 protestant churches protestant churches ray fri 11182011 1110 time line   1846 in october  frederick a reynoir  and  louise hugon renoir  18011891 sold for 40 a lot on  reynoir street to the 1st baptist church of biloxi  trustees for the church were alexander bookton c taylor john herrington and jc woolworth the baptist church lot had 80feet on reynoir street and ran 88feet to the west it was bounded on the north by the l n railroad  john c bradford  acquired this property in july 1885 for 275 and conveyed it to  pauline trenchard querens  on nola in october 1885 for 450 the biloxi city park was situated on this lot for many years harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 270 bk 21 p 18 and bk 21 p 30  1853 it appears that benjamin holley financed the first lodge of biloxi magnolia lodge no 120 af am in 1853 when the building was situated on the ne c of washington and main street on a lot 66 feet by 80 feet john brown was worshipful master at this time he was succeeded by james fewell in 1854 harrison co mississippi land deed bk6 p 437 and bk 7 p 136  1858 charles w whitall  18041858 new jersey native and rector of the protestant episcopal church at biloxi  died on october 18 1858 the daily picayune october 22 1858 p 2  1880 the methodist conference selecrted the reverend inman cooper to remain at biloxi for another year the pascagoula democratstar january 9 1880 p 3  1885 john c bradford  acquired the baptist church and lot on reynoir street opposite the l n depot in july 1885 for 275 from c taylor oscar d bowen george w andrews and st elder trustees of the baptist church he conveyed it to  pauline jeanne trenchard querens  18611928 on nola in october 1885 for 450 the biloxi city park was situated on this lot for many years harrison co mississippi land deed bk 21 p 18 and bk 21 p 30  1891 in late december  robert selby was appointed pastor of the methodist church  the biloxi herald decmber 26 1891 p 4  1892 jjw mathis pastor of the baptist churches at biloxi and handsboro  has a month s leave of absence and has gone withhis wife to citronelle alabama the biloxi herald january 30 1892 p 4 on may 18 1892 the new episcopal church of the redeemer at biloxi was consecrated to the memory of the reverend rg hinsdale by bishop thompson of mississippi and bishop sessums of louisiana harry t howard donated the land and building the biloxi herald may 21 1892 p 1 on july 26 1892 the great new orleans philanthropist  john henry keller  18301908 himself not a presbyterian donated lot 1 50 feet by 150 feet block 6 of keller s tract to the biloxi presbyterian church the church was located on east howard avenue east of the old biloxi public high school wl covel  18361926 was contracted to erect the small and modest building of the newly organized congregation the deacons and elders of the biloxi presbyterian church among them bemis o bailey 18981969 an ocean springs native  sold their property to the city of biloxi in late december 1940  for 3659 the new central junior high school was built on here on east howard avenue harrison co ms land deed bk 28 p 205 and deed bk 237 p 124 and he biloxi herald july 2 1892 p 1 and july 16 1892 p 4  1896 the reverend hm crain came to biloxi in february to be pastor of the 1st baptist church and also to minister to the baptist faithful at ocean springs he and mrs crain were domiciled in one of the cooper cottages on reynoir stret near front street the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  1897   1899 reverend cf emery of the methodist church left biloxi on january 12th for his new assignment at edwards mississippi the biloxi daily herald january 8 1899 p 8 and january 13 1899 p 8 in december 1899  dr jb searcy  field editor of the baptist which he has been employed for several months has accepted the position of pastor of the 1st baptist church of biloxi  the baptist resulted from the consolidation of the baptist record of meridian and the baptist layman of winona the biloxi daily herald december 5 1899 p 8  1901 the new  baptist church is being built by thompson eistetter  architects and builders the reverend dr searcy is in residence editor note this structure was on lameuse street and washington street the biloxi daily herald january 6 1901 p 8  1904 in may  wkm dukate gave methodist minister hw van hook 1000 for the new church building fund the biloxi herald may 20 1904 p 6 ht howard past grand master  installed charles redding as worshipful master of magnolia lodge no 120 af am in late december the biloxi daily herald decemebr 19 1903 p 6  1905 from the biloxi daily herald october 30 1905 p 4  1906 the reverend jb searcy  18381900 a native of alabama and pastor of the 1st baptist church left biloxi for little rock arkansas on january 6th the reverend hc roberts of eureka springs arkansas wil replace him the biloxi daily herald january 6 1906 p 4 and 1900 harrison co mississippi federal census t623808 p 7b ed 30  1908 pastor henry c roberts  18531910 native of kentucky    left biloxi on january 2nd after two years at the 1st baptist church on washington and main street during his tenure here of constant and faithful service the church became debt free and had a net gain of fifty members reverend roberts relocated to silver creek lawrence county mississippi the daily herald january 2 1908 p 1 and 1910 lawrence co mississippi federal census t624747 p 5b ed 99 the reverend david warren bosdell  18711928 came to the 1st baptist church at biloxi from memphis tennessee in late september to replace reverend roberts he had married anne e gurganus 18761940 at mobile alabama in 1897 the biloxi herald september 25 1908 p 4  1909 reverend william megginson  18691954 and amy allen megginson  18711953 his spouse came to biloxi from edna texas in march and began his duties as pastor of the biloxi presbyterian church on april 1st he was officially recognized as pastor of the church on may 4 1909 the reverend megginson lived at 1716 west beach the daily herald march 20 1909 p 8 and may 3 1909 p 4 reverend william a roper   18681910 native of alabama who replaced henry c roberts at the 1st baptist church departed biloxi for kosciusko attala county mississippi in april 1909 he was offered an annual salary of 1500 to relocate the daily herald april 5 1909 p 4 and 1910 attala county mississippi t624732 p 26a ed 3 the christian science society of biloxi plans to erect a church on the corner of howard and seal avenues  a chapel will be put up for temporry use of the society contractor wt powell has completed the foundation from plans drawn by ac voak a local man the church will be an attractive bungalowstyle frame structure the biloxi daily herald may 14 1909 p 8 in may the first baptist church of biloxi selected the reverend james jesse smylie  18651950 of florence mississippi as their new pastor reverend smylie s tenure at biloxi was short as he resigned his post in midseptember 1909 biloxi was his first pastorate and smylie had been a methodist before becoming a baptist leaving biloxi he went to kentucky tennessee and louisiana doing evangelistic work in december 1909 the reverend jj smylie accepted the baptist pastorate at mansfield louisiana the reverend smylie and his spouse libbie k symlie 18681937 were the parents of at least eight children they and several of their children are buried in the rose hill cemetery at meridian lauderdale county mississippi the biloxi daily herald may 17 1909 p 4 september 13 1909 p 2 and december 10 1909 p 8 and 1910 desoto parish louisiana federal census t624512 p 8a ed 69  1910  the  lutheran community of biloxi met in the presbyterian church  and were led by martin haas president f greve treasurer and miss gertrude ott secretary they were  planning to erect a 3000 church building an acquire a lot the reverend george schlisser of pascagoula  was to be the pastor of the biloxi lutheran church the daily herald december 28 1910 p 1  fw williams  itenerant  negro apostolic preacher  returned to biloxi for the third time he planned to preach at the colored methodist church on main street near the l n rr he was run out of time the first time for allowing whites to enter his tent near division street on another occasion reverend williams was asked to leave when biloxi police discovered a woman lying prostrate on the floor of a small building surrounded by religionists of his mysterious faith she had been there for almost 24 hours under the power of god williams has travelled throughout alabama and mississipppio and as far as memphis he wears a smile that is guaranteed not to fade the daily herald december 29 1910 p 1  1913   pastor dw bosdell resigned his position at the 1st baptist church effective 31 december 1913 he elected to go to lucedale george county mississippi where a new church was to be erected the daily herald october 6 1913 p 1 and december 22 1913 p 4  1915  in late june the first evangelical lutheran church congregation meeting in the first baptist church of biloxi awarded a 2500 contract to harry haise and eric johansen to erect a bungalow style chapel  28 feet by 47 feet at jackson and thomas streets the completed chapel valued at 3500 was dedicated on september 26 1915 the  reverend ecbrink of illinois came to biloxi in 1914 to take charge of the newly developing congregation which had about 35 members at this time  the daily herald july 2 1915 p 2 and september 27 1915 p 1  1917 reverend byron holley  18511939 native of new york  came to the episcopal church of the redeemer at biloxi in june 1917  he had been rector of the grace church and st george s episcopal church in new orleans dr holley would be named president of the biiloxi hospital association in february 1919 and work actively at church missions in ocean springs and on point cadet in biloxi he and his spouse  elizabeth sanborn knapp  left biloxi in march 1921 for napa california the daily herald june 14 1921 p 3 and march 28 1921 p 1  1921 on november 3rd  ec gay conveyed a large lot on the southside of west howard avenue with 82 feet on west howard and running south 629 feet to an alley the extension of jackson street  to jw elder lyman bradford and nvboddie trustees of the 1st baptist church  the consideration was 2800 julius m lopez had sold the lot to ec gay on october 28 1921 harrison co mississippi chancery court deed bk 132 p 575  1922 the reverend hf tolle formerly at the main street methodist church is ill in jackson  he still has a large cottage at the seashore campground the daily herald june 12 1922 p 3 the 1st evangelical lutheran church on jackson and thomas streets dedicated its new altar and pulpit the reverend george hoffman was assited by bishop l schweickhardt of new orleans the daily herald june 12 1922 p 3  1923 in november the finance committee of the 1st baptist church of biloxi began planning to raise money for their proposed 50000 santuary on west howard avenue  james e greene of birmingham alabama was selected as their architect the daily herald november 17 1923 p 1  1928  the reverend sw noles  newly elected pastor of the oak street assembly of god church  assumed his duties in august other church officers elected were deaconsld wells jm jalanivich and a caldwell tony feldman sec and jm jalanovich treas trusteesle kinsey joseph cox and fc weaver the daily herald august 4 1928 p 2  1930 reverend jw holloway  the brother of reverend dp holloway also known at biloxi has assumed duties as pastor at the oak street assembly of god church  he succeeds the reverend wm stevens who left to take charge of the church at stonewall lorraine reverend holloway came here from mccomb where he had been the pastor last year priorly he was at laurel s assembly of god church for three years the daily hwerald august 25 1930 p 2  reverend o nussmann pastor of the first evangelical lutheran church  will speak at the rotary club on his experiences in india the dasily herald september 29 1930 p 2  1931 in june the reverend gc hodge of jackson replaced the reverend lewis harrison miller  18881949 as pastor of the 1st baptist church reverend miller a native of macon county north carolina was relocating to new york by 1940 he and his family were at chick springs south carolina his son lewis h miller jr 19192008 also became a baptist minister and usaf chaplain  claude p jones was pastor at the main street methodist church at this time the daily herald june 1 1931 p 2  1938   first evangelical lutheran church will celebrate its 25th anniversary of its biloxi organization next sunday  in 1915 the church building at thomas and jackson street was dedicated  in 1921 under the leadership of reverend george hoffman the work of the church was expanded to include activities of a back bay mission with chapels at chartres  bayview avenue  and oak street  resident pastors who have served the congregation in its history were reverend paul wobus reverend ec brink reverend hw hosto reverend george hoffman reverend r gruenke reverend e arndt reverend o nussmann reverend fj mehrtens and the present pastor the reverend th van dyck the daily herald november 9 1938 p 5  1939   reverend byron holley jr  18511939 native of rochester new york and rector of the episcopal church of the redeemer at biloxi from june 1917 to march 1921 died on may 2 1939 at burbank california he was preceded in death by fannie estelle campbell 18531905 his first spouse dr holley was survivied by elizabeth sanborn knapp his second wife his son robert campbell holley of hardwick georgia and daughter lucille holley wilson wife of robert h wilson the timespicayune may 12 1939 p 2  reverend clyde h gunn  19021980 who came to biloxi s main street methodist church in 1938 from morton scott county mississippi was reassigned to biloxi for another year  the daily herald november 20 1939 p 3  1941 in march the first presbyterian church under the leadership of the reverend ro flynn moved its little white church through the streets of biloxi from the 500 block of east howard avenue a distance of about 1 23 miles to the corner of west howard avenue and hopkins boulevard  the daily herald march 21 1941 p 1 and april 18 1941 p 6 with image  reverend henry reported that the foundation for the pass road tabernacle church was almost finished and that donations to erect the church continue to be received the daily herald april 12 1941 p 7  1942   1943   1944 the local church of the nazarene at biloxi was founded in 1944 the daily herald october 9 1948 p 2 reverend thomas a carruth appointed pastor of the main street methodist church the daily herald october 21 1946 p 1  1945     1946 the east end methodist church acquired a lot on east howard avenue  the reverend am ellison is working with the east end church  police chief laz quave recently joined the church and is taking an active interest in church work the methodists in biloxi are raising funds to erect two new churches the daily herald february 25 1946 p 7 in october the 8000  church of christ on keller place was under construction by contractor jp starks the daily herald october 15 1946 p 5  reverend thomas a carruth of the main street methodist church was joined by thomas mccurlery as his associate pastor in october the daily herald october 24 1946 p 7  1947 the church of christ moved into its new building at 212 keller place in early march  the 1500 squarefoot structure was built with concrete blocks concrete floors asbestos roofing and sheet rock ceiling by jp starks for 9000 the auditorium seats 240 congregants there were two sunday school classrooms and a 40 squarefoot baptistry with pool  at russell cc lee and robert e lee are trustees of the church and services have been held in the city hall for the past four years the daily herald february 27 1947 p 10  reverend lachlan cvass  b 1872 supply pastor of the first presbyterian church of biloxi for the past five years  retired to make his home at decatur georgia  the daily herald may 24 1947 p 2  joel f winkler  19231989 native of anderson indiana who had been pastor of the pass road gospel tabernacle of the christian and missionary alliance since june 17 1945 was ordained for the ministry at tampa florida at the annual conference held from september 30 to october 3 1947 in may 1945 joel had completed the three year course at the missionary training institute at nyack new york he died on june 21 1989 at kingman arizona the daily herald october 14 1947 p 5  1948   dr bz welch chairman of the main street methodist church building committee  announced plans for a  new sanctuary on hopkins boulevard  carl matthes was named architect the daily herald march 1 1948 p 2 on october 10th the church of the nazarene of biloxi under the leadership of reverend ej miller  joined a churchwide celebration of the 40th anniversary of the organization of the church of the nazarene as a protestant denomination the daily herald october 9 1948 p 2  the reverend maynard michael miller assumed his duties as pastor of biloxi s presbyterian church the daily herald november 27 1948 p 6  1949 the reverend james thomas leggett  18651949  pioneer methodist minister  died on june 24 1949 his internment was in the highlands cemetery at hattiesburg mississippi  1950 in march 1950 john t collins was taking bids to erect the back bay evangelical and reform mission building at chartres  bayview avenue  and fayard street  the 5000 squareft woodframed asbestos siding structure was to cost about 25000 the building was to have three assembly rooms 35 feet by 30 feet separated by folding patitions three classrooms kitchen bedroom and toilet facilities   the reverend victor t kissell  pastor  was in charge of the mission the daily herald march 29 1950 p 9    1951 the reverend grover cleveland hodge  18921980  celebrated his 20th year with the 1st baptist church of biloxi in early june  when dr hodge came to biloxi in 1931 the church had 464 members and a sunday school enrollment of 258 students in 1951 these numbers were 1220 congregants and 768 sunday school attendees gc hodge was presented with a lord elgin wrist watch by lh williams  alma hodge rose  his daughter and spouse of john rose  and pamela king rose  his granddaughter all of chattanooga tennessee attended the fete the daily herald june 2 1951 p 6 and june 4 1951 p 2  ground was broken in early june for a baptist mission at fernwood on pass road the new building was called the bowen memorial baptist chapel and the first congregation was organized by the reverend we bowen and the reverend fs dodge circa 1916  lt colonel richard l alexander had been pastor of the mission church since 1948  shroudsmogabgab of gulfport were architects for the concrete and stucco structure with a 150 person seating capacity the daily herald june 9 1951 p 8 and november 10 1951 p 12 the 1st methodist church will have homecoming day on sunday the daily herald june 9 1951 p 8  1952 on january 20th the west biloxi baptist church held its first service in its educational building situated on the corner of camellia and southern avenues in the greater biloxi subdivision  for the past four months the congregation had met in the homes of robert mcdaniels and corey ashcraft superintendent the reverend j hoffman harris assistant pastor fo the first baptist church of biloxi is serving as pastor  the daily herald january 19 1952 p 6  emmanuel baptist church on rodenberg avenue began as a mission of the handsboro baptist church in 1952 first services held in a house purchased there in august 1952 parishoners petitioned to become the emmanuel baptist church with 34 members in november 1953 built a twostory education building and the present day 2014 sanctuary was completed in 1957 the sun herald december 6 2014 p b7  dr wa tyson  native of georgia  arrived at biloxi in late june to become pastor of the first methodist church of biloxi  he and mrs tyson came from vicksburg to take up residence in the methodist parsonage on seal avenue the daily herald june 21 1952 p 2  1954 on july 25th  epworth methodist church laid the cornerstone for its new church on the nw c of walker and davis streets in biloxi s back bay section  mrs ben garlotte placed the mortar on the footings others in attendance were reverend eugene dyess paul balius lloyd bonnett charles higginbotham and ce mims  the epworth methodist church and moore community house were founded in 1925 by the reverend ww moore  the daily herald july 28 1954 p 16  1955 dr grover c hodge retired from his twentyfour year ministry at the 1st baptist church of biloxi in may 1955 the daily herald may 5 1955 p 1  1958  the jt leggett memorial methodist church  named for the reverend james thomas leggett  18651949 at the methodist seashore assembly grounds on west beach biloxi was dedicated on january 26 1958 it was erected on the former site of the another methodist tabernacle the church could seat 300 worshipers and and served also as a meeting place for conference wide activities including the annual pastor s school and the school missions of the wscs the sanctaury was designed by claude lindley of ocean springs and built by mj lang construction company the first pastor was the reverend jerry furr b 1929 native of pascagoula and the husband of marlene byrd the daily herald january 25 1959 p 3  1959 the  60000 east howard avenue baptist church on east howard avenue and maple street was dedicated on november 29th the brick and glass structure was 86 feet deep and 48 feet wide with a seating capacity of about 500 people including the balcony area the reverend leo c hoff  19132009 a native of brookhaven lincoln county mississippi had come to this biloxi church 2 12 years ago from the bunker hill baptist church near columbia mississippi the reverend hoff expired at norwood lincoln county mississippi on april 17 2009  the daily herald november 28 1959 p 6  1964 fred ferraez  native of new orleans and fortier high school graduate  was named pastor of the nazarene church at biloxi  reverend ferraez received his religious training a the bethany nazarene college at bethany oklahoma he had married frances pazaris  19292013 and they were the parents of 5 children the daily herald december 10 1964 p 12  1966 in march  reverend larry g rohrman   19382005 pastor of the temple baptist church at tuscaloosa alabama  accepted the head ministry of the 1st baptist church of biloxi  reverend rohrman was born in south texas and had attended baylor university and the new orleans baptist seminary his marriage to sonya o neal  a hattiesburg mississippi native and baylor university graduate had given life to michael scott rohrman and cindy lea rohrman  the family expected to be in biloxi by april 10th  reverend rohrman s prior religious duties had taken him to val verde texas and hattiesburg mississippi  larry g rohrman is believed to have passed on june 24 2005 at blountsville alabama the daily herald march 17 1966 p 1  1973 the reverend ernest sylvester flynt  19811973 native of mt olive mississippi and a retired baptist minister died at biloxi on october 13 1973 his 60 years of christian service had brought him to pastorates at kentucky indiana and mississippi on the coast es flynt had served 15 years as pastor of the handsboro baptist church 14 years as pastor of the east howard avenue baptist church and for 7 years at the west gulfport baptist church he was also responsible for organizing several churches on the coast with the last two at woolmarket and west gulfport reverend flynt was survivied by elizabeth j richardson flynt 18921975 his wife at biloxi and two daughters earline f bergin of ocean springs and ernestine f sumrall of handsboro the corporal remains of the reverend flynt and mrs flynt were in the floral hills cemetery at gulfport mississippi the daily herald ocotber 14 1973 p 2  1980   reverend glover cleveland hodge sr   18921980 died at biloxi on november 7 1980 he was pastor of the first baptist church of biloxi from 1931 to early may 1955 alma simmons hodge 18961995 his spouse expired in late june 1995 both internments were in southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi the daily herald may 5 1955 p 1 november 9 19080 p a4 and june 29 1995 p c2  1999 on october 14th  beau rivage resorts inc acquired the 1st baptist church of biloxi sanctuary and lot on west howard avenue  tc waller was chairman of the 1st baptist church deacons at this time harrison co mississippi chancery court 2nd jd land deed bk 347 p 6  church histories and cults brother isaiah brother isaiah 18471934 was born john cudney in ontario province canada  possibly no other event in the history of this region other than the founding of gulf hills in 1925 has left an indelible mark on the settlers along the placid waters of bayou puerto and the back bay of biloxi than the arrival of brother isaiah in june 1922 with the assistance of martin fountain jr 18821963 and his son wallace fountain 19031958 brother isaiah came to the mississippi gulf coast with his entourage from new orleans after arriving at the biloxi harbor with his fleet of seven vessels which included houseboats brother isaiah and followers settled on high ground near the mouth of bayou puerto a small estuarine stream situated west of gulf hills a newly developing resort community here they lived in tents and houses isaiah s group consisted of about twentyfive people they dressed in the fashion of the time but the men wore long hair and grew heavy beards women of the cult wore no facial enhancement the sexes lived separately  the daily herald june 10 1922 p 3 and june 24 1922 p 1   isaiah s disciples tilled the land primarily growing vegetables for their livelihood while brother isaiah preached and practiced his art of healing brother isaiah drove a limousine it was a hudson super six purchased in 1922 at new orleans by a man who had followed brother isaiah from california the anonymous donor claimed that a lifelong intestinal ailment had permanently disappeared after he received a handkerchief touched by the hands of brother isaiah  the times picayune january 25 1922 p 1   the albert e lee 18741936 the editor of  the jackson county times  related the following on july 1 1922 p 5   brother isaiah continues to attract hundreds of visitors to his camp on back bay many of whom go to him to be healed of their mental and bodily afflictions there is a conflict of opinion as to the ability of brother isaiah as a healer some say he performs miracles and some say he is just an ignorant old man with a deluded idea that he is endowed with supernatural power the editor of the times has not visited the camp nor attended any of the meetings being held by isaiah   also in early july 1922  the daily herald  reported that   ocean springs people still continue to visit brother isaiah nightly some for treatment others to witness meetings   the daily herald july 8 1922 p 2   in late november 1923 brother isaiah returned to north biloxi after a visit to the northwest at kirkland washington he had conducted meetings the local colony at this time numbered some seventyfive souls that tilled the soil and assisted brother isaiah in his daily affairs  the timespicayune november 26 1923 p 6    texas in early october 1922 brother isaiah left his st martin retreat to visit beaumont texas he planned to treat a lady patient there members of his cult have been traveling to and fro lumberton and other venues in south mississippi those who remain in the camp at st martin are farming  the daily herald october 10 1922    john cudney brother isaiah 18471934 was born john cudney in ontario province canada near niagara falls new york he believed that he was the 88th reincarnation of the prophet isaiah brother isaiah with his mother and sister amanda coldberg 18431920 landed at new orleans circa 1916 here they subsided on a houseboat moored to the mississippi river levee near audubon park in a few years brother isaiah was drawing thousands to the batture to hear his sermons and be cured by the miracle man as he became known  the oroville mercuryregister february 23 1985   in september 1857 amanda cudney and john cudney with abel cudney 18501900 and caroline cudney 18421857 their other siblings were living in the household of charles rosel 18301857 a farmer domiciled in filmore county minnesota territory this census gave michigan as the birth place for the cudney children september 1857 minnesota territory 18491905 census roll mn 18572line 3 the peripatetic brother isaiah had colonies at various places in the united states between 1922 and his demise in july 1934 the cudney cult had lived or visited in california washington mississippi louisiana texas and florida his short tenure on the mississippi coast was in western jackson county primarily in the area today which is called st martin here cudney and his faithful lived in tents and houses off of lemoyne boulevard in the vicinity of bayou puerto and on the rosemoney farm north of ocean springs where he preached and cured the afflicted as part of his legacy john cudney left a book  the city of new jerusalem  it was published at los angeles in march 1932 the 900 page volume contains more than 600 pages of sermons many of these were delivered at fort meyers florida the work also contains 110 pages of testimonials and many letters  the oroville mercury register february 23 1985    death john cudney passed in late july 1934 near oroville california unlike the followers of jesus who waited at the tomb and witnessed his resurrection on easter sunday there is no miracle here dejectedly the disciples of the dead man brother isaiah placed his remains in the earth completing the cycle as told by st paul man dust thou art and dust thou shall return  the jackson county times july 28 1937 p 2    the return in april 1937  the daily herald  reported that the camp of the saints has located on the mr davis place on the meunier property in north biloxi the followers of the late brother isaiah 18471934 which numbered about twelve and were primarily men decided that the biloxi area was an ideal location they were seeking a large farm to share crop the disciples of brother isaiah believed in making their livelihood from agriculture not from donations they did not plan to practice any form of healing like their deceased leader the religious cult had disbanded in 1936 in northern california the saints left biloxi in 1925 for fort meyers florida before relocating to raceland louisiana circa 1929 their journey had ended in oroville california  the daily herald april 20 1937 p 10   there are many octogenarians in this area who were taken to the tent of brother isaiah by their parents children and grandchildren of these people might inquire of them and get their own vicarious vision of brother isaiah  references  john m fletcher  the american journal of psychology    the miracle man of new orleans  vol 33 no 1 jan 1922 pp 113120 journals the daily herald   brother isaiah arrives   june 10 1922 the daily herald   brother isaiah works miracles in jackson county with colony   june 24 1922 the daily herald   brother isaiah goes to texas  october 10 1922 the daily herald   brother isaiah in california   august 8 1929 the daily herald   brother isaiah s followers return   april 20 1937 the jackson county times   local and personal   july 1 1922 the jackson county times   local and personal   september 16 1922 the jackson county times   brother isaiah is touring the states   september 16 1922 the jackson county times  death occurs in isaiah s tent   november 24 1923 the jackson county times   brother isaiah en route to biloxi  august 30 1924 the jackson county times   local and personal   april 4 1925 the jackson county times   faith works wonders   october 29 1927 the jackson county times   isaiah dies  july 28 1934 the jackson county times   brother isaiah dies in california   july 28 1934 jambalayathe crescent citycoast connection   once upon a timethe miracle man brother isaiah 18471934   april 1998 the times picayune   strange faith cures laid at door of tiny houseboat  march 11 1920 p 1 the times picayune   blind hope aroused to passion forces army of lame weak and sick to healing of new isaiah  march 12 1920 p 1 the times picayune   disbelief creeps in to discount triumph of cures by healer   march 13 1920 p 1 the times picayune   police declare hands off for brother isaiah   march 13 1920 p 4 the times picayune   healer s declined funds are sought  march 13 1920 p 4 the times picayune   wars of bloodshed decried and those of righteousness extolled by brother isaiah  march 15 1920 p 1 the times picayune   aged healer spends monday in pujol home  march 16 1920 p 1 the times picayune   patrolman says brother isaiah gave him relief  march 16 1920 p 2 the times picayune   blind workers desert shop and rush to brother isaiah  march 17 1920 p 1 the times picayune   biloxi kiwanians fight proposed river spillway    november 26  1923 p 6 the oroville california mercury register   brother isaiah founded new jerusalem here    february 23 1985 o   241 howard avenue  image made march 2012  east howard avenue baptist church 241 howard avenue   1959dedication the  60000 east howard avenue baptist church on east howard avenue and maple street was dedicated  on november 29 1959 the brick and glass structure was 86 feet deep and 48 feet wide with a seating capacity of about 500 people including the balcony area the  reverend leo c hoff  19132009 a native of brookhaven lincoln county mississippi had come to this biloxi church 2 12 years ago from the bunker hill baptist church near columbia mississippi the  reverend hoff expired at norwood lincoln county mississippi on april 17 2009  the daily herald november 28 1959 p 6  postkatrina in august 2011 the sixty more or less congregants of the east howard baptist church a member of the gulf coast baptist association were greeted by tom mims their new minister and tommy mims his son as their music director christen cauley was children s worship director devasted by hurricane katrina because of its low elevation on the southeast corner of howard avenue and maple street on biloxi s point cadet the church suffered a loss of participation as former residents of the area relocated to other areas in addition to his pastoral obligations tom mims is the director of the gulf coast rescue mission at biloxi the sun herald march 11 2012 p a9  references    the daily herald    east howard avenue baptist   november 28 1959  the sun herald    east howard baptist church feels the work of holy spirit   march 10 2012 p a9 978 views  