ct the residence of John C. Carraway (1873-1931) and William P. Burke (1858-1924) will build the house of Dr. Daniel A. Nash (1858-1904). &nbsp;Both structures are on the beach.(The Biloxi Herald, April 3, 1897, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Iroquois Club, a men\'s social was organized in April</strong> with Phil McCabe, president; J.J. Kennedy, secretary; and Louis E. Gill, treasurer.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 24, 1897, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi Business League was created on April 21st</strong>. &nbsp;W.K.M. Dukate (1852-1916), president; E.W. Morrill, vice president; J.P. Chinn, treasurer; and William F. Gray, secretary.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 24, 1897, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Hyman McMacken Folkes</strong> (1871-1926) <strong>came to Biloxi to from Jackson to accept the post of Quarantine Officer</strong> at Ship Island.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 24, 1897, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William C. Morgan and son leased the Montross Hotel</strong> in early May.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, May 8, 1897, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John H. Mille</strong>r (1847-1928), editor of T<em>he Biloxi Herald</em>, <strong>was found not guilty in the manslaughter of Jules Soul</strong>e.(The Biloxi Herald, July 3, 1897, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dan Markey replaced Arsene O. Bourdon Sr</strong>. as Biloxi\'s Fire Chief.(The Biloxi Herald, August 7, 1897, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>There were four new cases of Yellow Fever reported at Biloxi</strong> with no deaths. <strong>&nbsp;Dr. Juan Guiteras</strong> (1852-1925), government Yellow Fever expert, examined twenty-eight fever cases at Ocean Springs and reported that twenty-five were dengue fever and that he was unsure of the cause of the three others.(The Daily Picayune, September 9, 1897, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Stevenson Parkhurst</strong> (1829-1897) and <strong>Caroline Boardman Parkhurst</strong> (1832-1897), spouse, <strong>were murdered</strong> at their Back Bay Biloxi residence \'Parkhurst\' on October 21st. &nbsp;\'Parkhurst\' consisted of 120.81 acres comprising Section 20, T7S-R9W. &nbsp;It was acquired in September 1882 from Jacob Elmer and sold for $1600 to T.P. Dulion in August 1899 by Stephen L. Parkhurst and Emma McMeekin, sole heirs of John S. Parkhurst.(The Biloxi Herald, October 23, 1897, p. 1, October 30, 1897, p. 8, January 15, 1898, p. 5 and Harrison Co., Ms. Land Deed Bk. 19, p. 88 and Bk. 42,pp. 516-517)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1898</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Gulf View Baseball Park has been dismantled</strong> and is now a thing of the past.(The Biloxi Herald, January 15, 1898, p.8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Raymond Caillavet</strong> (1838-1898), former <strong>Mayor, treasurer, councilman, and street commissioner</strong>, expired on February 16th.(The Biloxi Herald, February 19, 1898, p. 5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Spanish American War began</strong> on April 21st.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Harry G. Gibson</strong> (1870-1898), probably a native of New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, was indicted on January 17, 1898 by a grand jury of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi. &nbsp;He <strong>was was hanged at Mississippi City on July 16, 1898</strong> for <strong>the murder of John S. Parkhurs</strong>t (1827-1897) and <strong>Caroline F. ‘Carrie’ Boardman Parkhurst </strong>(1832-1897). &nbsp;He was the first person ever legally killed for a crime in Harrison County, Mississippi.(The Biloxi Herald, &nbsp;January 22, 1898 and July 16, 1898)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Laz Lopez </strong>(1850-1903) has a <strong>new residence on East Howard Avenu</strong>e that is a conspicuous ornament.(The Biloxi Herald, May 18, 1898, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Captain John H. Miller</strong> (1847-1928)&nbsp;<strong>left the journal on May 1, 1898 when the co-partnership, G.W. Wilkes &amp; Company, was dissolved&nbsp;</strong>leaving G.W. Wilkes sole owner of&nbsp;<strong><em>The Biloxi Herald</em></strong>.(The Biloxi Herald, June 11, 1898, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mr. Saucier\'s mare beat Fannie</strong>, the mare of T.P. Dulion, by half a neck at the race track.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 25, 1898, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Quarantine Board of Mobile County were visitors &nbsp;to Scranton</strong> [Pascagoula] to inspect the quarantine plant at Cat Island, and <strong>found it suitable, to make arrangements for its removal to Mobile Bay</strong>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 16, 1898, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>The Biloxi Herald</em></strong> became a <strong>daily newspaper on August 16, 1898</strong> and called <em><strong>The Biloxi Daily Herald</strong></em>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, August 16, 1898, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John C. Krohn Jr</strong>. resident of North Biloxi <strong>harvested 4000 pounds of upland rice </strong>from three acres. &nbsp;His production and shipping cost of the grain was $27 and he<strong> calculated a profit of $63 from his three acres</strong>. &nbsp;Krohn related that perhaps a hundred or more farmers north of Back Bay might grow rice, if the <strong>Biloxi Roller Mill Company managed by J.B. Chinn would install a cleaner. </strong>&nbsp;Chinn avered that the mill would install a cleaner if a sufficient rice crop was grown by local rice growers.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 7, 1898, p. 4)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>City of Biloxi received three new public school buildings on September 6th</strong>. &nbsp;The <strong>Forest Park School</strong> on Porter Avenue was given by Lazaro Lopez (1850-1903) and Julia Dulion Lopez (1857-1918). &nbsp;The <strong>Back Bay Ward Schoo</strong>l was donated by W.K.M. Dukate and William Gorenflo. &nbsp;It was situated on Main Street and Back Bay. &nbsp;Mayor <strong>Harry T. Howard gave the City a primary school building</strong> on the corner of Main Street and Water Street.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 10, 1898, p. 4)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Telephone Company at Biloxi </strong>had its central office <strong>connected with Ship Island on September 26th.</strong> &nbsp;Messages were received at Ship Island by Captain Dan McCall and delivered to the appropriate party. &nbsp;The cost was $.50 to call a vessel in the Ship Island anchorage and $1.00 to contact a person at the Quarantine Station.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 27, 1898, p. 4)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1899</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Cemetery Association decided on January 4th, to remove the bridge between the old and new cemetery and lay tiling, fill in with shell and make a good roadway where the bridge now stands.</strong> The ground <strong>recently purchased by the Cemetery Association has been laid off into lots and the plat was presented to the Association last night</strong>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 5, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Marshal Mosley and Officer McKinley captured 10 white crap shooters&nbsp;</strong>at Point Cadet yesterday.They pleaded guilty in court and were fined $5 and court costs. &nbsp;Marshall Mosely had started to break up gambling in Biloxi without regards to who indulges in it. &nbsp;Stir clear of alluring cards and fascinating bones, if you do not want to appear in city court.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 17, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>T.J. Rosell of the firm of Gill, Rosell &amp; Company purchased</strong> the entire plant of the <strong>Biloxi Manufacturing Company.</strong> &nbsp;Mr. Rosell stated he is authorized to receive all accounts due the firm of Gill, Rossell &amp; Company.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 11, 1899, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Captain John Johnson of Ocean Springs was probably the heaviest loser of anyone in town from the cold.&nbsp; A few days previous he had purchased 700 barrels of oysters at fancy prices, all of which froze, entailing a loss of nearly $800.&nbsp; To make matters worse, orders for oysters have been pouring in all week which cannot be filled.(</strong>The Biloxi Daily Herald, February 21, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary A. Andrews </strong>(1848-1900+), a widow,<strong> planned to open the new Breslow &nbsp;Hotel on June 1st. &nbsp;The commodious structure was built by John Eistetter. </strong>&nbsp;Mrs. Andrew planned to furnish the modern Breslow Hotel with new furniture.<strong> &nbsp;She had operated the Bay View Cottage for many years</strong>. &nbsp;Mrs. Andrews was an excellent caterer.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, May 25, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Florence Crofton Duncan</strong> (1871-1952) of Biloxi left NOLA aboard the steamer, <strong><em>Aransas</em></strong>, for <strong>Havana, Cuba with eight women, three from Long Beach, Mississippi, to care for the sick in U.S. Government hospitals</strong> there.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 15, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor Harry T. Howard</strong> (1856-1930) <strong>resigned his office in early September</strong> and was <strong>replaced by Dr. Daniel A. Nash</strong> (1858-1904), Alderman Ward III, who was appointed to the office by Governor McLaurin on September 5th.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 1, 1899, p. 8 and September 9, 1899, p. 1).</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Enrollment in the<strong> Biloxi Public white school</strong>s for 1898-1899 was 553 students [300 females and 253 males] and 100 students [61 females and 39 males] for the colored school.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 9, 1899, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jackson Herndon Owings</strong> was named <strong>Biloxi Public School superintendent and principa</strong>l with a salary of $120/month. &nbsp;J.A. Burns headed up the colored school and paid $40/month.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 9, 1899, p. 1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Gulf View Park</strong> was active with <strong>horse racing </strong>as the steeds of A.M. Dulion, Felix Borries, John and William Kennedy, Bud Holliman, Joe Aiken, and Mr. Henley competed.(The Biloxi Herald, November 10, 1899, p. 8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In November 1899, <strong>Lopez &amp; Dukate advertised for fifty boats to fish on the oyster banks</strong> and pay oystermen<strong> 40 cents per barrel of oyster.</strong>&nbsp; They would pay for fifty boats to transport oysters from the reef to the factory wharf for 40 to 50 cents per barrel. The factory also <strong>sought one hundred oyster shuckers</strong>.<em>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, November 10, 1899, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"cke_pastebin\">\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1900</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The<strong> Biloxi Benevolent Association</strong>&nbsp;was founded on January 11th.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The<strong> L&amp;N Railroad bridge at Pascagoula was out of service</strong>. &nbsp;Passengers, mail and express were transferred, but not freight.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, April 27, 1900, p. 8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>incipient \'Biloxi Yacht Club\' held a regatta</strong>&nbsp;on August 17th and August 18th.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, July 21, 1900, p. 8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">John Eistteter, contractor, related that<strong> the new fountain to be set up in front of City Hall has arrived </strong>and will be built in a few days. &nbsp;The ornamental fountain to be erected at Lameuse Street and Howard has not been received.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, September 4, 1900, p. 8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>After many delays, paving contractor, Charles D. Budd [1864-1930] of St. Louis,&nbsp;began brick paving Reynoir Street &nbsp;from the L&amp;N Railroad to&nbsp;Howard Avenue and eastward&nbsp;</strong>toward&nbsp;Nixon Street.(The Biloxi Herald, September 4, 1900, p. 8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Captain Ernest Desporte collected $110.15 to be sent to the Mayor of Galveston, Texas</strong>&nbsp; for the relief of hurricane victims in the September 1900 Galveston Hurricane.(The Biloxi Herald, September 14, 1900, p. 8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Thompson &amp; Eistetter, architects and builders</strong>, awarded $10,000 contract to erect a new Gothic-style, Baptist Church of brick and stone at Lameuse and Jackson.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 5 , 1900, p. 8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor Daniel A. Nash</strong>&nbsp;(1858-1904) announced that $17,435.48 had been deposited in The Bank of Biloxi for the new bridge across Back Bay.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 5 and October 6, 1900, p. 8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph W. Swetman</strong>&nbsp;(1863-1937), president of the Bryan and Stevenson Club of Biloxi returned from the National Association of Democratic Clubs at Indianapolis.(The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp; October 6, 1900, p. 8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em><strong>The Biloxi Daily Herald</strong></em>&nbsp;noted that,&nbsp;<strong>\"one of the greatest needs of Biloxi is a new school house for Colored children.\"&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;It recommended that the city government build an adequate school house to cost about $300 on a tract owned by the Colored community of Biloxi.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, October 30, 1900, p. 8)&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bradford\'s \'Bus\', which made regular trips from City Hall to Joullian\'s Factory</strong>&nbsp;via Reynoir Street commenced on November 1st.&nbsp; Fare five cents.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, November 9, 1900, p. 1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On November 9th, the&nbsp;<strong>Great Biloxi Fire started in the rear of Kennedy\'s Saloon</strong>&nbsp;near the L&amp;N Depot on Reynoir Street. &nbsp; The large conflagration devastated about ninety commercial and residential structures south of the Kennedy Hotel to the front beach.&nbsp; <strong>Damages estimated at about $600,000</strong>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, November&nbsp;9, 1900, p. 1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph W. Swetman</strong>&nbsp;(1863-1937), defeated F.W. Elmer (1847-1926) for Mayor of Biloxi.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, December 12, 1900, p. 1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The 1900 population of Biloxi</strong>&nbsp;taken by the US Federal Census was<strong> announced as 5467 people</strong>.(The Biloxi Daily Herald, December 16, 1900, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 44, 47, 'en', 0, '<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>21st Century&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The first decade of the 21st Century at Biloxi was indelibly marked by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. &nbsp;The Category Three tempest came ashore in the early morning of August 29th near the Pearl River delta in Hancock County, Mississippi. &nbsp;Although hurricane force winds lasted along the MIssissippi Gulf Coast for more than ten hours, it was the large storm surge exceeding twenty-five feet in some areas that devastated the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast. &nbsp;Katrina trailers and later Katrina cottages became the domiciles for those unfortuante ones who lost their homes in the monster tempest. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Population at Biloxi in 2000 was 50644 people and by 2010 had decreased to 44,054 people due in a large part to the loss of homes and businesses from Katrina. &nbsp;With insurance litigation, FEMA, and other onerous issues, rebuilding of the Katrina decimated waterfront at Biloxi proceeded very slowly and by 2010 some notable progress had been made.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2001</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Tradition</strong>, a <strong>master planned community of 4642 acres</strong> situated in T5S-R10W, T5S-R11W and T6S-R10W of <strong>Harrison County, Mississippi</strong>, was platted by Columbus Communities, LLC in February. &nbsp;<strong>Joseph Canizaro</strong>, a Biloxian and New Orleans resident, was the prinipal investor, with <strong>Gerald H. Blessey</strong>, another Biloxian, involved in the management and ownership of this impressive project.[Harrison Co., Mississippi Chancery Court Land Plat Bk. 43, p. 20A]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William Paul Shelton&nbsp;</strong>(1910-2001), local jeweler, who opened his first store at Biloxi in 1945 and Ocean Springs in 1972 expired on February 16, 2001.<em>(The Ocean Springs Record, March 1, 2001, p. 3)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Robert \'Bob\' L. Garrison&nbsp;</strong>(1931-2001), born August 16, 1931 at Fort Wayne, Indiana and basketball coach at Biloxi High School in the late 1950s and 1960s expired on April 15th at Raymond, Mississippi. &nbsp;<strong>Gaynell Sumrall Garrison</strong> (1934-2003), his spouse, expired on September 19, 2003.&nbsp;(The Sun Herald,&nbsp; April 18, 2001, p. A-7 and September 21, 2003, p. A9)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n<div style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, \'Trebuchet MS\'; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;\">\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Bishop%20Rodi_0.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:150px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rteleft\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Thomas L. Rodi</strong> was ordained a Bishop and <strong>installed as Bishop of Biloxi on July 2, 2001.</strong> &nbsp;Bishop Rodi was appointed Archbishop of Mobile by Pope Benedict XVI on April 2, 2008, and was installed on June 6, 2008.</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rteleft\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles R. Hegwood</strong>&nbsp;(1914-2001), long time <strong>Notre Dame High School football coach and athletic director</strong>, expired at Houston, Mississippi on July 23, 2001.(The Sun Herald, July 26, 2001, p. A6)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Scott%2C%20J.L..jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:139px\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Lee \'Jake\' Scott</strong>&nbsp;(1915-2001), Mississippian whose life work was with the State Education system and who was instrumental in creating the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at Ocean Springs and <strong>name sake of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium</strong> at Biloxi, expired at Jackson, Mississippi on April 25th.(The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, April 25, 2001, p. 7A)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William H. \'Billy\' Creel&nbsp;</strong>(1943-2001), Biloxi native and 1961 BHS alumni and longtime hotelier, Biloxi tourism promoter, and Isle of Capri Casino, executive expired on November 24th.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Oustalet%2C AJM Jr.-Bubba.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:118px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Arthur J.M. \"Bubba\" Oustalet</strong>&nbsp;Jr. (1922-2001), Gulfport and Jennings, Louisiana automotive dealer and civic leader, died on November 26th.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2002</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Napoleon \'Nap\' Cassibry II</strong>&nbsp;(1918-2002), <strong>Gulfport native and attorney and historian and genealogist</strong>, died at Bay St. Louis on March 21st.&nbsp; Mr. Cassibrey wrote <strong><u>The Ladner Odyssey</u></strong> (1987) and <strong><u>Early Settlers and Land Grants at Biloxi</u></strong> (1986).(The Sun Herald, March 23, 2002)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ralph L. Engelstad</strong> (1930-2002) expired at his Las Vegas home on November 26, 2002 after batting lung cancer. He was born January 28, 1930 and reared in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Ralph graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1954, where he was a talented hockey goalie. Engelstad moved to Las Vegas in 1959, using the profits from his construction company and real estate investments to buy a Strip motel on the site of what is now the Imperial Palace. Engelstad built and opened the new property in 1979, and the property now has 2,700 hotel rooms and 2,600 employees, the second-largest sole proprietorship hotel in the world. Engelstad opened an Imperial Palace resort in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1997.(The Las Vegas Review-Journal, November 28, 2002. p. 1A&nbsp;and December 4, 2002, p. 1D)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2003</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph \'Joe\' Elder</strong> (1931-2003), native of Little Rock, Arkansas, expired at Biloxi on March 30th. &nbsp;<strong>Joe was an artist who painted historical sites of Biloxi </strong>and Ocean Springs.(The Sun Herald, April 1, 2003, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joan Beverly Mansfield Kroc </strong>(1928-2003), wife of Ray Kroc (1902-1984), owner of <strong>McDonald\'s,</strong> died on October 12th. &nbsp;Mrs. Kroc became a <strong>\'friend of Biloxi\' and bequeathed a large sum of money to the Salvation Army. &nbsp;In September 2011, the&nbsp;Ray Kroc</strong><strong>&nbsp;and Joan Kroc&nbsp;</strong><strong>Corps Community Center of the Mississippi Gulf Coast&nbsp;</strong>opened on Lee Street and Division Street.(The Sun Herald, September 19, 2011, p. A1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>J. Boyce Holleman</strong>&nbsp;(1924-2003), native of Wiggins, Mississippi, and Gulfport attorney, thespian, and bon vivant, expired at Houston, Texas on November 21st.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Walter F. Fountain</strong>&nbsp;(1920-2003), journalist, historian, and longtime Chamber of Commerce employee and general manager, expired on December 30th.(The Sun Herald, January 2, 2004, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2004</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Superintendent Larry Drawdy was verbally attacked by Gerald H. Blessey, newly hired Biloxi School Board attorney</strong>, alleging that Mr. Drawdy had mismanaged the school district and had kept salient infomation from school board members.(<em>The Sun Herald</em>,&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;March 2, 2004, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>James R. McElroy&nbsp;Jr</strong>.&nbsp;(1917-2004), founder of the local A&amp;W Root Beer which evolved into McElroy\'s Seafood Restaurant at Biloxi\'s small craft harbor, died on August 3rd.(<em>The Sun Herald, August 6, 2004)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William “Will” Lyman Denton</strong> (1941-2004), Biloxi attorney and native of Brooklyn, Forrest County, Mississippi and the son of William R. Denton (1906-1977) and Virginia Gillis (1916-1992), died at Houston, Texas on December 3, 2004. &nbsp;Mr. Denton was survivied by his wife, <strong>Lucy Kathleen Conner</strong> (b. 1946) and four children.(The Sun Herald, December 5, 2004, p. A10) &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On December 26th, a&nbsp;<strong>9.1-9.3 temblor occurred in the Indian Ocean that created a tsunami condition resulting in the deaths of over 230,000 people in Indonesia&nbsp;</strong>[primarily Sumatra], Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2005</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Higginbotham-Purple Heart monument.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:200px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Higginbotham%2C George-purple heart.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:148px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Purple Heart Memorial at Glennan Park and PFC George J. Higginbotham</strong> (1921-2014)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The memorial to local recipients of the Purple Heart was given by George J. Higginbotham (1921-2014), USMC veteran of WW II and wounded at Okinawa in June 1945. &nbsp;The dedication and parade took place on January 23, 2005. &nbsp;Mr. Higginbotham did not receive his medal until 1995.(The Sun Herald, July 31, 2014, p. A-6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/swan%2C analyn.jpg\" style=\"height:194px; width:89px\" /></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Annalyn Swan</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In April, <strong>Annalyn Swan</strong> (b. 1951), daughter of George A. Swan (1907-1991) and Ethelyn Cooper Swan (1921-2011) and a 1969 BHS graduate, was awarded the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for <strong><u>de Kooning: An American Master</u></strong> (Knopf). &nbsp;She co-wrote this treatise with Mark Stevens, her husband.(The Sun Herald, November 7. 2011 and November 13, 2011, p. C10)<br />\r\n<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hurricane Katrina slamed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast</strong>&nbsp;on August 29th with storm surge over twenty-feet.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2006</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Griffith%2C Clark-Councilman Ward 4- 2009-2013.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:150px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lt. General Clark Griffith</strong>&nbsp;was named <strong>Outstanding Citizen of Biloxi</strong> by the Lions Club.<br />\r\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 11, 2006, the <strong>“Golden Fisherman” was stolen from Point Cadet Plaza</strong> where it had lain since being toppled by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.&nbsp; Mayor A.J. Holloway proposed a $15,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the object d’art and conviction of the perpetrator of the theft.&nbsp; Biloxi’s City Council must approve this proposed appropriation.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 12, 2006, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Golden Fisherman was discovered in a field in rural Mobile County, Alabama on June 13, 2006.</strong>&nbsp; An informant, the neighbor of Herman Allen Hicks of Semmes, Alabama, will receive $15,000, if Hicks, the accused thief, is convicted of the crime.&nbsp; By Mississippi state law, a reward of this nature cannot exceed $2500, but Mayor A.J. Holloway guaranteed $12,000 and others in the community contributed as well.&nbsp; The Reeks sculpture, made of scrap metal, was cut into seven pieces and the face destroyed by the thief.&nbsp; It was returned to Biloxi and locked in a storage shed.&nbsp; Mayor Holloway related that the statue’s condition will be evaluated before a decision is made to restore it for public display.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 14, 2006, p. A1, June 15, 2006, p. A1, and July 9, 2006, p. G1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr</strong>. (1928-2006), civil rights and &nbsp;\"wade-in\" activist and physician, expired at Biloxi on July 8th.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gerald R. Ford</strong> (1913-2006), <strong>38th American President</strong>, died on December 26th.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2007</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Toups%2C Judith (1930-2007).jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:138px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Judy Toups&nbsp;</strong>(1930-2007),<strong>&nbsp;Massachusetts native and&nbsp;longtime avian advocate</strong> and nature writer for <strong><em>The Sun Herald </em></strong>and&nbsp;<strong>\'the mother of bird watching in Mississippi\" expired&nbsp;</strong>at Decatur, Alabama on February 27th.<em>(The Sun Herald February 28, 2007, p. A5)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Dukate Room, once a part of the Dukate Theatre erected in 1895 by W.K.M. Dukate </strong>(1852-1916), and &nbsp;located on the second floor of the <strong>Bancorp South building </strong>on West Howard Avenue was dedicated on July 13th<strong>.</strong>(The Sun Herald, July 14, 2007, p. B8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>St. Patrick\'s High School </strong>located at the Tradition<strong> was dedicated</strong>&nbsp;on August 11th.(The Sun Herald, August 10, 2007, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Harrah\'s $700 million dollar, Margaritaville Casino at Point Cadet broke ground</strong>&nbsp;on August 13th.(The Sun Herald, August 14, 2007, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Tonsie Gaude\'</strong>&nbsp;(1903-2007), <strong>longtime volunteer and icon of the Biloxi Regional Medical Center</strong>, died at Biloxi on August 25th, at the age of 104 years.(The Sun Herald, August 28, 2007, p. A4)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Gruich%2C Frank G_1.jpg\" style=\"height:159px; width:118px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Frank G. Gruich</strong>&nbsp;(1920-2007), long time <strong>Biloxi OBGYN, expired</strong> on September 1st.(The Sun Herald, September 2, 2007 and September 3, 2007, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Clement Roy Dellenger Jr</strong>. (1942-2007), football coach and star athlete at Tulane University, expired at Saucier, Mississippi on September 16th.&nbsp; Coach Dellenger was a Notre Dame High [Biloxi] school graduate and coached at MGCCC Perkinston for twenty-five years.(The Sun Herald, September 18, 2007, p. A6 and p. B1)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi City Council voted 4-3 to rezone the Tivoli Hotel tract for casino gaming</strong>.&nbsp; Mayor A.J. Holloway vetoed the proposal.(The Bay Press, September 21, 2007, p. 1 and The Sun Herald, September 28, 2007, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi-Ocean Springs east bound land opened for traffic across Biloxi Bay on November 1st.(</strong>The Sun Herald, November 2, 2007, p. A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; )&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum of Art hosted a \'pod party\'</strong>&nbsp;for the public on December 1st.(The Sun Herald, November 27, 2007, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>C. Trent Lott</strong>&nbsp;(R-Mississippi)&nbsp;<strong>announced his retirement from the US Senate</strong>&nbsp;on November 26th.&nbsp; Senator Lott has served Mississippi for thirty-five years in the House and Senate.&nbsp; U.S. Representative Roger Wicker (R. Ms.) was appointed to replace Senator Lott by Governor Barber until the November 2008 Election.(The Sun Herald, November 27, 2007, p. A1 and January 1, 2008, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Richard Scruggs, prominent attorney of Pascagoula and Oxford, Mississippi and three other defendants pleaded not guilty on federal charges of fraud and conspiracy to bribe a North Mississippi judge</strong> with $50,000 cash.&nbsp; A December 15th fund raiser for Hillary Clinton at the Oxford home of Scruggs was subsequently cancelled.&nbsp; Mr. Scruggs also withdrew his law firm from the Scruggs Katrina Group (SKA), which was representing about 500 law suits in litigation with insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina related storm damages.(The Sun Herald, November 30, 2007, p. A1 and p. A8 and December 5, 2007, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jeremiah J. \'Jody\' O\'Keefe IV</strong>&nbsp;(1946-2007), former State representative and president of the O\'Keefe Foundation, expired at Ocean Springs on December 3rd.(The Sun Herald, December 5, 2007, p. A4 and p. A8 and December 6, 2007, p. A8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ruth Huls Hunt</strong>&nbsp;(1918-2007), long time Biloxi activist and humanitarian, expired on December 12th.(The Sun Herald, December 13, 2007, p. A6 and&nbsp; December 14, 2007, p. A)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Arlene Canaan</strong>&nbsp;was named Outstanding Citizen of Biloxi by the Lions Club.(The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press, February 7, 2008, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2008</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Moody Grishman</strong>&nbsp;(1913-2008), native of Houston, Texas, and long time Biloxi realtor and founding member of the Beth Israel Congregation of Biloxi expired on January 7th at Biloxi<em>.(The Sun Herald, January 8, 2007, p. A4)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ron Peresich of Biloxi and Annie Rachel Anderson</strong>&nbsp;of Gulfport ruled as King d\'Iberville and Queen Ixolib, at the Centennial Mardi Gras fete on February 5th<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 3, 2008, p. F1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Howard LeRoy Hobbs</strong>&nbsp;(1935-2008), former Harrison County Sheriff, expired on March 3rd<em>.(The Sun Herald, March 4, 2008, p. A1 and March 5, 2008, p. A10)&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Brett Favre</strong>&nbsp;(b. 1970), former USM and Green Bay Packer football star quarterback, announced his retirement from the NFL on March 4th after seventeen successful seasons<em>.(The Sun Herald, March 5, 2008, p. A1 and p. B1 and March 7, 2008, p. C1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ground broken</strong>&nbsp;for major addition to the <strong>Coast Convention Center on March 10th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, March 11, 2008, p. C8)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Super-attorney,&nbsp;<strong>Richard \'Dickie\' Scruggs</strong>, <strong>pleaded guilty to judicial bribery charges</strong> on March 14th.(The Sun Herald, March 15, 2008, p. A1 and p. A11)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Monsignor James Joseph Hannon</strong>&nbsp;(1920-2008), native of Galway County, Ireland, died at Ocean Springs on March 16th.(The Sun Herald, March 18, 2008, p. A2 and P. A4).<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Rushing &amp; Guice</strong>, a Biloxi-based legal firm named for its founders, Charles Latham Rushing (1881-1923) and William Lee Guice, <strong>celebrated their centennial</strong> anniversary in March.(The Sun Herald, March 25, 2008, p. C8.)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop Diocese of Biloxi, was named Archbishop of Mobile</strong>.(The Sun Herald, April 3, 2008, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>pedestrian walkway across the new Ocean Springs-Biloxi Bay Bridge opened on April 3rd</strong> and all traffic lanes opened on April 7th.(The Sun Herald, April 3, 2008, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William Carey University&nbsp;broke ground on its new Gulf Coast Campus</strong> at Traditions in Harrison County on April 7th.(The Sun Herald, April 7, 2008, p. A1 and April 8, 2008, p. A2)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>C.F. Gollott &amp; Son Seafood</strong>&nbsp;celebrated its 75th anniversary in April.(The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, April 24th, 2008, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum awarded a $17 million dollar contract&nbsp;to the Roy Anderson Corporation to build Phase 1 of its museum.</strong>.(The Sun Herald, May 22, 2008, p. A1)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ronald J. Baker </strong>(b. 1943), native of Deer Island, was named Shrimp King for the 2008 Blessing of the Fleet<em>.(The Sun Herald, May 25, 2008, p. A1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Beauvoir opened on June 3rd, the 200th natal anniversary of Jefferson Davis</strong> (1808-2008), the first and only president of the CSA<em>.(The Sun Herald, June 4, 2008, p.A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings-BYC-October 2011_0.jpg\" style=\"height:188px; width:250px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2011</strong>&nbsp;<strong>BYC</strong> [image made October 2011]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi Yacht Club broke ground</strong>&nbsp;for their new 12,400 sq-ft. edifice on June on June 22nd.&nbsp; The structure will cost about $4 million dollars.(The Sun Herald, June 21, 2008, p. C1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr</strong>. (1928-2006), Biloxi physician and civil rights activists, was honored by having a section of U.S. Highway 90 named the \'Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. Memorial Highway\', between Porter Avenue and Rodenberg Avenue.(The Bilozi-D\'Iberville Press, June 26, 2008, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi celebrated the 100th anniversary on June 30th of its City Hall</strong> on Lameuse Street, formerly the Federal Building and U.S. Post Office.(The Sun Herald, July 1, 2008, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lawrence Semski </strong>(1926-2008), former City attorney and Harrison County Family Court Judge, expired on July 5th.(The Sun Herald, July 7, 2008, p. A4)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Promenade</strong>, a 700,000 sq.-ft. power shopping center, broke ground in D\'Iberville.(The Biloxi-D-Iberville Press, July 17, 2008, p. A3)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hurricane Gustav</strong>, a category II cyclone, struck the coast of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana on Labor Day, September 1st.&nbsp; Storm surge at Biloxi about 3-5 feet.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Denny Mecham</strong>, a North Carolina potter and museum director, <strong>was named director of the Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum of Art.</strong>&nbsp; She replaced Marjorie Gowdy who retired in August.&nbsp; Ms. Mecham begins her tenure on October 15th.(The Sun Herald, September 9, 2008, p. A6)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hurricane Ike</strong>, a category II tempest, struck the Upper Texas Coast near Galveston on September 13th causing catastrophic damage in the billions of dollars.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>replica of the Pleasant Reed House, the original was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, opened on the Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum campus on September 29th.</strong>(The Sun Herald, 28, 2008, p. F1 and September 30, 2008, p. A2)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Dow Jones Industrial average fell 778 points to 10,3645</strong>&nbsp;on September 29th.(The Sun Herald, September 30, 2008, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ground was broken for the&nbsp;$1.2 billion dollar LNG terminal at Pascagoula</strong>&nbsp;on October 15th.(The Sun Herald, October 16, 2008, p. B10)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Leo W. Seal II</strong>&nbsp;(1924-2008), Mississippi Gulf Coast banker and philanthropist, expired on November 18th.(The Sun Herald, November 18, 2008, p. A1, p. A4, p. A9)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Delmar Robinson&nbsp;was named Outstanding Citizen </strong>of Biloxi by the Lions Club<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 11, 2010, p. A5)</em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2009</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joel Richard \'Rick\' Carter Sr. of Gulfport and Dewey Elise Brashier of Biloxi</strong>&nbsp;ruled the Biloxi Carnival Association\'s Mardi Gras on February 24th<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 22, 2009, p. F1)&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Retired Fire&nbsp;<strong>Chief Guy B. Roberts</strong>&nbsp;(1926-2009) expired at Biloxi on February 24th. &nbsp;He was with the Biloxi Fire Department for 32 years and&nbsp;<strong>retired as Fire Chief in 1988</strong>. &nbsp;Guy was a former Deputy for the Harrison County Sheriff\'s Office; a charter member of the Moose Lodge; member of the Back Bay Volunteer Fire Department; and served in the National Guard. &nbsp;Chief Roberts was married to the former&nbsp;<strong>Iris Dubaz</strong>&nbsp;(1929-2014).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Paul Harvey Aurandt</strong>&nbsp;(1918-2009), national news commentator and talk-radio innovator, died on February 28th<em>.(The Sun Herald, March 1, 2009, p. C1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The new<strong>&nbsp;D\'Iberville High School on Lamey Bridge Road</strong>&nbsp;opened on February 25th<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 26, 2009, p. A1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Popps Ferry Bridge</strong>&nbsp;was hit by a barge on March 20th dropping a sixty-foot span into Biloxi Bay.&nbsp; No injuries occurred.&nbsp; It reopened for road traffic on April 25th<em>.(The Sun Herald, March 21, 2009, p. A1 and April 25, 2009, p. A1, and April 26, 2009, p. A2)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The new&nbsp;<strong>$4 million, Biloxi Yacht Club opened</strong>&nbsp;in on April 4th.&nbsp; Walter \'Buzzy\' Thetford Bolton, architect<em>.(The Sun Herald, April 5, 2009, p. A7)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Morin%2C Roger Paul Bishop-image in Villa Santa Maria del mar.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:128px\" /></p>\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Most Reverend Roger Paul Morin</strong>&nbsp;(b. 1941), native of Massachusetts, was <strong>consecrated as Bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi on April 27th</strong>.(The Sun Herald,&nbsp; April 26, 2009, p. A13, and April 28, 2009, p. A1)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Kroc Center</strong>&nbsp;had its ground breaking on April 30th<em>.(The Sun Herald, April&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , 2009, p. A&nbsp; )</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>May 15th-May 17th commemoration events were held honoring the 50th anniversary of Dr. Gilbert Mason (1928-2006)&nbsp; attempt to integrate the beach at Biloxi</strong>&nbsp;with a small group of protestors<em>.(The Sun Herald April 27, 2009, p. A1 and May&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; , 2009, p. A1)&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Victor Boyd Pringle II</strong>&nbsp;(1938-2009), Biloxi attorney, expired on May 24th<em>.(The Sun Herald, May 27, 2009, p. A6)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor A. J. Holloway</strong>&nbsp;was re-elected on June 2nd.&nbsp; The new Biloxi City Council is composed of:&nbsp; Ward I-George Lawrence; Ward II-Bill Stallworth; Ward III-Lucy Denton; Ward IV-&nbsp;&nbsp; ;Ward V-&nbsp; ;Ward VI-Tom Wall; and Ward VII-David Fayard.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Nicholas \'Corky\' Hire</strong>&nbsp;(b. 1922) was named Shrimp King for the 80th Annual Blessing of the Fleet which was held on June 6th.&nbsp; Stevie Cantrell (b. 1992) sponsored by Desporte &amp; Sons Seafood was the Shrimp Queen<em>.(The Sun Herald, May 31, 2009, p. F1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ray Mabus</strong>, former Governor, was formally sworn in as the 75th Secretary of the Navy at the Washington Navy Yard on June 18th.&nbsp; Mabus was Governor from 1988-1992 and ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994-1996<em>.(The Sun Herald, June 19, 2009, p. A7)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ed McMahon</strong>&nbsp;(1923-2009), TV personality and celebrity, expired on June 23rd.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Farrah Fawcett</strong>&nbsp;(1947-2009), actress, and Michael Jackson (1959-2009), mega-rock star, both died on June 25th.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Walter Cronkite</strong>&nbsp;(1916-2009), CBS news anchor, died on July 17, 2009<em>.(The Sun Herald, July 18, 2009, p. B1)&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi lighthouse [website].jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:142px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>1848 Biloxi Lighthouse</strong></span></span></div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Left image made circa 1937 depicts repainting by the Hall Bothers of Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Right image made August 20, 2009 show beginning of $400,000, post-Katrina refurbishments.&nbsp; Images courtesy of Ronald&nbsp; \'Bo\' Hall and Ray L. Bellande]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Post-Katrina repairs began on the Biloxi Lighthouse</strong>&nbsp;by Collins Construction in early July.&nbsp; A visitors center will be erected in the fall of 2009 opposite the structure north of US Highway 90.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The US Postal Service and philatelists held a \'first day of issue\' ceremony</strong>&nbsp;on July 23rd at the Biloxi Lighthouse for the new Gulf Coast Lighthouse series of $.44 stamps<em>.(The Sun Herald, July 1, 2009, p. A5 and July 24, 2009, p. A2)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Glen Nardi</strong>&nbsp;was named new <strong>Publisher of&nbsp;<em>The Sun Herald</em></strong>, a McClatchy Company journal.&nbsp; He replaced Ricky Matthews, who had been with the newspaper since 1982<em>.(The Sun Herald, August 16, 2009, p. A1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jacob Davis Guice&nbsp;</strong>(1915-2009), Coast attorney, expired at his Lover\'s Lane residence on August 24th. &nbsp;<strong>Joelean Ann Hornsby </strong>(1927-2010), daughter of Andrew Reese Hornsby and Sadie Virginia Hornsby and his spouse of sixty-three years died on November 21, 2010.<em>(The Sun Herald, August 25, 2009, p. A4 and November 23, 2010, p. A4)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edward \'Ted\' Kennedy</strong>&nbsp;(1932-2009), Massachusetts senator, died on August 26th<em>.(The Sun Herald, August 27, 2009, p. A1)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jack Nelson</strong>&nbsp;(1929-2009), <strong>Pulitzer Prize winner, 1993 Biloxian Made Good</strong>, and long time journalist for the Los Angeles Times, died on October 21, 2009 in Bethesda, Maryland<em>. &nbsp;</em><strong>A memorial service was held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi on May 30, 2010</strong><em>.(The Sun Herald, October 22, 2009, p. A1 and May 31, 2010, p. A4, and January 13, 2013, p. A1 and p. A9)</em><br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edward \'Eddie\' Bellman</strong>&nbsp;(1920-2009), Biloxi entrepreneur who befriended Elvis Presley, while the nascent star vacationed at Gulf Hills and Biloxi in the early 1950s, expired on November 6, 2009.(The Sun Herald, November 8, 2009, p. A12 and p. A 13)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Thomas \"Tommy\" Munro</strong>&nbsp;(1931-2009), Biloxi businessman, entrepreneur, and former politician, expired on November 20, 2009.(The Sun Herald, November 21, 2009, p. A1 and November 22, p. A 12)<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Miller was nominated for Biloxi Police Chief</strong>&nbsp;by Mayor A.J. Holloway and accepted by the City Council in late&nbsp;November&nbsp; , 2009<em>.(The Sun Herald, November 21, 2009, p. A1 and December&nbsp;2 , 2009, p. A2)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lyle Bonge\'&nbsp;</strong>(1929-2009), photographer, sailor, bon vivant, expired at Biloxi on December 7th.<em>(The Sun Herald, December 9, 2009, p. A64)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Elmer \'Eddie\' Lemien&nbsp;</strong>(1925-2009), native of Deer Island, local historian, and long time Latimer resident, expired on December 16th.<em>(The Sun Herald, December 20, 2009, p. A12)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Umar Farouk Abdulmutalab,</strong>&nbsp;Nigerian national,<strong>&nbsp;attempted to destroy NorthWest Airline Flight 253-</strong>Amsterdam to Detroit, on Christmas Day. &nbsp;Sentenced to life in prison in February 2012.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">J.B. Richmond published&nbsp;<strong>World War II: Combat Wooden Boats Built at Westergard Boat Works of Biloxi, Inc.</strong>-<strong>A Historical Pictorial Narrative.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Kathy Springer</strong>&nbsp;was named Outstanding Citizen of Biloxi by the Lions Club<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 11, 2010,&nbsp;p. A5)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2010</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Ray and Joan Kroc Center bids were open in early January and a contract to build the structure could be awarded by February.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, January 5, 2010, p. A6)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Haiti was devasted by a mega-earthquake magnitude 7.0 on January 12th, killing over 100,000 people and severely damaging Port-au-Prince, the national capitol.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Antiques Road Show&nbsp;</strong>announced that their production taped in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center on July 24th.<em>(The Sun Herald, January 5, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum planned to move</strong>&nbsp;from the Swetman House in West Biloxi&nbsp;<strong>to the Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center at 386 Beach Boulevard before January 16th.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, January 6, 2010, p. A7)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/37646894_scaled_205x136.jpg\" style=\"height:136px; width:205px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Division Street near Lee Street.&nbsp; Image made January 18, 2010 by Ray L. Bellande]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The New Orleans Saints won the NFC Championship in the Superdome on January 24th with a 31-28 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in overtime.&nbsp; They will meet Indianapolis in Super Bowl XLIV [44] at Miami on February 7th.&nbsp; The SAINTS won 31-17.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, January 25, 2010, p. A1 and February 8, 2010, everypage)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi First United Methodist Church broke ground&nbsp;</strong>for their new sanctuary at&nbsp;<strong>14220 Mississippi Highway 67 leaving their long time location on Hopkins Boulevard.</strong>&nbsp; Strorm damage from Hurricane Katrina and escalating insurance premiums were some factors precipitating the move from the Biloxi peninsula north of U.S. Interstate 10.<em>(The Sun Herald, January 25, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The New Orleans Saints won&nbsp;the 44th &nbsp;SuperBowl&nbsp;on February&nbsp;7th with a 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts at Miami.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, February&nbsp;8, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gerald H. Blessey&nbsp;</strong>(b. 1942), former Mayor,&nbsp;<strong>was named as the 22nd recipient&nbsp;of the Pat Santucci&nbsp;\"Spirit of the Coast\" Award</strong>&nbsp;on February 3, 2010 by the Mississippi Coast Chamber of Commerce.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 4, 2010,&nbsp;p. B8 and February 10, 2010, p. A10)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Philip Martin&nbsp;</strong>(1927-2010), former leader of the&nbsp;<strong>Mississippi Band of Choctaws</strong>, expired on February 4th.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 10, 2010, p. A10)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William \'Billy\' Burdin Jr.&nbsp;</strong>(1928-2010),&nbsp;<em><strong>\"unofficial town historian of Pass Christian, Mississippi\"</strong>,</em>&nbsp;expired there on February 5th<em>.(The Sun Herald, February 7, 2010, p. A16 and p. A17)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jim E. Brashier</strong>, insurance executive, was named president of the&nbsp;<strong>Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum Board&nbsp;</strong>succeeding Larry D. Clark.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 10, 2010, p. A8)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Kathryn Anne Bailey&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;John M. Hairston</strong>, both of Gulfport,&nbsp;ruled the&nbsp;<strong>2010 Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras</strong>&nbsp;on February 16th.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 14, 2010, p. F1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The BYC initiated a \'change-of-watch ceremony&nbsp;</strong>in mid-February 2010.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Gaylord Wilson, Commodore</strong>; Rocky Rhodes, Vice Commodore; and Jeffrey Ellis, Rear Commodore.&nbsp; Board members: Barry Barq; Patrick Diaz; Mike Murray; Lois Richardson; Ronnie Tootle; and Jerry White.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 13, 2010, p. A)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Glenn Edwin Endris&nbsp;</strong>(1938-2010), long term&nbsp;<strong>District 117 State representative</strong>, school teacher and restarateur, expired on February 13th.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 17, 2010, p. A4 and February 18, 2010, p. A5)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The $400,00 restored&nbsp;<strong>Biloxi Lighthouse was relit on February 19th.</strong>&nbsp; FEMA and insurance funds paid for the refurbishment.(<em>The Sun Herald, February 20, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>CanCan Casino\'s&nbsp;</strong>gaming site&nbsp;<strong>at D\'Iberville&nbsp;</strong>was approved&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;by the Mississippi Gaming Commission&nbsp;</strong>on February 25th.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 26, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Chilean Earthquake&nbsp;</strong>8.8 on February 27, 2010 killed about 500 people and damaged over 370,000 homes.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Hibernia Marching&nbsp;</strong>Society&nbsp;<strong>chose Sarah Gant-Holleman&nbsp;</strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Ms. Senator Billy Hewes III</strong>, as Colleen and Grand Marshal&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<strong>St. Patrick\'s Day</strong>&nbsp;parade on March 13th.<em>(The Sun Herald, March 7, 2010, p. F1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mark M. Seymour Sr.</strong>&nbsp;(1936-2010), former City engineer, civil engineering consultant and<strong>D\'Iberville casino promoter</strong>, expired on March 7th.<em>(The Sun Herald, March 8, 2010, p. A&nbsp; )</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Bellande-Sullivan-March 6%2C 2010.jpg\" style=\"height:263px; width:350px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ray L. Bellande and Charles L. Sullivan recognized by Mississippi Historical Society</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On March 6th, the&nbsp;<strong>Mississippi Historical Society,&nbsp;</strong>at its annual meeting held in Gulfport, Mississippi, <strong>awarded Ray L. Bellande&nbsp;</strong>of Ocean Springs its<strong>&nbsp;Award of Merit f</strong>or his contribution to the history of Ocean Springs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Charles L. Sullivan,&nbsp;</strong>emeritus history professor<strong>&nbsp;from MGCCC Perkinston</strong>, was awarded the prestigious&nbsp;<strong>Dunbar Rowland Award</strong>&nbsp;for his lifelong contributions to the preservation, study and interpretation of Mississippi history.<em>(The Sun Herald, March 7, 2010, p. A 8)</em><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In early April,<strong> the Biloxi Maritime History and Seafood plan to open a temporary museum </strong>and gift shop in the<strong> Edgewater Mall. &nbsp;Dr. Val Husley creator of the Katrina destroyed seafood museum on Point Cadet is building exhibits for the temporary 4500-square-foot mall space.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, March 17, 2010, p. A2)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Gimma%2C John (1929-2010).jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:93px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Paul Gimma</strong> (1929-2010), native of Brooklyn, New York, sportsman, and <strong>automobile dealer on the Coast</strong> and in Louisiana, expired on March 27th at the Village, Lake County near Summerfield, Florida.<em>(The Sun Herald, April 6, 2010, p. A4)</em>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>British Petroleum No. 1 OCS Mississippi Canyon Block 252, Macondo Prospect, an 18,000 foot exploratory well blew out in 5000 feet of water on April 20th. &nbsp;The rig burned and sank andsubsequently oil began flowing into the Gulf of Mexico creating a massive oil seep which seriously threatened the environment from Louisiana to Florida.</strong>[see <em>The Sun Herald</em> for daily reports on oil pollution and capture from April 20th to August &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;, 2010.]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On April 24th, <strong>Beauvoir celebrated Confederate Memorial Day</strong> with the dedication of a <strong>statue of Jefferson Davis with his two sons, Joe and Jim Limber. &nbsp;</strong>The statue was <strong>created by Gary Casteel of </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Pennsylvania</strong> who was commissioned by the <strong>National Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2008. &nbsp;They had the intention of installing it in the American Civil War Center in Richmond, Virginia.</strong>&nbsp;When the <strong>Sons</strong><strong> of Confederates couldn\'t decide on an appropriate site</strong> within the Civil War Center complex, <strong>they offered it to Beauvoir.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, April 20, 2010, p. A2)</em>&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 1st,&nbsp;<strong>Steven Palazzo of Biloxi defeated Joe Tegerdine of Petal</strong>&nbsp;in the Republican primary for US Representative. &nbsp;He will face&nbsp;<strong>Gene Taylor, incumbent</strong>, in November.<em>(The Ocean Springs Record, June 3, 2010, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sherman V. Canann </strong>(b. 1938) was chosen <strong>2010 Shrimp King</strong> for the 81st Blessing of the Fleet held on June 5th. &nbsp;<strong>His queen was Brooke Kuluz</strong>. <em>(</em><em>The Sun Herald, May 30, 2010, p. F1 and June 6, 2010, p. A2)</em>&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John Wooden</strong> (1910-2010), the <strong>Wizard of Westwood and UCLA\'s immensely successful basketball mentor</strong>, died at Los Angeles on June 4th.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lester J. Thompson</strong> (1941-2010), <strong>former Biloxi Chief of Police</strong> from 1963 to 1976, died on June 4th.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 5, 2010, p. A4 and June 6, 2010, p. A12)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi community center. view from SW.July 7%2C 2010.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>BILOXI COMMUNITY CENTER</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Under construction on East Howard Avenue-July 2, 2010]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Harold Conner Cain</strong> (1927-2010), native of Perkinston, Mississippi and <strong>long-time Coast businessman</strong> with interest in nursing homes, healthcare, hotels, touring and travel, expired at Gulfport on July 3rd.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 7, 2010, p. A4)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph Augustus \'Joe\' Bosco&nbsp;</strong>(1948-2010), author, writer and college professor, died on natural causes on July 8th in Beijing, China. &nbsp;Joe was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on August 30, 1948 to Frank A. Bosco (1919-1975) and Wilma Annetta Snyder Bosco (1926-2006). &nbsp;He&nbsp;graduated with the 1966 class of Ocean Springs High School and left this forward in&nbsp;<em>The Greyhound</em>, the school annual:&nbsp;<em><strong>\"Beware! I may yet do something sensational.\" &nbsp;</strong></em>Joe matriculated to USM and UNO where he earned Fine Arts degrees in 1972 and 1976 respectively. &nbsp;His published works were:&nbsp;<strong><u>The Boys Who Would be Cubs</u></strong>: A Year in the Heart of Baseball\'s Minor Leagues\" (1990);&nbsp;<u><strong>Blood Will Tell:</strong></u>A True Story of Deadly Lust in New Orleans (1993); and&nbsp;<u><strong>A Problem of Evidence</strong></u>: How the Prosecution Freed O.J. Simpson (1996). &nbsp;Joe Bosco resided in New Orleans and Los Angeles before his demise in China. &nbsp;While in Los Angeles, he reported on the ludicrous,&nbsp;<strong>O.J. Simpson Trial</strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Penthouse Magazine</em>. &nbsp;He had also written of the murder of Ennis Cosby (1969-1997), son of Bill Cosby, comedian and actor, as&nbsp;<strong>\"In the Face of Death\"</strong>&nbsp;for N<em>ation&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;magazine&nbsp;<em>(June 2, 1997).</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph A. Bosco, &nbsp;a favorite son and friend of Ocean Springs, is survived by Linda Powajbo Bosco, a former wife, Joseph A Bosco II, a son, and Sylvia A. Bosco, his sister and a special education teacher at OSHS.[Ray L. Bellande, August 7, 2010]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Recreational fishing halted in the Mississippi Sound</strong> by the BP exploration well blow-out in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 <strong>resumed </strong>on July 20th.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 20, 2010, p. A1 and August 1, 2010, p. A2)</em>&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">By mid-July, <strong>City employees began to reoccupy Biloxi\'s renovated City Hall</strong> on Lameuse Street. &nbsp;The 9 month refurbishment of the old federal building was commenced by J.O. Collins in the fall of 2009. &nbsp;The <strong>City Council Meeting Room</strong> was dedicated on August 23rd.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 21, 2010, p. A2, August 19, 2010, p. A7 and )&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Garry Marshall Welford</strong> (1946-2010), <strong>Sheriff of George County</strong>, Mississippi <strong>was killed in the line of duty</strong> on July 21st.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 22, 2010, p. A1 and July 24, 2010, p. A4)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Larry L.<strong> \'Butch\' Brown</strong>,<strong> MDOT Director</strong>, <strong>was arrested at the Beau Rivage</strong>&nbsp;in Biloxi on July 23rd for public intoxication and disorderly conduct.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 24, 2010, p. A2)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Michelle Obama, First Lady,</strong> christened the <strong>USCG</strong> <strong><em>Dorothy C. Stratton, </em></strong>a national security cutter, on July 23rd at Northruff-Grumann, Pascagoula, Mississippi. &nbsp;The vessel is 418 feet in length.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 24, 2010, p. A1)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>\'Antique Road Show\'</strong>, a PBS production, <strong>appeared at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum</strong> on July 24th. &nbsp;<strong>Three shows were developed</strong> to be aired between January 2011 and May 2011.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 24, 2010, p. A12)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>British Petroleum\'s static kill procedure was successful in arresting the flow of crude oil</strong> into the Mexican Gulf on August 4th. &nbsp;The exploration well blew out on April 20, 2010.<em>(The Sun Herald, August 5, 2010, p. A1)</em>&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina of August 29, 2005</strong>&nbsp;was remembered coast wide. &nbsp;<strong>Governor Haley Barbour</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>US Senator Roger Wicker</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>US&nbsp;</strong><strong>Representative G.E. \'Gene\' Taylor</strong>&nbsp;made appearances in Gulfport, while <strong>Wicker </strong>and<strong> Taylor</strong> also came to <strong>Biloxi.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>President Obama</strong>&nbsp;was in NOLA.<em>(The Sun Herald, August 30, 2010, p. A1)</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Victor Mavar received the Mississippi Medal of Service</strong> on September 28, 2010.<em>(The Sun Herald, September 28, 2010, p. A6)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jerry O\'Keefe</strong>&nbsp;(b. 1923), native of Ocean Springs,&nbsp;<strong>former Mayor of Biloxi</strong>&nbsp;and key player in the development of the Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum of Art,&nbsp;<strong>was honored with the Blossman YMCA Humanitarian of the Year award.</strong><em>(The Sun Herald, October 13, 2010, p. A10) &nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Margaret M. Migues</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Willie Doris Burney</strong>,&nbsp;<strong>co-conspirators in embezzling $2,386,452</strong>&nbsp;from the Ocean Springs Branch of the Hancock Bank,&nbsp;<strong>were sentenced&nbsp;</strong>on October 12th in Federal Court at Gulfport, Mississippi to &nbsp;<strong>8 1/2 years in Federal prison&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;<strong>pay more than $3.4 million&nbsp;</strong>in restitution.<em>(The Sun Herald, October 13, 2010, p. A1)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/biloxi bay bridge-bronze plaque-10-2010.jpg\" style=\"height:218px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Grady Bird\'s Lill Cruso</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[image made October 2010 by Ray L. Bellande]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Greg Moran</strong>, metal sculpture,&nbsp;<strong>was honored at Biloxi on October 14th for his for his bronze castings&nbsp;</strong>created from drawings made by fourteen local artists for the Biloxi Bay Bridge. &nbsp;Wayne Brown, MDOT Southern District Commissioner suggested that metal from the old span be utilized for the castings.<em>(The Sun Herald, October 15, 2010, p. A8)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings-Santa Maria del Mar2-Oct. 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:188px; width:250px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings-Santa Maria del Mar-Oct. 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:245px; width:250px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Images made October 23, 2011]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Ground breaking for the <strong>new $23.35 million Santa Maria del Mar apartment complex</strong> off Popp\'s Ferry Road occurred on October 15th. &nbsp;Eley Guild Hardy, Gulfport architects designed the 210 structure to accommodate senior citizens.<em>(The Sun Herald, October 16, 2010, p. A5)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>St. Patrick\'s Catholic High School was named one of the fifty best </strong>Catholic High Schools in America.(The Sun Herald, October 16, 2010, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>post-Katrina demolition of structures at the William Carey College Campus in Gulfport</strong> continues.(The Sun Herald, October 19, 2010, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>William</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Michael \'Mike and Fitz\' Fitzpatrick (1938-2010), </strong>accountant and former, <strong>three term, Ward 4 Councilman, expired</strong> on October 21st.(The Sun Herald, Ocotber 22, 2010, p. A1 and October 24, 2010, p. A14)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mildred Johnson</strong> (b. 1943) was named <strong>first female Commander</strong> of Biloxi\'s Charles L. Baudry American Legion Post No. 0033.(The Sun Herald, October 26, 20101, p. A1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Republican Steven Palazzo</strong> ambushed incumbent US Representative Mississippi District Four <strong>Gary Eugene \'Gene\' Taylor</strong> on Novemeber 2nd to capture 52 % of the vote and send the <strong>11 term U.S. Congressman</strong> back to Bay St. Louis.(The Sun Herald, November 3, 2010, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Gehry%2C Frank.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:188px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Ohr-O\'Keefe Museum of Ar</strong>t was dedicated on <strong>November 6th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, November 5, 2010, p. A1, p.B1, p. B3)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>T.J. Smith</strong> (1933-2010), <strong>former BHS educator</strong>&nbsp;and guidance counselor, football and tennis coach, Principal [1969-1975] and Jeff Davis Jr. College dean, expired on November 15th.(The Sun Herald, November &nbsp;17, 2010, p. 11A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The new <strong>$3 million Lodge of the Slavonian Benevolent Association of St. Nikolai</strong>, located near Howard Avenue and Oak Street,<strong>was dedicated on November 27th.</strong>(The Sun Herald, November 26, 2010, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mary Mercer Carpenter</strong> (1920-2010), native of Georgia and Biloxi resident since 1954, and<strong>&nbsp;former City Council person</strong> [1981-1988], expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on December 3rd.(The Sun Herald, December 5, 2010, p. 2A and December 6, 2010)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>George Louis Simon Sr</strong>. (1921-2010), longtime Biloxi businessman, died on December 15th.(The Sun Herald, December 17, 2010, p. 4A and p. 5A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In December, <strong>Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank</strong> agreed to merge. &nbsp;The integration of the companies will form a b<strong>ank with about $20 billion in assets</strong> with 305 branches in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.(The Journal of South Mississippi Business, January 15, 2011, p. 2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Nash Roberts </strong>(1918-2010),<strong> NOLA meteorologist and legendary hurricane track forecaster</strong>, died on December 19th.(The Sun Herald, December 21, 2010, p. A2 and December 22, 2010, p. C4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi will acquired the \'Old Public Library\' at 124 Lameuse Street</strong> from Taylor Properties for $600,000. &nbsp;It will be restored for utility as City offices now located in City Hall Annex also on Lameuse Street, which <strong>will be demolished</strong>.(The Sun Herald, December 22, 2010, p. A6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi School Board decided not to apply to the Kellogg Foundation for a $4.5 million grant to reopen Nichols</strong> Elementary School. &nbsp;<strong>Paul Tisdale</strong>, superintendent said that the <strong>decision was based on budget concerns and lack of enrollment</strong> in this facility. &nbsp;Race was not a factor.(The Sun Herald, December 22, 2010, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2011-2020</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The second decade of the 21st Century commenced with meterological and riverine woes. The Spring of 2011 saw the Mississippi River reach flood stages not seen since 1973. Both the Bonnet Carre and the Floodways were open to relieve pressure on levees above Baton Rouge and New Orleans. &nbsp;In April, NE Mississippi and NW Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia saw killer tornadoes responsible for the demise of nearly 200 people. &nbsp;SW Missouri [Joplin] was devasted in May with one twister killing over 140 people and damaging over 7000 homes. &nbsp;In the War on Terror, Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan by US Navy Seals in May.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2011</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jimmy Buffet</strong>, singer, songwriter, author and well-know entertainer, and&nbsp;<strong>Tom Brosig</strong>, Biloxi casino consultant, announced plans for their&nbsp;<strong>Margaritaville Casino, a $48 million dollar casino-resort,</strong>&nbsp;to be built in the East Harrison County Industrial Park on&nbsp;<strong>Biloxi\'s Point Cadet</strong>. &nbsp;In February, they will present plans for this development to officials of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gaming Commission.&nbsp; The <strong>Biloxi Planning Commission unanimously approved the plans </strong>for the Margaritaville Casino on February 3rd.(The Sun&nbsp;Herald, January 6, 2011, p. A1, January 13, 2011, p. A1, February 4, 2011, p. A6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi-Redding Building-view SE-jan. 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:225px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Charles Redding Building</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Charles Redding building on West Howard Avenue was fatally damaged</strong> by a large conflagration around midnight of January 18th. Three businesses, Up Stairs, Down Stairs; the Spanish Trail Bookstore; and Adventures Bar and Grill were the tenants. &nbsp;Arson was not believed to be the cause of the fire.(The Sun Herald, January &nbsp;, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Casey Eure defeated Jim Atkinson in the February 1st runoff </strong>for the Mississippi House District 116 post.&nbsp; Mr. Eure will replace<strong>&nbsp; Steven Palazzo who was elected to Congress in </strong>early November 2010 beating long-time incumbent Gary Eugene \'Gene\' Taylor.&nbsp;<strong> Less than 15% of the registered voters turned out </strong>for the runoff.(The Sun Herald, February 2, 2011, p. A8 and Februay 4, 2011, p. A6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Population of <strong>Biloxi estimated by 2010 Census at 44,054 persons</strong>, as&nbsp;compared with 50,644 in 2000.&nbsp; Harrison County population was estimated at 189,601 people in 2000 and <strong>187, 105 in 2010</strong>.(The Sun Herald, Febraury 4, 2011, p. A1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Green Bay defeated Pittsburgh 31-25 </strong>in Super Bowl&nbsp;XLV on February 6th at Dallas, Texas.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>President Hosni S. Mubarak</strong> (b. 1928) was ousted after 18 days of demonstrations during the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution\">2011 Egyptian revolution</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;On 11 February, Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Suleiman\">Omar Suleiman</a>&nbsp;announced that Mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Council_of_the_Armed_Forces\">Supreme Council of the Armed Forces</a>.&nbsp; On that day Mubarak and his family left the presidential palace in&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo\">Cairo</a>&nbsp;and moved to&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharm_el-Sheikh\">Sharm el-Sheikh</a>, Egypt.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Republican <strong>Dave Dennis, businessman of Gulfport</strong>, commenced his <strong>campaign for Governor on February 14th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, February 14, 2011, p. A1 and February 15, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Libyan Civil War</strong>-Security forces of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi (b. 1942), who took power in Libya after a bloodless coup in September 1969 and has ruled with an iron fist, seeking to spread Libya’s influence in Africa, on February 25th used gunfire to try to disperse thousands of protesters&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/world/africa/26libya.html?hp\">who streamed out of mosques after prayers&nbsp;</a>to mount their first major challenge to the government’s crackdown in Tripoli. Rebel leaders said they were sending forces from nearby cities and other parts of the country to join the fight. &nbsp;By early March, rebel forces had control of Eastern Libya, including the major oil exporting port on the Gulf of Sirte.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Frank Buckles</strong> (1901-2011), the <strong>last American veteran of WW</strong>I passed in late February.(The Sun Herald, March 1, 2011, p. A2)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On February 28th, <strong>Mayor Holloway gave his 17th State of the City address</strong> and boasted that 2011 willl be the year that Biloxi <strong>will cut ribbons on the Library, Civic Center, and Lighthouse Visitor\'s Center</strong>. &nbsp;In addition, $355 million dollars of repair and replacememnt of Biloxi\'s infrastructure which was damaged or destroyed by Katrina [2005] will commence.(The Sun Herald, March 1, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi City officials reviewed the $16.9 million dollar Kroc Center</strong> on Lee Street which is planned to open by mid-September.(The Sun Herald, March 2, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Democrat <strong>Connie Marie Moran, Mayor of Ocean Springs, announced her candidacy for State Treasurer</strong>.(The Ocean Springs Record, March 2, 2011, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Dusti</strong> [Swetman] <strong>Bonge\' Gallery opened</strong> at 132 Magnolia on March 3rd.(The Sun Herald, March 1, 2011, p. B5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Laurel McKay Luckey</strong>, Queen Ixolib, and <strong>Butch Oustalet</strong>, King D\'Iberville, ruled the <strong>Gulf Coast Carnival Association Mardi Gras celebration </strong>at Biloxi on March 8th.(The Sun Herald, March 6, 2011 and The Ocean Springs Gazette, March 9, 2011, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sendai, Japan Earthquake&nbsp;</strong>9.0 and killer tsunami on March 11, 2011 kills thousands and critically damaged several nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Emily Cutrer and Danny O\'Keefe</strong> were Collen and Grand Marshal of the <strong>Hibernia Marching Society\'s St. Patrick\'s Day Parade </strong>on March 19th.(The Sun Herald, March 13, 2011, p. F1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor</strong>&nbsp;(1932-2011),&nbsp;<strong>Academy Award winning actress</strong>&nbsp;and humanitarian, expired on March 23rd.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Geraldine Anne Ferraro&nbsp;</strong>(1935-2011),&nbsp;<strong>1st woman vice-presidential candidate</strong>&nbsp;on a major political party ticket, expired on March 26th. &nbsp;In 1984 she and Walter Mondale, both Democrats, ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the American people.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In mid-March,<strong>&nbsp;Directors of the Northrop Grumman Corporation</strong>&nbsp;decided to \'spinoff\' their shipbuilding division and called it&nbsp;<strong>Huntington Ingall Industries</strong>. &nbsp;Shareholdres with six shares of NGC received one share of Huntington Ingalls. &nbsp;Michael Petters was named CEO of the&nbsp;<strong>new company which was expected to commence trading on the NYSE on March 31st.</strong>(The Mississippi Press, March 16, 2011, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In early April, <strong>British Petroluem acquired </strong>from the Boddie family, <strong>the eastern shore face of Cat Island</strong> to facilitate their clean-up following the Macondo oil spill of April 2010.(The Sun Herald, April 8, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Casino-Margaritaville sketch.JPG\" style=\"height:142px; width:300px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Casino-Margaritaville-June 21%2C 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:249px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Margaritaville </strong>[image June 20, 2011 by Ray L. Bellande</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Margaritaville Casino &amp; Restaurant approval granted</strong> by Biloxi City Council in mid-February and by Mississippi Gaming Commission on April 7th.(The Sun Herald, February 15, 2011 and April 8, 2011, p. A1)&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi schooner-Mike Sekul2-1992_0.jpg\" style=\"height:213px; width:350px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><u><em>Mike Sekul</em></u></strong> <strong>under construction at Clay Point in February 1992</strong>. &nbsp;[Ray L. Bellande image]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Nelious Clarence \"Neil\' Covacevich </strong>(1920-2011), last of a long time family of Biloxi boat builders, expired on April 6th. &nbsp;Neil\'s last vessel was the <strong><em>Mike Sekul</em></strong>, a Biloxi schooner, created for the Biloxi Seafood and Maritime Museum.(The Sun Herald, April 10, 2011, p. A and April 11, 2011, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>US District Judge Dan M. Russell Jr. </strong>(1913-2011) <strong>expired on April 16th </strong>at Gulfport, Mississippi. He served in the Southern District of Mississippi from 1965-1983. &nbsp;The <strong>Federal Courthouse at Gulfport was dedicated in his honor</strong> on November 14, 2003.(The Sun Herald, April 17, 2011, P. A1 and April 19, 2011, p. A6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Roy Anderson Jr.&nbsp;</strong>(1929-2011), Gulfport contractor who <strong>erected many Gulf Coast Casinos,</strong> expired on April 20th.(The Sun Herald, April 22, 2011, p. A1 and p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Lionel N. Eleuterius</strong>&nbsp;(1936-2011),&nbsp;<strong>retired botanist</strong>&nbsp;from the GCRL, expired on April 24th.(The Sun Herald, April 26, 2011, p. A6 and April 29, 2011, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On April 27th, <strong>viloent tornadoes struck the southeast USA and left tremedous destruction and over 300 people killed </strong>in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In Late April, <strong>Biloxi\'s City Council approved construction of a $7.8 million Walmart Super Cente</strong>r in West Biloxi and that <strong>Yankee Stadium on Lee Street would be torn down</strong> because it was structurally unsafe. &nbsp;The property is now owned by the Salvation Army and a part of the Ray &amp; Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. &nbsp;The Salvation Army related that t<strong>hey do not have the money to spend on Yankee Stadium at this time.</strong>(The Sun Herald, April 27, 2011, p. A1 and April 28, 2011, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Palace Casino-2010-2011 addition.jpg\" style=\"height:228px; width:350px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Osama bin Laden</strong>&nbsp;(1957-2011),&nbsp;<strong>Muslim revolutionary and matermind of many terrorists attacks</strong>&nbsp;against America, was killed by US Navy Seals in Pakistan on May 1st.(The Sum Herald, May 2, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Patricia Diane Carpenter&nbsp;(1943-2011)</strong>-Known to all of us as Diane, passed on at Biloxi, Mississippi on May 4, 2011.&nbsp; Diane had matriculated to USM after graduation. &nbsp;She began raising horses and later became a trainer of thoroughbreds.&nbsp; Diane ran the <strong>Sundance Stable at Churchill Downs</strong>, Lexington, Kentucky from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Her ability to train and her alent to evaluate the potential of throughbred colts led to her success in the competitive world of horse racing. &nbsp;Diane among her many career racing successes, had <strong>two horses run in the Kentucky Derby:</strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>Biloxi Indian</em></strong>&nbsp;in 1984 and&nbsp;<strong><em>Kingpost</em></strong>&nbsp;in 1988. &nbsp;They &nbsp;finished this classic event 12<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;and 14<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;respectively.&nbsp; Diane was elected a Beauty in her 1961 Senior year at BHS.&nbsp; In addition, she was secretary of Student Council, National Honor Society member, Vocal Music Club member, member of the Future Homemakers club and was co-captain of the Pep Squad.[Ray L. Bellande and Jackie Tabb-May 2011 and The Sun Herald, May 20, 2011, p. D1]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In May 2011,&nbsp;<strong>Brooke Orrison Lewis and Brad Orrison, her brother, and proprietors of the Shed Barbeque &amp; Blues Joint </strong>in Ocean Springs/Vancleave, appeared on the nationally cable televised&nbsp;<strong>Food Network</strong>&nbsp;on May 8, 2011 to&nbsp;<strong>compete against nationally acclaimed pit masters in the $50,000 \"Best in Smoke\" challenge.</strong>(The Sun Herald, May 7, 2011, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On May 18th, the&nbsp;<strong><em><u>Sandy Point</u></em></strong>, a 163-foot menhaden fishing boat, working for&nbsp;<strong>Omega Protein</strong>, Moss Point, Mississippi sank in 25-feet of water off the west end of Ship Island after colliding with the&nbsp;<u><strong><em>Eurus London</em></strong></u>, a 660-foot container ship en route to Freeport, Texas. &nbsp;Three seamen from the fishing vessel were missing after the tragedy and later found dead. &nbsp;The bow section of the vessel was raised in mid-June and by June 20th the complete vessel had been salvaged and brought ashore at Gulfport, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, May 20, 2011, p. A1, June 13, 2011, p. A1,&nbsp;June 21, 2011, p. A9, April 21, 2012, p. A4)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Victor Mavar Sr</strong>., Shrimp King, and <strong>Mallory Gilson</strong>, Shrimp Queen, ruled over the annual<strong> Blessing of the Fleet</strong> on June 5th.(The Sun Herald, May 29, 2011, p. F4, June 12, 2011, p. F3 and June 19, 2011, p. F4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Henry Francis<strong>&nbsp;\'H.F.\' \"Buddy\" Fountain&nbsp;</strong>(1924-2011)<strong>, architectural engineer,&nbsp;</strong>expired on June 5th. &nbsp;Buddy was a 1951 LSU graduate, US Navy WWII veteran, and began his career as a professional architect in 1955. &nbsp;His design work was responsible for: Mississippi Coast Coliseum; Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church; the 1961 BHS; the Biloxi Public Safety Complex; and many more.(The Sun Herald, June 7, 2011, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;On June 14th, <strong>Arthur McMillan was hired</strong> for three years at $139,000 per year <strong>to replace Paul Tisdale as the Superintendent of the Biloxi School System. </strong>&nbsp;He comes <strong>to Biloxi from the Enterprise School District</strong>, Clarke County, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, June 15, 2011, p. A11)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In June 2011, <strong>Larry Echo Hawk, assistant secretary for the Bureau Indian Affairs rescinded the 2008 moratorium </strong>issued during the Bush presidential administration which blocked an attempt by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to open a casino on their lands in Jackson County, Mississippi. &nbsp;Mr. Hawk stated.&nbsp;<strong><em>&nbsp;\"The 2008 guidance memorandum was unnecessary and was issued without the benefit of tribal consultation. &nbsp;We will proceed to process off-reservation gaming applications in a transparent manner, consistent with exisiting law.\"</em></strong><em>(The Sun Herald, June 18, 2011, p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Vancleave icon, <strong>Clifton \'Kipp\' Malachi Dees </strong>(1927-2011), creator of the <strong>Vancleave Special, a crabmeat po-boy with cheese</strong> that was first made at Rosetti\'s on the Point in Biloxi, expired in Gulfport on June 16th.<em>(The Sun Herald, June 19, 2011, p. A12)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 17th, &nbsp;<u><strong><em>Final Fantasy</em></strong></u>, a 54-foot, sports fisherman&nbsp;<strong>caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico&nbsp;</strong>about 150 miles off of Biloxi and&nbsp;<strong>7 miles north of the Ursa oil platform</strong>. &nbsp;Ursa Field is located in Mississippi Canyou Block 854 at N 28.154 latitude and W 89.103 longitude in about 4000 feet of water and is<strong>&nbsp;operated by Shell Oil</strong>&nbsp;from a tension-legged platform.&nbsp;<strong>Edison Chouest Offshore Company rescued&nbsp;</strong>Jamie Sablich, his two sons, and Jordy Pitalo and his son.(The Sun Herald, June 20, 2011, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 19th, <strong>Rory McElroy</strong> (b. 1989), Northern Ireland, won the <strong>US Open at Congressional </strong>in Bethesda, Maryland with a record setting 16 under par. &nbsp;<strong>Lane Pippin won his second straight Coast Amateur Championship</strong> at the Grand Bear Golf Club.(The Sun Herald, June 20, 2011, p. B1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<u><strong><em>Gaslog Singapore</em></strong></u>&nbsp;delivered the&nbsp;<strong>first shipment of liquefied natural gas from Algeria to Gulf LNG at Pascagoula&nbsp;</strong>on June 18th. &nbsp;El Paso Natural Gas operates the $1.1 billion facility.(The Sun Herald, June 21, 2011, p. A5)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Malcolm L. Latour</strong>&nbsp;(1933-2011), a Louisiana native, resident of Gulf Hills and&nbsp;<strong>Coast psychiatrist since 1977</strong>, and former chief of staff at the Biloxi Hospital, expired on June 28, 2011.(The Sun Herald, June 30, 2011, p. A4 and July 1, 2011, p. A3)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Phyliss J. Anderson&nbsp;</strong>was the first woman elected a Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws defeating&nbsp;<strong>Mingo Beasley Denson with 55% of the vote&nbsp;</strong>on July 5, 2011 in the run-off election.&nbsp; Unofficial returns had Anderson with 1741 votes and Denson garnering 1408.&nbsp; On July 8, 2011, the Mississippi Choctaw Tribal Council voted to hold another election after Chief Beasley Denson lot to Phyliss J. Anderson.&nbsp; Voting line and timing irregularities of a prior election were cited as the reason for another election.<em>(The Sun Herald, July 7, 2011, p. A5 and July 9, 2011, p. A3)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Elizabeth \'Betty\' Ann Bloomer Ford&nbsp;</strong>(1918-2011), former&nbsp;<strong>First Lady and widow of Gerald R, Ford&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;(1913-2006), 38th US President, died on July 8th.(The Sun Herald, July 9, 2011, p. B1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings buildings-Lighthouse-Visitors-August 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:189px; width:350px\" />&nbsp; &nbsp; <img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings-Civic Center-BPL-July 2011_0.jpg\" style=\"height:225px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Biloxi Lighthouse Visitors Center</strong> and the <strong>Biloxi Civic Center and Public Library</strong>, representing $31 million dollars in new post-Katrina construction,<strong> were dedicated on July 14th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, July 15, 2011, p. A1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>David Perkes </strong>(b. 1957),<strong> architect</strong> and associate professor at Mississippi State University and <strong>founding director of the Gulf Coast Community Studio Design</strong>, was <strong>invited to the White House to be recognized through the Champion of Champions program&nbsp;</strong>for his efforts to lead 13 designers, <strong>post-Katrina in planning and designing affordable and sustainable housing initiatives in Biloxi while working with local, State, and Federal partnerships</strong>.(The Sun Herald, July 15, 2011, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lyle Page</strong> (1932-2011), senior partner of Page, Mannino, Peresich and McDermott, a Biloxi law firm, expired on July 22nd. <strong>&nbsp;Lyle was Biloxi\'s City Procecuting Attorney from 1961-1971</strong> and was active in the banking, civic and social affairs of Biloxi. &nbsp;The Lighthouse and Visitors Center was designed by Dale Partners Architects to resemble the Robinson-Dantzler House, which formerly occupied the same site.(The Sun Herald, July 24, 2011 and July 27, 2011, p. A9)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Edmond Biudreaux-book signing Aug. 18%2C 2011.jpg\" style=\"height:225px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Maritime Industry and Seafood Industry Museum&nbsp;</strong>[Edgewater Mall]&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[image by Ray L. Bellande-August 18, 2011]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edmond Boudreaux</strong> author of <em><strong><u>The Seafood Capital of the World-Biloxi\'s Maritime History</u></strong></em> (2011) had his book signing at the Maritime &amp; Seafood Industry Museum in the Edgewater Mall on August 18th.&nbsp; Mr. Boudreaux released <u><strong><em>Legends and Lore of Mississippi\'s Golden Gulf Coast</em></strong></u> in February 2013.(The Sun Herald, August 17, 2011, p. C9 and The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, February 7, 2013)</span></span></div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Joseph F. Baricev</strong>&nbsp;(1927-2011), long-time,<strong>&nbsp;Biloxi restaurateur</strong>, died on August 24th.(The Sun Herald, August 25, 2011, and August 26, 2011, p. A8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On August 25th, <strong>William Wade Guice </strong>(1927-1996), former <strong>Harrison County, Mississippi Civil Defense Director</strong>, was the first person\'s name <strong>placed on the Mississippi Civil Defense-Emegency Management Association\'s Wall of Remembrance</strong>. &nbsp;The Wall of Remembrance is located in Pearl, Mississippi at the MEMA State Emergency Operations Center. &nbsp;Mr. Guice served his fellow citizens from 1961-1996 and is best remembered for his work before and post-Hurricane Camille of August 1969.(The Sun Herald, August 26, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Tropical Storm Lee</strong> (TS-Lee) caused widespread flooding and wind damage from Florida to SW Louisiana between September 2-6. <strong>Rainfall totals ranged from eight to fourteen inches in the Mississippi coastal counties</strong>.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>$11 milion Biloxi Boardwalk Marina and Dry Storage</strong> on Back Bay at Point Cadet plans to open in November 2011. &nbsp;It is being developed by Chris Ferrara of Holden, Louisiana.(The Sun Herald, September 3, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>10th Anniversary of 9/11, the Islamic terrorist destruction of the World Trade Centers at NYC</strong> was solemnly and emotionally remembered nationally and locally.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Buildings-Yankee Stadium demo-9-29-2011.jpg\" style=\"height:133px; width:250px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>YANKEE STADIUM</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi\'s Yankee Stadium dedicated in 1959</strong> on Lee Street was <strong>demolished in September 2011</strong> by the Salvation Army.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">By September 2011,<strong> post-Katrina development at Biloxi saw $311 million in construction projects underway</strong> or permitted. &nbsp;Among those in progress were: <strong>Walmart\'s SuperCenter</strong> in West Biloxi; <strong>Margaritaville Casino</strong> in East Biloxi; <strong>McElroy\'s Harbor House</strong> at the Small Craft Harbor; <strong>Sharkhead\'s Souvenier Shop;</strong> the <strong>Beauvoir Library</strong>; <strong>Biloxi Boardwalk Marina</strong>; <strong>$24 million Santa Maria senior apartments off Popp\'s Ferry Road</strong>; and the Salvation Army\'s <strong>Kroc Center </strong>on Lee Street and Division. &nbsp;A five-story, <strong>Comfort Inn and Suites Hotel </strong>east of the Lighthouse Visitors Center was under review by City planners.(The Sun Herald, September 15, 2011, p. A1).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Salvation Army\'s $16 million, Ray Kroc </strong>(1902-1984)<strong> and Joan Kroc </strong>(1928-2003) <strong>Corps Community Center of the Mississippi Gulf Coast </strong>opened on September 18, 2011.(The Sun Herald, September 19, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Health Management Associates</strong> [HMA] announced that a <strong>$132 million medical center will be built in North Bilox</strong>i on a 35-acre site at the termination of Tommy Munro Avenue. &nbsp;It will be ajacent to the Cedar Lake Medical Plaza and the Santa Maria del Mar senior housing complex.(The Sun Herald, October 5, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;<strong> &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles T. Simon</strong> (1916-2011), Biloxi businessman and local historian, expired on October 4th.(The Sun Herald, October 6, 2011, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Steve Jobs </strong>(1955-2011),<strong> co-founder of Apple Computer </strong>and Chairman of the Board, <strong>expired on October 5th.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bayou Bridges</strong>, a new retail center proposed by the Woodmont Company and situated on the SE/C of Lamey\'s Bridge Road and US Interstate 10, was <strong>announced by the City of D\'Iberville</strong>.(The Sun Herald, October 6, 2011, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Libyan dictator,<strong>&nbsp;Colonel Moammar Gadhafi</strong>&nbsp;(1942-2011),&nbsp;<strong>was killed in Sirte, Libya on October 20th&nbsp;</strong>by Libyan insurrectionists to <strong>culminate a national revolution in the country</strong> which commenced in February 2011.(The Sun Herald, October 21, 2011, p. C1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi celebrated its 50th Anniversary</strong> on October 25th.(The Sun Herald, October 23, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles Thomas Harrison </strong>(1943-2011), Biloxi realtor and civic leader, expired on October 21, 2011.(The Sun Herald, October 23, 2011, p. A11 and October 24, 2011, p. A. 6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>$53 million Palace Casino expansion was dedicated</strong> on November 11th with Mayor A.J. Holloway cutting the ceremonial ribbon. &nbsp;Keith Crosby is the general manager of the casino.(The Sun Herald, Novemebr 12, 2011, p. C6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In November, <strong>Annalyn Swan</strong> (b. 1951), a 1969 BHS graduate and <strong>2005 Pulitzer Prize co-winner in Biography</strong> for <strong><u>de Kooning: An American Master</u></strong> [Knopf], was named the <strong>19th \'Biloxian Made Good</strong>\'.(The Sun Herald, November 7, 2011 and November 13, 2011, p. C10)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gerald H. Blessey&nbsp;</strong>(b. 1942), former Biloxi Mayor, State Representative and is currently the Gulf Coast Housing Director,&nbsp;<strong>was named the Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA John R. Blossman Humanitarian Award recipient&nbsp;</strong>on November 17th at the annual banquet held in the Beau Rivage Resort &amp; Casino. &nbsp;Mr. Blessey was the 3rd winner of the annual award.(The Sun Herald, November 18, 2011, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Former Mississippi Governor (1972-1976), <strong>William Lowe Waller</strong> (1926-2011), <strong>expired at Jackson, Mississippi on November 30th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, December 1, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong><em><u>USS MISSISSIPPI</u></em></strong>, SSN-782 and a $2 billion, Virginia-Class, fast attack, nuclear submarine, was christened at the&nbsp;<strong>General Dynamics Electric Boat yard in Groton, Connecticut&nbsp;</strong>on December 3rd. &nbsp;The vessel was planned to be commissioned at Gulfport, Mississippi, but the site was changed for June 2, 2012 at Pascagoula, Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, December 3, 2011, p. A1, December 4, 2011, p. A7, and February &nbsp; &nbsp;2012) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Phase I of<strong> Ocean Expo, D\'Iberville\'s marine mammal institute</strong>, broke ground on December 9th.(The Sun Herald, December 10, 2011, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The new, $14 million, 65,000 sq.-ft. <strong>Jackson County, Mississippi Services Complex</strong> was deidcated on December 15th.(The Sun Herald, December 16, 2011, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Iraqi War ended on December 15, 2011</strong>.(The Sun Herald, December 16, 2011, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2012</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Phil Bryant</strong> (b. 1954) was <strong>sworn in as Mississippi\'s 64th Governor</strong> on January 10th. <strong>&nbsp;Jonathan Tate Reeves</strong> (b. 1974) was the Lt. Governor.(The Sun Herald, January 11, 2012, p.A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi Council approved tax abatement for <strong>Golden Nugget</strong>, which is investing $100 million to renovate and enlarge the <strong>former Isle Casino Biloxi</strong>. (The Sun Herald January 17,2012&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Coast casinos end year strong with the best December in four years; pushing revenue to just $2 million behind the total for 2011. (The Sun Herald January 25,2012&nbsp; p.6D)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John McFarland, </strong>SunHerald MultiMedia executive and publisher of <em>The Journal of South Mississippi Business</em> et al,<strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>was named as the 24th recipient&nbsp;of the Pat Santucci&nbsp;\"Spirit of the Coast\" Award</strong>&nbsp;on February , 2012 by the Mississippi Coast Chamber of Commerce.<em>(The Sun Herald, February 4, 2012,&nbsp;p. A1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Christina Ann Carter </strong>and<strong> Mark Donlon Mavar</strong> ruled as<strong> Queen Ixolib </strong>and<strong> King d\'Iberville </strong>on February 21st as<strong> The Gulf Coast Carnival Association celebrated Mardi Gras in Biloxi</strong><em>.(The Sun Herald, February 19, 2012, p. F1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The week of <strong>March 5th brought exciting casino industry news</strong> to the Mississippi Coast as<strong> Golden Nugget announced that they were acquiring the Isle Casino Biloxi</strong>. &nbsp;<strong>Margaritaville Casino &nbsp;held a job fair</strong> that attracted about 2000 &nbsp;individuals hoping for the 1000 positions that they were seeking to fill before their May 2012 grand opening. The <strong>CanCan Casino, later known as Land Holdings I LLC, was promised by the City of D\'Iberville that $24M in tax increment bonds would be issued </strong>for infrastruture to assit their locating on Biloxi\'s Bay Bay. &nbsp;In addition,<strong> Rotate Black officals announced a new casino for Gulfport</strong>.(The Sun Herald, March 11, 2012 p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Denise Dunnaway</strong>&nbsp;of Gulfport and <strong>Leo \'Chipper\' McDermott</strong>&nbsp;of Long Beach were the Coleen and Grand Marshall of the 34th <strong>Annual Hibernia Marching Society parade</strong> at Biloxi on March 17th.(The Sun Herald, March 11, 2011, p. F1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Curtis Lee Davis Sr</strong>. (1927-2012), native of Vancleave, Mississippi and<strong>&nbsp;first dean of the Jackson County Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College</strong>&nbsp;[1964-1991] and long time Mississippi junior college educator [1950-1991], died on March 23rd. &nbsp;Mr. Davis also&nbsp;<strong>coached junior college tennis&nbsp;</strong>and won&nbsp;<strong>many awards for his success in this endeavor.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;His corporal remains were interred in the Ramsay Cemetery at Vancleave.(The Sun Herald, March 26, 2012, p. A6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gary \'Bubba\' Watson, Bagdad, Florida won The Masters at August, Georgia on Easter Sunday.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi\'s&nbsp;<strong>new Super Walmart situated on C.T. Switzer Road west of Eisenhower Drive opened on April 11th</strong>.(The Sun Herald, March 15, 2012, p. A and April 11, 2012, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Infinity Science Center on US Highway Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Mississippi</strong> opened to the public on April 11th.(The Sun Herald, April &nbsp;11, 2012, p. A1 and April 12, 2012, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Rachel Nuwer</strong>, daughter of David Nuwer and Deanne Stephens Nuwer, Phd. and a <strong>2003 graduate of BHS</strong>, was listed on the<strong> Scientific American Incubator, a blog dedicated identifying&nbsp;future, high potential science, health, and environmental writers.&nbsp;</strong> Miss Nuwer earned science and journalism degrees from Loyola (NOLA), University of East Anglia (England), and NYU.&nbsp; She interned at Audubon Magazine, the Scientist Magazine and the NY Times environmental desk.&nbsp; Rachel now <strong>writes frrelance articles for: Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Science NOW, and The New York Times.(</strong>The Sun Herald, April 22, 2012, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Zan L. Skelton </strong>(1928-2012), native of Shubata, Clarke County, Mississippi and former BHS English teacher and author, expired on May 15th.&nbsp; <strong>Mr. Skelton taught at BHS from 1953 until his retirement in 1986.&nbsp; </strong>Zan L. Skelton was a true gentleman and excellent instructor in the English language and its literature.(The Sun Herald, May 20, 2012, p. A13.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/128 Rue Magnolia2.jpg\" style=\"height:226px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>128 Rue Magnolia</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Image made June 28, 2012 by Ray L. Bellande]&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 28th, the <strong>Mississippi Craftmen\'s Guild opened a satellite store&nbsp;in the Henriques-Slay House </strong>at&nbsp;128 Rue Magnolia.&nbsp; The circa 1902 cottage was&nbsp;relocated&nbsp;from Reynoir Street and restored.(The&nbsp;Sun Herald, June 27, 2012, p. A1)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Biloxi Lions Club</strong> announced this year\'s recipient of the <strong>Father of the Year</strong> award, newly inducted Lion President <strong>Dr. Carl O. Nehlig</strong>.&nbsp; He is a proud father of three.(The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press June 28,2012&nbsp; p.1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Matt Stebly</strong>, Ocean Springs\'l artist, <strong>wins Biloxi Seafood Festival poster contest </strong>for second consecutive year.(The Sun Herald, July 19, 2012, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Eight Flags display</strong>is back on US 90 at the entrance to <strong>Rue Magnolia</strong> where it often was photographed before Hurricane Katrina. The city spent about $7,000 for the flagpoles and installation that showcases the flags that have flown over Biloxi since 1699. The flags are the French, English, Spanish, Republic of West Florida, United States, Mississippi State Magnolia, Confederate First National and Mississippi. (The Sun Herald August 4,2012&nbsp; p.D1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\" <strong>White House Hotel</strong> deserves a reprieve\" Officials with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History are among those who have asked Biloxi officials not to order the demolition of White House Hotel.(The Sun Herald August 4,2012&nbsp; p.2C)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi Lighthouse Visitors Center</strong> marks first year. It has hosted weddings, business receptions and live radio broadcast. In the first year, 55,994 people came through the doors. (The Sun Herald August 10,2012&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>\"Casino \'Cutie\' is \'stable and alert\' after accident\"</strong> <strong>Margaritaville Casino &amp; Restaurant</strong>(The Sun Herald August 12,2012&nbsp; p.2A) \"Casino\'s \'Biloxi Beauty\' still in hospital\" The women\'s injuries were not life-threatening, but Margaritaville wants to make sure the safety of our employees comes first.(The Sun Herald August 14,2012&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Salvation Army</strong> cut the ribbon on the <strong>New Yankie Stadium in Biloxi </strong>which is also home to the Kroc Community Center.(The Sun Herald August 15,2012&nbsp; p.3B)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Oscar Russell </strong>was awarded <strong>France\'s Legion of Honor medal</strong> for his part of the perilous first wave of sailors storming Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.&nbsp; Nearly 70 years later, representatives of the French government has honored Russell, 88, with that country\'s highest military decoration for his part in <strong>liberating France from Nazi tyranny</strong>. (The Sun Herald August 16,2012&nbsp; P.A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Bright casinos confuse<strong> loggerhead turtle hatchlings</strong>; <strong>Institute for Marine Mammal Studies</strong> steps in to help newly hatched turtles.(The Sun Herald August 17,2012&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Casino could be back on the table today\" - <strong>Rotate Black MS</strong> (The Sun Herald August 16,2012&nbsp; p.5A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"After past ventures fail, Rotate Black bets on casino in Gulfport\"(The Sun Herald August 16, &nbsp;2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"<strong>Rotate Black </strong>ready to build - <strong>Gaming Commission give go-ahead to build Gulfport casino</strong>\"(The Sun Herald August 17,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Gulfport hails \'magnificent\' casino location\"(The Sun Herald August 17,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"All coast casinos closed - mandatory evacuation ordered due to <strong>Hurricane Isaac\"</strong>(The Sun Herald August 29,2012&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"After the storm, <strong>Beau Rivage</strong> hustles to get reopened\"(The Sun Herald September 1,2012&nbsp; p.8C)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"<strong>Margaritaville Casino laying off 200 at end of summer</strong>-After May opening, it\'s been a bumpy three months\"(The Sun Herald September 7,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>David Staehling</strong>, principal adviser to Mayor A.J. Holloway will retire at the end of the year. (The Sun Herald, September 14, &nbsp;2012, p. 2A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Barhanovich%2C Mark A. (1957-2012).jpg\" style=\"height:158px; width:120px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Canaan%2C Sherman V. [image old].jpg\" style=\"height:185px; width:120px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On September 17th, Mayor Holloway ordered&nbsp; that flags at all City buildings be flown at half-mast in respect for the recent deaths of two notable Biloxians-<strong>Mark A. Barhanovich </strong>(1957-2012) &nbsp;and <strong>Sherman V. Canaan </strong>(1938-2012).(The Sun Herald, September 18, 2012, p. A2 and p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>University of Southern Mississippi</strong> marks 100 years of classes at Hattiesburg, MS campus.( The Sun Herald, September 20, 2012 p. 2A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"St. Pé saluted at his last Gaming Commission meeting - Wally Carter to replace him as chairman\" (The Sun Herald September 21,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Casino gets Planning Commission Approval in D\'Iberville\"(The Sun Herald September 25,2012&nbsp; p.9A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Nearly <strong>90 WWII veterans take Honor Flight to Washington</strong>. The group made up the fourth <strong>Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight</strong>.(The Sun Herald September 26,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi native, <strong>Chris LeDoux</strong> will get marker on music trail. The second marker on the <strong>Country Music Trail</strong> will be dedicated at the Biloxi Town Green. The first marker honors Nashville singer/songwriter Paul Overstreet in his hometown of Vancleave. (The Sun Herald September 26,2012&nbsp; P.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"<strong>Silver Slipper become a Full House casino</strong>\" Sale of Silver Slipper Casino to Full House Resorts was finalized October 1, 2012.(The Sun Herald October 2,2012&nbsp; p.11A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gary Collins</strong>, (1938-2012), native of Venice, California and an <strong>actor and television personality, died on October 13, 2012 </strong>at his Cherokee Street rental in Biloxi.&nbsp; Collins was married to former&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America\" style=\"font: 13px/19.18px sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" title=\"Miss America\">Miss America</a>&nbsp;(1959),&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Mobley\" style=\"font: 13px/19.18px sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mary Ann Mobley\">Mary Ann Mobley</a>, from 1967 until his death in 2012; they were separated in 2011,<sup><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Collins_(actor)#cite_note-3\" style=\"color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;\">[3]</a></sup>&nbsp;but reconciled and he moved to her home state of Mississippi to be with her in 2012, while she battled&nbsp;<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer\" style=\"font: 13px/19.18px sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" title=\"Breast cancer\">breast cancer</a>. They had one child: a daughter, Mary Clancy Collins. Collins was formerly married to Susan Peterson, with whom he had two children: Guy William and Melissa.(The Sun Herald, October 14, 2012, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Hard Rock Hotel5-April 2013.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:188px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hard Rock Hotel-April 20, 2013</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In October, the <strong>Hard Rock Casino began construction on a $32.5 million, 12-story hotel</strong>.&nbsp; Target opening December 31, 2013.(The Sun Herald, October 24, 2012, p. B6.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi Council member, <strong>Tom Wall,</strong> will not seek 6th term. <strong>Paul Tisdale</strong>, former Superintendent of Biloxi School District is among the first to announce he intends to run for the Ward 5 seat in the 2013 municipal election. (The Sun Herald, October 24, 2012, p. 2A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Plans for the <strong>Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum and Biloxi Waterfront Park </strong>need to be scaled back. The City has $8.2 million in combined funding to build but the bids came in $1.5 million over budget.(The Sun Herald November 10,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Works in Progress-Biloxi has $80 million in construction, and more to come\"(The Sun Herald November 15,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">White Pillars owner recognized for tourism efforts. John Mladinich wins Don Jacobs Tourism Award in recognition of more than 40 years in the hospitality industry in South Mississippi.(The Sun Herald November 25,2012&nbsp; p.2F)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Biloxi\'s Isle Casino to become Golden Nugget - $45M Landry\'s purchase finalized.\"(The Sun Herald November 30,2012&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Rotate Black finalizes financing for Gulfport casino\"(The Sun Herald December 8,2012&nbsp; p.8B)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The commemorative sign for the Sherman V. Canaan Fishing Dock on the north end of Lee Street on Back Bay was unveiled on the afternoon of December 13, 2012.(The Sun Herald, December 13, 2012, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>David Nichols </strong>will return as <strong>Chief Administrative Officer for Mayor AJ Holloway</strong>. Nichols was CAO in Biloxi from 1994 to 2001 and Director of Community Development from 1991 to 1993.&nbsp; He also served as CAO to Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr in 2006.( The Sun Herald, December 7, 2012 p.8A ),</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>David Nichols</strong> approved as new Biloxi Chief Administrator Officer.(The Sun Herald, December 12, 2012, p. 2A )</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Bolton property </strong>on US 90, across from the Biloxi Lighhouse, will be purchased for $1.7 million. The Mississippi Development Authority will reimburse the city next week with <strong>Community Development Block Grant money.</strong> (The Sun Herald, December 12, 2012, p.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Mississppi State Department of Health has <strong>approved a certificate of need to build a new medical center in North Biloxi</strong>. Harrison health Management Associates, owners of the old Gulf Coast Medical Center were given state approval December 20, 2012. The new hospital will be just off Interstate 10 in North Biloxi and will be known as <strong>The Hospital at Cedar Lake.</strong> (The Sun Herald, December 21, 2012, p.1A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2013</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Legal dispute grounds airplane bound for casino - <strong>Flight to Beau Rivage</strong> back on schedule after stop. (The Sun Herald January 9,2013&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi will host a joint groundbreaking ceremony on February 1st for <strong>Maritime &amp; Seafood Industry Museum and Biloxi Waterfront Park</strong>.&nbsp; The two projects are side by side on Point Cadet at the eastern tip of the city.(The Sun Herald January 19,2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"Out with the old, and in with the gold - <strong>Golden Nugget gives peek into Isle renovations</strong>\"(The Sun Herald January 15,2013&nbsp; AtThe Casino, p.8)</span></span></div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Wall%2C Paul Thomas (1939-2013).jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:120px\" /></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi City Councilman [Ward 5], <strong>Paul</strong> <strong>Thomas \'Tom\' Wall </strong>(1937-2013), expired on January&nbsp;7th.&nbsp; Tom was born at Indianapolis, Indiana and a 22-year USAF veteran.&nbsp; He was the proprietor of the Classy Chassis Car Wash, which had operations in several Coast cities.&nbsp; <strong>Arlene Wall</strong>, Tom\'s widow, was appointed to assume his civic duties as Biloxi\'s Ward 5 Councilman.(The Sun Herald, January 9, 2013, p. C4, January&nbsp; 10, 2013, and January 12, 2013, p. A1 and The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, January 10, 1973, p. 1 and January 17, 2013, p. 3)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor A.J. Holloway</strong> announced he will nominate <strong>Arleen Wall</strong> to fill the unexpired council term of her late husband, <strong>Tom Wall</strong>.&nbsp; Tom Wall died January 7, 2013.(The Sun Herald, January 16, 2012, p.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. William Walker, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, was fired by his governing board on January 15th.</strong>&nbsp; Walker had been suspended without pay earlier following internal audits into the spending practices of the organization.(The Sun Herald, January 16, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"<strong>Rotate Black</strong> needs more time to proceed with casino\"(The Sun Herald January 16, 2013&nbsp; p.6B)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Biloxi Council hired <strong>Jimmy Gouras, Urban Planning Consulting</strong> to ask the federal government to <strong>forgive Biloxi\'s $11 million disaster loan from Hurricane Katrina</strong>. Until Katrina, the government never required municipalities to repay such loans.(The Sun Herald, January 16, 2012, p.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>White Pillars </strong>restoration nearly complete; Marketing will begin soon to find restaurant operator.(The Sun Herald February 1,2013&nbsp; p.6D)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">\"<strong>IP</strong> gives $200K to local foundation\"&nbsp; <strong>IP Casino Resort Spa </strong>present a check to <strong>Bacot/McCarty Foundation</strong>.(The Sun Herald February 5,2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi-Seafood Museum dedication-dirt turningFebruary 1%2C 2013..jpg\" style=\"height:166px; width:250px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Maritime and Seafood Museum3-April 26%2C 2013.jpg\" style=\"height:153px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Maritime and Seafood&nbsp;Museum board members break ground on Point Cadet</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[Ray L. Bellande-February 1, 2013 and April 26, 2013]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum </strong>ground breaking was held at Point Cadet on February 1, 2013.(The Sun Herald, January 19, 2013, p. A2 and February 2, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Gulf Coast Carnival Association&nbsp;</strong>announced its royalty for 2013, the organization\'s 105th year<strong>. King d\'Iberville is James K. \"Jimmy\" Wetzel and Queen Ixolib is Analise Brashier</strong>. (The Sun Herald February 10,2013&nbsp; p.F1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hattiesburg, Mississippi was hit by a tornado </strong>on February 10th damaging some buildings on the USM campus.(The Sun Herald, February 11, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Wetzel%2C James-King Iberville 2013_0.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:250px\" /></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2013 King Iberville</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Linda Analise Brashier </strong>and <strong>James K. \'Jimmy\' Wetzel </strong>ruled as Queen Ixolib and King d\'Iberville as the Gulf Coast Carnival association celebrated its Mardi Gras parading the streets of Biloxi on February 12th.(The Sun Herald, February 10, 2013, p. F1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>City of D\'Iberville celebrated its 25th incorporation anniversary </strong>[February 10, 1988] on February 19th.(The Sun Herald, February 16, 2013, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bill Holland, master boat builder</strong>, has built over 50 boats in his life. He built his first skiff at age 9 and his first cat boat at age 12. He continues to work on two cat boats whose elegance and craftsmanship draw the admiration of wooden boat aficionados everyone. His work, along with his crew and a few others along with the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum helps preserve the <strong>maritime history of Bilox</strong>i. (The Sun Herald March 12, 2013&nbsp; p.7B)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On March 13th,<strong> Jorge Bergoglio</strong> (b. 1937), <strong>Argentine Cardinal, was elected Pope</strong> and chose the name Francis.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>35th annual Hibernia Marching Society\'s St. Patricks\'s Day</strong> parade was held March 16, 2013. King Tim C. Holleman andQueen April Leigh Bullock. (The Sun Herald, March 10, 2013, p. F1 and March 17, 2013, p. 2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Mladinich%2C John (1928-2013).jpg\" style=\"height:207px; width:207px\" /></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>John M. Mladinich </strong>(1928-2013) died at Biloxi on March 28th.&nbsp; He was the son of Croatian immigrants and made his livelihood in the restaurant, real estate&nbsp;and entertainment business.&nbsp; John\'s Fiesta Club, The Hot Stop,&nbsp;and White Pillars Restaurant were very popular for several decades in the mid-late 2oth Century.(The Sun Herald, March 31, 2013, p. A&nbsp; )</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Voivedich%2C Charlie (1938-2013).jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:134px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles E. Voivedich</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles E. Voivedich</strong> (1938-2013), \'Charley V.\', died on April 2nd at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Charley V. was one of the Coast\'s better known musicians and its ambassador singing our \'Coast National Anthem\'-<strong>\"Cherry Pie\"</strong>!(The Sun Herald, April 7, 2013]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Keesler Air Force Base</strong>has been named <strong>Best Air Force Base in the nation</strong>. A few examples of Keesler\'s efforts include expanding the recycling program, renovating dormitories, improving the medical evaluation board case completion time, and reducing errors in deployment out-processing by 20 percent.(The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press April 11,2013&nbsp; p.1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Harry Johnson Schmidt Jr</strong>. &nbsp;(1936-2013), native of NOLA and son of&nbsp; Dr. Harry J. Schmidt (1905-1997) and&nbsp;&nbsp;Margaret Mary Heath Schmidt (1908-1983)&nbsp;died on April 22, 2013 at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Harry practiced medicine in Biloxi with his father, and two brothers, Dr. Robert J. Schmidt (1937-2000) and Dr. Richard C. Schmidt, at the Schmidt Clinic on Lameuse Street.&nbsp; Ann Baltar Schmidt (1937-2012), &nbsp;Harry\'s spouse, died at Biloxi on April 22, 2013.(The Sun Herald, April 24, 2013, p. A4 and April 25, 2013, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>White House Hotel was acquired by Barrington Development LLC</strong> of Ridgeland, Mississippi and they plan a $7 million renovation and restoration of the 48,000 square-foot,&nbsp;historic structure.(The Sun Herald, April 24, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Peter Halat Jr</strong>., former Biloxi Mayor, <strong>was released </strong>from the federal prison at Montogomery, Alabama in March 2012 and <strong>from a halfway house at Hattiesburg, Mississippi on April 24th</strong>.&nbsp; Mayor Halat was <strong>incarcerated for nearly 16 years for&nbsp;his conviction in the 1987 murder plot of Judge Vincent Sherry and his spouse, Margaret Sherry</strong>.(The Sun&nbsp;Herald, April 25, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>KAFB won a $1 million and a 2013 Commander-in-Chief Award declaring Keesler AFB as America\'s best</strong>.&nbsp; Brigadier <strong>General Brad Spacy, Commander of the 81st Training Wing</strong>, accepted the award.(The Sun Herald, April 30, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Point Cadet fishing pier was dedicated on April 30th</strong>.&nbsp; Mayor Holloway recommended that the new facility be named in honor of Nicholas \"Corky\" Hire (b. 1922), a local fisherman of Croatian ancestry.(The Sun Herald, April 30, 2013, A3 and May 1, 2013, p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Coast casinos get new amenities and makeovers. <strong>Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino</strong>&nbsp; is adding a 150 room hotel tower that they hope to open by New Year\'s Eve.&nbsp; The Isle Casino is undergoing a transformation and expansion. When Phase I is complete this summer, the resort will be rebranded by the new owner, as <strong>Golden Nugget Biloxi</strong>.(The Sun Herald May 5,2013&nbsp; p.10B)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Officials from <strong>William Carey University</strong> and state legislators were guest speakers at a press conference to announce a new <strong>Health Care Industry Zone</strong> in the <strong>community of Tradition</strong>. (The Sun Herald May 14,2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jeanette Cerinich Capuano</strong>receives the <strong>Mother of the Year</strong> award from <strong>Biloxi Lions Club</strong>. A mother of five children. Jeanette Cauano was nominated by her sister, Patricia Powell; daughter, Laurie Erring and grandson, Jason Balius. Laurie Cauano Herring said “My mother is Mother of the Year because of her selflessness and unconditional love for her family, friends and community. She is married to the late Louis E. Capuano. She is employed part time at Sekul, Hornsby, Tuisdale Law Firm. She is an active and practicing member of the Cathedral of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi. . She is described by her family as someone who always puts other before herself. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and cooks and delivers food to people she knows cannot do so for themselves. She is also the first to deliver her chicken soup and a card to those who are sick. (The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press May 16,2013&nbsp; p.1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Pan American Clipper</strong>to celebrate 76th birthday at Wooden Boat Show. The Pan American Clipper is a 1937 65\' Biloxi Lugger/Excursion boat built by <strong>John Toche, Sr</strong>. Included in the show is a 1939 <strong>Covacevich</strong> built 56\' Biloxi Lugger/Chandeleur boat. (The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press May 16,2013&nbsp; p.1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi High School</strong>will become the first school in Mississippi to become a member of <strong>The National Math and Science Initiative</strong>, a non-profit organization launched in 2007&nbsp; to transform math and science education in the U.S. (The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press May 16,2013&nbsp; p.1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Gerald \'Jerry\' Piltz</strong> (1925-2013), native of Greenwood, Mississippi and Biloxi accountant and civic leader, expired at Biloxi on May 24th.&nbsp; Jerry was King Iberville of the 1976 Mississippi Gulf Coast Mardi Gras Association festivities.(The Sun Herald, May 27, 2013, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">A year after thousands danced at the May 22, 2012 opening of <strong>Margaritville Casino </strong>crowds have thinned and management has changed. Now <strong>Margaritville</strong> is moving aggressively with major additions, the first of which is a hotel and new slot games. (Mississippi Press May 28,2013&nbsp; p.10M)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>State of Mississippi</strong> pitches in <strong>$15 million for new baseball stadium</strong> with <strong>BP grant money</strong>. (The Sun Herald May 31,2013&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>AJ Holloway</strong>faces <strong>Jess Kennedy</strong> in bid for 6th term Mayor of Biloxi.(The Sun Herald June 1,2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Richard Gollott and Laura Weems ruled over the Blessing of the Fleet </strong>at Biloxi on June 2nd.(The Sun Herald, June 2, 2013, p. A11 and The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, June 6, 2013, p. 1.)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor A.J. Holloway was re-elected for a 6th term on June 4th </strong>easily defeating Jess Kennedy 2280 votes to 804.(The Sun Herald, June 5, 2013, p. A10)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Former North Biloxian and Notre Dame High School graduate, <strong>Gordon Gollott, was elected Mayor of Gautier,</strong> Mississippi garnering 88% of the vote.(The Sun Herald, June 5, 2013, p. A10)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sue Burleson</strong>of Long Beach is the first member from the <strong>Paul Lacoste Sports \"100-Pound Club\" from the Mississippi Gulf Coast</strong>. Before she began to lose weight, she weighed 311 pounds. She now weighs 205.(The Sun Herald June 8, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>St. Paul United Methodist Church</strong>at 696 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd is celebrating 150 years on the Coast.(The Sun Herald July 13,2013&nbsp; P.4C)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Coast has history of <strong>UFO sightings</strong>.&nbsp; Almost 40 years after two men said they were abducted by a UFO over the Pascagoula River, Coast residents still occasionally spot strange objects in the sky.(The Sun Herald July 21, 2013&nbsp; P.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Matt Stebly&nbsp;</strong>became the first person to win the competition for the Biloxi Seafood Festival poster for three consecutive years. (The Sun Herald July 25, 2013&nbsp; P.3A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">One of the city\'s most colorful characters, <strong>Jean Guilhot, the \"Hermit of Deer Island</strong>\", was buried in an unmarked grave at the Old Biloxi Cemetery when he died in 1959. Five decades later, the Biloxi Bay Chamber has raised the money to erect a tombstone which will be dedicated October 22, 2013, before the Old Biloxi Cemetery Tour.(The Sun Herald August 8,2013 &nbsp;p. 1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Silver Slipper Casino Hotel&nbsp;</strong>on the way. $17.5M building to have 140 rooms. John Ferrucci, General Manager expects permission to proceed in the next 30 days. <strong>Full House Resorts is the parent compan</strong>y.(The Sun Herald August 9, 2013&nbsp; p.1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi Visitors Center</strong> marks 2 years. The city is acquiring more property to the east of the Visitors Center to provide outdoor space for special events as well as to the west across Porter Avenue, the city plans to have greenspace and trails and additional parking.(The Sun Herald August 9, 2013, &nbsp;p. 2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The University of Southern Mississippi in Long Beach</strong>says the completion of five building projects on its Gulf Park campus in Long Beach signifies the return of the beachfront campus from the damage it sustained from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.(The Sun Herald August 9, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Professional baseball team and Caillavet Park </strong>planned for downtown Biloxi. &nbsp;Johnson Consulting of Chicago relates that proposed site is <strong>one of the best in nation</strong>.(The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press, June 6, 2013, p. 1 and The Sun Herald, June 26, 2013, p. A1 and July 30, 2013, p. A1 and August 21, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Construction-Villa Santa Maria del Mar-June 2013.jpg\" style=\"height:145px; width:250px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Construction-Villa Santa Maria del Mar Plaque-June 2013_0.jpg\" style=\"height:376px; width:250px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Santa Maria del Mar and plaque</strong>-[images made June 17, 2013]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Most Rev. Roger Paul Morin on June 5th blessed the Santa Maria del Mar Retirement Community off of Tommy Munro Drive</strong>, which was rebuilt nearly eight years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed it.&nbsp;It is sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi and Morin said it is a symbol of the diocese\'s \"ongoing commitment of our service to our community and a testament to care and concern&nbsp;for our sisters and brothers, who long for a place to call home in a residential community designed with them in mind.\"&nbsp;The new $26 million retirement community was moved from the beach to Medical Park Drive behind the Diocese\'s Pastoral Center on Popp\'s Ferry Road. <strong>There are 208 units in the twin six-story towers, including 134 studio apartments and 74 one-bedroom apartments. The units are unfurnished but contain a stove and refrigerator.</strong> [The Sun Herald, June 6, 2013 and The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, June 13, 2013, p. 1.]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Paul Delcambre Sr.</strong> (1926-2013), native of Choate, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana and Biloxi resident since 1946, expired at Biloxi on June 6th.&nbsp; Delcambre was owner of<strong> Del\'s Seaway Shrimp &amp; Oyster Company and Seaway Freezing Company</strong>.&nbsp; He was president of the local American Shrimp Processors and Canners Association and a member of the Mississippi Restaurant Association.(The Sun Herald, June 11, 2013, p. A7)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Construction-Isle makeover-June 10%2C 2013..jpg\" style=\"height:225px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Isle-Golden Nugget&nbsp; during its makeover and renovation.</strong>[image made mid-June 2013]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Artists Die Best in Black, a Hollywood-type motion picture, </strong>with local financing <strong>began shooting </strong>at Biloxi on June 17th.(The Sun Herald, June 18, 2013, p. A1 and The Ocean Springs Gazette, June 20, 2013, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On June 21st,<strong> the Golden Nugget Casino, formerly the Isle and Isle of Capri, celebrated its Grand Opening of the completion of its $100 million dollar first improvement stage</strong>.(The Sun Herald, June 16, 2013, p. A1 and&nbsp;The Sun Herald, June 22, 2013, p. A1 and&nbsp;The Biloxi D\'Iberville Press, June &nbsp; , 2013, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Isaiah Canaan</strong>, Biloxi native, <strong>was selected by the NBA Houston Rockets in the 2nd round </strong>[34th overall selection]<strong> of the 2013 NBA draft. </strong>&nbsp;Canaan prepped at Biloxi High School and averaged 21 ppg and 4 assists per game at <strong>Murray State University </strong>in Kentucky.(The Sun Herald, June 28, 2013, p. D1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/138 Lameuse Street-August 5%2C 2013.jpg\" style=\"height:225px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>138 Lameuse Street-</strong><strong>August 5, 2013</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[view WNW]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In early August, the City of Biloxi demolished their former Annex Building at 138 Lameuse Street. &nbsp;The<strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;two-story structure was erected in 1953 by the <strong>Lyman C. Bradford Veterans of Foreign Wars&nbsp;</strong>[VFW] Post No. 2434 at 2<strong>12-214 Lameuse Street. &nbsp;It was dedicated in late July 1953.</strong>&nbsp; The building housed the Southern Life &amp; Insurance Company and Barton, Pile &amp; Wermuth on the first floor while the VFW occupied the second floor.&nbsp;(The Daily Herald, July 9, 1953, p. 8)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Robin Roberts</strong>, calling Pass Christian, Mississippi home and <strong>Good Morning America</strong> [ABC] co-anchors, <strong>accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards</strong> in Los Angeles on July 17th.(The Sun Herald, July 18, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Guice%2C Julia M. Cook (1928-2013).jpg\" style=\"height:207px; width:207px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Julia Marie Cook Guice</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Julia Cook Guice</strong> (1928-2013), author, <strong>1st Civil Defense Director of the City of Biloxi</strong> [1957] and <strong>1st Director of the Harrison County Civil Defense Council</strong> [appointed by Dewey Lawrence in September 1960] and&nbsp;<strong>Biloxi City</strong> <strong>Historian</strong>, expired on August 5th.(The Daily Herald, September 17, 1960, p. 1 and&nbsp;The Sun Herald, August 6, 2013, p. A4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Harrison County supervisors&nbsp;</strong>agreed with Assessor Tal Flurry the Casino Magic tower on the beach has no value. The tower, which was valued at $40 million before Hurricane Katrina. The assessment on it was dropped to $9 million in 2006 and to zero from 2007 on. (The Sun Herald August 28, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2013 Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame inductees: Doug Barber-BHS-1969</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Howard \'Dickey\' Battle-MC-1990</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Peter Roy \'Lee\' Elder-BHS-1964</strong>;<strong>Kenneth Lyons Sr</strong>.-<strong>BHS-1947</strong>;&nbsp;<strong>Dennis Malpass-ND-1961;</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Henry \'Spud\' Wieniewitz-MP-1970</strong>; and&nbsp;<strong>Richard Lew</strong>&nbsp;\"<strong>Wimpy\" Winther-BHS-1966.</strong>(The Sun Herald, August 25, 2013)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Breakers Inn on Beach Boulevard</strong>was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.&nbsp; The City Council voted to rezone the 7-acre site at 2506 Beach Blvd as requested by Anthony Lee and Lee Brothers LLC. They plan to develop the <strong>Beach View Apartments and Hotel</strong>.(The Sun Herald August 28, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Plans for <strong>Oyster Bay Casino are off the table according to the developers</strong>, who say they are working to get a casino approved at the Back Bay Site by the end of the year. <strong>Pivotal Group Inc.</strong> is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Environmental Quality to get a permit for the use of the property, the wetlands and drainage.(The Sun Herald August 28, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Hollis%2C Charles Dixie (1928-2013).jpg\" style=\"height:182px; width:120px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles \'Dixie\' Hollis (1928-2013)</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles \'Dixie\' Hollis</strong> (1928-2013) expired at Biloxi on September 6th. &nbsp;Dixie was the son of Dr. Daniel L. Hollis (1893-1975) and Vola Elizabeth Cummings Hollis (1897-1994). He graduated from BHS with the Class of 1946 where he played football and ran track. &nbsp;Dixie matriculated to the University of Alabama and graduated from Ole Miss where he lettered in track. &nbsp;Mr. Hollis was active in the civic and social life of Biloxi and was Commodore of the BYC in 1964. &nbsp;He worked for the Veterans Admnistration from 1955 until his retirement in 1992.(The Sun Herald, September 8, 2013, p. A12)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Beau Rivage&nbsp;</strong>hires veterans through <strong>Boots to Business</strong>, a 10 week employment training program. The Beau Rivage is working with <strong>American Red Cross</strong> to offer the program which currently has 12 veterans employed at other jobs in the area and 60 more veterans are becoming involved in the program. <strong>MGM Resorts International</strong>, Beau Rivage\'s parent company, provided a $250,000 grant to expand Boots to Business in Las Vegas and now at other MGM properties.(The Sun Herald September 6, 2013&nbsp; p.2A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Phase two of <strong>Golden Nuggett\'s</strong> renovations reveals <strong>Michael Patrick\'s Sports Café &amp; Grille </strong>and concert venue.(The Sun Herald September 6,2013&nbsp; p.8D)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Quave%2C Billy Ray.jpg\" style=\"height:80px; width:80px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Billy Ray Quave</strong> (1933-2013), former <strong>City Editor of <em>The Daily Herald</em></strong>, expired on September 14th. &nbsp;He was an Army veteran and graduate of Biloxi High School, Perkinston JC, and USM.(The Sun Herald, September 17, 2013)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Developers</strong> want to build a $220 million <strong>casino west of Interstate 110 on the Back Bay -</strong> what many consider \"sacred ground\" that can\'t be a casino site. Property owners are requesting a zoning change. (The Sun Herald September 17, 2013&nbsp; p. 1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Edgewater Mall </strong>to mark 50 years. In 1963, it was the first mall between Miami and Houston.(The Sun Herald September 19, 2013 &nbsp;p. 1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Insurer <strong>USAA loses wind vs. water case</strong>.&nbsp; Minor family wins $1.56M Katrina verdict.(The Sun Herald September 21, 2013 &nbsp;p. 1A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi City Council voted 5-2 to back a $21 million dollar GO bond</strong> <strong>issue</strong> to fund a <strong>minor league baseball stadium </strong>on Caillavet and Beach Boulevard. &nbsp;The <strong>State of Mississippi will contribute $15 million dollars</strong> from a British Petroluem grant for the project.(The Sun Herald, October 9, 2013, p. A1 and A10)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">D\'Iberville statue back in Biloxi. The statue of explorer <strong>Pierre LeMoyne, sieu d\'Iberville</strong> is back overlooking the water near the Biloxi Lighthouse. The statue, created by local artist Mary Ott Tremmel Davidson, was hoisted into place on its new concrete base on the west side of the <strong>Biloxi Visitor Center</strong>.&nbsp; The statue was sent off for refurbishment \"to get rid of the Katrina scars\" and will be dedicated in December.(The Sun Herald November 1, 2013, &nbsp;p. 3A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/12 Palms Memorial-Biloxi Cemetery_0.jpg\" style=\"height:300px; width:200px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce through its Cultural and Heritage Committee re-dedicated the&nbsp;<strong>Twelve Palms Memorial on Veteran\'s Day 2014&nbsp;</strong>in <strong>Business Men\'s Park on Back Bay Forrest Avenue. </strong>&nbsp;The <strong>original Twelve Palms Memorial was created to hono</strong>r the <strong>twelve Biloxians who lost their lives during World War I.</strong> &nbsp;The Biloxi Cleophan Club in March 1919, planted twelve palm trees in the L&amp;N Park on the SW/C of Reynoir and Railroad Street, now called Esters Boulevard.(The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, November 7, 2013, p. 1 and&nbsp;The Sun Herald November 6, 2013, &nbsp;p. A2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Logan Skelton&nbsp;</strong>(b. 1961), son of&nbsp;<strong>Zan L. Skelton&nbsp;</strong>(1928-2012), a native of Shubata, Clarke County, Mississippi and former BHS English teacher and author, <strong>was named the 21st Biloxian Made Good</strong>. &nbsp;Logan graduated from <strong>BHS in 1979</strong> and studied at Loyola University. University of Rochester, and the Manhattan School of Music. &nbsp;He has received international acclaim as a pianist, teacher and composer. &nbsp;Logan has worked on the faculties at the Manhattan School of Music, Missouri State University and <strong>is presently Proffesor of Piano and Director of Doctoral Studies in Piano Performance at the University of Michigan</strong>.(The&nbsp;Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press, November 7, 2013, p. 1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Croatian folk group2-BPL.jpg\" style=\"height:131px; width:200px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Croatian folk and dance group of Biloxi-circa 1937</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[courtesy of the Biloxi Public Library archives]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The&nbsp;<strong>Slavic Benevolent Association of St. Nickolai celebrated its 100th anniversary</strong>&nbsp;on December 7th at the new&nbsp;<strong>Croatian-American Cultural Center</strong>&nbsp;at Maple and 3rd Street on Point Cadet, once called&nbsp;<strong>\'Little Austria\'</strong>.(The Sun Herald, December 3, 2013, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2014</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Mockler%2C Peter F. (1948-2014)_0.jpg\" style=\"height:141px; width:120px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Father Peter F. Mockler</strong>&nbsp;(1948-2014), native of Woodbrook, Newbridge, Ballinasloe, County. Galway, Ireland died on January 30, 2014 at Lizana, Harrison County, Mississippi. &nbsp;He studied at St. Patrick College, Carlow, Ireland and was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson on June 10, 1973. He arrived in Mississippi on Aug. 26, 1973.(The Sun Herald, February 1, 2014, p. A-4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Ladnier%2C Fabin (1927-2014).jpg\" style=\"height:226px; width:194px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Fabin Joseph Ladnier</strong> (1926-2014), Biloxi native and longtime community volunteer and founder of St. Joseph\'s Community Meal service and who assisted in the development of the Twelve Baskets Food Bank and The Lord Is My Help soup kitchen and St. Vincent de Paul\'s Pharmacy, died at Ocean Springs on February 12, 2014. &nbsp;Fabin Ladnier day was celebrated at Biloxi on February 10, 2009.(The Sun herald, February 13, 2014, p. A5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Demolition of the Singing River Mall&nbsp;</strong>at Gautier, Mississippi commenced on February 26th. &nbsp;It opened in 1980.(The Sun Herald, April 5, 2014, p. A-1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/thumbs_dsc03661_jpg.jpg\" style=\"height:90px; width:120px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Hibernia Marching Society St. Patrick\'s Day Parade</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/SAM_0339.JPG\" style=\"height:250px; width:300px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic-March 21-March 23, 2014</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[L-R: Jeff Maggert, caddy, Fred Couples and Kenny Perry-image March 22, 2014 at Fallen Oaks CC]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jeff Maggert</strong> [-11] in his first Champions Tour event won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic over <strong>Billy Andrade</strong> [9]; <strong>Jay Hass </strong>[-8]; <strong>Bernard Langer</strong>&nbsp;[-8]; and <strong>Fred Couples </strong>[-6].(The Sun Herald, March 24, 2014, p. A-1 and B-1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>James B. \'JB\' Richmond Sr. </strong>(1925-2014), local historian, died on March 29, 2014.(The Sun Herald, April 2, 2014, p. A-4)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Emile L. Desporte Jr.</strong> (1926-2014), Biloxi retail seafood dealer, expired on March 30, 2014.(The Sun herald, April 1, 2014, p. A-1 and p. A-6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Busch%2C Doris Cordelia (1906-2014).jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:116px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Doris Cordelia Busch</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Doris C. Busch </strong>(1906-2014), native of Natchez, expired on April 11, 2014. &nbsp;She received her B.A. in Chemistry from Dilliard University and furthered her studies at Southern University, Atlanta University and Tougaloo College. An outstanding teacher and educator, Miss. Busch taught at Florida Memorial Junior College, Nichols High School and Biloxi Colored High School and was Librarian at Nichols High School and Bay St. Louis High School. Ms. Busch served as Service Club Director for a number of years at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. Her internment was in Biloxi Cemetery.(The Sun Herald, April &nbsp;16, 2014, p. A-)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Neirynck%2C James H. (1928-2014).jpg\" style=\"height:207px; width:207px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>James H. “Jim” Neirynck</strong> (1928-2014), native of Bloomington, Illinois, passed on June 2, 2014 in Biloxi.&nbsp; He graduated from Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois, then served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a longtime general contractor who built numerous homes and businesses on the Gulf Coast. Jim was a member of the Biloxi Yacht Club for more than 35 years where he was an avid sailor and served as Commodore for 2 years. Jim was also a member of the Mississippi Home Builders Association, Ocean Springs Rotary and St. Alphonsus Catholic Church.(The Sun Herald, June 11, 2014, p. A-4)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Gilich%2C Andrew_0.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:126px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Andrew K. Gilich Sr.</strong> (1923-2014) passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014. &nbsp;He was preceded in death by wife of 58 years Jacobina Sekul Wetzel Gilich; his parents Mike Gillich Sr. and Rosa Guich Gillich; his brothers, Joseph Gillich, Rudolph Gillich and Mike Gillich Jr.; his sisters, Anna Mae Gilich and Mary Agnes Gilich; son, Stephen K. Wetzel; and a grandson, Gregory Marco Gilich. Mr. Gilich was&nbsp;survived by sons, Jim Wetzel and Andrew “FoFo” Gilich (Serena); daughters, Andrea “Tot” Gilich Sr. and Jaye Gilich Brice (C.A. “Buddy”); daughter-in-law, Brenda C. Wetzel; sister, Lucille Gilich Barq, all from Biloxi; and sister, Frances Gillich Duke of St. Paul, Minnesota. Andrew was an avid golfer and with his spouse were the proprietors of Foodland Supermarket. &nbsp;He was a truly good father, friend and Biloxian who was proud of his Croatian heritage.(The Sun Herald, June 28, 2014)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Scarlet Pearl-3-Nov. 13%2C 2014.jpg\" style=\"height:185px; width:250px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Scarlet Pearl-2-November 13%2C 2014.jpg\" style=\"height:153px; width:250px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[images made November 13, 2014]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The <strong>Scarlet Pearl Casino in D\'Iberville broke ground on July 13th.</strong> &nbsp;Roy Anderson Corporation is erecting the $250 million structure on Central Avenue east of I-110.(The Sun Herald, July 15, 2014, p. A-1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Margaritaville Casino</strong>&nbsp;at Point Cadet announced that&nbsp;<strong>it would close in September</strong>. &nbsp;The casino opened for business on May &nbsp;22, 2012.(The Sun Herald, July 22, 2014, p. A-1)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Green%2C Donald-1968.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:94px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;Donald Rupert Green</strong> (1926-2014)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Donald R. \'Don\' Green </strong>(1926-2014), native of Sherwood, North Dakota and Coast resident since 1952, expired at Ocean Springs, Mississippi on July 19, 2014. &nbsp;Don was a veteran of the USAF and graduate of Michigan Technical University. &nbsp;He joined <strong>Ferson Optical at Ocean Springs </strong>after completing his military service and became president of the company in 1962. &nbsp;In 1976, <strong>Don and Janet Swan Ferson Green, his spouse, founded PFG Optics</strong>, and he retired in 1996. &nbsp;Mr. Green was active in civic affairs at both Biloxi and Ocean Springs. &nbsp;He was a <strong>director of the Hancock Bank and the Jackson and George County Salvation Army</strong>. &nbsp;Don was a fine athlete and participated in ball room dancing, tennis, golf, and skiing. He won a national ski event, gold medal in 2012 claiming the giant slalom title in his age group. &nbsp;Mr. Green was an aviator and had flown in Canada, Mexico, the Bahamas and Central America.(The Sun Herald, July 22, 2014, p. A-6 and July 23, 2014, p. A-8)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum3-March 13%2C 2013_0.jpg\" style=\"height:250px; width:188px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/SEAFOOD Museum-AUGUST 2%2C 2014.jpg\" style=\"height:167px; width:250px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>The Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum opened very grandly on 2 August. &nbsp;</strong>Its ground breaking was held at Point Cadet on February 1, 2013.(The Sun Herald, January 19, 2013, p. A2 and February 2, 2013, p. A1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Compton%2C Thomas R. (1943-2014).jpg\" style=\"height:155px; width:120px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dr. Thomas \'Tonk\' Ransom Compton</strong> (1943-2014), Biloxi native and architect, passed on August 1st. Thomas held degrees from LSU and USM. &nbsp;He was a principal in Compston, Bolton &amp; Associates and an Architect Emeritus with the AIA.(The Sun Herald, August 5, 2014, p. A-6)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Corban%2CLawrence Jr..jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:92px\" /></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Lawrence C. \'Larry\' Corban</strong> (1929-2014), age 85 years, life-long Biloxi resident and son of Judge Lawrence C. Corbanand Gene Sulivan Corban, died on August 4th. &nbsp;Larry was an attorney educated at the University of Mississippi.(The Sun Herald, August 6, 2014, p. A-)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Dale M. Titler Sr</strong>. (1926-2014), author, miltary historian, and <strong>Historian at KAFB from 1978-1989,</strong> died at Gulfport on August 20th.(The Sun Herald, August 22, 2014, p. A-5)</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Margaritaville on Point Cadet closed it doors on September 15, 2014.</strong>(The Sun Herald, September 16, 2014, p. A-1 and&nbsp;September 17, 2014, p. A-1.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Jake Mladinich</strong> (1926-2014), Biloxi entrepreneur and personality, <strong>died on December 18, 2014.</strong> Jake and John Mladinich, his brother, were known for their Biloxi buisnesses particularly the Fiesta, Hot Stop, CabanaBeach Motel, Sea-N-Sirloin Restaurant and Trader John\'s.(The Sun Herald, December 20, 2014, p. A-6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Katherine T. Blessey</strong>, native of Ukraine, was selected by the <strong>Biloxi Lions Club as Biloxi\'s Outstanding Citizen for 2014.</strong> &nbsp;Katherine is the proprietor of Chateau Blessey Bed and Breakfast.(The Sun Herald, March 12, 2015, p. A-3)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>2015</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Creel%2C G.N. (1929-2015).jpg\" style=\"height:207px; width:207px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>G.N. \"Nicky\" Creel</strong> (1929-2015) former <strong>Harrrison County Chancery Clerk</strong>, expired on January 15, 2015. &nbsp;Nicky served the people of Harrison County as their Chancery Clerk from 1972 until 1996. &nbsp;Creel was an innovator and commenced efforts to computerize county land records and established a system for the Chancery Court to work with the mentally ill. &nbsp;Nicky was the son of J.A. \'Tony\' Creel, for Biloxi City Commissioner, and Gladys Ward Creel.(The Sun Herald, January 16, 2015, p. A-5)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Delacruz%2C Chester A. Jr..jpg\" style=\"height:167px; width:250px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Chester A. Delacruz II</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">A true Biloxi talent passed on January 27, 2015 with the death of<strong> Chester A. Delacruz II </strong>(1934-2015). &nbsp;Chester was a musician, artist and thespian.[The Sun Herald, January 30, 2015, p. A-4 and A-5 &nbsp;] &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway checked into an alcohol treatment facility</strong> in Hattiesburg on January 29th. &nbsp;Ward 2 Councilman Felix Gines was appointed by Mayor Holloway as acting Mayor. &nbsp;Holloway is expected to return to office within 60 days.(The Sun Herald, January 30, 2015, p. A-1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>David Files Riemann</strong>, King d\'Iberville, and <strong>Alexa Faye Carter</strong>, Queen Ixolib, ruled Mardi Gras Day, February 17th, at the Gulf Coast Carnival Association parade in Biloxi.(The Sun Herald, February 15, 2015, p. F-1)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">In February,&nbsp;<strong>Captain Louis Skrmetta</strong>, operations manager of Pan Isles Inc.-Ship Island Excursions, announced that&nbsp;<strong>Gulf Islands National Seasore had renewed its contract for ferrying passengers to Ship Island for ten more years.</strong>(The Sun Herald, February 24, 2015, p. A-6)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Holloway%2C A.J. -Bridge dedication.jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:200px\" /><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Glavan%2C Kenny-March 10%2C 2015_0.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:163px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Mayor A.J. Holloway and Kenny Glavan</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Mayor Andrew Joseph Holloway officially resigned from office on March 10th</strong>. At a special election held by the City Council on March 10th, Councilman <strong>Kenny Glavan</strong> was <strong>chosen as interim Mayor</strong> until a special election is held in the near future. &nbsp;Councilwoman, <strong>Dixie Newman</strong>, announced that she would be a candidate to lead Biloxi.(The Sun Herald, March 2015, &nbsp;March 11, 2015, p. A-1, March &nbsp;2015)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Katherine T. Blessey</strong>, native of Ukraine, was selected by the <strong>Biloxi Lions Club as Biloxi\'s Outstanding Citizen for 2014.</strong> &nbsp;Katherine is the proprietor of Chateau Blessey Bed and Breakfast.(The Sun Herald, March 12, 2015, p. A-3 and March 20, 2015, p. A-2)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Sal%20and%20Mookies-opened%20April%202015..jpg\" style=\"height:150px; width:200px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Sal and Mookie\'s New York Pizza and Ice Cream Joint</strong> , a restaurant at 110&nbsp;Lameuse Street, <strong>opened on April 13th.</strong>(TheSun Herald, April 13, 2015)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Bellande%20award-April%2016%2C%202015.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:188px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[L-R: Jane Shambra, Biloxi Public history and genealogy Librarian; Mr. Bellande; and Julia Marks Young, Deputy Coordinator of MHRAB]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On April 16, 2015, <strong>Ray L. Bellande was recognized by the Mississippi Historical Records Advisory Board with an Award for Excellence</strong> for his historical websites: &lt;biloxihistoricalsociety.org&gt; and &lt;oceanspringarchives.net&gt;.(The Ocean Springs Record, May 5, 2015)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Gilich%2C%20Andrew%20Jr..jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:133px\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Andrew J. Gilich Jr.</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Andrew \"FoFo\" J. Gilich</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Jr.</strong> and <strong>Winfield \"Windy\" Swetman &nbsp;III</strong> received&nbsp;51 % of the vote <strong>in the April 28th Biloxi Mayoral election</strong> to replace former Mayor A.J. Holloway. &nbsp;In a&nbsp;runoff will be held on May 12, 2015, Mr. Gilich outpolled Mr. Swetman 4319 votes to 2914 votes and became Biloxi\'s new Mayor.(The Sun Herald, April 30, 2015, p. A-1 and May 13, 2015, p. A-1.)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Peterson%2C%20Troy-Sheriff%20elect%202015_1.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:133px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Sheriff Troy Peterson</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Troy Peterson</strong>&nbsp;was elected Sheriff of Harrison County, Mississippi on August &nbsp;25, &nbsp;2015. &nbsp;He defeated incumbent and his former boss, Melvin Brisolara, in a runoff election. &nbsp;Sheriff elect Peterson had won&nbsp;the first primary held on August 4, 2015 but did not gain the&nbsp;majority of the 20,491 votes casts. &nbsp;In the runoff, Brisolara garnered only 7237 votes [38%] while Peterson had 11,998 [62%].(The Sun Herald, August 28, 2015, p. A-5)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">2016</span></span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Barhanovich%2C%20Yankee-2-1977_2.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:143px\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">On August 6th, the&nbsp;<strong>Croatian-American Cultural Center</strong>, City of Biloxi and Dr. Gilbert Mason Jr&nbsp;<strong>were&nbsp;hosts to the Frank \"Yankee\" Barhanovich, \'The Music Mogul\'</strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>50th Anniversary of the August 5, 1966 Biloxi Municipal Stadium by James Brown</strong>. &nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In December 2016, the&nbsp;<strong>State of Mississippi acquired the 492 acres that British Petroleum had bought from the Boddie family</strong>&nbsp;in April 2011. &nbsp;The Federal Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program acquired the tract for $13.7 million and transferred title to the citizens of Mississippi at no cost. &nbsp;The US Army Corps of Engineers planned to commence in February or March 2017 to \"renourish\"&nbsp;the eastern beach of Cat Island and restore Goose Point to its pre-1998 configuration and adding 40-acres.[The Sun Herald, December 10, 2016, p. A-1]</span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">2017</span></span></strong></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Guice%2C%20Daniel%20Dicks2.jpg\" style=\"height:200px; width:138px\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Former Biloxi <strong>Mayor Daniel \"Danny\" Dicks Guice</strong> (1927-2017) expired at his home on 13 April. &nbsp;He attended Ole Miss and Tulane Law School. &nbsp;Guice lead Biloxi through some of its most turbulent times-racial issues and Hurricane Camille. &nbsp;A true gentleman and leader.(The Sun Herald, April 14, 2017, p. 6A and April 15, 2017, p. 6A)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>2018</strong></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rteleft\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Effective 2 January 2018,&nbsp;<strong><em>The Ocean Springs Record</em></strong>&nbsp;merged with&nbsp;<strong><em>The Ocean Springs Gazette</em></strong>. &nbsp;The new journal became&nbsp;<em><strong>The Ocean Springs Gazette &amp; Record</strong>.</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bay Corporation, owner of&nbsp;<strong><em>The Ocean Springs Record</em></strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><em>The Biloxi-D\'Iberville Press</em></strong>, sold these journals to Campbell Newspapers, LLC, owned by Tommy and Dee Ann Campbell. &nbsp;The Campbells,&nbsp;owners of&nbsp;<strong><em>The Choctaw Sun-Advocate</em></strong>&nbsp;in Butler, Alabama, also acquired&nbsp;<strong><em>The Ocean Springs Gazette</em></strong>&nbsp;from James and Cindy Ricketts.[The Ocean Springs Record, December 28, 2017, p. 1 and The Ocean Springs Gazette &amp; Record, January 4, 2018, p. 4]</span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">2019</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">2020</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Nina%20and%20Pinta-Biloxi-Feb.%202020.jpg\" style=\"height:500px; width:750px\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Nina and Pinta arrive at Biloxi on 20 February 2020.</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/inline/images/Broadwater%20Beach-Dakia%20Casino-2020_0.jpg\" style=\"height:400px; width:617px\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[The Sun Herald, June 18, 2020. p. A-1]</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(14, 75, 126); color: rgb(14, 75, 126); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Dakia Entertainment Hospitality and Broadwater Development signed a formal letter agreement to develop a $1.2 billion casino music themed-resort&nbsp;</span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">on the former Broadwater Hotel property&nbsp;</span><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">on Biloxi\'s West Beach. &nbsp;Dakia will manage the resort as a joint venture with the Universal Music Group.</span></strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">[The Sun Herald, June 18, 2020, p. A-1]</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(14, 75, 126); color: rgb(14, 75, 126); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', '', '2');
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('book', 0, 45, 48, 'en', 0, '<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;<strong>1780</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">On March 14, 1780, General Galvez captured Fort Charlotte and the city of Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp; The Mississippi Gulf Coast became a part of Spanish West Florida.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1781</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;In May 1781, the English at Pensacola, Florida surrendered to Spanish forces led by General Galvez.<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1783</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">American Revolutionary War ends with Great Britain the signing of the Treaty of Paris.&nbsp; America is now bounded on the north by Canada; east by Atlantic Ocean; south by Spanish West Florida; and west by the Mississippi River.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">1790</span></strong></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">Jean-Baptiste Carquotte [Carco], settles on Biloxi peninsula.(American State Papers Vol. 3, p. 38)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1793</strong><br />\r\n<br />\r\nLouis Fayard; Angelique Ladner Fayard, the Widow Fayard; and Jacques Mathurin Ladner&nbsp;settle Biloxi peninsula.(American State Papers Vol. 3, p. 38)</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1797</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain. Land was purchased (generally through unequal treaties) from Native American tribes from 1800 to about 1830.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1803</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of approximately 530 million acres (828,000&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi or 2,100,000&nbsp;km²) of French territory on April 30, 1803, at the cost of about 3¢ per acre (7¢ per ha); totaling $15 million or 80 million French francs. Including interest, America finally paid $23,213,568 for the Louisiana territory.[1] The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota south of Mississippi River, much of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans. (The Oklahoma Panhandle, and southwestern portions of Kansas and Louisiana were still claimed by Spain at the time of the Purchase.) In addition, the Purchase contained small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The land included in the purchase comprises around 23% of the territory of the modern United States.[1] The purchase was an important moment in the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. At the time, it faced domestic opposition as being possibly unconstitutional. Although he felt that the Constitution did not contain any provisions for acquiring territory, Jefferson decided to purchase Louisiana because he felt uneasy about France and Spain having the power to block American traders\' access to the port of New Orleans.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1807</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;Valentine Dorsette Richard settle on Biloxi peninsula.(American State Papers Vol. 3, p. 38)<br />\r\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; </strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1810</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Republic of West Florida was declared independent of Spain in September at St. Francisville, Louisiana.&nbsp; It lasted only forty-five days.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>1811</strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\">When Dr. William \'Fat Doctor\' Flood, the representative of Governor Claiborne of the Orleans Territory, was dispatched to the Mississippi coast to hoist the flag of the United States in January 1811, he found the population between the Pearl River and Biloxi to be about four hundred people chiefly French and Creoles.&nbsp; Dr. Flood in his report to Governor Claiborne wrote:&nbsp; proceeded to the Bay of Biloxi, where I found Mr. Ladnier (Jacques), and gave him the commission (Justice of the Peace).&nbsp; He is a man of excellent sense, but can neither read or write, nor can any&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inhabitants of the bay of Biloxi that I can hear of. They are, all along this beautiful coast, a primitive people, of mixed origin, retaining the gaiety and politeness of the French, blended with the abstemiousness and indolence of the Indian.&nbsp; They plant a little rice, and a few roots and vegetables, but depend on subsistence chiefly on game and fish.&nbsp; I left with all these appointees copies of the laws, ordinances, etc.&nbsp; But few laws will be wanted here.&nbsp; The people are universally honest.&nbsp; There are no crimes.&nbsp; The father of the family or the oldest inhabitant, settles all disputes......A more innocent and inoffensive people may not be found.&nbsp; They seem to desire only the simple necessities of life, and to be let alone in their tranquility.&nbsp; I am greatly impressed with the beauty and value of this coast.&nbsp; The high sandy lands, heavily timbered with pine, and the lovely bays and rivers, from Pearl River to Mobile will furnish New Orleans with a rich commerce, and with a delightful summer resort.&nbsp; For a cantonment or military post, in consideration of the health of the troops, this whole coast is admirably fitted.</span></p>\r\n', '', '2'),
('page', 0, 46, 49, 'en', 0, '<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Bakeler%2C Eugene (1855-1923).jpg\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 300px;\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>EUGENE BAKELER (1855-1923)</strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">BAKELER</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">Eugene&nbsp;Bakeler (1855-1923) was born in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Strasbourg</span></st1:city></st1:place></span><st1:place><st1:city></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Alsace</span></span></st1:state></st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">, France on February 26, 1855, the son of Eugene Bakeler and Anastasia Munch.&nbsp; He arrived in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">America</span></span></st1:country-region><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;in 1859, probably at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp; Circa 1877,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Eugene</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;married Laura Hasling, probably at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp; From this union two children were born in the&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Crescent</span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">: Joseph Bakeler (1879-1895) and Arthur Francis Bakeler (1884-1939).</span></span></p>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It is not known if Eugene Bakeler&rsquo;s marriage to Laura Hasling ended in divorce or her demise, but on October 24, 1888, he married Marie Adoraline Chevalley (1865-1940) in&nbsp;</span></span><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:city></st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp; She was the daughter of Emile R. Chevally and Julia Modere (1841-1915) also of&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">New Orleans</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp; They had one child: Albert L. Bakeler (1889-1973).&nbsp; Eugene Bakeler and spouse adopted&nbsp;Marshall L. Michel (1886-1954), her nephew, and son of Jules T. Michel and Dora Chevally (1868-1890).&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">CHILDREN</span></strong></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>Arthur F. Bakeler</strong> (1884-1939) married Ione [Ina] Murphy (1899-1971). &nbsp;Children: Marie Bakeler (1923-2010); Arthur F. Bakeler II (1925-2011) m. Marie Emilie Mayer (1925-2010); Mildred Bakeler (b. 1927?); and Alfred Smith Bakeler (1928-1978).&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong>Albert L. Bakeler</strong> (1899-1973) married Teresa C. Sumrall (1898-1980). &nbsp;They resided at 601 Claiborne Street in Biloxi, Mississippi where they reared&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Verne Bakeler, a daughter, and their only child.</span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Verne Bakeler </strong>married Harold &#39;Flash&#39; J. Lamas (1927-2001), the son of Harold C. Lamas (1904-1986) and Myrtle A. Balius (1908-1992). &nbsp;Verne Bakeler and Harold J. Lamas were the parents of three children: Catherine Lamas m. Mr. Wiltz; Thomas J. Lamas; and James A. Lamas. &nbsp;Harold J. Lamas expired at Biloxi, Mississippi on April 29, 2001.(The Sun Herald, May 5, 2001, p. A5)&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;\">BAKELER&#39;S RESTAURANT</span></strong></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<p>\r\n		<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">At&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">, Eugene Bakeler was initially engaged in the restaurant business opposite the L&amp;N Depot.</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\">&nbsp; In June 1894, Mr. Bakeler exhibited a large red snapper frozen in a 300-pound block of ice by the Hygeia Ice Works.&nbsp; The Piscean sculpture made an attractive exhibit.<em>(The Biloxi Herald, June 30, 1894, p. 8)</em></span></span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">By 1900, Bakeler had established a general news, tobacco and cigar business on&nbsp;</span></span><st1:street><st1:address><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Reynoir Street</span></span></st1:address></st1:street><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp; Eugene Bakeler had commenced his business career as a check boy in the store of D.H. Holmes, and rose to the position of salesman at the age of eighteen.&nbsp; Mr. Bakeler came to&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;in the late 1880s from NOLA.&nbsp; He served as alderman under ex-Mayor Ladnier&#39;s [Laudner] administration and made a good reputation as such.&nbsp; He always had a fascination for the news business, buys direct from the publishers and has the finest establishment of its kind on the Gulf coast.</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">After the destructive fire of November 1900, Eugene Bakeler was the first doing business in the burnt district which speaks well for his pluck and enterprise.&nbsp; He was not selfish, but attributed his business success largely to his estimable wife.&nbsp; Mr. Bakeler was a strong advocate in the election for the Gulf &amp; Ship Island Railroad, and believed in the future prosperity and greatness of&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=\"color: black;\"><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">.&nbsp;Mr. Bakeler was a member of the Knights of Honor. &nbsp;He expired at&nbsp;</span></span><st1:city><st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">&nbsp;on April 25, 1923.&nbsp; Maria Chevally Bakeler died on January 6, 1940.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b><i>&nbsp;</i></b></span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b><i>The Biloxi News Company</i></b></span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">433 Reynoir Street</span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>E. Bakeler&nbsp;&nbsp; M.A. Bakeler</b></span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Newspapers Magazines Periodicals</span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Tobacco, Cigars, and Smokers&#39; Articles</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;<img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/BiloxiNewCo.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 169px;\" /></span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; BILOXI NEWS COMPANY</strong></span></span></div>\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The home next door is the Bakeler residence at 431 Reynoir.&nbsp; Eugene Bakeler and Marie A. Bakeler were the parents of Albert L. Bakeler (1889-1973).&nbsp;&nbsp;He worked in the shop as a clerk.</span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">note from sherry morrish </span></span>&lt;s.morrish913@gmail.com&gt;<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\">&nbsp;on May 14, 2014</span></strong><br style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" />\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\"> My mother was Mildred Agnes Bakeler, or Inez Thomise Bakeler (official birth certificate-Biloxi MS),( April 24, 1926-Jan 6, 2007). Since the Arthur Bakeler family broke up in 1930, theIr boys, ARTHUR and ALFRED were sent to an orphanage where life was harsh. Mildred lived with several relatives in a short amount of time, and finally lived with the Albert Bakeler and Teresa Summreal family, with sole cousin Verne, and Albert&#39;s mother Adoraline Marie Chevalley Michel (1940).</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">There was also an older brother to Arthur named &nbsp;Joseph(1899), born to Eugene&#39;s first wife, Laura Hasling (1866). Arthur Jr and Alfred set up household when Arthur aged out of the orphanage (1938) and brought his younger brother with him. Although Mildred does not show up on the 1930 census, in a subsequent census dated 1930, she does appear as a resident of the Albert Bakeler household. Mildred graduated from the local Catholic girls school in Biloxi in 1944. She worked briefly in civil service at the Military base, but left soon after to New Orleans&#39; L&#39;hotel Dieu, where she enrolled in the Nurses Corps, supporting the war effort . She left upon graduation for San Diego Ca 1948, to work in a hospital. She was estranged from most of the Arthur Bakeler family for the rest of her life. She did maintain family relationships with Albert and Teresa Bakeler, her uncle and aunt, and especially Floyd and Verne Lamas. &nbsp;There are 3 Bakeler adult children from Verne and Floyd.</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b><span style=\"color: black;\">REFERENCES:</span></b></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<st1:placename><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Biloxi</span></span></strong></span></span></st1:placename><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">&nbsp;</span></span></strong></span></span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><st1:placetype><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">City</span></span></st1:placetype></span></span></strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">&nbsp;Directory</span></span></strong><span style=\"color: black;\">,&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=\"color: black;\"><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">,&nbsp;</span></span><st1:state><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></st1:place></span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">,Volume 1, 1905, (The Biloxi Daily Herald Printery: Biloxi-1905), p. 40.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"color: black;\">&nbsp;</span></em></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Harrison County</span></span></span></st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">,&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=\"color: black;\"><st1:state><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Mississippi</span></span></st1:state></span></st1:place><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">&nbsp;Circuit Court,&nbsp;<em><b>&quot;State v. Eugene Bakeler&quot;</b></em>, October 1909.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n		<strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">JOURNALS</span></strong></p>\r\n	<p>\r\n		<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The&nbsp;</em></span></span><em><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Baton Rouge Advocate</span></span></st1:city></st1:place></em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>,&nbsp;</em><strong>&quot;Marie Emilie Mayer Bakeler&quot;</strong>, April 15, 2010.</span></span></p>\r\n	<div>\r\n		<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The&nbsp;</em></span></span><em><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Baton Rouge Advocate</span></span></st1:city></st1:place></em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>,&nbsp;</em><strong>&quot;Arthur F. Bakeler Sr.&quot;</strong>, January 15, 2011.</span></span></div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The&nbsp;</em></span></span><em><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city></st1:place></em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>&nbsp;Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>&quot;City News&quot;</strong>, June 30, 1894, p. 8.</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>The&nbsp;</em></span></span><em><st1:place><st1:city><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Biloxi</span></span></st1:city></st1:place></em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>&nbsp;Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong>&quot;The death of Joseph Bakeler&quot;</strong>, March 30, 1895, p. 8.</span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"color: black;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald</span></em><span style=\"color: black;\">,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;Barber has brainstorm, says Bakeler&quot;</strong>, October 29, 1909.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<em style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald</em><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;Bakeler is a candidate&quot;</strong>, April 21, 1916, p. 5.</span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"color: black;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span></em><strong><span style=\"color: black;\">&quot;Eugene Bakeler ill&quot;</span></strong><span style=\"color: black;\">, October 24, 1921, p. 3.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<p>\r\n		<em style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&quot;Albert L. Bakeler&quot;</strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, August 16, 1973, p. 2.</span></p>\r\n	<p>\r\n		<em style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</em><strong style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&quot;Mrs. Teresa Sumrall Bakeler&quot;</strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">, &nbsp;December 26, 1980, p. A 2.</span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><i><span style=\"color: black;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;</span></i><b><span style=\"color: black;\">&ldquo;</span></b><span style=\"color: black;\">[Arthur F. Bakeler]&nbsp;<b>Held under the White Slave laws&rdquo;</b>, February 22, 1917.</span></span></span></div>\r\n<div>\r\n	<p>\r\n		<i style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;</i><b style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&ldquo;Deaths&nbsp;</b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">[Ina Bakeler]<b>&rdquo;</b>, November, 1971.</span></p>\r\n	<div>\r\n		<i style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;</i><b style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&ldquo;Deaths&nbsp;</b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;, times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">[Alfred S. Bakeler]<b>&rdquo;</b>, October 5, 1978.</span></div>\r\n	<div>\r\n		&nbsp;</div>\r\n</div>\r\n', NULL, '2');
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('page', 0, 48, 51, 'en', 0, '<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Prologue</strong></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In the October 2001, Felicia Bellman Tucker of Pensacola and Nancy Bellman McMillan of Mobile, granddaughters of Joseph Ralph Bellman (1870-1952), a native of Ocean Springs, and Elizabeth Missouri New Bellman (1876-1949), crossed the Atlantic in search of their<strong> Bellmann*</strong> roots. They spent two weeks in the northern&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Germany</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;cities of Plön,&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Kiel</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">, Schleswig, and&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Hamburg</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">.&nbsp; Here the sisters met with German genealogists and historians who led them to their long desired dream of finding the parents and birthplace of Charles F.N. Bellman (1806-1868), progenitor of their Bellman family in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">America</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">, and a pioneer settler of&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Biloxi</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">. Their very successful journey and results are to be lauded and appreciated by all who seek knowledge of our romantic, but often-elusive past.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">*The original spelling of the family name in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Germany</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">, which is now spelled Bellman in&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">America</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">.&nbsp;</span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Felicia Bellman Tucker</strong></span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The following is a brief description of the journey to&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Germany</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;by Felicia B. Tucker and Nancy B. McMillan.&nbsp; Felicia B. Tucker wrote it for this article. &nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>We arrived in&nbsp;</em></strong></span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Hamburg</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;and were met by my genealogical advisor, Kay-Uwe Gottorf and his wife.&nbsp; We were driven to Plön where we stayed in a quaint hotel on a lake.&nbsp; Plön is the town where Kay-Uwe Gottorf lives and he was going to be the one to help us get around&nbsp;</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Germany</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;while we were there.&nbsp;&nbsp; The next morning he and his wife picked us up at the hotel and we drove to&nbsp;</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Schleswig</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;where we were greeted by Mr. Thorsten Dahl, the spokesman for the Mayor.&nbsp; Mr. Thorsten Dahl was elected Mayor a few days after we left.&nbsp; Also Dr. Antje Wendt, the Doctor of History for Schleswig, told us all about our Bellmann ancestors, how they came to be in Schleswig to bring musical culture to that part of&nbsp;</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Germany</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">by playing at the theatre for the opera.&nbsp; Dr. Wendt took us on a tour of the old part of&nbsp;</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Schleswig</span></em></strong></span><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px\">, which was originally a fishing village.&nbsp;&nbsp; We walked down the narrow cobblestone street to the St. Johannas Kloster where Carl Gottlieb Bellmann, Charles F.N. Bellman\'s father played the organ and wrote the anthem, \"The Song of Schlewig-Holstein\", with the help of a lawyer, M. F. Chimnitz.&nbsp; They arranged for a gentleman from the great church there to play on the same organ that Carl Gottlieb Bellmann had played the anthem that he wrote.&nbsp; The organ had been refurbished a few years before we went there. There is a statue to Carl Gottlieb Bellmann and Mr. Chimnitz in the park where they have a music festival every year.&nbsp; The song they wrote was written to prompt the citizens to rebel against Denmark so this part of the country could return again to Germany. We saw the house where Carl Gottlieb Bellmann and his wife lived and the house where Charles F.N. Bellman, our direct ancestor, was born.&nbsp; We traveled to Kiel via train to do some sight seeing and were shown around by a student that I had become acquainted with through my genealogical research.&nbsp; Kiel is where Charles F.N. Bellman\'s brother and sister taught music and had been proprietors of a music store. I could go on and on about our fascinating journey but I won\'t.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also have some really good photographs of the organ, statue, etc.&nbsp; It was a very eventful trip and so special.&nbsp;&nbsp; The German people went out of their way to tell us everything they could about our Bellmann family.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They did not know that their famous musician, Carl Gottlieb Bellmann, had any descendants, as his other children never had any offspring.&nbsp;</span></em></strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In addition to the knowledge that Felicia Bellman Tucker and Nancy Bellman McMillan have provided for Bellman family genealogists, the author would be severely remiss for not lauding the exhaustive research and publications of Nap L. Cassibry II (1918-2002).&nbsp; Cassibry\'s Magnus opus,&nbsp;<strong><u>The Ladner Odyssey</u>&nbsp;</strong>(1988), and&nbsp;<strong><u>Early Land Settlers and Land Grants at Biloxi</u></strong>&nbsp;(1986) are pregnant with detailed historical and genealogical data of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.&nbsp; The latter work was particularly utilized in this essay.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Charles F.N. Bellman</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The progenitor of the Bellman family of Biloxi and Ocean Springs was Charles F.N. Bellman (1806-1868), an immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.&nbsp; The name was spelled \"Bellmann\" in Germany.&nbsp; At least two other Ocean Springs families, Pabst and von Rosambeau, had their origins in this northern province of Germany, whose borders were often disputed with neighboring Denmark.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"250\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/37097148.jpg\" width=\"206\" /><br />\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:teal\">Charles F.N. Bellman (1806-1868)</span></span></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">Courtesy of Felicia Bellman Tucker&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Charles F.N. Bellman was born at Kiel, Germany on May 30, 1806, as Carl Friedrich Nicolai Bellmann, the son of Carl Gottilieb Bellmann (1772-1859+) and Friederica Christina Krause (1775-1860), the daughter of Otto Wilhelm Krause of Kiel.&nbsp; His birth was recorded in the Lutheran Church on June 7, 1806, at Schleswig-Friedrichberg. Carl G. Bellmann was a musician and composer from Muskau, in Saxony, now in eastern Germany.&nbsp; He was the composer of&nbsp; \"The Song of Schlewig- olstein\".&nbsp; Carl G. Bellmann and Miss Krause were married on December 9, 1800, in Schleswig-Friedrichberg.&nbsp; In addition to Charles F.N. Bellman, their other children were: Carl Adolph Eduard Bellmann, born November 10, 1801; Friederika Henriette Adolphine Bellmann, born May 25, 1803; and Carl Friedrich Fedor Bellmann, born December 29, 1811 and died May 29, 1874 in Kiel, Germany. (research of Felicia Bellman Tucker, March 14, 2002) &nbsp;Charles F.N. Bellman (1806-1868) was a pioneer settler of Biloxi, Mississippi.&nbsp; He arrived at Biloxi in 1835, and circa 1836, married Pauline Ryan (1815-1899), the daughter of Jacques Ryan (d. 1849) and Elizabeth LaForce (LaFauce).&nbsp; At Biloxi, Charles Bellman made his livelihood as a boarding house proprietor, druggist, and doctor. Bellman Avenue, which strikes north-south from East Beach Boulevard to&nbsp; Howard Avenue, in Biloxi is named for Charles F.N. Bellman.&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Bellman Children</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Charles F.N. Bellman and Pauline Ryan Bellman brought nine children into the 19th Century world:&nbsp; Theodora Bellman (1838-1901), married Louis L. \"Toon\" Ryan; Adolphine Bellman (1838-1893), married Moses Seymour (1838-1893); Charles W. Bellman (1841-1885), married Louisa Wilhemena Egan (1851-1881); Edwardine Bellman (1843-1921), married Benjamin F. Noel (1841-1910+); Harro Bellman (1847-1920) married Euphrosine \"Frazine\" Ryan (1852-1904); Bertha Bellman (1851-1932) married Ernest M. Beaugez (1862-1903); Ada Regina \"Lida\" Bellman (1854-1870+); Ralph Charles Bellman (1855-1899); and Pauline Josephine Bellman (1857-1933) married George W. McCary (1848-1925).&nbsp; Jacques Ryan\'s Biloxi settlement Charles F.N. Bellman\'s father-in-law, Jacques Ryan, had settled at Biloxi in the early 19th Century and in July 1822, he acquired a large tract of land on the Pass of Biloxi from Jean-Baptiste Carco (d. 1823), the son of Nicolas Carco II and Catherine Ladner.&nbsp; Carco had been awarded a land grant of ten arpents, or approximately 160 acres, on the Biloxi peninsula from the King of Spain in 1790.&nbsp; The Carco land donation at Biloxi, preceded that of the Ladners, Fayards, and Dorsette Richard. (The American State Papers, 1994, p. 38)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In present day terms, the Carco land donation was bounded on the west by&nbsp; Lameuse Street and on the east by a line, which ran north 90 feet of Bellman Avenue.&nbsp; The Back Bay of Biloxi was the northern boundary of the Jean-Baptiste Carco land claim. (Cassibry II, 1986, p. 1 and p. 124) The Jacques Ryan tract on the Biloxi Channel opposite Deer Island, consisted of about forty-acres.&nbsp; It had a front on the Biloxi Channel of&nbsp; 2 and ¼ arpents, or about 432 feet, and ran north 30-40 arpents, or about 5760 feet to 7680 feet, to the Bay of Biloxi.&nbsp; Peter Dubuys was on the east and John Nixon claimed the western perimeter of the Jacques Ryan land at Biloxi. (HARCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 1, pp. 342-343)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Charles F.N. Bellman family also resided on the shore of Biloxi Channel on a small plot of land, which Jacques Ryan had provided for them.&nbsp; The Bellman piece of land measured 100 feet in width by 120 feet in depth.&nbsp; From detailed maps drawn and dated by Charles F.N. Bellman and utilized in litigation in the Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court, it can be seen that many buildings occupied this small tract. Among these structures were:&nbsp; the Bellman home (1837), kitchen (1837), necrojars (1837), chicken house (1838), horse stable (1838), boarding house (1841), and ten pin alley (1843). (Cassibry II, 1986, pp. 129-131)&nbsp; Failure &nbsp;In 1846, Charles F.N. Bellman\'s business failed.&nbsp; He was sued in 1848, for unpaid merchandise received from Curtius &amp; Company, a New Orleans firm owned by George Lewis Curtius and F.W. Frendenthal.&nbsp; This litigation went against Bellman and as a result, he lost his land on the Biloxi Channel to these men to pay his debts. (Cassibry II, 1986, p. 126)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Schooner Pauline</strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">In 1853, C.F.N. Bellman and the Heirs of Jacques Ryan counter sued F.W. Frendenthal and the Estate of G.L. Curtius to have his land title at Biloxi returned and to be paid for the destruction and loss of his schooner, Pauline.&nbsp; Disclosure in this litigation revealed that Charles F.N. Bellman had leased this vessel to Hanson Alsbury for the shipment of slaves from Biloxi to the Balize on the Gulf outlet of the Mississippi River.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead of depositing the slaves at the Balize, the Pauline continued to the port of Galveston, Republic of Texas.&nbsp; Here, the Pauline was taken into local custody and sold because she did not have registry to trade in a foreign port. (Cassibry II, 1986, p. 127)</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">It is interesting to note that Hanson Alsbury (ca 1805-1851+) was a resident of Ocean Springs, where he made his livelihood as a solicitor and land speculator.&nbsp; On February 2, 1837, he was issued a Federal land patent on Lot 4 of Section 30, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; Lot 4 runs from the Bay of Biloxi north 1320 feet and comprises approximately thirty-four acres. It includes the entire Biloxi Bay front from Weeks Bayou northwest to the mouth of the Ocean Springs Inner Harbor.&nbsp; There is some probability that Hanson Alsbury built the Anderson-Ashley structure on the present day Shearwater Pottery tract. (JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 63, pp. 35-36) &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In addition, Hanson Alsbury possessed Lots 2, 3, and 5 of the Widow LaFontaine Claim, Section 37, T7S-R8W.&nbsp; He also owned large tracts of land at present day Biloxi (Section 20, T7S-R9W) and D\' Iberville.&nbsp; In the early 1840s, at Back Bay, now D\' Iberville, Alsbury operated a large brickyard with Colin McRae.&nbsp; This operation would later become the property of William G. Kendall (1812-1872), the Kentucky born lawyer and U.S. Postmaster of New Orleans, who bought land at Ocean Springs east of Alsbury in 1846.&nbsp; The Kendall property is now owned primarily by the descendants of the Dickey-White-Scharr family and the Estate of G.E. Arndt Jr.&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Judicial reversal</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In 1853, it was adjudicated in litigation titled, Charles Bellman, et al v. F.W. Frendenthal, Executor of the Estate of George Lewis Curtius, et al, in the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi that Charles F.N. Bellman\'s Biloxi tract did not have proper title, as Jacques Ryan, his father-in-law, had issued no warranty deed to him. Bellman\'s efforts to recover his investment in the schooner, Pauline, was dismissed.&nbsp; A personal judgment was assessed against Mr. Bellman in favor of the defendants for past due accounts owed to the firm of Curtius &amp; Company, a New Orleans business owned by George Lewis Curtius and F.W. Frendenthal.&nbsp; This judgment applied only to Bellman and not the land and improvements, as they were deemed the property of the Heirs of Jacques Ryan. (Cassibry II, 1986, pp. 126-136)&nbsp; Apothecary As mentioned Charles F.N. Bellman was a druggist. &nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">He advertised in&nbsp;</span><em>The Ocean Springs Gazette</em><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp;of March 24, 1855, as follows:&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>C. Bellman &amp; Co. Apothecaries &amp; Druggists</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>Recommend to the public their choice assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Lancets, Syringes, Watch Crystals, Perfumeries, and a chemical preparation called C. Bellman Healing Rock for the cure of all sores, wounds, and scratches on horses and mules. Doctor\'s receipts will, as usual be made up with all possible precision, neatness and dispatch.&nbsp; Medical advice can always be obtained at the East end of the Plank Walk.&nbsp; Biloxi, Miss.&nbsp;</em></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Divorce</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">The sacred union between Charles F.N. Bellman and Pauline Ryan ended in a civil divorce on May 29, 1860, in the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi.&nbsp; Pauline Ryan Bellman had sought a divorce from Charles F.N. Bellman because of his alleged extreme cruelty.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of her testimony in this case revealed the following:&nbsp; &nbsp;Charles Bellman and I were married by a Catholic priest in Biloxi, circa 1836.&nbsp; The following children born of the marriage are alive: Theodora, a daughter, born in 1837; Adolphine, a daughter, born in 1839; Charles, a son, born in 1840; Edwardine, a daughter, born n 1842; Harro, a son, born in 1849; Bertha, a daughter, born in 1850; Lida, a daughter, born in 1851; Ralph, a son, born in1853; and Pauline, a daughter, born in 1858.&nbsp; In 1846, Charles Bellman was running a boarding house and drug store, but in that year of 1846, he went broke.&nbsp; The boarding house was torn down in 1846, and he continues at this time to run the drug store from our residence on a very small scale. (Cassibry II, 1986, pp. 137-138) &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In the depositions of daughters, Theodora Bellman and Adolphine Bellman, the following was related:&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Theodora</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>&nbsp;I am the oldest child and daughter of Charles and Pauline Bellman, and I teach school during the winter months.&nbsp; Some of the controversy here being adjudicated has to do with the treatment of me by my father.&nbsp; I am now going with and considering marriage with Mr. Gauthier, a widower with four children.&nbsp; My sister, Adolphine, is considering marriage with a Mr. Roose of New Orleans.&nbsp; My father, on every occasion, discouraged and was most insulting to every man that came to our home to call on the daughters.</em></strong>&nbsp;(Cassibry, 1986, pp. 138-139)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Adolphine</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>My father has forbidden me to go to parties and balls with Emile Ladner, called \"Noon Gatto\", because Emile has been in a \"scrape\" with Irish Jane, also known as \"Red headed Jan</em></strong>e\". (Cassibry, 1986, p. 137)&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In his defense of cruelty charges against his spouse, Charles F.N. Bellman stated the following: &nbsp;</span></span><strong><em>His wife for the most part communicates in the French language, which he does not speak or understand.&nbsp; She also impeded his efforts to teach his children.&nbsp; I came to Biloxi in 1835 and Pauline and I were married in Biloxi in 1837.&nbsp; We have nine children.&nbsp; I once ran a boarding house and mercantile establishment, but lost them in two long and costly lawsuits.&nbsp; I deny that I ever failed in business.&nbsp; I now run a small apothecary and drug store and I have been a medical practitioner.&nbsp; I have insisted that our children be educated by the best people available in Biloxi at the time.&nbsp; I, myself, have instructed them, purchased books, paper, and all the supplies necessary to continue their education.&nbsp; I instructed them every night and all are literate and well educated as compared with the people and times here.&nbsp;</em></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Ocean Springs</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">Prior to 1870, Pauline Ryan Bellman had left Biloxi and relocated to Ocean Springs.&nbsp; In the 1870 Federal Census of Jackson County, Mississippi, she was a housewife and head of household.&nbsp; Harro Bellman, Bertha Bellman, Ada Bellman, and Pauline Bellman were domiciled with her.&nbsp; Two of Mrs. Pauline Bellman\'s married children, Theodora Bellman Ryan (1838-1901), the wife of sailor, Louis L. \"Toon\" Ryan (1837-1909), and Charles W. Bellman (1841-1885), a laborer and the spouse of Almina Bellman (1851-1881), a native of Hanover, Germany, resided on each side of her.&nbsp; Bellman-Schmidt</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">Cottage The Bellman- chmidt Cottage is situated at present day 505 Jackson Avenue and now in the possession of Patrick Mitchell.&nbsp; It apparently once belonged to Pauline Ryan Bellman and the original land deed was destroyed in the last conflagration, March 1875, of the Jackson County Courthouse at Pascagoula. C.E. \"Uncle Ernie\" Schmidt (1904-1988), in his Ocean Springs French Beachhead (1972) states that:&nbsp; It is known that the Widow Bellman took in a few pupils at the old house still standing at the northwest corner of Jackson and Cleveland.&nbsp; One of her pupils, Laura Coyle, remembered years later that Mrs. Bellman excused the class so they could go to the railroad to see the first official train go through.&nbsp; That happened on October 29, 1870. (p. 67)&nbsp; Laura Coyle (1857-1931) was the daughter of Franco Coyle (1813-1891) and Magalene Ougatte Pons (1813-1904).&nbsp; In 1874, she married Charles Ernest Schmidt (1851-1886), commonly called, \"Handsome Charlie\", a native of New Orleans and of German ancestry.&nbsp; Laura C. Schmidt was the grandmother of local historian, C.E. \"Uncle Ernie\" Schmidt. &nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>THEODORA&nbsp; BELLMAN RYAN</strong></span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Theodora Bellman (1837-1901) was born February 8, 1837 at Biloxi, the eldest child of Charles F.N. Bellman and Pauline Ryan.&nbsp; On December 24, 1874, she married Louis L. \"Toon\" Ryan (1837-1909), a local sailor and fisherman, and the son of Jerome Ryan (1793-1870+) and Marie Euphrosine LaFontaine (1802-ca. 1846), at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs. (Lepre, 1991, p. 286) The children of Louis L. \"Toon\" Ryan and Theodora Bellman were: Theodora Genett Ryan (b. 1870) married Frank Thomas: Cora Ryan&nbsp; (1873-1934) married Robert J. Woodcock (1882-1919); Mabel Pauline Ryan (1874-1874); Lilly Ida Ryan (b. 1877) married Anthony Boyes; and Louis Ralph \"Boy\" Ryan (1880-1960) married Eva Peterson (1887-1964).&nbsp; As previously mentioned, Theodora taught school at Biloxi, during the winter months, before she married Toon Ryan.&nbsp; Her corporal remains and those of her husband lie in rest in the Bellande Cemetery in Ocean Springs.&nbsp; No further information. (Krohn, 1995, p. 1, p. 4, and p. 13)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>ADOLPHINE&nbsp; BELLMAN SEYMOUR</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Adolphine Bellman (1839-1920) was born at Biloxi on August 15, 1839. She married Moses Seymour (1838-1893), the son of Jean-Baptiste Seymour (1811-1887) and Marie Fournier (1817-1890), who were the progenitors of the large Seymour family at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Adolphine and Moses were the parents of:&nbsp; Edwin McLan Seymour (b. 1864); Isabella Seymour (1866-1928+) married Richard White (1849-1891); Norman A. Seymour (1868-1920+); Robert F. Seymour (1870-1939); Ernest Adolph Seymour (1875-1877), and Mamie Seymour (1883-1920+) married Frank Bourgh (Busch). (Lepre, 2001, pp 81-82)&nbsp; Jean- aptiste Seymour tract Moses Seymour was the first sibling of the family to acquire land in the J.B. Seymour tract at Ocean Springs from his parents.&nbsp; The J.B. Seymour tract was established on September 15, 1849, when Jean-Baptiste Seymour purchased a 13-acre parcel of land at Ocean Springs from Dr. Andrew B. Dodd (1806-1850+), a Kentucky born physician.&nbsp; The J.B. Seymour tract ran from Government Street to LaFontaine Avenue and was only 150 feet wide, except on its southern termination near present day LaFontaine Avenue, where it widened to 165 feet.&nbsp; Its western perimeter began 200 feet east of Dewey Avenue.&nbsp; The Jean-Baptise Seymour tract was originally a part of Andre Fournier\'s three arpent tract on the Bay of Biloxi and Bayou Bauzage (Inner Harbor) in Claim Section 37, T7S-R8W, the Widow LaFontaine claim.&nbsp; J.B. Seymour paid Dr. Dodd $11.54 per acre for this land. (JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 10, pp. 286-287)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In September 1877, Jean-Baptiste and Marie Fournier Seymour for $25, conveyed to Moses and his wife, Adolphine Bellman (1838-1920), a 300-foot deep lot on the south side of Porter Avenue near present day Minor Lane.&nbsp; It appears that the homestead of Jean- aptiste Seymour and Marie Fournier was also located on this tract.&nbsp; In July 1890, when Delmas Seymour sold a house for $35 to his brother, Moses, the deed concerning this structure read, \"a certain house built by me in Ocean Springs for the use of my mother during her life on the said Moses Seymour lot south of his residence on Porter Avenue\".&nbsp; Moses\' demise From his obituary, it relates that Moses Seymour was a resident of Scranton (Pascagoula) at the time of his passing.&nbsp; In early January 1893, he expired suddenly, probably from a heart attack, at the L&amp;N Depot in New Orleans as he waited for a train to return home.&nbsp; Moses was a well-known and financial successful, butcher.&nbsp; His body was sent to Ocean Springs for burial in the Bellande Cemetery.&nbsp; Adolphine lived until January 1920.&nbsp; Her corporal remains also lie in Ocean Springs on Dewey Avenue. (The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, January 13, 1893, p. 3)&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Pascagoula Seymours</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Since Moses and Adolphine Bellman Seymour lived in the Scranton community, it was only natural for their children to do the same.&nbsp; In November 1891, in the Roman Catholic Church at Ocean Springs, their daughter, Isabella Seymour, married Richard L. White (1871-1928), a native of Ocean Springs, and the son of Englishman, Richard White (1849-1891), and Selena Sherman Hill White (1854- 919). (Lepre, 1991, p. 360) &nbsp; In 1900, Richard L. White made his living as a butcher.&nbsp; He and Isabella S. White were residing at Scranton with his son, Louis R. White (b. 1892), from a prior nuptial.&nbsp; Upon his death in late February 1928, Mr. White was survived by: five children; three brothers-John White, Frank White, and Harry Hill (1866-1915); three sisters-Mrs. Ralph Green, Mrs. Walter Weber, and Mrs. Lotta W. Catchot (1874-1954), the spouse of Francis \"Frank\" Catchot (1871-1943), the son of Arnaud Catchot (1834-1910) and Adele Ryan (b. 1844). (The Jackson County Times, March 3, 1928, p. 3) &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">At Pascagoula, Norman A. Seymour married and later divorced Condalaura Flechas (1872-1935), the daughter of Captain Joseph Flechas (1824-1883) and Condalaura Villar (1842-1908).&nbsp; Like his father, Moses, he made his livelihood as a butcher.&nbsp; Their family was composed of:&nbsp; Hilda Seymour Buffett (1897-1989), Mildred Seymour Pelham (1899-1961), Lois Seymour Tew (1901-1965), Hulbert Seymour (1903-1971), Norman Seymour (1905-1971), Blanche Seymour Spavin (b. 1908), and Bernard Seymour (b. 1910). (Lepre, 2001, pp 81-82) Robert F. Seymour also appears to have settled at Pascagoula.&nbsp; In 1900, he made his livelihood as a stevedore on the East Pascagoula waterfront.&nbsp; With Laura Tousell (1869- 909), a Louisiana lady of French parentage, he had five children:&nbsp; Edward M. Seymour (b. 1896), Martin Van Buren Seymour (1897-1897), Eugenie B. Seymour (b. 1898), Leo R. Seymour (1902-1934), and Clifton Seymour (b. 1903).&nbsp; Members of both these Seymour families are buried in the Greenwood Cemetery at Pascagoula. (Lepre, 2001, p. 82)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>CHARLES WHITEALL BELLMAN</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Charles W. Bellman</strong></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp;(1841-1885), as previously mentioned, made the short relocation from Biloxi to Ocean Springs with his family, mother, and siblings.&nbsp; Even after the July 1860 Federal Census of Harrison County, Mississippi, the family of Charles F.N. Bellman were residing on the shore of the Biloxi Channel near present day Bellman Street.&nbsp; Here at Ocean Springs, near the end of its \"Steamboat Days\", the Bellmans settled on Jackson Avenue near Cleveland.&nbsp; Charles W. Bellman made his livelihood as a laborer and carpenter. (Cook, 1982, p. 27)</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Circa 1866, C.W. Bellman had married Almina Eagan (1851- 881), a native of Hanover, Germany.&nbsp; Their children were:<strong> Louise Eva Arguelles</strong> (1867-1958), the wife of Joseph P. Arguelles (1866-1944); <strong>Joseph Ralph Bellman</strong> (1870-1952) married Elizabeth M. New (1876-1949); <strong>Philip M. Bellman</strong> (1872-1927) married Alice V. Seymour (1880-1957); and <strong>Michael Charles Bellman</strong> (1874-1956) married Nellie George Clausen (1892- 976). ( research of Felicia B. Tucker and Nancy B. McMillan )&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"218\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Arguelles%2C%20Louise%20Almina%20Bellman%20-%20Version%202_0.jpg\" width=\"200\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Louise Eva Bellman</strong></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\"><strong>Louise E. Bellman</strong> (1867-1958), called Lou, was born at Biloxi on December 29, 1867.&nbsp; In early February 1891, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, she married <strong>Joseph Peter Arguelles</strong> (1866-1944), the son of Francisco Arguelles (1817-1880+), a native of Spain and Bridget McNerney (1857-1917), an Irish immigrant.&nbsp; Their children were: Albert Joseph Arguelles (1892-1943); Warren Arguelles (1893-1973); Frank Arguelles (1894-1943); George Henry Arguelles (1896-1934); Ethel Arguelles (1897-1938); Florence Arguelles (1899-1979); Lillian M. Arguelles (1902-2000), Bernardine W. Arguelles (1904- 989); Donald Arguelles (1907-1969); Cecile Arguelles (1908-1994) married George Pavlov (1910-1963); and Louise Arguelles (1910-1983).&nbsp; Lou Bellman Arguelles expired on February 11, 1958. (The Biloxi Herald, February 7, 1891, p. 1)&nbsp; </span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">Joseph Ralph Bellman &nbsp;</span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\"><strong>Joseph R. Bellman</strong> (1870-1952) was born at Ocean Springs on February 24, 1870.&nbsp; At Mobile on February 12,1901, he married Elizabeth Missouri New (1876-1949), a native of Cottage Hill, Alabama, and the daughter of John Samuel new and Louisa Thompson.&nbsp; Their children were: Joseph Henry Bellman (1901-1902); Carrie Edna Bellman Russell Lewis (1903-1957) married Thad Russell and William Lewis; Charles John Bellman (1907-1982) married Evelyn Florence Culbreth; and Cecile Louise Bellman (1913-1970) married Bernard Turner.&nbsp; Joseph R. Bellman passed on February 5, 1952, while Elizabeth New Bellman followed him in death on December 17, 1949. Their corporal remains are at rest in the Pinecrest Cemetery at Mobile. (Lepre, 1991, p. 20 and research of Felicia B. Tucker and Nancy B. McMillan)</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"319\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Bellman%20family%20%5Blow%20res%5D.jpg\" width=\"400\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">Philip Bellman Family</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Philip Marcellus Bellman</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">Philip M. Bellman (1872-1927) was born at Ocean Springs on June 23, 1872.&nbsp; He married Alice V. Seymour (1880-1957), the daughter of Narcisse Seymour (1849-1931) and Caroline V. Krohn (1847-1895).&nbsp; Their children were: Bertridge B. Brou (1900-1992) married Edward Brou (1896-1949); Phyllis B. Burke (1902-1970) married Edward Burke; Inez B. McClain (1906-2004) married Arthur R. McClain (1900-1974); Carrie B. Dellinger Emerson (1909-1964) married Earl J. Dellinger (1901-1951) and Milton Emerson; Bernice B. Cascio (1912-1971) married Charles Cascio 1909-1968); Philip A. Bellman (1915-1964); Edward Joseph \'Eddie\' Bellman (1920-2009) married Mabel Beatrice \"Patty\" Kennedy Courson (1924-2015); and Robert E. Bellman (1927-2014) married Thelma Rita DeGeorge. (Lepre, 2001, pp. 102-103) </span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"234\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Bellman%2C%20Philip%20M.-portrait_0.jpg\" width=\"153\" /><br />\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:teal\">Philip M. Bellman (1872-1927)</span></span></strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">courtesy of Robert E. \"Bob\" Bellman</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Eagle Point Oyster Company Philip Bellman made his livelihood at Ocean Springs as a butcher prior to his employment with his father-in-law\'s organization, Narcisse Seymour &amp; Sons, pioneer oyster packers and shippers.&nbsp; In late 1915, he became associated with Anton P. \"Tony\" Kotzum (1871-1916), the son of Joseph Kotzum (1842-1915) and Josephine Kotzum (1845-1920), and the proprietor of the Eagle Point Oyster Company. In November 1915, Tony Kotzum had entered into a five-year lease agreement with Clara Tillman Seymour (1889-1952), the widow of Hugh C. Seymour (1876-1913), on the oyster beds and grounds and house located at Marsh Point.&nbsp; This was the property that Hugh Seymour had purchased from F.A. \"Dolph\" Schrieber (1871-1944).&nbsp; In 1904, Mr. Schrieber and his brother, Joseph L. \"Dode\" Schrieber (1873-1951), had built the \"Black Diamond\", a house over the water at Marsh Point.&nbsp; Dolph Schrieber lived here intermittently to protect his oysters from poachers. Anton P. Kotzum agreed to pay the widow Seymour&nbsp; $250 per year and \"carefully cultivate and attend the oyster beds and grounds so manage the beds that they will be in good physical condition at the expiration of this lease as they are at present and to return all shells removed from the grounds properly spread or their equivalent in steam shells\".&nbsp;<em>(The Progress, July 9, 1904, p. 4</em>&nbsp;and JXCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause No. 3616-October 1917)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Eagle Point Oyster Company advertised their product as,&nbsp;<strong><em>\"our oysters are unsurpassed for flavor and excellence, being grown from original stock, on grounds long noted for their superior qualities\"</em></strong>.<em>(The Ocean Springs News, November 24, 1915, p. 12) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span><br />\r\n<br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Tony Kotzum died in September 1916.&nbsp; He was also a fine musician and directed the Ocean Springs Concert Band, an outgrowth of the Ocean Springs Brass Band led by T.J. Ames (1876-1927).&nbsp; Kotzum once crusaded for more benches in Marshall Park, as he felt that the spectacle of a hundred or more ladies standing during his concert was a poor advertisement of civic pride. In September 1916, Frank Kuppersmith (c. 1850-1920) came to Ocean Springs from Mobile, Alabama and took a lease on the Eagle Point Oyster Company building on Front Beach. (<em>The Jackson County Times, September 23, 1916)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company</strong></span></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In March 1916, Philip Bellman created the Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company.&nbsp; His packinghouse was situated on the front beach between Jackson and Washington Avenue, on the former site of the Hugh Charles Seymour (1876-1913) oyster shop.&nbsp; Mr. Bellman was noted for his affable humor and relaxed attitude.&nbsp;<em>(The Ocean Springs News, March 23, 1916, p. 6</em>&nbsp;and Margaret Seymour Norman, June 1995)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Philip M. Bellman\'s inventory for his seafood business included:&nbsp; a one-ton Ford truck; the Leo D, a motor vessel; fifteen skiffs; the Clara Seymour oyster lease, oyster shop, and wharf privileges; and oyster leases from the Ramsay Estate and Bouslog. (JXCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause 4648-February 1925) &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mr. Bellman advertised his new business in&nbsp;<em>The Ocean Springs News</em>&nbsp;of March 30, 1916, as follows:&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong><em>Philip Bellman, Manager</em></strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Located on Beach Between Washington and Jackson Avenues</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Small or Large Orders Promptly Delivered Anywhere in Town</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>East Beach and Eagle Point Oysters a Specialty</strong></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">We Solicit a Share of Your Patronage</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">We Also Take Out Boating Parties</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">For Prompt Service-Ring Phone 55&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">In mid-December 1916, two of Bellman\'s fishermen, Alphonse Cox and Emile Beaugez (1901-1967), took his vessel, Kentucky, in search of shrimp outside of Dog Key.&nbsp; The motor quit and they rigged a crude sail to get home.&nbsp; The resourceful seamen reached Belle Fontaine Beach and walked ten miles back to Ocean Spring having been without food for nearly two days.&nbsp;</span><em>(<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\">The Daily Herald, December 19, 1916, p. 1)&nbsp;</span></em></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;<strong>Sale</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In August 1923, Philip M. Bellman sold a two-thirds interest in the Ocean Springs Fish and Oyster Company to C.L. Martin and S.J. DeBleau who planned to continue the business at the same site and under the same lease terms from Mrs. Hugh C. Seymour.&nbsp; Bellman vended his business to Martin and DeBleau for $600. (The Jackson County Times, September 15, 1923, p. 5 ) By early1925, Philip M. Bellman was in serious litigation with Martin and DeBleau.&nbsp; He alleged that they still owed him $385 from the sale of his interest to them in the Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company.&nbsp; In their response, Martin and DeBleau declared that: Bellman owed them $2800; the Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company lease with Mrs. H.C. Seymour had expired and that they were required to pay her $120 to retain their oyster beds and utilize the oyster shop; Bellman had represented the number of merchantable oysters on the Seymour lease as 5000 barrels, when in reality there were less than 1000 barrels of oysters; and the one-ton Ford truck was their property and not that of Philip M. Bellman.&nbsp; The litigation between Bellman and Martin-DeBleau was adjudicated in December 1926, in favor of Bellman.&nbsp; The defendants were ordered to pay him $310 and placed a lien in favor of Bellman on the truck, motor boat, and fifteen skiffs owned by the Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company. (JXCO, Ms. JXCO, Ms. Chancery Court Cause 4648-February 1925)&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Biloxi</strong></span></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"250\" src=\"/sites/default/files/Brou%2C%20E.C.-1946.jpg\" width=\"143\" /></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Philip M. Bellman family moved to Biloxi in 1923, and resided at 612 Reynoir Street.&nbsp; Phillip Bellman made his livelihood as a carpenter until he passed away on March 3, 1927, at Biloxi.&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, March 4, 1927, p. 2)&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;Bertridge Bellman Brou Bertridge \"Bert\" E. Bellman (1900-1992) was the only child of Philip M. Bellman and Alice V. Seymour (1880-1957) to settle in Ocean Springs. At Ocean Springs in June 1920, she married a New Orleans man, Edward Crawford Brou (1896- 949), the son of Joseph E. \"Buck\" Brou (1869-1934) and Ellenora Knox.&nbsp; Bert and E.C. Brou were the parents of four children: Edward J. Brou (1921-2004), Margaret M. Brou (1922-2015), Philip E. Brou (1923-1958), and Claire E. Brou (b. 1928). (JXCO, Ms. MRB 13, p. 366) &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Buck Brou had two sisters, Marie Adele Brou (1875-1937) and Marie Odette Brou Bryan (1879-1957), the wife of Frank Bryan (1879-1936), who owned property at Ocean Springs on Jackson Avenue.&nbsp; In May 1910, Mrs. Odette B. Bryan and her husband built a fine Queen Anne cottage at present day 406 Jackson Avenue.&nbsp; Joseph A. Weider (1877-1960) was the building contractor.&nbsp; In December 1917, Odette B. Bryan acquired from the von Rosambeau family, 410 Jackson Avenue, the residence north of her home.&nbsp; She moved here and reared two sons, Thad Bryan (1907-1994) and Frank H. Bryan, Jr. (1914-1999). (The Ocean Springs News, May 14, 191 and&nbsp; JXCO, Ms. Land&nbsp; Deed&nbsp; Bk. 45, pp. 252-253)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In May 1910, Adle Brou acquired Lot 7-Block 3 of the Ocean Springs Hotel Tract, which is situated on the west side of Jackson Avenue, from F.J. Lundy (1863-1912).&nbsp; Here, Miss Brou erected a cottage.&nbsp; In May 1937, she sold it to her Edward C. Brou, her brother.&nbsp; The Brou cottage was destroyed by Hurricane Camille in August 1969.&nbsp; Today, the descendants of Joseph E. Brou continue to be prominent landowners on Jackson Avenue (The Ocean Springs News, May 28, 1910, JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 35 , p. 620 and Bk. 70, pp. 130-131)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">At Ocean Springs, Edward C. Brou (1896-1949) made his livelihood as a brakeman and conductor for the L&amp;N Railroad.&nbsp; In 1946, shortly after WW II, he and brother-in-law, Edward \"Eddie\" Bellman (1920-2009), with son, Edward J. Brou, founded a sporting goods store at Biloxi called Bel-Bru.&nbsp; Today, known as The Bel-Bru Marine Mart, the Biloxi based business is operated by Edward J. Brou and his son, E. Joseph Brou Jr.&nbsp; Edward C. Brou passed on December 20, 1949, at his Jackson Avenue residence.&nbsp;&nbsp; is corporal remains were interred in the Evergreen Cemetery on Old Fort Bayou.&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, December 20, 1949, p. 1)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bel-Bru Sporting Goods</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Bel-Bru Sporting Goods</strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>partnership of Eddie Bellman</strong>&nbsp;(1920-2009) and&nbsp;<strong>Edward J. Brou</strong>&nbsp;(1921-2004), opened on November 1, 1946 at 112 East Howard Avenue. &nbsp;The business in addition to&nbsp;<strong>vending a complete line of athletic goods was the local distributor for the \'Devil\' boats manufactured by the Kennedy-Moran Enterprises</strong>&nbsp;at the former Westergard Boat Yard on Back Bay and Lee Street.(The Daily Herald, November 1, 1946, p. 7)</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Brou Children</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Bert B. Brou in addition to rearing her children was involved in scouting and swimming.&nbsp; While all of her children were excellent, competitive amateur swimmers, Edward J. Brou and Margaret M. Brou, went on to win regional swimming championships.&nbsp; In September 1936, Edward J. Brou set a record at the Southern AAU swim meet in New Orleans, when he swam the mile in 25 minutes and 59 seconds.&nbsp; Young Brou placed second in the two-mile event.&nbsp; At Baton Rouge in August 1939, Margaret M. Brou was the Southern AAU junior relay champion. (The Jackson County Times, September 5, 1936, p. 1 and August 12, 1939, p. </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In recent years, Claire E. Brou, a retired Navy-Air Force veteran, has distinguished herself in the National Veterans Wheelchair games.&nbsp; In 1997, she won five gold medals in San Diego at the veterans games for her skill in air rifle shooting, bowling, swimming, table tennis, and motorized wheel chair rallying.&nbsp;<em>(The Sun Herald, July 18, 1997, p. D-1)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Mrs. Brou\'s other son, Philip E. Brou (1923-1958), distinguished himself as a carrier based naval aviator in the South Pacific Theater during WW II.&nbsp; He was an engineering graduate of Tulane University and was employed in the air conditioning business at New Orleans.&nbsp; While on naval reserve duty, Lt. Commander Philip E. Brou was killed when his helicopter crashed near New Orleans in the fall of 1958.&nbsp;<em>(The Ocean Springs News, October 2, 1958, p. 4 and The Ocean Springs Record, March 19, 1987, p. 5)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Spanish American War &nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Like his father, Charles W. Bellman (1841- 885), Philip M. Bellman volunteered for military duty.&nbsp; The elder Bellman in 1861, had enlisted as a private in Company E, the \"Biloxi Rifles\", of the Third Mississippi Infantry C.S.A.&nbsp; During the 1898 Spanish American War, Phillip M. Bellman was also enrolled as a private by Captain DuMont at Scranton on April 27, 1898.&nbsp; He was a bugler and appointed company musician on July 5, 1898.&nbsp; Bugler Bellman was mustered out at Columbia, Tennessee on December 20, 1898, by Captain W.B. Homer, 6th Artillery. (Spanish-American War Service Record Extracts 1898-1899, No. 204).&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Demise</strong></span></span><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif; font-size:14px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Philip M. Bellman passed on at Biloxi on March 3, 1927.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred in the Bellande Cemetery at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Mrs. Alice Seymour Bellman lived until January 26, 1957.&nbsp; Her remains also rest on Dewey Avenue in Ocean Springs besides those of her husband.&nbsp; Michael Charles Bellman &nbsp;Michael Charles Bellman was born June 3, 1874 at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; He was called Charles. In February 1896, C.M. Bellman found employment with The Cottage-by- he Sea, a hostel situated in Pascagoula.<em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 17, 1896, p. 3)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">During the Spanish American War, M. Charles Bellman served with Company B of the Miss. Volunteers, 2nd Infantry Regiment.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was enrolled for military service by Captain Woods at Ocean Springs on June 4, 1898. Bellman was mustered in by Lt. Lockwood at Jackson, Mississippi on June 7, 1898.&nbsp; Private Bellman was mustered out of the volunteer army on December 20, 1898 at Columbia, Tennessee by Captain W.B. Homer. (Spanish-American War Service Record Extracts 1898-1899- p. 204).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">After the Spanish American War, M. Charles Bellman moved to Mobile where he made his livelihood as a conductor for the Gulf Mobile &amp; Ohio Railroad.&nbsp; M. Charles Bellman married Nellie George Clausen (1892-1976), the daughter of Charles Henry Clausen and Nellie Morris.&nbsp; Their children were: George M. Bellman (1914-1999); Erna B. McKnight (b. 1916); and Charles H. Bellman (b. 1924).&nbsp; Mr. Bellman expired at Mobile on September 26, 1956.&nbsp; Nellie Clausen Bellman died on July 30, 1976.&nbsp; Both were interred in the Catholic Cemetery at Mobile, Alabama.&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, September 26, 1956, p. 2</em>&nbsp;and research of Felicia Bellman Tucker, Pensacola, Florida&nbsp; and Nancy Bellman McMillan, Mobile, Alabama)<br />\r\n<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>EDWARDINE BELLMAN NOEL</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edwardine Bellman (1843-1921) was born at Biloxi on November 17, 1843. Circa 1863, she married Benjamin J. Noel (1841-1918), a native of Alabama, probably Mobile.&nbsp; His parents were from New York and Alabama, respectively.&nbsp; By 1910, Edwardine B. Noel had birthed eleven children in Mobile County, Alabama.&nbsp; Nine were extant.&nbsp; Of her progeny only the following are known presently to this writer: Edmund C. Noel (1868-1936), Benjamin J. Noel Jr. (1870-1942); Eugene Noel (1875-1910+); Walter C. Noel (1882-1943); and Blanche Noel Havens &nbsp;(1885-1937).&nbsp; In 1910, Benjamin Noel was making his livelihood as a truck farmer and residing in Ward 9 of the city of Mobile. (1910 Federal Census-Mobile Co., Ala., T624R27, pt. 2, p. 260A) &nbsp;Nancy Bellman McMillan of Mobile relates that there is a small Noel Family cemetery on Cottage Hill Road in Mobile.&nbsp; She says that the Noel family lived at Cottage Hill which at one time was a village on the west side of Mobile. (Nancy B. McMillan, e-mail, May 26, 2003)&nbsp;<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </strong></span></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>Benjamin F. Noel Jr</strong>.</span></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Circa 1897, Benjamin F. Noel Jr. (1870-1942), a native of Coden, Alabama, married Marie Ryan (1879-1956), the daughter of Calvin Ryan and Odile Miller (b. 1853).&nbsp; In 1910, they were residing in Precinct 13, Wheelerville, Mobile County, Alabama with their five children: Edwina Noel (1897-1985) married William Mathieu; Ester Noel (1902-1992) married Mose H. Beaugez (1891-1973); Herman E. Noel (1903-1967) married Sara Mary \"Sadie Mae\" Esfeller (1906-1990); Winson Paul Noel (1906-1946) married Audrey V. Webb (1914-1991); Percy B. Noel (1908-1977) married Ruby Williams (1915- 993), the daughter of William Eugene \"Nub\" Williams (1890-1966) and Lorena Devereaux (1896-1978); and Calvin C. Noel (1915-1938).&nbsp; Another Noel child had expired prior to 1910.&nbsp; Ben F. Noel Jr. died on April 21, 1942.&nbsp; Mrs. Noel passed on January 14, 1956. Their corporal remains were interred in the Bellande Cemetery on Dewey Avenue with children: Calvin Charles Noel, and Winson P. Noel. (The Jackson County Times, April 25, 1942, p. 1 and 1910 Federal Census-Mobile Co., Ala., T624R26, pt. 2, p. 83B) &nbsp;Some of the male children of Benjamin F. Noel Jr. (1870-1942) and Marie Ryan Noel&nbsp; (1879-1956) who resided in the Ocean Springs area are as follows:&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Herman E. Noel &nbsp;Herman</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Edward Noel (1903-1967) married Sara Mary Esfeller (1906-1990). They were the parents of: Dorothy \"Dot\" N. Ross (b. 1926) married John Baptist&nbsp;Ross (b. 1927); Bette N. Ortega (1929-1988) married Ben M. Ortega (1927-1990); Mildred N. Cvitanovich (1932-1990) married Sam Cvitanovich; June N. Butler (1936-1996) married James Walter \"Curley\" Butler (b. 1934); and Joseph H. Noel (b. 1949) married Sandra A. Miller.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Winson P. Noel</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Winson Paul Noel (1906-1946) made his livelihood on the water as a fisherman.&nbsp; In October 1928, he married Audrey V. Webb (1914-1991), the daughter of Walter And Josephine Webb.&nbsp; They were the parents of Maude \"Betty\" N. Lemon Dennison DeSilvey (1930-1977).&nbsp; The Noels divorced and in June 1934, Audrey married Claude Engbarth (1893-1967). (JXCO, Ms. MRB 18, p. 420 and Bk. 22, p. 331) Betty Noel \"Engbarth\" married Kirk S. Lemon (1924-1944) at New Orleans in October 1944.&nbsp; He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Louisiana on October 19, 1944.&nbsp; Mrs. Lemon later wedded James Dennison.&nbsp; They had a son, Freddie Dennison.&nbsp; Betty divorced Dennison and married Ralph H. DeSilvey (1925-1983) of Biloxi.&nbsp; They had two children: Ralph E. DeSilvey (1947-1970) and Audrey L. DeSilvey (1954-1977).&nbsp; They were domiciled at 715 Forest Hills Drive in Ocean Springs. In late January 1946, Winson Noel was accidentally shot by Gloria M. Mathieu, his niece.&nbsp; The shooting took place in Ocean Springs. (The Jackson County Times, January 26, 1946, p. 1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Percy B. Noel</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Percy Bernard Noel (1908-1977) was born at Cottage Hill, Mobile County, Alabama.&nbsp; He resided at 609 Ward Avenue and made his livelihood as a painter and shrimper.&nbsp; Percy married Ruby Williams (1915-1993), the daughter of William Eugene \"Nub\" Williams (1890-1966) and Lorena Devereaux (1896-1978).&nbsp; They were the parents of Vallee N. Atkinson and Charles Noel.&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, March 17, 1977)&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Calvin C. Noel</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Calvin Charles Noel (1915-1938) drowned off the shore of East Beach in early December 1938.&nbsp; He and Wesley Ryan had gone to tong for oysters near Eagle Point.&nbsp; They were quite successful, but a rogue storm developed and the subsequent wave action caused their overloaded skiff to sink rapidly.&nbsp; Noel tried to swim to shore, but failed to survive. Ryan was rescued from the cold water by Dr. William Richards, an East Beach resident. (<em>The Daily Herald, December 9, 1938, p. 1</em>)&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>&nbsp;HARRO ANTHONY BELLMAN</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Harro A. Bellman</strong> (1847-1920) was born at Biloxi, on June 16, 1847. During the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), Harro enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States of America serving in Company I of the 1st Louisiana Infantry. &nbsp;In August 1876, he married Euphrazine \"Frazine\" Ryan Bellande (1852-1904), the daughter of Jerome Alfred Ryan and Dora Stephens. Frazine was the widow of Honore Bellande (1845-1871), the son of Joseph H. Bellande and Rosaline LaFauce (LaForce).&nbsp; Before Bellande\'s early demise, she had one son, Adolph Bellande (1870-1916). Harro and Frazine Bellman were the parents of: Pauline Josephine Bellman (1876-1899) married T.A. Jackson and Joseph P. Scheib (1952-1899); Jerome Frederick Bellman (1883-pre 1900); Edwardine M. Bellman (1886-1900+); Noah Arthur Bellman (1889-1941) married Williamina Catchot (1898-1990), the daughter of Arnold \"Boy\" Catchot (1869-1939) and Anna Laura Ryan (1872-1930); and Irene Anna Bellman (1893-1960). &nbsp;Harro A. Bellman made his livelihood as a gardener.&nbsp; He worked for the Ocean Springs Hotel before it was destroyed in a large conflagration in late May 1905.&nbsp; In his retirement, Harro moved to Mobile to live with his daughter.&nbsp; He died there on November 16, 1920.&nbsp; Harro Bellman\'s corporal remains were sent from Mobile to the home of Mrs. Edmond Mon in Ocean Springs for waking.&nbsp; Internment was in the Bellande Cemetery.&nbsp;<em>(The Jackson County Times, November 20, 1920)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"261\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/HarroBellman.jpg\" width=\"300\" /></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0, 128, 128); font-size:14px\">Harro A. Bellman (1847-1920) and family</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Courtesy of &nbsp;H. Randy Randazzo</span></span></strong><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">It is interesting to note that the six sons of Noah A. Bellman and Williamina Catchot Bellman remained in the Ocean Springs area and had large families.&nbsp; They were: Ralph F. Bellman (1918-1999); Noah A. Bellman Jr. (1920-1999); Charles Arnold Bellman (1927-2000); James A. Bellman; Joseph Harro Bellman (1931-2000); and Thomas J. Bellman (1935-2007).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>ADA REGINA BELLMAN WARD</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Ada R. \"Lida\" Bellman (1853-1892) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on July 28, 1853.&nbsp; She married Edward \"Eddie\" Ward and was a resident of Slidell, Louisiana.&nbsp; Lida expired in Louisiana in March 1892.&nbsp; Her corporal remains were sent to Ocean Springs for internment, probably in the Bellande Cemetery.&nbsp; No further information.&nbsp;<em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, March 25, 189</em>2, p. 2)&nbsp;<br />\r\n<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>RALPH CHARLES BELLMAN&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Ralph Charles Bellman (1855-1899) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on June 9, 1855.&nbsp; He expired at Ocean Springs, on October 16, 1899.&nbsp; In 1870, he was a resident of Ocean Springs living with William? Bang (b. 1848). (1870 Federal Census- JXCO, Ms.) Ralph C. Bellman\'s funeral was held in the Episcopal Church with the Reverend E. Thompson of Biloxi in attendance.&nbsp; He was eulogized in&nbsp;<em>The Pascagoula Democrat-Star&nbsp;</em>shortly after his demise, as follows:&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>\"for many years a resident of Ocean Springs, he was numbered among the best citizens, and was honored and respected by all who knew him.&nbsp; He was the loving tender son of his mother, caring for her in her old age, cheering and sustaining her until stricken with this fatal illness,\"</em></strong><em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, October 20, 1899, p</em>.<em>&nbsp;3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>No further information.<strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>PAULINE JOSEPHINE BELLMAN McCARY</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Pauline Josephine Bellman (1857-1933) was born at Biloxi, Mississippi on November 4, 1857.&nbsp; She married George Wythe McCary (1845-1925).&nbsp; Their children were: George Charles Theodore McCary (1879-1963), Lelia May M. Helmer (1882- 970), and Pearl M. Brown (1888-1912).&nbsp; George and Pauline Bellman McCary\'s corporal remains are at rest in the Magnolia Cemetery at Mobile. (Research of Felicia B. Tucker and Nancy B. McMillan)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>BERTHA BELLMAN BEAUGEZ</strong></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\">&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Bertha Bellman (1859-1932) was born in Biloxi on August 19, 1859, and moved to Ocean Springs circa 1862.&nbsp; She married Ernest M. Beaugez (1862-1903), the son of Stanislaus Beaugez (1813-1889) and Louise Ladner (1820-1897), on February 24, 1883, in the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church.&nbsp; They were the parents of three children: ? Beaugez, Ernest Edward Beaugez (1883-1907) and Ralph M. Beaugez (1889-1900+).&nbsp; Mr. Beaugez was the proprietor of a small grocery store on Government Street.&nbsp; He expired in January 1903, while Bertha B. Beaugez passed on December 20, 1932.&nbsp; Both were interred in the Bellande Cemetery in Ocean Springs.&nbsp;<em>(The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, February 2, 1900, The Daily Herald, December 21, 1932, p. 2 and Lepre, 1991, pp. 17-18)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">In February 1904, Ernest E. Beaugez&nbsp; (1883-1907) married Ellen T. Crivellari of Mobile.&nbsp; At the time he was an employee of The Progress, the local journal.&nbsp; Mr. Beaugez commenced working here in 1899.&nbsp; He was described by his employer as, \"an honest, industrious and reliable young man in every respect.\"<em>(The Progress, February 20, 1904)</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">By 1904, the health of Albert&nbsp; E. Lee (1874-1936), the owner and editor of&nbsp;<em>The Progress</em>,&nbsp; began to fail and he sold his newspaper to his printer, Ernest E. Beaugez .&nbsp; Mr. Lee left Ocean Springs for New Orleans and was there when a conflagration destroyed the printing plant of Mr. Beaugez on March 4, 1905.&nbsp; Returning here after the fire in order to review his business interests, A.E. Lee was met by enthusiastic supporters who were desirous of him to commence a new publishing venture at Ocean Springs.&nbsp; Thusly,&nbsp;<em>The Ocean Springs News</em>&nbsp;was born on March 15, 1906, from a two hundred dollar loan to A.E. Lee for the initial payment on a small printing plant.&nbsp; The Ocean Springs News was a success from the initial issue. (The Biloxi Herald, March 31, 1906, p. 8) &nbsp; Young Ernest E. Beaugez died untimely at Ocean Springs in August 1907.&nbsp; His corporal remains were interred in the Bellande Cemetery.&nbsp; No further information.&nbsp;<em>(The Daily Herald, August 22, 1907, p. 1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>REFERENCES:</strong><br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;BOOKS</strong></span><br />\r\n<strong><u>The American State Papers, Volume III 1815-1824 Public Lands</u></strong>, (reprint Southern Historical Press: Greenville, South Carolina-1994).&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Nap L. Cassibry II,&nbsp;<strong><u>Early Settlers and Land Grants at Biloxi</u></strong>, Volume II, Special Issue No. 5, (Mississippi Coast Historical &amp; Genealogical Society: Biloxi, Mississippi-1986).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Darlene Jones Krohn,&nbsp;<strong><u>The Descendants of Jerome Ryan</u></strong>, (Krohn:&nbsp; Latimer, Mississippi-1995).<br />\r\nJerome Lepre,&nbsp;<strong><u>Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi</u></strong>, Volume I, (Catholic Dioceses of Biloxi: Biloxi, Mississippi-1991).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Jerome Lepre,&nbsp;<strong>Gulf Coast Genealogy-The Seymour Famil</strong>y, (Lepre: 2001-New Orleans, Louisiana).<br />\r\nC.E. Schmidt,&nbsp;<strong>Ocean Springs French Beachhead</strong>, (Lewis Printing Company: Pascagoula, Mississippi-1972).</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Tim Wallis,&nbsp;<strong><u>Ross-Allen Families,</u></strong>&nbsp;(Wallis: Biloxi, Mississippi-1992).&nbsp;<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;CHANCERY COURT CASES</strong></span></span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 20,&nbsp;<br />\r\nHarrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 30, \"Pauline Bellman v. Charles Bellman\", August 1858.<br />\r\nJackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 3616, \"H.F.Russell, administrator of the Estate of A.P. Kotzum v. Mrs. H.C.Seymour, et al\", October 1917.<br />\r\nJackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 3936, \"Estate of A.P. Kotzum\", November 1917.<br />\r\nJackson County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 4648, \"Philip M. Bellman v. C.P. Martin and S.J. DeBlaeau operating The Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Company\", February 1925.</span></span><br />\r\n&nbsp;</div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"rtecenter\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">JOURNALS</span></span></strong></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Biloxi Herald, \"Ocean Springs\", February 7, 1891. The Biloxi Herald, \"City Paragraphs\", March 31, 1906.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"City News\", August 22, 1907.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Ocean Springs men return to homes\", December 19, 1916.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Phillip Bellman Dies\", March 4, 1927.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Mrs. Beaugez Dies\", December 21, 1932.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Ocean Springs Man Drowns As Boat Sinks\", December 9, 1938.</span></span><br />\r\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\">The Daily Herald, \"Open Bel-Bru Sporting Good Store\", November 1, 1946.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Daily Herald, \"Mrs. Marie Noel\", January 16, 1956.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Herman E. Noel\", September 15, 1967.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Percy Bernard Noel\", March 17, 1977.<br />\r\nThe Daily Herald, \"Charles Bellman\", September 26, 1956.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Local News Items\", September 23, 1916.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Local News Interest\", November 20, 1920.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Local and Personal\", September 15, 1923.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"R.L. White\", March 3, 1928.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Joseph Edmund Brou\", November 17, 1934.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Local and Personal\", September 5, 1936.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"The Column\", August 12, 1939.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"B.J. Noel Dies\", April 25, 1942.<br />\r\nThe Jackson County Times, \"Gloria Mathieu Fatally Shoots Winson Noel\", January 26, 1946.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs New, \"Local News\", May 14, 1910.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs News, \"Eagle Point Oyster Company advertisement\", November 24, 1915, p. 12.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs News, \"Local News\", March 23, 1916.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs News, \"Ocean Springs Fish &amp; Oyster Co.\", March 30,1916.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs News, \"Lt. Cmdr. Brou Funeral Is held; Victim of Crash\", October 2, 1958.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs Record, \"Phyliss Bellman Burke\", September 27, 1970.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs Record, \"Open House Guests\", August 22, 1985.<br />\r\nThe Ocean Springs Record, \"Birthday celebration\", March 19, 1987.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Died\", March 25, 1892.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Ocean Springs News\", March 25, 1892.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Sudden Death of Moses Seymour\", January 13, 1893.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Ocean Springs Locals\", February 17, 1896.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Ocean Springs Locals\", October 10, 1899.<br />\r\nThe Pascagoula Democrat-Star, \"Ocean Springs Locals\", February 2, 1900.<br />\r\nThe Progress, \"Local News Interest\", February 20, 1904.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"Brou stays agile, wins five medals at Games\", July 18, 1997.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"Inez Virginia Bellman McLain\", October 8, 2004, p. A-7.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"Thomas J. Bellman\", November 18, 2007, p. A-14.<br />\r\nThe Sun Herald, \"Mr. Edward J. \'Eddie\' Bellman\", November 8, 2009, p. A-12.</span></span></div>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\">The Sun Herald, \"Bellman kept Elvis alive on the Coast\", November 8, 2009, p. A-13.</span></span></div>\r\n', '', '2');
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('page', 0, 49, 52, 'en', 0, '<p>\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>The Nicholas Marino Benachi Family</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>of</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<h1 align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(6, 111, 165); font-family: Arial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><font color=\"#000000\">New Orleans, Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi</font></span></span></h1>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Nicolas Marino Benachi</b>&nbsp; (1812-1886) was born on the Greek Island of Khios.&nbsp; Khios is located in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey.&nbsp; It is believed to have been the birthplace of Homer.&nbsp; Khios is known for its school of epic poets, the Homeridae, and it sculptors.&nbsp; It became a Greek possession in 1912.&nbsp; Today with the adjacent islands of Cyclades, Dodecanese, Lesbos, and Samos, Khios forms the Greek department called Aegean Islands.(Webster&rsquo;s New Geographical Dictionary-1988, p. 261)</span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/benachi%2C-n.m-web.jpg\" style=\"height: 200px; width: 198px;\" /></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">NICHOLAS MARINO&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">BENACHI</span></b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">(1812-1886)</span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">[image made March 1998 by Ray L. Bellande.&nbsp; Courtesy of James G. Derbes, NOLA]</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">N.M. Benachi immigrated to the United States.&nbsp; His brother, Emmanuel Benachi, became Mayor of Athens.&nbsp; Anthony Benachi, a son of Emmanuel, donated his Athens home for the prominent Benachi Museum.&nbsp; Nicolas M. Benachi settled at New Orleans, Louisiana.&nbsp; Here he made his livelihood in the New Orleans cotton trade with the Greek firm, the Ralli Brothers.&nbsp; They were international cotton brokers with offices in London, Cairo, Athens, and India.(Derbes, et al-1998, p. 4)&nbsp;&nbsp; Another branch of the Benachi family in partnership with the Choremi clan operated in the cotton business at Alexandria, Egyptfrom the mid-1800s until dispossessed by Nasser (1918-1970).(Choremi, July 1998)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Nicolas M. Benachi married&nbsp;<b>Catharina Grund</b>&nbsp;(d. 1853).&nbsp; They were the parents of&nbsp; four children:&nbsp;<b>Michel Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1841-1853),&nbsp;<b>Marie B. Botassi</b>&nbsp;(ca. 1842-1894+),&nbsp;<b>Marino Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1853-1853), and&nbsp;<b>Pandia N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(c. 1857-1891).&nbsp;&nbsp; The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853, took the lives of Catharina G. Benachi and two of her children, Michel Benachi and Marino Benachi, while they vacationed in August, at Biloxi, Mississipi.&nbsp; In late September 1856, an inventory of the estate of Mrs. Benachi was filed in the 2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;District Court at New Orleans.&nbsp; The results of this survey showed that the Benachi Estate was valued as follows: Movable objects (primarily furniture)-$331; Two slaves-$1800; and Immovable property (real estate)-$16,550; and Mr. Benachi&rsquo;s interest in Ralli &amp; Company-$12,293.&nbsp; The credit of the community against N.M. Benachi was $6740, leaving him a net worth of $37,713.(2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;District Court of New Orleans, September 1856)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The following is a summary of what is currently known of the lives of the first family of N.M. Benachi:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Michel Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1841-1853)-died at the age of twelve during the 1853 Yellow Fever Epidemic.(<i>The New Orleans Picayune</i>,&nbsp;<i>September 4, 1853, p. 2, c. 6</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Marie Benachi Botassi&nbsp;</b>(ca.1842-1894+)-married&nbsp;<b>Demetrius Nicholas Botassi</b>&nbsp;in December 1862.(Murray, p. 108)&nbsp; A son,&nbsp;<b>Demetrius Botassi</b>&nbsp;was born at New Orleans on November 15, 1865.&nbsp; She appears to have spent most of her life as a resident of Paris, France.&nbsp; Mr. Botassi was living in New York City in 1886.(Inventory of the Succession of N.M. Benachi-1886)&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Marino Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1853-1853)-died at the age of five months during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1853.(<i>The New Orleans Picayune</i>,&nbsp;<i>September 4, 1853, p. 2, c. 6</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Pandia [Paul] N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(c. 1857-1891)-married&nbsp;<b>Sarah Ann Stohr</b>&nbsp;(1858-1920) in January 1877 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. &nbsp;Pandia N. Benachi was a resident of Jacksonville, Florida as early as 1880. &nbsp;He took he took his own life at Jacksonville on November 13, 1891. &nbsp;Benachi&#39;s remains and those of his spouse are interred in the Evergreen Cemetery at Jacksonville. Florida. (The Columbus [Georgia] Daily Enquirer, November 14, 1891, p. 1; The Daily Picayune, November &nbsp;1891, p. &nbsp;;&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Murray, p. 108; and the&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Inventory of the Succession of N.M. Benachi-1886) &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">After the demise of his wife, Catharina Grund, N.M. Benachi married a minor,&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Anne Marie Bidault</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;(1837-1897), on November&nbsp; 13, 1856.&nbsp; She was a native of Bordeaux and the daughter of Antoine Bidault (1800-1875) of New Orleans and Desire Marie Gilbert (1810-1870+), who was in France in 1856.&nbsp;&nbsp; The couple had a marriage contract drawn up.&nbsp; It consisted of three clauses: 1) no community gains and separate properties between the two parties. 2) husband to contribute to the expense of the marriage. 3) donation of $10,000 to Mrs. Anne B. Benachi from the Succession of N.M. Benachi.&nbsp; The agreement was notarized by Abel Dreyfous, Notary Public for the Parish of Orleans, prior to their wedding in November 1856.(HARCO Chancery Court Cause No. 676, Mrs. A. Benachi v. Marie Batassi, et al, August Term 1894).</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The children of this union were<b>: George N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1857-1858),&nbsp;<b>Anthony N.</b>&nbsp;<b>Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1858-1916),&nbsp;<b>Helene Benachi&nbsp; Frangopulo</b>&nbsp;(1860-1886),&nbsp;<b>Irene B. Bidault</b>&nbsp;(1862-1942) m. Louis A. Bidault (1862-1940),&nbsp;<b>Belisarie N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1864-1923),&nbsp; and&nbsp;<b>Diomede N. Benach</b>&nbsp;(1866-1930).&nbsp; A summary of the lives of the second family of N.M. Benachi follows:</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>George N. Benachi&nbsp;</b>(1856-1858) was born on August 31, 1857 at&nbsp;&nbsp; New Orleans.&nbsp; He died at New Orleans on October 13, 1858.(<i>The Daily Delta</i>,&nbsp;<i>October 14, 1858, p. 2)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Anthony Nicolas Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1858-1916)-was called Tony.&nbsp; He was born April 10, 1858, at New Orleans.&nbsp; Tony Benachi made his livelihood in the Crescent City as a cotton broker and at Greenville in the Mississippi Delta.(The Biloxi Herald, February 16, 1916, p. 2)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;In 1900, he appears to be residing in the Benachi House on the beachfront at Biloxi and employed as a cotton classer.(1900 Federal Census-Harrison County, Mississippi)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">A.N. Benachi seems to have been a bon vivant, and yachting at Biloxi was a favorite pastime.&nbsp; Benachi owned the&nbsp;<b><i>Royal Flush</i></b>, a sixteen-foot catboat, which competed annually in the Biloxi Regatta.&nbsp; The swift craft also sailed in match races for sizeable prize money.(Ocean Springs Record, April 2, 1998)&nbsp; He organized the West End Yacht Club at Biloxi in August 1900.&nbsp; Tony Benachi served as first commodore while brother, Zio, was vice-commodore.(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>August 7, 1900, p. 8</i>).&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">A.N. Benachi expired at Biloxi , on February 16, 1916, while residing at 422 Elmer Street.&nbsp; His remains were interred in the Benachi plot in the Biloxi Cemetery.(</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Biloxi Herald</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">,&nbsp;</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">February 16, 1916, p. 2, c. 7</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Helene Benachi&nbsp; Frangopulo</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;(1860-1886)-was born at New Orleans circa December 1860.&nbsp; She married&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Nicholas S. Frangopulo</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;in April 1883.(Murray, p. 108)&nbsp; They were childless.&nbsp; Helene B. Frangopulo expired in the Benachi home at 425 Bayou Road on February 19, 1886.(</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Times Picayune</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">,&nbsp;</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">February 20, 1886, p. 4</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">).&nbsp; No further information.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Irene Benachi Bidault</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;(1862-1942)-was born at&nbsp; New Orleans on September 28, 1862.&nbsp; She married&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Louis A. Bidault</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;(1862-1940), an 1866 French immigrant and resident of New Orleans, at Mississippi City in July 1903.&nbsp; Justice J.J. Herbert officiated.(</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">,&nbsp;</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">July 17, 1903, p. 6</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Irene may have been previously married to William S. Douglas in June 1886.(Murray, p. 108).&nbsp; No further information.</span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp; </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Irene expired at New Orleans on May 17, 1942. &nbsp;Louis had preceded her in death passing on December 11, 1940. &nbsp;Their corporal remains were interred in St. Louis No. III cemetery in the Crescent City.(The Times-Picayune, may 18, 1942, p. 2 and December 12, 1940, p. 2) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Besari</b>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<b>Belisaire</b>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<b>Belizarius N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1864-1923)-was called Zio.&nbsp; He was born on October 26, 1864 at New Orleans.&nbsp; Zio married&nbsp;<b>Sallie Doyle</b>&nbsp;(d. 1952) at New Orleans in November 1899.&nbsp; She was a Mobile native and resident of Biloxi.(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>, November 7, 1899, p. 8, c. 2)&nbsp; Three children were born from this union:&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Edward Anthony Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1904-1921),&nbsp;<b>Thomas W. Benachi</b>(1902-1982) of Chicago and Berwyn, Illinois, and&nbsp;<b>Helene Anna Benachi Waldo</b>&nbsp;(1911-1980) of Huntington, West Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The spouses of Thomas Benachi and Helene Benachi Waldo were Lise Benachi (1907-1987) and Kenneth C. Waldo (1897-1986) respectively.&nbsp; Thomas and Lise Benachi expired at Berwyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, while Mr. and Mrs. Waldo passed at Wilmington, North Carolina.(Family Tree Maker (CD ROM-Social Security Death Index, United States, 1937-1996, Volume 1 and Volume 2)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In 1904, Zio Benachi was a bookkeeper for the New Orleans Acid &amp; Fertilizer Company, which was located at 204 Carondelet.&nbsp; The family resided at 376 Millaundon. (Soards (1904), p. 115)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">At the time of his demise in 1923, Zio was associated with the Planters Fertilizer &amp; Chemical Company of New Orleans.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Benachi resided at 7901 South Claiborne with his wife, Sallie Doyle, and their two children.(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>February 14, 1923, p. 6, c. 3)&nbsp;</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sallie Doyle Benachi passed on September 5, 1952, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Kenneth C. Waldo, in Huntington, West Virginia.&nbsp; She had three grandchildren.(<i>The Times Picayune</i>,&nbsp;<i>September 13, 1952, p. 2)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Diomedes N. Benachi</b>&nbsp;(1866-1930)-may have been called Eugene. (Federal Census 1880-Orleans Parish, Louisiana).&nbsp; In 1904, he made his livelihood as a drayman with his residence located at 924 Philip Street.(Soards (1904), p. 115.)&nbsp; D.N. Benachi passed on January 27, 1930.&nbsp; His remains were interred at the St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery on Esplanade Avenue in the Crescent City.(<i>The Times Picayune</i>,&nbsp;<i>January 28, 1930, p. 2, c. 7</i>).&nbsp; No further information.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><font color=\"#000000\">The Benachi-Torre House</font></span></span></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</h4>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Benachi-house-web.jpg\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 260px; \" /></span></p>\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><font color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;</font></span></span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans, Louisiana.</b></h4>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>&nbsp;</i>[</b>photograph<b>&nbsp;</b>taken by Ray L. Bellande in March 1998]</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtejustify\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>The outstanding center-hall, Classic-style house built in 1859 for Nicholas Benachi and his second wife, Anna Marie Bidault, for $18,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;This was the site of an earlier Bayou Road residence designed for Joseph Zeringue in 1806 by Barthelemy Lafon.&nbsp; The earlier building housed the Bellanger boarding school from 1832 to 1838.&nbsp;</i></b></span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">BENACHI-TORRE HOUSE</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Benachi purchased it with grounds measuring 135 feet front by three arpents depth in 1852 for $11,134.&nbsp; He lived in the earlier maison de maitre with his first wife and children for a short time, but Mme. Benachi died and two of the children died in the yellow fever epidemic in 1853 at their summer home in Biloxi.&nbsp; When Benachi remarried, he demolished the early house, building this one for his new wife.&nbsp; The Benachi family kept its residence until 1886, when Peter Torre purchased it.&nbsp; The house and grounds remained in the Torre family, although the three-arpent depth of the lot has been cut by the extension of Laharpe Street.&nbsp; The house and detached, two-story service building are enclosed on the</i>&nbsp;<i>spacious grounds by a high cast-iron fence having a Gothic style gate.&nbsp; The ensemble is one of the city&rsquo;s major landmarks.&nbsp; Although the floor plan reflects the traditional American, center-hall plan, the single windows on either side of the entrance and second level door are unusual for New Orleans.&nbsp; Paired box columns supporting the double galleries are another variation from the norm.&nbsp; Adding sophistication to the fa&ccedil;ade are the pilasters at the corner of the flushboard front.&nbsp; The $18,000 building price in 1859 is high and is reflected in the excellent quality of interior millwork and plaster decoration.&nbsp; The complex was donated to the Louisiana Landmarks Society in 1978 by heirs of Peter Torre.</i></b>(Christovich, et al, 1980, p. 146)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Benachi-Torre House is now owned by James G. Derbes.&nbsp; Mr. Derbes, a New Orleans attorney, acquired this historic home in July 1982, from the board of Trustees of the Lousiana Landmarks Society for $227,000.(Derbes, et al, 1998, p. 4)&nbsp; Councilor Derbes resides in the Benachi-Torre House and lets rooms to bed and breakfast patrons.&nbsp; He also owns and rents the Esplanade Villa at 2216 Esplanade Avenue.&nbsp; Mr. Derbes refers to his properties as the Cotton Brokers&rsquo; Houses as both edifices were once possessed by prominent cotton traders of the 19<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Century.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">N.M. Benachi was Consul of Greece at New Orleans, a speculator in real estate and slaves, a hunter, horseman, and founder of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Western hemisphere.(Derbes et al-1998, p. 4)&nbsp; In July 1964, a Trisagion, a traditional Greek Othodox memorial service, was held at the tomb of N.M. Benachi in the St. Louis Cemetery on Esplanade Avenue, in recognition of&nbsp; his founding the Greek Orthodox community in the Western Hemisphere in 1864.&nbsp; The ceremony was integrated into the 13<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;international conference of the Greek Orthodox Youth of America hosted at the Jung Hotel.(<i>The Times Picayune</i>,&nbsp;<i>July 31, 1964, Section 3, p. 3, c.2</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">In 1870, Mr. Benachi made his livelihood as a wholesale merchant at New Orleans.&nbsp; He resides with his wife and five children in the Seventh Ward.&nbsp; His mother-in-law, Marie Gilbert, resided with the family as well as two domestics, William Stewart (1853-1870+) and Hubert Darley (1819-1870+), a black female.&nbsp; Benachi&rsquo;s net worth was $34,000 of which real estate accounted for $25,000. (Louisiana Federal Census 1870)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">By 1880, Benachi was the Greek consul at New Orleans.&nbsp; His sons, Antoine and Belisaire Benachi, were clerks in a store at this time.&nbsp; Three domestic servants were in the Benachi household: Louis Chapon (b. 1845) from France and Louisiana natives, Augustine Johnson (b. 1858) and Anne Millet (b. 1859).(Louisiana Federal Census 1880) &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In addition to his land possessions in Louisiana, N.M. Benachi began acquiring land on the seashore at Biloxi, Mississippi in March 1851.&nbsp; At this time, he bought from J.W. Lavillebeuvre for $6500, a tract in the Louis Fayard Claim No. 143 (Section 26, T7S-R9W) which had 232 &frac12; feet on the beach front and ran north to the Back Bay of Biloxi.&nbsp; Jacques Fayard was to the west and A. Blondeau to the east.(1.) This particular tract of land was traded within the Benachi-Bidault family several times between 1867 and 1876.&nbsp; Pandia N. Benachi sold the parcel to the Pelican Hook &amp; Ladder Company No. 4 in February 1876.&nbsp; Leon Bertoli was president of the fire company at this time.(2)&nbsp; The Biloxi beach front parcel came back to N.M. Benachi in January 1879, when Leon Bertoli of the Pelican Hook &amp; Ladder Company No. 4 quitclaimed it to him.(3)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">N.M. Benachi had many land conveyances in the Biloxi area.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they are metes and bounds descriptions and can be located for the most part only in a general sense.&nbsp;&nbsp; Present day Benach Avenue at Biloxi was originally the path for ingress-egress from the N.M. Benachi beachfront home to Pass Christian Road (now Howard Avenue).&nbsp; In the 19<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Century, there was no road from the Biloxi Lighthouse eastward towards the village of Biloxi for some distance.&nbsp; (Holland-June 1998)&nbsp;&nbsp; It wasn&rsquo;t until November 1909, that the City of Biloxi began acquiring a seventy-five foot strip for street and bulkhead purposes from the landowners in this area.&nbsp; The name of the throughway was to be West Beach Street or Front Street.(4)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">It is believed that the magnificent live oaks that line this thoroughfare today are the result of Mr. Benachi&rsquo;s foresight. In December 1905,&nbsp;<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald&nbsp;</i>reported:</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Benachi Avenue, from Howard Avenue to the beach, was ordered graded and shelled.&nbsp; This is good new to those living on that beautiful &ldquo;Avenue of Oaks&rdquo;.&nbsp; When completed it will form one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the South or anywhere else</i></b><i>.</i>(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>December 6, 1905, p. 1, c. 2</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The N.M. Benachi house on the beachfront at Biloxi was moved sometimes in the 19<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Century to a position west of present day Benachi Avenue and east of the Biloxi Lighthouse.&nbsp; It was relocated to the west to allow the Benachi driveway-road, which became Benachi Avenue to reach the beachfront.&nbsp; W.P. Kennedy acquired the Benachi home.&nbsp; It was demolished several years after Hurricane Camille of August 1969.(Herron Kennedy, June 1998)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Information on the Benachi House in local journals is rare.&nbsp; It was reported that the Benachi edifice at Biloxi, was entered by thieves on the night of March 29, 1885.&nbsp; Joseph Cody, one of the keepers of the Benachi place, was severely cut on the arm by one of the perpetrators.&nbsp; The villains fled without being identified.(<i>The Daily Picayune</i>, April&nbsp;<i>1, 1885, p. 1, c. 5</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/benachi-tomb-web.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 215px;\" /></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>N.M. Benachi family tomb St. Louis No. 3 Esplanade Avenue, NOLA</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">[image by Ray L. Bellande December 1997]</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">N.M. Benachi died intestate on February 8, 1886, at New Orleans.&nbsp; He left the following lands at Biloxi with an estimated value of $15,000.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><i>Bounded South by the front bay or Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp; East by property now owned by John Cleary.&nbsp; North by Section line and West by the estate of Jacques Fayard having a front on said front bay or Gulf of Mexico of three hundred and twenty two feet-six inches running back due North between parallel lines to said section line a distance of 40 arpents more or less.&nbsp; Also one lot bounded South by lands of Henry Miller.&nbsp; West by property now owned by Dr. Maloney.&nbsp; North by the property of Charles Fayard.&nbsp; East by above described lot measuring North and South eight hundred feet, East and West</i></b><i>.</i>(Harrison County Chancery Court Cause No. 676, August 1894)<i>&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">From the transcription of the Inventory of the Succession of Nicholas M. Benachi-February 1886, provided by James G. Derbes of New Orleans, the appraised value of the N.M. Benachi Estate was as follows:</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;Value of movable effects-$471.00</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Value of shares of stock-$450.00</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Value of silverware-$42.50</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Value of claims-$200.00</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Value of real estate-$11,715.00</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Cash-$521.05</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Total</b>-<b>$13,399.55</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In August 1894, Mrs. Benachi petitioned the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi for a forced heirship sale of these lands.&nbsp; She told of her marriage contract with N.M. Benachi and the clause where she was entitled to $10,000 from his estate.(HARCO Chancery Court Cause No. 676, Anna Benachi v, Marie Botassi, et al, August Term 1894)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/u4/Benachi-Biloxi-web.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 368px; \" /></span></p>\r\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>N.M. BENACH HOUSE at BILOXI</b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">[photograph taken by Ray L. Bellande of a pencil drawing of the N.M. Benachi House at Biloxi by Kathy Kennedy.&nbsp; Courtesy of Herron Kennedy 119&nbsp; Benachi Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi]</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In August 1895, Special Commissioner, F.G. Hewes, conveyed to Anna Benachi the lands at Biloxi in the estate of her late husband for $8000.(5)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Several months before her demise in November 1897, Mrs. N.M. Benachi with her son, Diomedes N. Benachi, as attorney-in-fact, platted a subdivision titled,&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&ldquo;Benachi</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Addition to the City of Biloxi&rdquo;.</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp; This strip of land is 275 feet in width and extends about 1700 feet north of Howard Avenue.(2</span><sup style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">nd</sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;Judicial District Harrison County Chancery Court, Copy Book 1, p. 9)&nbsp; Present boundaries of the Benachi Addition are:&nbsp; north by Division Street, east by Graham, south by Howard Avenue, and west by Benachi Avenue.&nbsp; The heirs of Mrs. Anna Benachi sold the last parcel of land here in May 1905.(6)&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">After Mrs. Benachi&rsquo;s death, Zio, Dio, and Irene Benachi in May 1903, sold their&nbsp; &frac34; interest in what was known at Biloxi, as&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;the Benachi property&rdquo;</b>&nbsp;to Patrick Kennedy for $8,250.&nbsp; Tony Benachi retained his &frac14; interest in the beachfront tract and became a business partner of Mr. Kennedy.(7)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Benachi house was relocated in July 1903 from its original site to the lot west of the new street [Benachi Avenue] across from which it now stands.<i>(The Biloxi Daily Herald, June 4, 1903, p. 6)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Entrepreneur,&nbsp;<b>Patrick Kennedy</b>&nbsp;(1845-1913), was born May 1845, in Gaulestown, Kilkenny County, Eire.&nbsp; He immigrated to the United States in 1866.&nbsp; Circa 1871, Pat Kennedy married, probably at New Orleans, the Irish immigrant widow of&nbsp;<b>Bernard McKenna</b>,&nbsp;<b>Margaret M&rsquo;Kenna</b>&nbsp;(1845-1905).&nbsp; She was the mother of eleven children, five of whom were alive at the commencement of the 20<sup>th</sup>Century.(Federal Census 1900-Harrison County, Mississippi)&nbsp;&nbsp; Mrs. Kennedy had a brother,&nbsp;<b>Thomas P.</b><b>McKenna</b>&nbsp;(d. 1920), who resided at Long Beach, New Jersey.(<i>The Daily Herald</i>, July 26,&nbsp;<i>1920, p. 3, c. 1)</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The family of Pat and Margaret Kennedy were:&nbsp;<b>William P. Kennedy</b>&nbsp;(1873-1951), and&nbsp;<b>John J. Kennedy</b>&nbsp;(1875-1949).&nbsp; Her M&rsquo;Kenna children were:&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Mary M.</b>&nbsp;<b>Hodgins</b>, (d. 1895),&nbsp;<b>Sarah M&rsquo;Kenna</b>(1861-1903),&nbsp;<b>Katherine M. Coyle</b>&nbsp;(1864-1952), and&nbsp;<b>Margaret M. Baltar</b>&nbsp;(1870-1945).&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Patrick Kennedy family arrived at Biloxi from New Orleans on a permanent basis, in the early 1890s.&nbsp; They had established summer residency here in 1884.&nbsp; At New Orleans, Mr. Kennedy was initially engaged in the cooperage business.&nbsp; He later operated a retail soda water operation.(<i>The Biloxi Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>March 10, 1913, p. 1</i>)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">One of Pat Kennedy&rsquo;s first business ventures on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was to ship raw oysters.&nbsp; He operated as P. Kennedy &amp; Company.(Biloxi Herald, November 12, 1892)&nbsp; The renown, turn of the Century, Kennedy Hotel was erected by this family on the southeast corner of Reynoir Street and Railroad, just east of the L&amp;N Depot.&nbsp; The land on which the Kennedy Hotel was built was acquired by W.P. Kennedy from the Estate of Marie Harvey Bellande (1840-1894) as a result of a forced heirship sale, Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 710, &ldquo; Ida Bellande Gossow v. Antoine V. Bellande, et al&rdquo;.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Kennedy Hotel occupied the site of the 1882 homestead of Captain Antoine V. Bellande (1829-1918), a French immigrant bar pilot, and his family.&nbsp; The Depot Saloon, which was operated by Captain Bellande&rsquo;s son, Joseph A. Bellande (1868-1961), was also on the hotel parcel.(Bellande-1991, p. 31 and p. 42)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">Two of Pat Kennedy&rsquo;s sons, William P. Kennedy and John J. Kennedy, made important contributions to the economic and history of Biloxi.&nbsp; William P. Kennedy was originally in the drug business as Kennedy &amp; Folkes.&nbsp; He later became engaged in the seafood business and is credited with bringing the first trawler to Biloxi.(</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Daily Herald</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">,&nbsp;</span><i style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">December 24, 1951, p. 6, c. 3</i><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">)&nbsp;</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">John J. Kennedy served the people of Biloxi as Mayor for fourteen years.&nbsp; He managed the Kennedy Hotel for many years after his father passed.&nbsp; At the time of his demise, J.J. Kennedy was the US comptroller of customs at New Orleans.(<i>The Daily</i>&nbsp;<i>Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>September 13, 1949, p. 1, c. 6 and p. 4, c. 4</i>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Benachi property at Biloxi was defined as having a 322-foot front on the Gulf and running north to Howard Avenue with John Cleary to the east and Mrs. Henry Miller to the west.(8) A good approximation of&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;the Benachi property&rdquo;</b>&nbsp;in current view would place Benachi Avenue at the center of the parcel, with strips of land 140 feet wide on each side, running north to Howard Avenue.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">During the years of the next decade, Patrick Kennedy (1845-1913) and A.N. Benachi sold lots from<b>&ldquo;the Benachi property&rdquo;.</b>&nbsp; The four beachfront tracts, two on each side of Benachi Avenue, were conveyed between 1904 and 1912.&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In February 1904, William P. Kennedy (1873-1951) acquired the tract west of Benachi Avenue upon which the N.M. Benachi home was apparently situated.(9)&nbsp; William W. Baltar&nbsp; purchased the lot just east of William P. Kennedy in August 1904, from his step father-in-law, Pat Kennedy, and A.N. Benachi for $2100.(10)&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In late 1905, William Winslow Baltar (1870-1928) had a two-story home constructed on his lot by J.E. Greene, one of the largest contractors in South Mississippi.&nbsp; The Baltar home cost $2600.(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>December 20, 1905, p. 1, c. 4</i>)</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The two beachfront lots on the east side of Benachi Avenue were acquired by Martha J. Johnson of Chicago in 1905, and Sarah Kennedy in 1912.(11,12) The&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Fabacher House&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;now owned by Walter Blessey IV, at present day 948 West Beach, was erected for&nbsp; Rinaldo Everitt&nbsp; on the beachfront lot that he acquired from Martha Johnson in December 1905.(13) The Everitt-Blessey (commonly known as the<b>&ldquo;Fabacher</b>&nbsp;<b>House&rdquo;</b>) was probably erected in early 1906.(<i>The Biloxi Daily Herald</i>,&nbsp;<i>December 20, 1905, p. 1, c. 4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">REFERENCES:</span></b></span></span></p>\r\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;</span></span></span></h4>\r\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><font color=\"#000000\">Chancery Court Land Records</font></span></span></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Harrison County, Mississippi Land Deed Book 5, pp. 515-516.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">2.&nbsp;&nbsp; Harrison County, Mississippi Land Deed Book 15, p. 14.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">3.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 16, pp. 305-306.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">4.<span style=\"font-weight: normal; \">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>------------------------------------------------- Book 40, p. 205.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">5.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 33, p. 75.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">6.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 66, p. 419.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">7.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 55, p. 583.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">8.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 55, p. 583.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">9.&nbsp;&nbsp; ------------------------------------------------- Book 61, p. 37.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">10.<span style=\"font-weight: normal; \">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>------------------------------------------------- Book 90, p. 558.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">11.<span style=\"font-weight: normal; \">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>----------------------------------------- ------- Book 69, p. 51</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">12. ------------------------------------------ ------ Book 105, p. 445.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">13. ----------------------------------------- ------- Book 70, p. 574.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>Books and Essays</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ray L. Bellande,<strong> From Marseille to Mississippi, (Bellabde: Ocean Springs, Mississippi - 1991)</strong></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">Mary Louise Christovich and Roulhac Toledano,&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">New Orleans Architecture, Faubourg</span></b>&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Treme and the Bayou Road</span></b>, Volume IV, (Pelican Publishing Company: Gretna, Louisiana-1980).</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">James G. Derbes and William D. Reeves<b>, &ldquo;Benachi House and Esplanade Villa&rdquo;</b>, (2257 Bayou Road and 2216 Esplanade Avenue),(unpublished essay-1998).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Nicholas R. Murray,&nbsp;<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Hunting For Bears</span></b>, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Marriages, 1830-1900, (Murray: Hammond, Louisiana).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Bradford O&rsquo;Keefe Burial Book&nbsp; No. 6</span>, &ldquo;Anthony Nerlas (sic) Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;(Biloxi Public<b>&nbsp;</b>Library Archives), p. 33.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Soards New Orleans City Directory (1904)</span>,</b>&nbsp;(Soards Directory Company Ltd.: New Orleans-1904).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Webster&rsquo;s New Geographical Dictionary</span></b>, (Merriam- Webster Inc.: Springfield, Massachusetts-1988), p. 261.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">The New Orleans WPA Guide:&nbsp; The Federal Writers Project Guide to 1930s New Orleans</span></b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">,</span>(Pantheon Book:&nbsp; New York-1983).</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">CD ROM</span></span></span></h4>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Family Tree Maker (CD ROM),&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Thomas Benachi&rdquo;, &ldquo;Lise Benachi&rdquo;, &ldquo;Helene B. Waldo&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;and<b>&ldquo;Kenneth Waldo&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;Social Security Death Index:&nbsp; United States, 1937-1996, Volume 1 and Volume 2.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></span></span></p>\r\n<h5 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<em><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Court Cases</span></span></em></h5>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">2<sup>nd</sup>&nbsp;District Court of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;The Inventory of Catherine Grund Benachi&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;September 25, 1856.(Recorded in Volume 6, Act 141)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">Transcription of&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Inventory of the Succession of Nicholas M. Benachi&rdquo;</b>, February 24, 1886.&nbsp; (from James G. Derbes)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 676,&nbsp;<b>Mrs. A. Benachi v. Marie</b>&nbsp;<b>Botassi, et al,</b>August Term 1894.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court Cause No. 8286,&nbsp;<b>Estate of B.N. Benachi</b>, May 1922.&nbsp; (see also HARCO Will Book 5, p. 259)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<em><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Federal Census</span></span></span></em></h4>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">Louisiana Federal Census 1870-Orleans Parish,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Nichol Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;7<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Ward, p. 446.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">Louisiana Federal Census1880-Orleans Parish,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;N.M. Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;7<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;Ward, Roll No. 462, p. 652.</span></p>\r\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</h4>\r\n<h4 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<em><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Journals</span></span></span></em></h4>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \">The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Local Happenings&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>November 12, 1892.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Mrs. Anna Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;November 13, 1897.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Doyle-Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;November 7, 1899.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;West End Yacht Club&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;August 7, 1900.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald, March 11, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;June 4, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Benachi-Bidault&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;July 17, 1903.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&rdquo;&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Benachi Avenue To Be Shelled&rdquo;</b>, December 6, 1905.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Big Building Improvement&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>December 20, 1905.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Biloxi Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;City News&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;December 20, 1905.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:georgia,serif;\">The Columbus [Georgia] Daily Enquirer, <strong>&#39;A Jacksonville suicide&#39;</strong>, November 14, 1891, p. 1.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Delta, October 14, 1858.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&ldquo;Patrick Kennedy, Pioneer Citizen of Biloxi, Passes Away&rdquo;,</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&nbsp;March 10, 1913.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&ldquo;Tony Benachi Is Claimed By Death&rdquo;,</b><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;February 16, 1916.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;</span><b style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">&ldquo;Thomas P. McKenna&rdquo;</b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif;\">, July 26, 1920.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Zio Benachi Dead&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;February 14, 1923.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Herald<b>, &ldquo;John J. Kennedy, Ex-Biloxi Mayor, Dies at Residence&rdquo;</b>, September 13, 1949.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;W.P. Kennedy Sr. Is Buried Sunday With Catholic Services&rdquo;</b>, December 24, 1951.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Herald,&nbsp;<b>&quot;Your Coast&quot;-<i>The Biloxi House that changed its address&quot;</i></b>, December 20, 1956.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Biloxi&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>April 1, 1885.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;N.M. Benachi Dead&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;February 9, 1886.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The New Orleans Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Marino Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;September 4, 1853.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The New Orleans Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Michel Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;September 4, 1853.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Ocean Springs Record,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Sous Les Chenes&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;April 2, 1998.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The New Orleans Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Mrs. N.M. Benachi&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>September 4, 1853.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Daily Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Mrs. Nicholas Frangopulo&rdquo;</b>, February 20, 1886.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;D.N. Benachi&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;January 28, 1930.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Times Picayune, </span><b style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">&quot;Louis Bidault&rdquo;, </b><span style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\">December 12, 1940.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Mrs. Irene Benachi Bidault&rdquo;,&nbsp;</b>May 18, 1942.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Times Picayune,&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;Greek Service Honors Leader&rdquo;,</b>&nbsp;July 31, 1964.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h5 class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(50, 150, 3); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">PERSONAL COMMUNICATION</span></span></h5>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">&nbsp;</span></b></span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Baltar Holland</b>-home interview at Biloxi, Mississippi on June 8, 1998.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Herron Kennedy</b>-telephone interview June 11, 1998</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>James G. Derbes</b>-home interview at New Orleans, Louisiana on June 23, 1998</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Alec M. Choremi</b>-letter of July 21, 1998, from Locust Valley, New York 11560.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter\" style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<em><span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><strong>Photographs</strong></span></span></em></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Image 1</b>-<b>Nicholas M. Benachi-</b>photograph taken by Ray L. Bellande in the Benachi-Torre House at 2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1998.&nbsp; Courtesy of James G. Derbes.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: \'times new roman\', times, serif; font-size: 14px; \"><b>Image 2-Benachi-Torre House-</b>photograph<b>&nbsp;</b>taken by Ray L. Bellande in March 1998 of 2257 Bayou Road, New Orleans, Louisiana.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; \">\r\n	<span style=\"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><b>Image 3</b>-<b>N.M. Benachi House at Biloxi-</b>photograph taken by Ray L. Bellande of a pencil drawing of the N.M. Benachi House at Biloxi by Kathy Kennedy.&nbsp; Courtesy of Herron Kennedy 119&nbsp; Benachi Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi.</span></span></p>\r\n', NULL, '2');
