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...

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...

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...

Remembered for his unrelenting work ethic and his rather unique nickname, Steve “Gramps” Barhanovich was an industry tradesman and boat...

Lucy Comeaux Lemmler was a factory workers and store owner from Biloxi Mississippi. Born in New Iberia, Louisiana on July 8, 1905, she...

Margaret “Mishee” Misko Marinovich Guich was a seafood worker of Slavonian descent who made her life in Biloxi Mississippi in the early...

Walter Eley Ross, III was a boat owner and captain who called Biloxi home. Born on January 21, 1969, Walter was the son of Walter...