Richard C. Kopszywa
Richard C. Kopszywa, affectionately known as “Rick” is a boat owner and captain from Biloxi, Mississippi. He is notable as being the...
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- Sep 26
- 3 min
Peter Martin Skrmetta
Peter Martin Skrmetta was a boat owner and captain who found success in his adopted home of Biloxi, Mississippi. Skrmetta captained the...
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- Sep 26
- 2 min
John DeSilvey
If one were to walk down East Rodriguez Street of the community of d’Iberville in 1986, they would likely encounter the historical boat...
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- Sep 26
- 2 min
John Joseph Kersanac
John Joseph Kersanac a boat owner and captain, born in late 1884, at Lovran, Istria County, Croatia. John was the son of Joseph Kersanac...
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- Sep 26
- 2 min
Leon V. Richie, Sr.
Leon Vern Richie Sr. was a commercial seafood processor from Biloxi, Mississippi, born on November 3, 1924. Leon was the son of Eula and...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Edwin Jacquet
Captain Edwin Jacquet is a boat owner and boat builder from Biloxi, Mississippi. Edwin Jacquet was born in 1926 and got his start in the...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
James "Sid" King
James Sidney King, better known as “Captain Sid,” is remembered for a lifetime of shrimping and love of the Gulf Coast way of life. Born...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Wilfred P. Barry, Sr.
Wilfred Patrick Barry, Sr. was born October 12, 1923, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was raised on Cadet Street on Biloxi’s Point Cadet, in...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Richard Purchner
Richard Purchner was a boat owner, captain, and commercial fisherman who was a New Orleans native and later moved to the Mississippi Gulf...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Seagues Leleaux, Jr.
Seagues Leleaux, Jr. was a boat owner and captain from Biloxi, Mississippi, who was a frequent participant in the annual Blessing of the...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Peter D. Misko, Jr.
Peter Misko was a boat captain and firefighter from Biloxi, Mississippi. Born on January 13, 1914. He was the son of Peter Dominick...
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- Sep 25
- 3 min
Roland J. "Brother" Creel, Jr.
Roland Creel, Jr., or “Brother” as he was affectionately known, carried the knowledge and love of the Gulf that was passed to him from...
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- Sep 25
- 3 min
Roland J. "King Mullet" Creel, Sr.
Roland “King Mullet” Creel, Sr. is the portrait of the quintessential Biloxi boat captain, fisherman and lifelong seafarer. Born in...
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- Sep 25
- 1 min
Donald Baker
Growing up on Deer Island was just a normal childhood to Donald Baker and his siblings. After all, generations of the Baker family grew...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Ronald Baker, Sr.
Captain Ronald Baker was born and raised on Deer Island, just across the channel from mainland Biloxi. The Baker family has ties to Deer...
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- Sep 25
- 1 min
Falton J. "Poochie" Prevost
Falton J. Prevost, known affectionately as “Poochie,” was a lifetime fisherman from Vancleave, Mississippi. Throughout his life, he was...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Manley Cospelich
Manley Cospelich was a boat owner and captain from Mississippi City, Mississippi. Mississippi City was the original county seat for...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Walter E. "Junie" Ross, Jr.
Walter E. Ross Jr., known affectionately as “Junie”, was a maritime lawyer and boat owner from Biloxi, Mississippi. Born on September 4,...
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- Sep 25
- 3 min
Walter E. "Capt. Eley" Ross, Sr.
With profound love and deep respect for God, family, community and the Gulf of Mexico, Walter “Captain Eley” Ross lived the...
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- Sep 25
- 2 min
Edward Eugene "Cotton" Kopszywa, Jr.
The “Bohemian” or seasonal seafood worker helped shape the expanding town of Biloxi, Mississippi during the turn of the twentieth century....
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