 children children osarep tue 3232010 1924 roy peter bellande  18951964 the eldest child of peter and alice caillavet bellande was a son  roy peter bellande  roy was born at 837 lameuse street on september 25 1895 it is passed on by the family that he left school in the fifth grade to help his family survive the hardships of that time during ww i roy served in the us army as a lieutenant at camp pike arkansas which had been established in 1917 as a training facility for the army he was discharged in december 1919  the daily herald december 6 1918 p 3   in biloxi he worked for a lumber company but later moved to new orleans in the crescent city he lived with his two aunts emma and blanche caillavet who lived in the french quarter on governor nicholls street roy worked initially in a cigar factory but later became a salesmanager for new south cigar company a tobacco and cigar wholesaler  thelma giarrusso on june 12 1924 roy p bellande married thelma giaruso  19042002 an attractive lady of italian and german ancestry she was born at new orleans on march 28 1904 the daughter of italian immigrant the daughter of 1874 italian immigrant james i giarruso 18691959 and anna blumstein 18711914 her grandfather blumstein was born in alsacelorraine thelma s brothers dr alfred peter giarrusso clarence b   giarrusso and joseph i giarrusso were active in politics law enforcement and sports for decades in new orleans thelma s mother died in february 1914 and her father married mary giarrusso 18891960 in july 1916 james i giarrusso made his livelihood as a beer salesman when the family lived on barracks street in faubourg treme on the edge of the vieux carre later the family relocated to 1713 ursuline street and he worked as a clerk for many years in the comptroller s office of the nola city finance department thelma and roy lived in new orleans approximately ten years before coming to biloxi to seek their fortune thelma was a former member and queen of the le danseurs carnival club and a life time member of the notre dame sacred heart booster club she was a member of nativity bvm where she was also a member of the altar society mrs bellande was preceded in death by husband roy p bellande three sisters mrs lucille g faucheux 19011982 miss rosa giarrusso 19001905 and miss rosalie giarrusso 19061988 and five brothers rudolph giarrusso 18971977 james i giarrusso jr 18981959 lester giarrusso 19071963 dr alfred peter giarrusso 19131997 and maurice giarrusso 19161935 she was survived by three brothers harold hap j giarrusso 19022002 clarence b giarrusso 19212007 and joseph i giarrusso sr 19232005   the timespicayune august 4 2002 p 5   thelma g bellande remained in their home at 449 porter avenue in biloxi until her demise on august 2 2002 they had no children thelma g bellande was ninetyeight years at the time of her passing she lived a full life until her late nineties when her health began to fail thelma drove her motorcar until her ninetysixth year her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park mausoleum with those of her spouse from the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2 nd the sun herald august 4 2002 p a7 and the timespicayunem august 4 2002 p 5    thelma giaruso bellande 19042002 and roy p bellande 18951964 and roy aristede buster and faye bellandecirca 1903  second photo water damaged by hurricane camille1969  bellande beverage company circa 1937 and january 1994 831 lameuse street  the building survived hurricane katrina of august 29 2005 young ladies are probably children of harold and faye bellande davidson  bellande beverage company in 1936 after beer and wine had become legal to sell again in mississippi roy p bellande became associated with the spearman beer company of pensacola florida his territory was the state of mississippi and his business was situated at the corner of reynoir and howard avenue in july 1937 roy was promoted by spearman to field representative and his theatre of operations now included louisiana and alabama shortly after his promotion he and thelma left biloxi for a six week tour of alabama the daily herald july 22 1937 p 7 the spearman business was located later south of the family home at 831 lameuse street as of march 2018 this tin building is extant the structure was built in the fall of 1936 by william f caillavet 18791940 his uncle the company moved to its permanent location on bohn street in the late 1940s after bellande beverage company was chartered in the state of mississippi on july 15 1938 with 5000 capital and 50 shares of common stock younger brother marcel j bellande joined the organization in 1936 as manager after a brief career in professional baseball  the daily herald october 30 1936 p 5 and august 19 1938 p 3 and harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 65 p 346 in 1942 the bellande beverage company was selling chevy ale and hudepohl beer product brewed by the hudepohl brewing company of cincinnati ohio in time national brands such as falstaff schlitz and pabst were integrated into the business roy and mickey as marcel was called together with their loyal wives built a very successful organization which operated from bay st louis to moss point and north almost to wiggins in stone county their territory encompassed about 1300 square miles  the pascagoula chroniclestar may 15 1942 and june 5 1942    bohn street in october 1945 the bellande beverage began acquiring land on the east side of bohn street south of the l n railroad rightofway and west howard avenue at this time the company paid 3500 to the first national bank of biloxi for a lot with 150 feet on bohn street and running 100 feet east a contiguous parcel was bought from the same bank in january 28 1946 for 1500 its dimensions were 150 feet north and south and 76 feet east and west both bellande beverage company tracts were bounded on the north by the rightofway of the l n railroad which later would run a spur to the bellande warehouse for boxcar deliveries of beer harrison co mississippi chancery court land deed bk 279 p 302 and bk 282 p 136 by 1957 the bellande beverage company had grown to twentyeight employees and ten trucks in addition to their biloxi facility on bohn street just south of the l n railroad beer distribution warehouses were situated in bay st louis and pascagoula mrs mona hunt was secretary of the organization  the ocean springs news may 30 1957 p 8   the bellande beverage company was sold on may 1 1979 to the afton beverage company of chattanooga tennessee afton marketed pepsicola and sevenup at chattanooga  the daily herald may 10 1979 and  harrison co mississippi chancery court 2nd jd land deed bk 92 p 515 i was fortunate to work many summers while in college for uncle roy and remember him as an individual who was quiet spoken honest and possessed a subtle wit he had great instincts in business and believed in the cif method of doing business ie cash in fist if you could obtain credit from him you knew you were honest roy bellande enjoyed his friends at sicurro s lounge on division street the elks club and american legion although he liked to fish for perch and green trout he had skin cancer and was limited to the extent of his outdoor activities in later life  organizations during wwi roy p bellande served in the us army as an infantryman he did not go to europe to fight among his memberships and offices held were chairman of the board of trustees of the american legion lyman c bradford post a trustee of the biloxi elks vice president of the biloxi fishing and hunting association mississippi malt beverage association national beer wholesalers west end volunteer fire company revelers carnival club and the chamber of commerce of biloxi gulfport pascagoula and ocean springs  the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2    mardi gras daymarch 5 1957  in september 1953 he was parade marshall in the annual fireman s day parade for the west end fire company roy was also king d iberville of the biloxi mardi gras in 1957 with carolyn bolton as his queen ixolib the daily herald march 5 1957 p 1 roy peter bellande died peacefully in his sleep on january 30 1964 probably of heart failure his widow thelma remained in their home at 449 porter avenue in biloxi until her demise on august 2 2002 they had no children thelma g bellande was ninetyeight years at the time of her passing she lived a full life until her late nineties when her health began to fail thelma drove her motorcar until her ninetysixth year her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park mausoleum with those of her spouse  the daily herald january 30 1964 p 2 and the sun herald august 4 2002 p a7    louise faith bellande  18981974 faye bellande was born february 15 1898 on lameuse street in biloxi she worked for the telephone company where she met harold james davidson 18941982 harold j davidson was born at biloxi on december 28 1894 the son of william davidson and margaret ledden 18631925 mrs davidson was a native of new orleans and the daughter of jeremiah ledden and margaret o brien she had come to biloxi circa 1885 the william davidson family resided at 514 bohn street when she expired on april 4 1925 mrs davidson was survived by four children alethia e davidson 18901965 married alfred g brunet 18901948 william sydney davidson 18931941 married viola genevieve comfort 19081999 harold davidson 18941982 m louise faye bellande 18981974 and calvin arnold skinny davidson 19011971 married audrey virginia harrison 19122003 a daughter olga davidson smith 18991920 had expired on january 20 1920  the daily herald april 6 1925 p 3   lr  faye bellande davidson 18981974 trilla davidson harold davidson 18941982 fern davidson image circa 1945    road racing as a young man harold davidson was an outstanding long distance runner an article in  the daily herald  of september 28 1916 stated  harold davidson a local boy and well known amateur long distance runner is training for a five mile race the annual event of the young men s gymnastic club of new orleans to take place in that city on thanksgiving day mr davidson has won two medals for his running and this time he is going in the race to try and lower the record for the south in the fivemile distance he captured a gold medal for coming in first in the race held by that club on thanksgiving day last and on march 4 of this year he received a silver medal for coming in a close second in a similar race mr davidson stated that the present record is 28 18 for the five miles a number of excellent runners will take part in the race to be held this year and the biloxian expects to give them a hard run for their money in the race run on last thanksgiving day he lead sixteen other entries and received a big ovation these events prove interesting to sportsmen in the crescent city and are witnessed by large crowds of spectators  davidson also did well at new orleans in the midnovember 1916 road race he placed a close second to southern champion willie davis a teammate on the young men s gymnastics club davis covered the five mile course in twentysix minutes and fifteen seconds besting harold by ten seconds twentyfour other runners followed them across the finish line davidson planned to run in the thanksgiving day race also scheduled for new orleans  the daily herald november 20 1916 p 3   in january 1917 harold davidson was training for a twomile race to be held at mobile on mardi gras day he was to represent the young men s gymnastic club of new orleans professional road racers were expected in the mobile event  the daily herald january 22 1917 p 3   harold j davidson left biloxi on february 25 1918 for basic training in the us army at camp pike arkansas north of little rock it appears that most of his military service during ww i was in new jersey harold was probably discharged from the us army in the spring of 1918 in july 1918 he was elected vice president of the biloxi athletic club replacing his brother arnold davidson  the daily herald february 20 1918 and july 14 1920 p 3   in august 1919 harold davidson received an invitation from the southern amateur athletic union to attend to attend the knights of columbus track and field meet at camp dix new jersey which was held on september 6 th 1919 he was a member of the thirteenman team from new orleans coached by claude simons harold did not fair well in the new jersey event as his conditioning at the time was not at the level that he wanted he did get to visit the us general hospital no 3 at rahway new jersey where he was the chief electrician during ww i while serving in the us army quartermaster corps harold had won a 25 mile race while serving here  the daily herald august 28 1919 p 1 september 18 1919 p 3 and january 1 1960 p 20    marriage faye bellande and harold j davidson married on july 18 1927 at the sacred heart catholic church in north biloxi this union produced three daughters mildred davidson 19281940 fern cecilia davidson b 1933 and trilla davidson b 1935 harco ms mrb 39 p 391  davidson girls  lr fern cdavidson mildred l davidson and trilla davidsoncirca 1939  mildred louise davidson   19281940 mildred louise davidson 19281940 was born on july 29 1928 she attended school at st john s a parochial facility near her home unfortunately mildred was robbed of a full life as she died in her adolescents from pneumonia on february 25 1940 her funeral was attended by her classmates and the sisters of mercy at st john s catholic church  the daily herald february 27 1940 p 3    fern cecelia davidson    19332018 fern davisdon dubaz o neal resides in d iberville mississippi she was widowed in february 1996 when her second husband felder blake o neal 19311996 expired he was from mchenry stone county mississippi and retired from the baptist ministry brother o neal had been pastor of the tuxechena baptist church at perkinston mississippi  the sun herald february 25 1996 p b2   fern divorced from george b dubaz 19311992 george b dubaz was born march 15 1931 in biloxi he was the son of luke dubaz 18931985 and inez gable 19021994 the dubaz family of croatian heritage were pioneers in the biloxi seafood industry their children were george b dubaz jr b 1951 stephen j dubaz b 1954 brian j dubaz b 1957 robert c dubaz b 1959 and gary a dubaz b 1961 after divorcing fern george b dubaz called bunny married christine mitchell 19372002 a native of attapulgus georgia and widow of jerry britt he expired at biloxi on may 5 1992 buried biloxi national cemetery christine died at gulfport on january 21 2002  the sun herald may 6 1992 p and the sun herald january 24 2002 p a5    fern s obituary fern dubaz o neal  age 84 of d iberville mississippi passed away tuesday may 15 2018 in biloxi fern was born in biloxi on november 22 1933 to harold j and fay bellande davidson she grew up attending st john catholic church st john school and sacred heart high school fern married george burnett dubaz in 1949 and raised five sons she remained an active parishioner at st john until moving to d iberville in 1986 fern joined sacred heart catholic church where she was a member of the bereavement committee and active with the rosary group she was also a charter member of the l bonheur social club fern retired from the biloxi veterans administration as a nursing assistant she was married to felder o nea l until his death she was preceded in death by her parents both husbands her sister mildred davidson her daughterinlaw janice dubaz and her niece sharon guthrie fern s survivors include her sons  george gb dubaz jr   stephen j dubaz   brian joseph dubaz and his wife rose marie  robert c dubaz and his wife betty sue and gary a dubaz and his wife lee ann her sister  trilla davidson hanson and her children terri gerri and richard her grandchildren anthony angela dubaz stephanie kevin davidson sarah jason fisher adam camille dubaz jared dubaz briana dubaz elizabeth dubaz victoria joshua conway and lloyd moon iii her greatgrandchildren izabella luke nicholas jordan and gary her daughterinlaw theresa dubaz and numerous extended family members and friends a mass of christian burial will be held at nativity bvm cathedral on friday may 18 2018 at 100 pm friends may visit from 1130 am until mass time entombment will follow at biloxi city cemetery the howard avenue chapel of bradfordo keefe funeral home is in charge of arrangements the sun herald may 17 2018  trilla martha davidson  b 1935  trilla martha davidson guthrie ramirez hansen lives in larkspur california she was born at biloxi in 1935 she was named for trilla illinois the birthplace of alvah clark morgan who married louise caillavet the sister of trilla s grandmother alice caillavet bellande like her sister fern she is a widow and has two fine husbands ray ramirez a retired city engineer and phil hansen 19452009 a retired tax attorney ray ramirez expired in 1995 and phil hansen on august 5 2009 while recovering from surgery at oakland california trilla is divorced from richard guthrie of san francisco he is the father of her children teresa gaye b 1957 sharon b 1959 geraldine b 1961 and richard guthrie jr b 1962 faye b davidson had a bout with cancer in her early fifties and it eventually took her life on april 2 1974 i will always remember the kindness and concern she had towards me and my family we spent many days at 714 church street playing in the yard visiting grandma alice c bellande and listening to the armchair philosophy of uncle harold davidson harold worked his entire career in the electrical field commencing in 1915 with the mississippi coast traction company the predecessor of the mississippi power company while with the traction company harold belonged to the amalgamated association of street railway and electrical workers of america he left the traction company and joined the cumberland telephone and telegraph company in january 1918 harold retired from the mississippi power company on december 31 1959 after a twentythree year career primarily as a trouble shooter he had joined united brotherhood of electrical workers union local 1211 when it had been organized in 1940   the daily herald december 24 1917 p 1 january 14 1918 p 4 december 5 1960 p 9 and january 1 1960 p 20   after a long retirement from the mississippi power company harold davidson passed on in september 1982 his and faye s corporal remains were interred in the old biloxi cemetery  aristede c bellande   19011976 aristede clarence bellande was born september 12 1901 he left biloxi about 1917 moving to new orleans were he died on august 30 1976 aristede was known as buster and was probably named for his uncle aristide caillavet b 1867 he began work as an apprentice machinist but later went into the hotel business buster bellande began his fortune in the hotel field as a bell captain in 1920 at the old st charles hotel when james pat o shaughnessy was the manager in 1933 he joined the staff of the roosevelt hotel as room clerk buster was made assistant manager of the roosevelt in 1937 and promoted to executive assistant manager in 1941 in 1948 he was named resident manager and then manager in 1956 his professional associations were hotel greeters of america new orleans hotel association new orleans hotel greeters and the chamber of commerce  aristede buster bellande  lr image made circa 1930 from lams hotel greeters of america p 22 2nd image made 1938  roosevelt hotel  lobby family lore relates that buster bellande when manager of this fine hostelry commenced the yule tradition of decorating the hotel s lobby it continues currently2019 buster bellande married mildred lott 19041980 of german ancestry in new orleans in 1926 mildred was the daughter of john lott 18601942 and theresa hornung 18611936 she was the youngest of eight children and reared on laurel street near annunciation in the crescent city mildred s father worked faithfully for over thirty years with the new orleans fire department mildred s mother expired at new orleans on november 19 1936 buster s mother alice c bellande attended mrs lott s funeral 1910 orleans parish louisiana federal census t624524 p 4b ed 207 and  the daily herald november 20 1936 p 2   mildred and buster bellande had a daughter joyce mary bellande b 1928 joyce mary resides in river ridge a new orleans suburb and is divorced from al sherlock their children are thomas sherlock b 1947 jerome sherlock b 1951 susan b 1955 peggy b 1956 and holly b 1961 buster retired from the roosevelt hotel in 1965 when it was sold to the fairmont chain of hotels after a lengthy bout with cancer he died in the southern baptist hospital in new orleans in august 1976 aristide bellande loved biloxi and always enjoyed an annual visit to relax visit and fish with his coast family he is buried in bellande family plot at the old biloxi cemetery mildred lott bellande expired march 1980 and her corporal remains were interred in new orleans  elliott a bellande   19041977  elliott anthony bellande  19041977 called pete was born august 7 1904 he was a merchant mariner out of new orleans until 1927 in may 1925 he and fred haise left biloxi for new orleans to contract with a ship as crewman for an atlantic crossing the young biloxi seamen had just returned from a voyage to europe and were experienced able bodied seamen the daily herald may 1 1925 p 3  ernestine balius  19072005 on august 18 1927 elliott bellande married ernestine balius 19072005 in the nativity church at biloxi ernestine was born at biloxi on april 23 1907 the daughter of ernest balius 18731927 and pauline julia lamrock balius 18771934 ernestine came from a large family of eight brothers and three sisters ernest balius jr 18971969 edward balius albert george balius 18991953 henry balius 19021977 floyd a balius 19041994 juliet b broughton 19091996 freddie balius 19121993 paul balius 19141994 louis balius lillie mae b noble 19201992 and melba balius 19241941 elliott was known as peter bellande jr and pete bellande he worked as an auto mechanic for ford the wpa during the great depression and the harrison county board of supervisors from 194046 he was with international harvester at flint michigan ernestine was employed by southern bell for thirtyfive years retired in 1972 as night chief operator pete and ernestine were the parents of two daughters margaret v schneider 19281992 and alice j dubaz 19312013 the sun herald may 19 2005 p a10 and january 22 2013 p a4 pete bellande was a good man he is fondly remembered by the fishermen and boaters he served well from 19531970 when he was harbor master at the biloxi small craft harbor he was retired at the time of his death from congestive heart failure resulting from cardiovascular problems on january 12 1977     lr frederick edward eddie schneider  19232008   joseph schneider  b 1960  and margaret bellande schneider  19281992 image made july 1965     margaret v bellande  19281992 margaret virginia bellande called mog was born at biloxi mississippi on november 22 1928 on october 23 1948 she married fredereick eddie edward schneider 19232008 the son of mr and mrs merrill schneider at st john s catholic church in biloxi mississippi eddie made his career in the us navy in july 1951 eddie left norfolk virginia for foreign duty and margaret returned to biloxi to live with her family on lameuse street harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 78 p 147 and the daily herald july 14 1951 p 2 the schneiders adopted a son joseph e schneider b1960 margaret v schneider was a licensed practical nurse and had retired from the biloxi veterans administration she died at a mobile alabama hospital on august 7 1992 from leukemia her corporal remains were interred in the biloxi city cemetery in the perpetual care section eddie schneider retired as a chief petty officer and lived at milton florida he died on november 10 2008 the sun herald august 8 1992      alice j bellande  19312013 and her spouse  john b dubaz  19292006 courtesy of fern davidson dubaz o nealdecember 2011    alice j bellande 19312013 alice julia bellande was born at biloxi mississippi on october 22 1931 she married john b jb dubaz 19292006 the son of john dubaz jr 18901944 and cecile andre dubaz 18991986 at st john s catholic church in biloxi on september 20 1953 jb dubaz made his livelihood as a diesel mechanic in the civil service at kafb he was a us navy veteran and founding member of our lady of fatima catholic church at biloxi and long time volunteer they had no children harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 95 263 and the sun herald april 1 2006 p a10  alice made her livelihood as a librarian at the kafb library at biloxi she was a founding member of our lady of fatima catholic church and a member of their knights of columbus auxiliary alice expired at biloxi mississipp on january 21 2013 her corporal remains were interred in southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi mississippi  the sun herald april 1 2006 p a10   ruth cecelia bellande   19061993 ruth cecelia bellande was born on september 25 1906 she married albert j ragusin 19041991 at the old st john s catholic church on bayview avenue and main street in early november 1939 father jp mcglade officiated in the presence of their attendants mildred izard and philip capuana  the daily herald november 6 1939 p 8   the ragusins lived for many years at 607 santini street in biloxi where albert had a plumbing business as a youth he had left school to sell newspapers to help support his family albert s father antonio s ragusin 18661911 a croatian immigrant died in june 1911 at biloxi from blood poisoning resulting from a sting ray wound in 1916 albert ragusin was residing with his family at 756 reynoir street he and his older brother tony ragusin 19021997 were newsboys at the time albert wrote an article about biloxi that was published in december issue of  the lone scout  a magazine for boys with a national circulation of about 150000 readers  the daily herald january 5 1917 p 2    albert j ragusin 19041991 and ruth bellande ragusin 19061993   circa 1950 at 607 santini albert j ragusin learned to plumb at the biloxi plumbing heating company owned by henry l schwan and charles coquet sr he commenced work for 750 per week as a journeyman plumber he worked on the edgewater hotel ragusin then went to kansas city for advanced training he passed the kansas city plumbing examination board returning to biloxi albert and fred demourelle sr commenced their own business demourelle ragusin prior to the stock market crash of october 1929 mr ragusin went to chicago and flint michigan at flint he worked on a large construction project in july 1941 he joined the civil service at kafb as the chief foreman plumber for a salary of 2600 per year his first job was to supervise the laying of water lines to the tents ragusin retired from the civil service circa 1973 at this time he held the title of superintendent of pavements and grounds in the civil engineering department of the military base  the daily herald may 24 1929 p 9 november 6 1939 p 8 and june 12 1971 p c3  in his retirement years albert j ragusin was active in yard work wood turning and senior citizens activities he was chosen to the mississippi joint state legislative commission and served at least two terms this commission represented the legislative interest of about 5000 members of aarp and the national retired teachers association in jackson harrison hancock stone pear river george and greene counties of south mississippi  the ocean springs record november 11 1976 p 3  in 1956 the ragusins built a lovely domicile at 104 st charles street on the north shore of back bay the bay front home was legated to fern davidson dubaz o neal after the demise of ruth bellande ragusin in 1993 the raguaino neal place was heavily damaged by hurricane katrina in late august 2005 and demolished in the fall of 2005 in their younger days they traveled extensively throughout north america by automobile they enjoyed many visits to the riley family in denver colorado in recent years the couple has made trips to europe albert fulfilled a life long ambition by visiting the dalmatian coast of croatia the birthplace of his parents in 1989 the ragusins celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their residence with a family reunion party although ruth and albert were childless they have been very supportive of their close relatives through the years albert j ragusin died october 1 1991 ruth bellande ragusin passed on september 28 1993 both are interred at the old biloxi cemetery on the beach front  marcel joseph bellande   19091982  marcel joseph bellande was born september 24 1909 mickey as marcel was called succeeded in athletics and business at biloxi high school in the late 1920s he excelled in football basketball track and baseball in middecember 1932 mickey graduated from spring hill college at mobile with a degree in commerce at spring hill he had an outstanding football and baseball career mickey signed to play football at spring hill with earl mattina burnett mabry and granville stag foster all players from the 1926 biloxi state championship squad this football team was crowned state gridiron champions having tied the undefeated sunflower county agricultural high school from moorehead at greenville mississippi on december 6 1926 by a score of 77 the game went five quarters although the indians were outweighed 24pounds per man  the daily herald december 7 1926 and december 7 1929 p 2   in june 1931 mickey bellande signed a professional baseball contract with the cleveland indian organization his professional baseball sojourn primarily as a shortstop included stints in the three i middleatlantic and new yorkpennsylvania leagues marcel bellande s greater success and fame in athletics would come in the golf world he set a mark in mississippi golf annals which may never be duplicated by being the only man to win all three mississippi amateur golf titles ie state open state amateur and state seniors mickey captured seven state senior crowns between 19641974 five national four ball senior titles of the seven years he competed at pinehurst north carolina and claimed numerous club championships along the mississippi gulf coast and new orleans he was awarded numerous honors in the sporting world among these honors are induction into the sports hall of fame of spring hill college in 1974 induction into the mississippi sports hall of fame in 1975 and also the gulf coast chapter of the national football foundation and hall of fame in 1979 mickey bellande was named man of the year in 1963 by the biloxi jaycees  the sun herald march 5 1982 and the daily times news january 31 1964 p 1   lr  marcel mickey bellande 19091982 and kate fickes bellande 19112006 circa 1944   marriage on december 7 1932 in the rectory of the st john s catholic church at biloxi mickey married his high school sweetheart katherine kate ruth ann fickes 19112006 the eldest daughter of roscoe ross logan fickes 18861979 and emma christine hinricks 18881971 both illinois natives like her father kate was born at matoon illinois while mrs fickes hailed from tuscola illinois the fickes family had come to mississippi in late november 1926 the result of mr fickes transfer with the southwestern gas and electric company united gas companyentexcenter point and settled at 1603 west howard avenue ross began his career in the natural gas industry in 1912 with the central illinois public service kate attended biloxi high school while sisters margaret fickes and dorothy fickes were at the lopez school the fickes family left biloxi in june 1929 for fayetteville arkansas but returned in september 1930 kate fickes was a 1927 graduate of biloxi high school and attended mscw and the university of arkansas the young couple started life in the bills apartments on reynoir street mickey planned to resume his professional baseball career in march 1933 by reporting to spring training with the new orleans pelicans of the southern league  the daily herald november 30 1926 p 2 december 8 1932 p 2 and december 31 1979 p a2    military mickey j bellande enlisted in the us army air corps on october 24 1942 at camp shelby mississippi he served in england during ww ii  daughter a daughter  kay ruth bellande  was born at biloxi on august 5 1946 kay married james jim ray foster jr b 1946 at the nativity of the blessed virgin mary roman catholic church at biloxi on december 21 1974 he is the son of dr j ray foster 19172002 and jane allen strickland kay and jim lived in michigan and florida were jim made his livelihood in hospital administration they are the parents of twin sons brad foster b 1980 and j brian foster b 1980 the fosters returned to biloxi in 2003 margaret fickes foster 19192009 jim s stepmother and kay s aunt passed on march 31 2009 at biloxi  the sun herald april 2 2009 p a4   lr  dr j brian foster and brad foster in may 2005 j brian foster a university of florida alumnus received his medical degree from the emory university school of medicine at atlanta georgia he planned to pursue a residency in ophthalmology at the wake forest university school of medicine at winstonsalem north carolina  the sun herald may 29 2006 p a11    residences in december 1937 mickey and kaye moved into a new house on the southwest corner of hopkins and division street at biloxi it was a fiveroom bungalow situated on a lot 60 feet by 100 feet the division street property was purchased from the metropolitan life insurance company through local realtors perkins fayard  the daily herald december 4 1937 p 6   in august 1959 mickey and kate bellande acquired for 9000 cash the vacation home of urban b koen and patricia koen at 226 kensington drive east of kafb on the back bay at biloxi the koens were residents of new orleans their residence was situated on a 35 acre parcel designated as lot 11square 1 of the oak park subdivision harco ms land deed bk 453 p 35  livelihood in 1938 mickey bellande joined his brother roy in the beer distributing business in biloxi he retired upon its sale in 1979 mickey was always in top physical condition as he led an active athletic life style he was capable of hooking a large game fish or shooting sub par golf at the occasion of his untimely death from brain cancer on march 5 1982 his corporal remains were interred at the southern memorial park cemetery in biloxi kate bellande expired at biloxi on october 6 2006 her corporal remains rest eternally next to marcel s at the southern memorial park cemetery  the sun herald march 5 1982 and october 9 2006 p a4    alton l bellande  alton louis bellande  19121970 was born january 22 1912 he was a salesman for his entire business career it was while traveling in louisiana for the william wrigley company chewing gum manufacturer that he met hazel mary bonnette  19122002 in a shreveport drugstore she was born at charenton st mary parish louisiana on october 2 1912 her parents were filbert bonnette 18901967 of plaucheville avoyelles parish louisiana and marie mathilde champagne 18881971 a native of youngsville lafayette parish louisiana they were married at st john birchmans catholic church at shreveport caddo parish louisiana on october 19 1941 before alton enlisted in the united states coast guard in august 1942 the newly weds lived at lafayette louisiana until january 1942 when they relocated to biloxi where he continued to represent the wrigley company most of alton s active duty military time was spent in algiers louisiana loading ammunition and supply ships during world war ii until his honorable discharge in august 1945 the daily herald october 22 1941 p 6 and january 27 1942 p 3  alton l bellande 19121970 and hazel mary bonnette bellande 19122002   alton and hazel had five children  ray louis bellande  b 1943  mickey john bellande  b 1944  betty ann bellande  b 1946  bruce james bellande  b 1947 and roy anthony bellande  b 1949 ray is divorced from elizabeth betty wynne of lafayette louisiana and has no children  mickey resides in biloxi and is divorced from sonia carol wilkes hodges b 1947 a native of hattiesburg mississippi they have a son m j bellande jr b 1980 on september 28 2002 sonia married james alred sheffield b 1931 a retired physician in august 1969  betty married judge larry wilson of of winona mississippi they had no children betty resides in biloxi with her husband william bill toland and they are childless  bruce is domiciled in oxford mississippi after a succesful career as a medical educator he and spouse have two children mary elizabeth betsy bellande b 1982 m austin blake smith on march 7 2009 at little rock arkansas and christopher bruce bellande b 1985 his wife mary elizabeth bryant b 1949 is a native of oxford mississippi  roy is divorced from daisy dianne davis b 1953 who is now married to kenneth riley wells b 1940 roy married to nancy elizabeth arthur in harrison county mississippi on 1 november 1997 they lived in st martin jackson county mississippi and silva missouri until hurricane katrina destroyed their home in st matin they acquired a home and aceage in george county mississippi south of the lucedale community after katrina and sold the missouri property his children are alton jason bellande 19742019 and hazel marie bellande b 1978 divorced from richard v savage and mr parker hazel marie has corbin zane bellande b 1997 a son with rinichiro larry burdick the son of mr burdick and tomiko ohi burdick 19372010 of gulfport mississippi in 1945 after world war ii alton joined the fuller brush company as a doortodoor salesman in january 1947 he was promoted to field manager and was responsbile for ten local fuller brush salesmen on the mississippi coat to mobile alabama and in part of louisiana  the daily herlad october 2 1945 p 5 and janaury 24 1947 p 8  he is described in an article titled fuller brush man in the may 8 1948 issue of  the saturday evening post  as   a thirtysixyearold mississippian with a persistent foot a ready smile and a way with the ladies the foot a figurative door opener leads bellande into approximately 100 biloxi homes each week the smile artfully guileless establishes a mood of neighborly confidence between al and his housewife prospect while he opens his sample case bellande s way with the ladies is a compound of his own brand of smalltown deepsouth chatter and a simple commercial formula known to some 7150 fuller brush dealers the country over as the big five    the daily herald may 5 1948 p 8  in march 1949 alton became a dealer for penetreat a new paint  the daily herald march 15 1949 p 5  about 1952 he joined his brothers roy p bellande and mickey j bellande as the advertising manager of the bellande beverage company alton was an outdoorsman of the first magnitude he thoroughly enjoyed golf hunting and fishing during the dove season his home at 1051 lameuse street now 415 lameuse street was the head quarters for his many hunting companions in may 1954 al played some outstanding golf in losing in the finals of the inaugural sunkist country club championship giles h peresich won 3 and 2 in the 36hole twoday event bellande shot a 76 and a 73 while peresich had scores of 7374 alton was selected to be the marshal for the back bay fire company in the september 1957 firemen s day parade  the daily herald may 18 1954 p 14 and august 20 1957 p 10   alton l bellande died suddenly of a heart attack at his home on may 8 1970 at the age of 58 years hazel expired at biloxi mississippi on october 31 2002 while a resident of the assisted living of the methodist retirement home on west beach 371 views  