Dr. James E. Alexander was born in Alexanderia, Louisiana in 1932 to John D. and Leona Alexander. Having lost both parents by the age of...

Lee Paul Gutierrez, Jr. was born in Biloxi in 1927. He was the eldest of four sons born to Lee Paul Gutierrez and Katherine Slay...

Mateo Martinolich was born in 1861 at Lussinpiccolo, Croatia, to Francisco Stanislaus ‘Frank' and Maria Martinolich. The couple, with...

Clark Seafood, located on Lowry Island near the Gulf of Mexico in Pascagoula, originated as the Mississippi branch to its sister...

Originating as Luka Kuljis Oil Dock, Kuljis Seafood and Ice Co. was owned and operated by his sons, Peter “Mex” Kuljis and Steve Kuljis....

The TONI JO ANN was built in 1947 at Toche Shipyard. The wooden Biloxi lugger was approximately 50 feet in length and was later converted...

Found unclaimed in the swamps of Louisiana, The CAVALIER, a 50-foot schooner, was owned by Luka Kuljis. The vessel, known to be...

Peter Tony Kuljis was born in Biloxi, in 1916, to Luka Kuljis and Tadica Pitalo Kuljis. In his early years, he worked alongside his...

Biloxi native, Paul Bodin, was born and raised on Point Cadet. His career in the maritime and seafood industry began at the young age of...

Luka Kuljis was born in Milna, Brac, Croatia in 1886 and immigrated to New York in 1904 aboard the “Julia Treiste” working his way to...

Ralph Horn was born in Bayou La Batre, AL in 1921. He married Leila Clark in 1939 and began working that same year for his...

Lionel Adam Eleuterius was born in Biloxi in 1907 to Fred and Maude Bosarge Eleuterius. He was one of ten children, four of whom would...

With a humble beginning of a roadside meat market stand in 1925, Byrd’s Grocery and Meat Market became a mainstay for the maritime and...

Owned by Capt. Ralph Baker, the SEA QUEEN was a 58-foot vessel used primarily for charter and deep-sea fishing enjoyment. Among those...

One of the Gulf Coast’s most experienced captains, Jay Trochesset has served over 50 years chartering the waters of the Mississippi Sound...

Born in 1920, JP Trochesset was a native Biloxian born to a family of boat builders, including his father, Jules Pierre Trochesset, Sr....

Zoé Broussard Demet was born June 22, 1912, in Youngsville, Louisiana, to Alceé and Aurelia Trahan Broussard. She was the second of...

Noah Demet was born December 2, 1905, in Maurice, Vermillion Parish, Louisiana, to Jean and Regina Broussard Demet. He was the third of...

Born in 1909, Joseph Lee Murray came to Biloxi as a child and immediately found himself at home among the fishermen of the area. At the...

The Lopez, Dunbar’s Sons & Company was created in 1884, upon the resignation of Lazaro Lopez and W.K.M. Dukate from the Biloxi Canning...