Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Blocker, the second-generation operator of Blocker's Furniture, a mainstay Ocala business since 1928, died on Feb. 24, 2022, ...

Remodeling is underway at the former Circuit City building as the new owner, Hudson's Furniture Showroom, guts what remained of the electronics store in preparation for a summer opening. The work is ...

Rusty Blocker, left, and his father, Russell, right, hold a picture of Edgar Lyon "Jimmy" Blocker, Rusty's grandfather and Russell's father, at the Blocker's Furniture Store in Ocala on March 11.