Image courtesy of Historic St. Andrews A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN: Historic St. Andrews Marina in 1953. During the 1950s, Farris Foreman owned and managed several beer parlors and juke joints in the Glenwood and St. Andrews districts.
THE FOREMAN BROTHERS
The Foreman brothers’ story, and the sources for the money they invested, is a familiar one in the Black South. Descome was born in 1899 and Farris in 1900 to James and Lara Foreman in Waycross, Georgia. The family remained in the South during The Great Migration — the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to Northern, Midwest, and Western cities beginning in 1916. The brothers labored in nearby turpentine and lumber camps until Descome joined millions of Americans employed in government sponsored work projects under the direction of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. By 1940, both brothers sought improved economic opportunity in Florida. 8 | Portraits of Black History in Bay County
SERVING THE COUNTRY: World War II Draft Registration Cards issued to Descome and Farris Foreman.
Farris, better known as Frog, relocated to Panama City and became involved in the production and sale of illegal moonshine. Moonshine production supplemented the incomes of many
