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A rootin? tootin? time ' Jc ?~ had by some 500	fftf
Favre descendants
? BY T. H. (DOC) TOUPS In 1719 Marie Anne Arlu ~ arrived in New Orleans aboard the sailing ship Marechal De Villars. Jean Favre, a soldier, was sent to the city in 1720, courtesy of the French Army.
One can only speculate as to what effect the ambiance of that romantic old city may have had on their meeting, though historical records trace a marriage and birth of their first child,
Jean Claude Favre, on April 16, 1721.
County real estate records indicate a Favre land transaction in Pearlington in 1771 and represent the first documentation of the family in Mississippi, according to Beauregard Favre, unofficial ?family historian.?
The Favre family has grown into one of the largest and most influential on the Gulf Coast. This lineage was celebrated on Sunday, April 21 at the Favre family?s second annual reunion.
The event, held at the new Hancock County Civic Center on Longfellow Road, was attended by almost 500 people, according to Beverly Scianna, who was taking registration at the door.
The attendance might have been even larger, tough a large Favre contingent was encamped at the home of local football star Brett Favre, awaiting the results of his NFL draft selection!
For the entertainment of young and old alike, Hugo
Favre of Favreville'?Express
arrived with some -19th-cen??
tury styled transportation.	.>
He operates a firm which	]
specialized in original and
reproduction horse drawn
carriages.
For this event, he brought an odd west paddy wagon of the type used to transport prisoners across the Southwest during the frontier days.	!
Scores of squealing kids	j
took advantage of the rides around the oval track behind the Civic Center building.
The picturesque conveyance is completely lacking in springs, shocks or other suspension components. Overaged children (like this writer) who accepted Hugo?s invitation for a ride, soon found themselves wishing for a tall stack of very soft pillows and a kidney belt!	!
An outdoor kitchen was	1
assembled to feed the group, with Bay St. Louis gourmand Mayor Eddie Favre manning the deep fryer.	>	'
According to organizers,	j
the Favre clan enjoyed 150	j
pounds of chicken, 12 gallons of baked beans, 100 pounds of potato salad, 30 pounds of hot dogs and 25 pounds of rice.
A contest for the oldest gent was won by Mr. David Wainwright of Waveland.
Top honors for oldest lady
went to Mrs. Carmella
Carcia Gill of Gulfport and	a	!
prize was awarded for the	!
couple married the longest	'
time. This went to Ernest
and Margerie Johnson, who
have been married for 52
years.
Members of the Favre family who would like additional information, or would like to participate in next year?s reunion, are invited to contact Beauregard Favre in	.3
Gautier at 832-9829.	,