Manley Cospelich was a boat owner and captain from Mississippi City, Mississippi. Mississippi City was the original county seat for...

Walter E. Ross Jr., known affectionately as “Junie”, was a maritime lawyer and boat owner from Biloxi, Mississippi. Born on September 4,...

With profound love and deep respect for God, family, community and the Gulf of Mexico, Walter “Captain Eley” Ross lived the...

The “Bohemian” or seasonal seafood worker helped shape the expanding town of Biloxi, Mississippi during the turn of the twentieth century....

Steve Marinovich was a fisherman and net maker from Biloxi, Mississippi. Within the incorporation of his business Marinovich Trawl Co. in...

Lessaint “Blue” Broussard was born Youngsville, Louisiana in 1898, and despite being the shortest in a family of tall men, he would one...

A lifetime resident of the Gulf Coast as well as a pillar of the value of hard work, Biloxi resident Peter J Pitalo is remembered for his...

Born in Ocean Springs Mississippi in 1930, Captain Clarence A. Hamilton Jr. was both an industry tradesman and a boat captain. He was...

John “Johnny” Skrnich, Jr. (March 23, 1917-February 6, 2007) John “Johnny” Skrnich, Jr. was born to John Skrnich, Sr. and Antonia Kuljis...