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By 1950 the new home was complete and furnished with antiques ready for business again. See "Sea Coast Echo" of Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, Friday, September B, 1950, Section 2, also "Down South" published at Biloxi, Mississippi,
April, 1953, Pages 15 -22, Volume 3, No. 2, Profile of H. T.
Carr.
I was now devoting my full time to the antique business.
The saying is that some of the finest people in the world are interested in antiques, and I was privileged to meet many of these fine people, coming from all parts of the country to see my collection of antiques which were by now about twelve rooms of antiques.
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In 195?, my wife, Grace Daisy Belbin Carr, died. She is buried at Cedar Rest Cemetary in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
Had it not been for my son-in-law, D. E. Wilcox, I do not know how I could have survived this shock.
During the years, I received several appointments that are very dear to me. On December 11, 1950, I was appointed Colonel on the Staff of Governor Earl K. Long, of the State of Louisiana. On June 7, 1951, I was made an honorary citizen of the City of New Orleans by Mayor DeLesseps Morrison. On January 4, 1960, I was made a Deputy Sheriff of Hancock County, Mississippi, by Sheriff Gerald V. Price. On October 3, 1974, I was made an honorary citizen of the City of Waveland, Mississippi, by Mayor John Longo, Jr. Thanks to all of you for these honorary appointments .
Having been very active in civic and political affairs as well as in my own business since 1925, and now being alone in a large home, I began to think of retirement to some quiet country place to spend my remaining years. Having been raised in mountain country, I would have liked to have retired to mountain country, but there are no mountains along the Gulf Coast. Then most of my children lived along the Gulf Coast. I found a suitable place in the community of Necaise, Mississippi. In 1965,
I sold my home at Clermont Harbor to my daughter, Mary Hansford Wilcox and her husband, D. E. Wilcox. I then moved to Necaise which is about thirty miles north of Clermont Harbor, on State Highway 53.
And then came the fatal date of August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille. By this time, a hurricane warning system had been developed and in use, thus we had ample warning as to what to expect.