that my life has been worthwhile,
knowing as I passed along the way, I made somebody smile.

So if you meet somebody who is sad and feeling low,
just lend a hand to pick him up, as on your way you go.
When you're walking down the street, and you've got me on your mind;
I'm walking in your footsteps only half a step behind.

And when it's time for you to go.... from that body to be free,
remember you're not going.....you're coming here to me.

Ruth Ann Mahaffey (author)
©Copyright 1998-2008

From the Washington family we send our deepest condolences to the Fordham family. May God comfort you during this time.