Born in Parrish, Alabama in 1911, Thomas C. Plylar was one of five children born to George and Margrate Plylar. George was a...

Anthony “Tony” Mihojevich was a captain and boat owner who made his career upon the bountiful waters of the Gulf Coast in Biloxi,...

William “Billy” Thiroux is a boat owner and commercial fisherman from Ocean Springs, Mississippi. For over sixty years, Thiroux operated...

For over thirty-five years, Thomas Schultz, Jr. captained his Biloxi lugger, the Reva Rose. Thomas was born on October 22, 1932; he grew...

Richard C. Kopszywa, affectionately known as “Rick” is a boat owner and captain from Biloxi, Mississippi. He is notable as being the...

Peter Martin Skrmetta was a boat owner and captain who found success in his adopted home of Biloxi, Mississippi. Skrmetta captained the...

If one were to walk down East Rodriguez Street of the community of d’Iberville in 1986, they would likely encounter the historical boat...

John Joseph Kersanac a boat owner and captain, born in late 1884, at Lovran, Istria County, Croatia. John was the son of Joseph Kersanac...

Leon Vern Richie Sr. was a commercial seafood processor from Biloxi, Mississippi, born on November 3, 1924. Leon was the son of Eula and...

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...

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...

Wilfred Patrick Barry, Sr. was born October 12, 1923, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was raised on Cadet Street on Biloxi’s Point Cadet, in...

Richard Purchner was a boat owner, captain, and commercial fisherman who was a New Orleans native and later moved to the Mississippi Gulf...

Seagues Leleaux, Jr. was a boat owner and captain from Biloxi, Mississippi, who was a frequent participant in the annual Blessing of the...

Peter Misko was a boat captain and firefighter from Biloxi, Mississippi. Born on January 13, 1914. He was the son of Peter Dominick...

Roland Creel, Jr., or “Brother” as he was affectionately known, carried the knowledge and love of the Gulf that was passed to him from...

Roland “King Mullet” Creel, Sr. is the portrait of the quintessential Biloxi boat captain, fisherman and lifelong seafarer. Born in...

Growing up on Deer Island was just a normal childhood to Donald Baker and his siblings. After all, generations of the Baker family grew...

Captain Ronald Baker was born and raised on Deer Island, just across the channel from mainland Biloxi. The Baker family has ties to Deer...

Falton J. Prevost, known affectionately as “Poochie,” was a lifetime fisherman from Vancleave, Mississippi. Throughout his life, he was...