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Here is look at Biloxi City Cemetery, along with profiles of some of the cemetery's most colorful characters, and a preview of the 2019 Biloxi Cemetery Tour.
A
Hello,
my
name
is
our
buck.
Ivan
Biloxi
promoter
and
investor
and
I
help
bring
about
the
Isle
of
Capri
SRA's
ort,
a
Casino
Resort
on
a
private
island
named
dog
Key,
our
Resort
offered
every
amenity
swimming
fishing
night,
clubbing
games
of
chance
of
all
sorts
and
that
I
mentioned
Spiritist
beverages.
Yes,
it
really
was
paradise
on
earth,
ahead
of
its
time
for
nineteen
twenty
five,
that
is
after
a
long
and
rewarding
life.
A
I
was
buried
here
in
the
Biloxi
City
Cemetery,
and
that's
why
I'm
talking
to
you
right
now,
our
Biloxi
city
cemetery
is
full
of
history
and
local
color
and
you
have
a
chance
to
see
it
all
firsthand
with
old
Biloxi
Cemetery
tours
dates
are
quickly
approaching.
Sunday
October
20th
from
2
to
4
p.m.
and
again
Tuesday
October
22nd
from
5
to
7
p.m.
this
year's
theme
is
Biloxi's.
Colorful
paths
will
rule
explored
the
history
of
gambling
and
yes
long
before
it
was
legal.
A
We'll
also
talk
about
prohibition,
or
rather
the
lack
thereof
here
in
Biloxi
you'll
meet
chief
Lewis
Staley
and
deputy
Peter
Boland
law
enforcement
from
the
early
1900s,
my
partner
Colonel
John,
a
person
and
the
builder
of
the
Buena
Vista
Hotel
Danny
Holly,
an
entertainer
at
the
at
the
Fiesta
Dorothy
Brown,
the
owner
of
the
Broadwater
Beach
Resort
and
Corinne
LaRose.
Well,
let's
just
say
she
was
a
girl
looking
for
a
good
time,
you'll
even
hear
a
few
old
stories
from
Mayor
fofo
Gillick
Claude
secured
Oh,
David,
Martino
que
horn
and
other
well-known
Biloxi
ins.
A
B
Some
came
from
faraway
places,
others
were
born
here
all
lived
and
died
on
this
coast
and
now
rest
in
this
sacred
ground,
known
as
the
old
Biloxi
cemetery,
prepared
to
take
a
journey,
a
journey
back
in
time
and
hear
the
stories
of
some
of
the
most
intriguing,
eccentric
and
interesting
people.
You
may
ever
meet.
C
My
native
tongue
way
dos.
Yes,
my
name
is
Lazaro
Lopez
in
the
1880s
and
90s
I
was
perhaps
the
most
influential
man
in
Biloxi
the
police
port.
Before
perhaps
I
am
getting
a
little
head
of
myself.
I
was
born
into
beer
Spain
in
1815.
My
family
was
a
good
family,
but
poor,
so
I
had
to
work
at
a
young
age,
because
I
had
to
work
to
support.
My
family
I
received
little
education
aged
13.
My
brother
Manuel
lived
in
Havana
Cuba.
He
paid
for
my
fare,
set
off
and
seek
fortune
into
the
new
world.
C
It's
not
fortune
that
I
found
but
hard
work
and
my
brother's
shop
I
jumped
aboard
a
ship
at
the
Havana
Harbor
and
got
caught
at
sea
was
almost
thrown
overboard.
I
can
laugh
about
it
now.
I
convinced
the
captain
that
I
was
a
hard
worker
and
he
let
me
work
my
way
towards
America.
We
were
close
to
the
Texas
coast.
I
jumped
overboard
and
swam
ashore.
C
C
1868
I
arrived
in
Biloxi
and
I
saw
all
the
great
ships
used
for
fishing,
trivia
and
oystering.
I
worked
any
job
that
I
could
find
saving
as
much
as
possible
and
in
the
same
year
I
managed
to
open
a
grocery
business
right
on
past
Christian
Row.
You
know
this
now
is
Howard
Abigail.
The
original
side
of
the
store
is
located
on
Keesler
Air,
Force
Base
in
1871
I
married
Julia
deullyeo,
and
this
Union
produced
12
10
children
with
my
family
growing.
D
D
D
D
C
After
my
marriage,
while
my
family
grew
so
did
my
business
endeavors
as
well,
I
instigated
who
built
the
first
seafood
canning
factory
on
the
Gulf
Coast
I
built
two
ice
companies
for
the
fishermen
and,
with
the
help
of
my
brother-in-law,
built
a
department
store
in
the
corner
of
Howard
and
Raymond.
It
was
the
first
three-story
brick
building
in
Biloxi
I
was
the
organizer
and
vice
president
of
the
bank
of
Biloxi,
as
well
as
the
director
of
the
Biloxi
Electric
Light
Company.
C
We
installed
the
first
electric
lights
in
the
downtown
Biloxi
on
Howard,
Avenue,
sure
love
to
see
those
lights
come
on
at
night.
It's
also
instrumental
in
organizing
the
building
of
the
Church
of
the
Nativity,
and
the
bells
in
the
bell
tower
were
donated
as
a
gift
as
well.
Several
of
the
stained
glass
windows
were
donated
as
memorial
gift
by
my
wife.
After
my
death
in
the
summer
of
1903,
I
took
my
family
to
Europe.
It
was
there
that
I
fell
ill
and
died
of
kidney
failure
on
September
26th.
C
At
the
time,
a
ship
would
not
carry
a
corpse
in
order
to
get
back
to
my
beloved
city
of
Biloxi
I
had
to
list
my
body
as
a
piece
of
Italian,
marble,
statuary
and
the
ship's
manifest
I
was
buried
here
on
October
19th
and
what
was
described
as
the
largest
funeral
ever
witnessed
in
the
state
of
Mississippi.
As
you
venture
onward,
you
will
meet
my
granddaughter
just
as
being
folks
she's,
the
daughter
of
my
daughter,
Teresa
and
her
husband,
dr.
H
in
folks
vaya
con
Dios.
E
The
reason
is
mine
and
mine
alone.
You
see
I
took
that
secret
to
the
grave.
The
French
ruled
this
area.
They
called
the
Louisiana
colony
from
1699
until
1763
and
the
Treaty
of
Pahlavi
ended
the
French
and
Indian
War
and
gave
control
of
this
portion
of
the
Louisiana
colony
to
the
British,
who
ruled
until
1780
I
was
born
on
the
coast
in
1788
on
the
Spanish
rule.
Just
12
years
after
the
Declaration
of
Independence
was
signed.
My
life
here
was
hardly
rewarding.
E
I
was
a
sailor
and
a
fisherman,
the
most
honorable
of
occupations
in
my
opinion,
but
they
also
raised
Carolyn
farm.
You
see
my
great-grandfather
grovelling
was
the
reason.
Cattle
first
came
to
this
area.
He
was
the
first
importer
of
purebred
cattle
to
the
Louisiana
colony.
He
also
worked
tirelessly
for
settlement
of
colony,
both
by
several
voices
he
made
to
France
and
by
the
imports
of
purebred
cattle
from
Veracruz
and
Havana.
E
My
wife.
Her
name
was
Maurice
Joseph
Ryan
of
Gulf
Hills.
Together,
we
had
eight
children,
mostly
boys,
one
of
which
was
Jean
Baptiste
Seymour,
remember
his
name,
my
land,
or
how
beautiful
she
was
belfontaine,
as
she
has
become
known
Fontainebleau
in
my
day
in
Jackson,
County
I
settled
that
land
in
1816
640
acres,
my
neighbors
were
the
crabs
and
the
low
points
of
Pascagoula.
E
The
federal
census
of
1840
shows
that
there
were
1459
Caucasians
residing
in
the
area.
Graveling
point
was
a
fine
place
to
live
with
its
access
to
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
and
to
Lake
graveling
spine
oysters
and
fish
are
sadly
I
pass
from
this
life
in
1845.
As
a
result
of
an
accident
that
took
place
aboard
a
ship
a
barrel
tore
loose
has
struck
me.
I
was
dead
before
the
ship
reached
the
harbor,
my
children
inhabited
my
land
until
is
ladies
1856.
E
However,
some
of
my
descendants
remain
in
litigation
over
this
land
until
as
late
as
1914
in
1944,
the
Reverend
Herbert
Mullin
and
Monsignor
Jeffrey
O'connell,
with
the
assistance
of
the
Brotherhood
of
sacred
heart
from
Bay
st.
Louis
acquired
the
land
they
developed
camp
graveling
at
Gavilan
point
just
west
of
where
sand
zo
Bayou
enters
gravel.
In
Lake,
it
became
a
vacation
camp,
and
many
famous
people
spent
many
summers
of
their
youth
there.
E
Another
famous
person
whom
you
may
know
is
the
son
of
a
son
of
a
sailor
himself.
Was
you
that's
right,
Jimmy
Buffett,
which
I
wonders
if
young
Monsieur
Buffett
realizes
that
he
is
my
great-great-great-great
grandson?
That's
right!
He
is
the
grandson
to
hilda
Norma
Seymour
who's,
the
granddaughter
to
my
son,
Jean,
Baptiste
Seymour.
E
Hilda
Norma
was
the
daughter,
Norman
Seymour
and
Conda
Luo
fetch
Oz,
who
ran
a
boarding
house
for
seamen
in
Pascagoula
when
Hilda
Norma
was
about
17
a
man
by
the
name
of
James
Delaney
Buffett
took
up
residence
in
the
boarding
house.
He
was
a
world-class
seaman
and
had
been
in
almost
every
port
in
the
world.
He'll
John,
James,
Delaney
buffett's,
fell
in
love
with
Hilda
Norma
and
the
rest,
as
you
say,
is
his
story.
E
F
You
know
it
is
almost
as
if
lighthouses
were
divinely
created,
isn't
it
after
all,
the
nature
of
a
lighthouse
is
to
guide
the
way
seems
very
spiritual
mother.
Do
you
recall
hearing
that
the
Lighthouse
of
Alexandria
Greece
was
built
in
280
BC,
very
fascinating,
to
consider
here
in
these
United
States,
the
borough
of
lighthouses
was
created
by
Congress
in
1789
Maya,
that
was
fifteen
nine
years
before
the
beautiful
Biloxi
lighthouse
even
existed,
it
is
impossible
to
imagine
a
Biloxi
before
the
lighthouse.
G
Miranda
I
was
six
years
old
when
our
lighthouse
was
built.
I
remember
seeing
the
panel's
get
constructed.
Our
lighthouse
was
one
of
the
three
Mississippi
Sound
lighthouses
approved
by
the
legislature,
sponsored
by
our
representative
Jefferson
Davis.
A
one
acre
parcel
of
property
was
purchased
for
the
lighthouse
and
the
keepers
dwelling
for
six
hundred
dollars
for
from
John
fey
art
and
the
panels
were
constructed
by
Murray
and
Hazlehurst
Vulcan
Works
in
Baltimore
for
sixty
three
hundred
dollars.
Then
they
were
bolted
together
to
form
our
lighthouse.
G
F
My
father,
Perry
youngins,
became
the
third
Biloxi
lighthouse
keeper
right
after
Mary
Reynolds,
a
true
pioneer
who
served
the
lighthouse
from
1854
to
1866.
It
was
daring,
mrs.
Reynolds
tenure,
that
the
hurricane
of
1860
caused
the
lighthouse
to
lean.
It
resembled
the
Leaning
Tower
of
Pisa.
Unfortunately,
my
father
fell
ill
right.
After
accepting
his
post
and
my
mother,
Maria
youngins
had
to
assume
his
duties.
My
father
passed
on
in
1867
and
my
mother
became
the
new
Biloxi
lighthouse
keeper,
the
fourth
keeper
and
second
woman.
To
ever
soon,
the
job
I
was
only
10
years.
F
Old
I
grew
up
in
the
Biloxi
lighthouse,
as
my
mother
would
serve
until
1918
and
serve
she
did.
It
was
during
the
aftermath,
particularly
bad
storm
in
1892
that
The
Times
Picayune
newspaper
accounts
dated
at
Biloxi,
mrs.
youngins,
the
plucky
woman
who
is
in
charge
of
the
light,
kept
the
light
going
all
through
the
storm.
Notwithstanding
the
fact
that
there
were
several
feet
of
water
in
the
room
where
she
lived
well.
G
It
was
part
of
the
job.
Wasn't
it
I
mean
lighthouse.
Keepers
were
expected
to
climb
the
59
stairs
all
the
way
to
the
top
several
times
a
day
every
day,
and
each
time
we
carried
heavy
buckets
a
large
just
to
keep
that
lamp
going
in
during
our
summers,
the
temperatures
could
reach
a
hundred
and
twenty
degrees
and
even
more
on
the
inside
and
yes
you're
right.
Our
steadfast
beauties
saw
its
share
of
storms,
the
horrible
storms
of
1906
and
1947,
and
the
catastrophic
events
of
1969
and
2005.
G
They
all
took
their
toll
on
our
steadfast
beauty,
but
she
stood
through
them
all
and
when
I
retired
in
1918,
my
Miranda
took
/
as
the
lighthouse
keeper
who
knew
about
the
lighthouse
better
than
her.
After
all
was
said
and
done,
the
young
uns
tended
the
lighthouse
for
63
years
keeping
sailors
safe
me.
What
is
more
important
than
that
and
in
1939
the
US
Coast
Guard
took
responsibility
for
the
Biloxi
lighthouse
and
later
in
1968,
when
it
became
surplus
property,
it
was
deeded
to
the
city
of
Biloxi
and
ever
since
they
have
been
stalwart.
G
H
Bonjah
recipes,
please
allow
me
to
introduce
myself.
My
name
is
Yan
Gill
heart,
but
you
may
know
me
as
the
Hermitage
route
I
title
given
to
me
by
my
good
friend.
Captain
Louie
go
and
float,
but
to
me
the
title
never
suited
me:
it's
not
that
I
dislike
it.
You
see
it's
not
quite
a
true
reflection
of
my
life
and
personality
when
I
reflect
on
my
life.
Am
I
just
as
easily
have
been
known
as
the
entrepreneur
dear
I
owe
you
then
hey
Casanova
dear
out,
that
was
married
a
few
times.
H
You
know
you
see
I
work
good
with
the
men,
but
I
love.
The
ladies,
oh
well,
I
put
the
cart
before
the
horse.
I
came
to
the
Bahamas
from
my
native
country
of
France.
When
I
was
22
years
old
the
year
was
nineteen
hundred.
He
know.
I
was
a
barber
hard
to
believe
no
I
learned
the
art
of
fishing
and
created
what
some
call
the
best
green
turtle
soup
in
the
world.
H
H
Unscrupulous
was
my
broker
in
Brooklyn
and
my
business.
She
was
lost
a
tale
that
has
repeated
itself
in
recent
times
now
afterwards,
I
salvaged
what
I
could
and
I
moved
to
Biloxi
in
1920
I
resumed
my
profession
as
a
barber
and
married
Pauline
Lamine
who
live
on
their
own
and
I,
took
up
residence
with
her
there,
how
beautiful
and
simple
Allen
likewise
I
built
a
fine
livelihood,
I
employed,
20
shuckers,
my
wife
and
I
had
a
beautiful
home
which
we
lose
to
fire.
We
rebuild,
but
sadly
my
wife.
H
After
this
I
built
a
one-room
house
and
lived
the
rest
of
my
life
on
the
island
with
my
dog
in
about
1954
captain
Louie
going
flood
who
operates
shrimp
to
her
boat
for
tourist
game
collar
with
a
bottle
of
fine
French
wine
who
could
resist
such
a
gesture
of
friendship,
we
became
instant
friends.
It
was
he
who
suggested
we
erect
my
fine
tree
mailbox
well
communication.
H
He
would
retrieve
my
grocery
list
Biloxi
boys,
but
gather
my
items
and
captain
Louie
would
deliver
my
supplies
and
a
newspaper.
And
what
did
I
do
forget
the
movie
you
man
well
I,
entertained
his
customers
with
song
story,
and
wit
when
I
grew
tired
of
the
tours.
He
pointed
me
out
to
them,
and
I
waved
from
the
island
born
dear
Milan,
a
true
beauty,
the
true
love
of
my
life,
long
before
I
inhabited
or
400
acres,
Indians,
room
tour
short.
My
fellow
countrymen
claim
this
land
in
the
name
of
France.
H
It
was
they
who
named
her
dear
Island
because
of
the
dear
living
there.
The
French
make
friends
with
the
Biloxi
Indians
who
lived
nearby
diplomats.
The
Indians
hunted
my
beloved
Island
through
two
years.
The
islands
bent
frame
homes
for
many
beside
myself,
captain
Ralph
Baker
he
owned
much
of
it,
and
his
family
members
lived
there
for
many
years.
H
Hi
Yayoi
I
done
got
oil
and
I
passed
from
this
life
in
1959
at
the
age
of
81,
some
10
years
later,
Hurricane
Camille
destroy.
What's
left
of
the
island
in
2002
the
state
of
Mississippi
acquired
much
of
the
island.
It
became
part
of
the
coastal
preserve
program
ensuring
its
beauty
for
future
generations.
H
I
wasn't
biloxi
in
by
birth,
but
I
wasn't
biloxi
in
by
choice.
I
couldn't
resist
her
siren
call
pleased
to
make
your
acquaintance.
I
am
Judge
Walter
White,
a
native
of
Rankin
County,
born
in
1854
and
educated.
There
in
law
was
my
chosen
field
and
I
studied
under
one
of
the
best
and
the
brightest
of
my
day
and
Zell
J
McCloy.
H
He
would
become
the
34th
governor
of
this
great
state,
a
practice
law
in
Rankin
County
and
Smith
County,
while
still
a
student
I
met
and
married
Julia,
Harriet
Enochs,
the
daughter
of
captain
Isaac
Enochs
and
Julia
Harriet
Byrd
of
Hinds
County.
That
gracious
lady
was
the
mother
of
my
four
daughters,
core
Lulu
Laura,
and
now
we
were
blessed
with
a
short
but
happy
union,
and
after
only
ten
years
of
marriage,
Julia
left
the
world.
1887
captain
and
mrs.
I
Was
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
raise
the
family
that
Walter
began
with
my
sister
when
he
suggested
Biloxi
for
a
honeymoon
I
became
enchanted
with
its
beauty.
My
love
affair,
with
the
Gulf
Coast,
had
begun
by
1890
Walter
moved
his
law
practice
to
Biloxi,
along
with
our
large
and
ever-growing
family,.
H
After
living
in
the
FOMA
house
for
a
year,
so
we
moved
to
Miami,
no,
you
Street.
My
law
practice
was
up
and
running
on
Hyde
Avenue,
just
in
between
the
muse
and
main,
but
it
wasn't
long
before
our
first
real
house
was
finished
and
ready
for
us.
It
was
located
on
Beach
Boulevard,
the
former
site
of
Gorn
flows.
Oyster
Company,
which
had
been
destroyed
by
a
hurricane.
I
House
was
a
palace
far
too
large,
even
for
our
big
family,
Walter
and
I
had
been
blessed
with
sons,
Walter
and
Harry.
Unfortunately,
Harry's
time
with
us
was
so
very
short,
and
even
though
the
children
kept
me
busy
enough
I
needed
a
distraction.
I
began
taking
in
boarders
in
1899
and
by
1901
I
gave
birth
to
our
third
child
John.
Through
all
the
ups
and
downs
of
daily
life.
A
dream
began
to
develop
deep
in
my
heart.
I
H
I
Ad
read
the
White
House
Hotel
West
End,
Beach,
Biloxi,
Mississippi,
beautiful
large
grounds
on
the
beach
and
electric
car
line,
boating
fishing,
good
food,
good
beds,
modern
conveniences
cottage
for
families
make
the
accommodation
ideal
for
the
seashore
rates
$1
to
$12
per
week.
Mrs.
Carl
white
proprietress
I
was
beside
myself
with
excitement.
Horace.
H
I
Charter
fishing
and
sailing
why
we
hired
captain
Freddy
Dugan
for
our
charter,
captain
I,
guess
raved
about
the
sport
fishing
and
they
raised
even
more
when
we
serve
the
fresh
catch
up
for
dinner.
In
our
dining
room
we
hosted
dances
and
parties
and
weddings
in
the
grand
ballroom
and
we
hired
the
finest
bands
from
New
Orleans
and
the
food.
Well
I
knew
that
view
thrilled
our
guests,
but
the
food,
that's
what
kept
them
coming
back.
I
H
Had
our
own
farm
and
our
own
dairy,
which
our
son-in-law
aj
watson,
ran
in
her
original
brochure
sent
all
over
the
US
Court
declared
when
you
plan
your
vacation,
whether
it's
summer
or
winter,
do
not
fail
to
carefully
consider
the
many
advantages
Biloxi
offers.
And,
lastly,
the
home
comfort,
good
cookin
and
southern
hospitality
afforded
by
the
management
of
the
White
House
between.
I
1910
and
1929
the
hotel
was
added
to
and
remodeled
it
began
to
take
shape
into
the
White
House
Hotel
that
most
Biloxi
ins
would
recognize
today
the
contract
for
the
1928
Edition
totaled,
one
hundred
and
fifty
two
thousand
dollars.
We
can
now
entice
our
visitors
with
a
27
hole.
Golf
course
north
of
the
hotel
and
a
time
thumb
course
right
on
the
grounds
with
the
expansion
came,
a
150
foot
front,
porch,
a
total
of
145
rooms
and
a
three-story
atrium
in
the
large
expansive
lobby.
I
H
I
H
H
I
Timed
the
eggs
with
the
unveiling
of
the
fountain
with
the
weekly
Saturday
evening
summer
dance,
which
we
held
for
years.
The
fountain
quickly
became
the
spot
for
biloxi
bathing
beauties
supposed
for
pictures
and
also
a
very
romantic
addition
for
the
couples
who
dance
cheek-to-cheek
at
the
Pavilion.
It.
H
Was
wonderful,
such
wonderful
memories?
I
was
so
proud
of
you,
my
darling,
you're,
a
woman
ahead
of
your
time.
Your
drive
and
vision
help
the
era
of
Biloxi
role
as
a
Riviera
of
the
south
you'll
work
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
tourism
leaders
help
initiate
Biloxi's
evolution
from
fishing
village
to
vacation
Haven.
I
Without
your
a
belief
in
me,
your
complete
trust
and
backing
it
all
of
it
would
have
been
just
a
dream.
We
sold
the
hotel
in
1932
and
I
passed
just
a
short
two
years
later.
After
35
years
of
practicing
law
and
15
years
on,
the
bench
judge
white
passed
in
1942
and
the
grand
lady.
Why
she's
as
proud
and
beautiful,
as
ever
still
welcoming
visitors
to
indulge
in
the
beauty
that
is
Biloxi.
J
People
hereabouts,
if
said,
I'm,
crazy
or
touched,
but
I'll
tackle
the
greatest
of
all
the
great
fighters
in
the
world
and
I'll
beat
him
because
I
am
the
world's
greatest
Potter.
Now
am
I
have
summation,
has
to
either
crazy,
nor
touch
just
fact,
I'm,
George
or
and
I
am
the
world's
greatest
Potter
I
was
born
here
in
Biloxi
down
on
the
point
in
1857.
J
My
father
was
a
blacksmith
and
he
tried
to
teach
me
his
trade,
but
I
felt
like
a
jackass
at
a
thoroughbred
convention
trying
to
be
a
blacksmith
so
at
age,
fourteen
I
left
Biloxi
for
New
Orleans
to
try
something
different
nineteen
times,
I
tried
something
different
until
at
age.
22
Joseph
Meyer
offered
me
a
job
as
a
Potter's
apprentice
when
I
found
that
potter's
wheel
I
felt
it
all
over
like
a
wild
duck
in
water.
I
worked
with
Meyer
for
two
years
and
then
I
took
a
tour
of
60.
J
Nice
turn
States
learning
more
and
more
about
pottery
styles
and
glazes
I
returned
to
Biloxi
to
build
my
own
shop.
Now,
when
I
say
I
built,
it
I
mean
I
forged
all
the
ironwork
I
built
the
pottery
wheel,
I
built
the
kiln
and
I
floated
logs
down
the
river
to
use
as
boards
for
my
shop,
I
gave
it
the
name.
The
pink
room,
I
dug
clay
from
the
tunica
buff
River
for
my
pots
and
started
making
my
clay
babies
as
I
called
in
1885,
but
I
exhibited
six
hundred
pots
at
the
New
Orleans
World's
Fair.
J
Nothing
good
came
of
that,
however,
didn't
sell
a
single
one
and
to
make
matters
worse,
some
horses
patoot
stole
everything
before
I
get
him
back
to
Biloxi
the
only
positive
thing
to
come
out
of
that.
It's
where
I
met
my
wife
Josephine.
We
were
married
in
1886
and
that
good
woman
blessed
me
with
10
children.
J
We
returned
to
Biloxi
to
start
over
tourists
started
coming
to
my
shop
to
watch
me
work.
They
said
it
was
brash,
eccentric,
all
eyes,
mischievious
all
right,
I
used
to
hook
my
beard
over
my
ears
to
keep
from
getting
in
the
clay
people
started.
Calling
me
the
mad
Potter
of
Biloxi
I,
always
try
to
make
the
beautiful
play.
Babies!
J
No
two
alike:
they
needed
to
have
thin
walls
with
a
twist
or
a
dent
here
and
there
maybe
a
folder
or
a
ruffle
I
brood
over
each
pot
with
the
same
tenderness
immortal
child
awakens
in
its
parent
in
1904
at
the
Louisiana
Purchase
International
Exhibition
I
want
a
silver
medal
for
the
most
original
art.
Pottery
I
just
played
several
hundred
pieces,
but
once
again
didn't
sell
a
wand.
J
J
1909
I
gave
up
the
pottery
profession
I,
just
quit
the
pink
room.
It
became
Biloxi's
first
automobile
repair
shop,
run
by
my
sons,
my
family
and
friends
who
knew
me
they.
They
tried
to
get
me
to
sell
my
babies,
but
I
traded
them
up,
packed
them
away.
I
once
wrote,
I
make
pottery
for
art's
sake,
God's
sake,
future
generations
and
by
present
indications
my
own
satisfaction,
but
when
I'm
gone,
my
work
will
be
prized.
Honored
and
cherished
I
died
in
1918
of
cancer,
but
1968
a
fella
by
the
name.
J
J
K
It's
good
he's
got
bite.
You
know
when
I
was
playing
around
with
this
concoction.
I
didn't
know
really
what
I
was
making
I
knew.
I
wanted
a
root
beer,
so
I
called
it
real
up
until
about
1903.
It
was
your
feel
when
the
federal
government
came
in
and
said
it
wasn't
root
beer.
Imagine
that
the
federal
government
controlling
your
life
even
back
then
so
what
I
have
to
do?
I
had
a
camp
come
up
with
a
name.
The
name
I
came
up
with
box,
it's
good
drink
it
drink
box,
it's
good.
K
By
the
way,
I
haven't
told
you
who
I
am
I'm
ed
Boggs
senior
I
was
born
in
1871
in
New
Orleans.
At
the
very
early
age
of
two,
my
father
passed
away.
My
mother
bought
my
brother,
my
sister
and
myself
back
to
France
or
no
friends,
she
taught
piano
to
wealthy
families.
That's
the
way
she
raised
money
to
educate
the
three
of
us.
She
knew
I
had
a
knack
of
fragments
and
smell,
see
this
nose.
K
That's
god-gifted,
see
that
hook,
dog
gifted
at
one
time.
I
could
smell
the
product
and
almost
tell
you
what
was
in
it
smell
and
taste
goes
very
hand-in-hand
and
when
you're
developing
something
make
putting
an
agreement
together,
we
stayed
in
France
and
we
moved
back
to
New
Orleans
around
1885
at
1887.
I
went
to
the
world's
fan
Chicago
at
the
very
early
age
of
26
I
had
a
drink
called
on
gene
on
Jane
won.
A
blue
ribbon.
K
I
was
very
proud
of
that
and
Chicago
went
back
to
New
Orleans
open
up
a
citrus
factory,
but
my
brother
on
Royal
Street
that
wasn't
my
calling
my
column
was
root
beer.
That's
what
I
wanted
I
wanted.
A
challenge.
I
knew
I
had
to
fragments
I
knew
I
had
to
citrus,
but
I
wanted
to
challenge.
I
met
the
love
of
my
life,
Elodie
grunion.
We
kept
traveling
back
and
forth
from
New
Orleans
to
Biloxi.
We
fell
in
love
with
the
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast.
K
Imagine
that
how
could
you
not
we
kept
coming
back
and
forth?
We
married
we
found
a
building
at
140,
Keller
Avenue,
still
standing
to
this
day.
That's
where
we
open
up
the
artesian
water
business
water
was
very
scarce.
Back
then,
it
was
very
valuable
that
still
wasn't
my
calling
my
wife
and
myself
played
around
with
the
formula
kept
messing
around
with
it
and
finally
came
up
with
it.
We
had
a
seraph
room
upstairs
had
three
holes
in
the
wood
still
still
that
in
this
day
that
was
the
syrup
room.
K
K
Sometimes
that
machine
would
work.
Sometimes
it
would
now.
We
knew
how
to
get
the
syrup
in
the
bottle,
how
we're
going
to
keep
it
in
the
bottle,
and
we
didn't
have
crowns.
We
didn't
have
wine
corks,
we
didn't
have
all
the
goodies
as
of
today.
So
what
did
we
do?
We
did
it
in
Reverse
we
took
the
cork,
we
put
it
into
the
empty
bottle,
we
filled
the
bottle
up
and
the
carbonation
made
the
call
come
up
to
the
top
and
if
it
stopped
so
that
was
an
art
in
itself
that
we
had
to
learn.
K
Then
we
would
put
the
wire
on
top
of
the
corks
of
the
combination
and
it
wouldn't
make
it
pop
open.
Now
we
had
the
machinery
we
had
to
farming.
Look
wait
at
the
bottom.
We
had
ingredient
in
bottle.
We
knew
how
to
keep
it
in
the
bottle.
Now
we
had
a
patent
it
where
the
trade
market
we're
talking
about
the
1890s
early
1900s
hundreds
of
patents
went
into
this
product.
We
made
26
flavors
at
one
time,
so
we
so
now
we
had
to
disperse
it,
but
to
get
it
out
to
the
public.
K
My
son,
a
dog
jr.,
was
born
in
1900
at
the
early
age
of
seven
eight
nine.
He
would
walk
the
railroad
tracks,
stay
going
for
three
or
four
days
at
a
time.
Take
orders
come
back
load
up
the
horse
and
buggy
and
go
make
deliveries.
We
were
pre
selling.
What
are
they
doing
today?
Reselling
I
wish
I
would
have
patent
that
also.
J
K
Was
100
years
ahead
of
ourselves,
but
we
didn't
know
it,
we
didn't
sell
it
by
the
case.
We
sold
it
by
the
bottle
models
was
cast.
You
had
a
bottle,
you
got
it
forward,
so
when
bottles
became
scarce
as
it
other
businesses
and
other
breweries
and
other
big
companies
bottling
companies,
we
would
get.
We
were
out
with
defi
baka,
family
and
Rupa
Baca
was
very
instrumental
in
the
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast
and
he
had
summer
homes
one
of
his
summer.
Homes
here
in
Biloxi,
is
the
blessing
Chateau.
That
was
one
of
his
homes.
We
became
friends.
K
So
what
we
did
we
start
swapping
out,
bottles
I
would
use
his.
He
would
use
mine
and
would
go
back
and
forth
back.
Then
you
help
each
other
become
successful.
My
son
at
junior
was
very
instrumental
and
taking
the
8-ounce
root
beer
and
going
to
12
ounce.
It
was
a
nickel
a
bottle.
When
we
went
to
12
ounces,
we
went
to
6
cents,
20
percent
increase,
got
a
lot
of
feedback
should
be
going
up.
K
We
got
with
all
the
other
bottlers
on
the
coast
and
had
a
meeting
amongst
all
lovers
to
go
up
nickel
to
6
cents.
We
also
had
a
2
cent
deposit,
a
case
of
root
beer
on
flavors
cost,
sixty
cents
with
24
bottles,
and
we
went
to
80
cents.
When
we
got
to
went
to
the
bigger
bottle
the
lifetime
of
a
bottle.
We
had
it
all
figured
out
with
seven
times,
so
we
knew
how
many
times
of
bottles
we
could
use
it
over
and
over.
K
We
stated
to
the
teller,
Avenue
Factory
up
until
1937
we
moved
to
on
the
new
Street.
By
the
time
we
moved
to
our
new
facility,
we
had
over
200
franchises
and
win
38
states,
I
was
a
councilman,
and
that
was
also
real
estate.
Investing
I,
passed
away
in
1940
didn't
have
to
play
the
national
anthem.
For
me,.
K
1943,
my
son
Eddie
jr.
married
two
million
King
I.
Had
five
children
had
the
third
LMA
William
got
Beryl,
they
stayed
and
passed
the
girl
up
until
my
death
came,
the
Biloxi
ran
the
business
up
until
my
son's
death
April,
the
1st
1970,
the
family
got
the
business
and
eventually
sold
a
coca-cola
in
1987.
My
dream
is:
when
I
was
playing
around
with
this
product,
just
to
be
the
best
and
to
be
number
one
balks
group
is
number
one
in
the
world.
Today
it
sold
over
400
million
cases.
K
K
Just
imagine
eating
the
roast
beef
po-boy,
our
shrimp,
all
without
a
root
beer
box
as
much
as
tradition
and
we
proud
of
our
heritage,
as
the
lighthouse
is
the
seafood
as
all
the
other
heritage
of
the
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
coming
out.
God
bless
you.
My
son,
quit
my
great-great-grandson
Christian
bog
Luis
is
serving
ball
croupier.
Thank
you.
I.