The AMBERJACK, a 38-foot Sport Fisherman, was purchased by Germain Tony David in 1955. This vessel was a 1940’s Mathews captained by Bill...

The MICHAEL JR. was a 42-foot wooden Biloxi lugger owned by Michael Kopszywa, Sr. and named for his son. Built in 1979 by Bill Holland at...

The 45-foot wooden V-hull, PARADISE, was built in 1952 but later completely refurbished by owner, Lois J. Fountain. Used for harvesting...

Born in Youngsville, LA in 1915, Tony David was the son of Henry and Rosa David. In his 80 years as a resident of Biloxi, he served in...

Immigrating from Privlaka, Croatiain 1907 at the age of twenty-four, John Zorich came to America, arriving at New Orleans aboard the...

The son of Stanley “Rook” Kopszywa and Lola Mae Broussard, Michael Kopszywa was born in Biloxi in 1949. As early as the age of three,...

Lois Joseph Fountain, Jr. was born on January 1, 1930, on the Back Bay of Biloxi. He was the eldest of thirteen children born to Lois and...

Oliver Steven Bosarge was born August 31, 1958, into a family that can trace its heritage to the first French settlers of the Gulf Coast...

Born in Aviles, Asturias Province, Spain in 1850, Lazaro Lopez left his homeland for Cuba at the age of 13. He immigrated to the United...

Ivan Skrnich, who was known as “John”, immigrated to the United States from Milna, on the Island of Brac, in the Austrian/Hungarian...

The son of Willis and Dora Fayard Powell, Joseph was born in the St. Martin community of North Biloxi in 1935. With his father working...

Born at Point Cadet, Biloxi in 1936, Julius Broussard spent his early years in the Cruso Camps, but felt he was raised in a “virtual...

Obrey Langlinais was one of 19 children, and one twin of five sets, born to Reaux and Ophelia LeBlanc Langlinais. Born in 1901 in...

Owned and operated by John J. and Grace Renes Seymour, Grace Seymour Stuffed Crabs was the epitome of “grass roots” seafood processing....

Godfred Hennig was born in 1881 in Friedland, Germany and immigrated to the United States arriving in Gulfport in 1903 where he began...

Elizabeth “Elisa” Toups was born in Abbeville, Louisiana in 1879 to Valerin and Eugenie Desormeaux Toups. In 1895, she married Iberia...

Born in St. Martinsville, Louisiana, in 1856 and 1862 respectively, Ernest Alexandre Delahoussaye and Cecile Dore grew up in farming...

Since its founding by Edgar Madison Gollott in 1952, Gulf Pride Enterprises has been a steadfast component of the Gulf Coast’s seafood...

Wally Harold Gollott was born in 1964 to Edgar M., “E.M.” and Elizabeth “Betty” Gollott. Their combined family included nine children,...

William Nels Johnson was born in 1861 to Nels and Caroline Johnson, Norwegian immigrants who came to the United States in the 1840s. He...