 joe moran joe moran ray thu 6122014 1046 joe moran in 1959 joe moran while assisting his son turn a boat over suffered severe injuries to his aorta and the displacement of his heart from its sac while hospitalized his physician requested that he sketch boats impressed with joe s ability the doctor enrolled him a home study art course by 1962 mr moran realized that he would never have the physicality to build boats again he began to study art with william steene the mississippi press january 9 1994 p 12c  william robert steene  18871965 was born at syracuse new york on august 18 1887 he was a nationally known portrait painter and muralist steene studied under colarossi and julian in paris after his initial art education at the art students league and national academy of design in new york city among his portraitures possibly familiar to local residents are president franklin d roosevelt senator theodore bilbo of mississippi governor henry whitfield of mississippi dr karl meyer head of cook county hospital at chicago ev richards president of the navy league of america and paramount richards theatres and golfing legend robert trent bobby jones who s who in america vol 31 19601961 and bradfordo keefe burial book 48 p 245 william steene built a home and studio at gulf hills in 1950 in 1956 from his gulf hills studio wr steene completed a large mural depicting the 1953 louisiana sesquicentennial celebration a remembrance of the louisiana purchase of 1803 at new orleans president eisenhower is at the center of this 50foot long tenfoot tall triptych mural which took a year to complete the painting hangs in the presbytery of the louisiana state museum at new orleans  the daily herald know your coast november 15 1957    clovinia lucinda ohr clovinia l ohr 18921989 called clo was born at biloxi on may 1 1892 she was baptized on june 5 1892 in the nativity bvm roman catholic church on april 15 1909 clo eloped and married fredric andrew moran 18881972 a wellknown boat builder and schooner racer of biloxi he was the son of ernest moran and catherine kornman 18541922 lepre 1991 p 243 harco ms mrb bk 21 p 188 and  the biloxi daily herald april 16 1909 p 1  clo and freddie moran were the parents of four children fredric elwood moran 19102001 julia moran 19121989 m ray z sutton 19061966 josephine moran 19151997 m john morykwas and joseph joe moran  19151999 m dorothy davis 19172011 joe moran like his father also built boats and in his later life became a nationally acclaimed painter several of mr moran s works are in the smithsonian institute and two american presidents have acquired his art  the sun herald december 1 1989 p b2 and the sun herald march 24 1999    ew blossman collectionocean springs mississippi joseph w moran  19151999 called joe was born at biloxi mississippi on december 6 1915 he expired on march 23 1999 mr moran had married dorothy dot davis 19172011 the daughter of george e davis and cathwerine schaeffer in harrison county mississippi on february 18 1939 harrison county mississippi circuit court mrb 49 p 450 children joseph moran ii 19421954 beverly bev moran richard dick moran tommy moran  christopher glenn moran  b 1952 m martha joyce ann eleuterius and lana june koman cindy moran williams mary moran rogers joann moran margaret moran joseph moran iii and kathryn moran coggin grandchildren joseph moran iv corinna cannette peter moran eva king wayne moran steven moran jennifer seymour tj moran jared moran kelsey moran marsha jones justin pearce kody coggin and brandon coggin she has numerous great grandchildren cousins nieces and nephews  agnew painting  in october 1969 a joe moran 19151999 oil painting of biloxi shrimp trawlers was presented to spiro t agnew vice president of the united states for his assistance following hurricane camille of august 1969 the ocean springs record october 23 1969 p 10 in november 1974 mr moran held an exhibit of his work at the blossman building on washington avenue in ocean springs mississippi edward w woody blossman 19131990 was a patron of joe moran and acquired his paintings which are on public display in the blossman building joe was named to the 1974 edition of who s who in mississippi the ocean springs record november 21 1974 p 1  dorothy dot davis born january 13 1917 and died december 11 2011  seafood museum art gallerybiloxi mississippi  on loan from dennis o keefe brother  references  the daily herald   frederic a moran   july 11 1972 the mississippi press    acccident led boatbuilder to become artist   january 9 1994 p 12c the ocean springs record    a moran  painting  goes to washington   october 23 1969 p 10 the ocean springs record    joe moran to give demonstration   may 4 1972 p 4 the ocean springs record    moran exhibition at blossman building   november 21 1974 p 1 the state times  baton rouge     gala oneman show at gerard s features joe moran   december 3 1981 the sun   otto t ohr   april 21 1982 the sun herald   mrs marguerite ohr   july 25 1986 the sun herald   carl ohr   october 22 1986 the sun herald   mrs clo l ohr moran   december 1 1989 the sun herald   ojo ohr   march 24 1991 the sun herald   some of ohr s pottery comes back to grandson   february 18 1993 the sun herald   carl otto ohr   march 5 1996 the sun herald   moran leaves mark on coast   march 24 1999 the sun herald   wayne m morykwas   july 29 2005  t he sun herald  ohr s grandson joe moran s photographs in the spotlight november 27 2007 p b8 the sun herald    dorothy dot davis moran    december 13 2011 the timespicayune    exhibit  mobile alabama  to open    may 9 1965 the timespicayune    award winner  tommy moran     july 22 1973 1351 views  