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CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER. BILOXI, piled into the alley on the east side, has only its bell tower standing; the rest was
church, the pews were broken loose from their moorings; but other than that, there was not too much damage.
The parish house next door received some interior water damage; but the kitchen remained intact and operable and the offices faired equally as well.
The rectory, which is about five miles inland from the church, suffered considerable roof damage. Father James Bell and his family were there at the time, but came through it all unscathed.
Mississippi City
Historic St. Mark’s Church was blown or washed off of its foundation. Much of the nave furnishings were carried into the yard across the street and the sanctuary was piled into the nave. The concrete block parish house on the beach end of the church has disappeared; as 'has the old vicarage which faced Beach Blvd.
The rectory, across the
street to the west, withstood the storm, although severely battered both inside and o<ut. Father Bo Roberts and his family escaped injury by taking refuge in the north end of the attic.
Biloxi
All that remains of the 75 year old Church of the Re-d e e m e r, Biloxi, is the entrance tower, the rest has been piled into an impenetrable barricade of splintered wood across the side street leading north from the beach.
The old church behind it, which has been used as the parish house for more than a half a century, is still standing although severely damaged both inside and out.
Next door to the west, the spacious old two-story rectory was completely demolished, its front steps leading up only to the saddening sight of a large pile of rubble.
The rector, the Rev. O 1 i n G. Beall, and his wife, Alice, had fortunately taken refuge
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whetstone Jr., some ten miles inland, and so were spared any physical harm.
Ocean Springs Across the bay in Ocean Springs, historic old St. John’s Church and its parish house and rectory received only minor damage to their roofs and interiors.
The Rev. Thomas J. Lundy Jr., rector, and his wife and twin sons, were in the rectory during the storm but were spared injury.
Pascagoula Although communication with St. John’s Church, Pascagoula, has been spotty, it is believed that the parish got by with only slight water damage in the new rectory. And the rector, Father Harold Martin, and his family while are all in good health.
A report on St. John’s parochial mission, St. Pierre’s, Gautier, has not been received directly; but it is understood to have been irrep-
REDEEMER RECTORY, BILOXI, was blown into a pile of splinters just to the north of where this spacious two-story house once stood. An east downstairs room was blown into the yard of a neighbor to the west.
arable damaged.
Picayune
St. Paul’s Mission, Picayune, has three buildings, each in a different part of town. The old church, near the downtown, survived with hardly a scratch even though surrooinded by three large fallen trees.
The three-year-old mission house, out Central Ave., only had its front door lamps bent out of line.
The vicarage, over on Fifth Ave., received only minor roof damage when it was struck a glancing blow from one of the seven towering pine trees that crashed about it during the storm. The Rev. Cecil Jones Sr. and his wife were unhurt.
Others
In Columbia, 70 miles inland, St. Stephen’s Church escaped damage although sev-
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eral tall pines fell nearby. The vicarage had the brick veneer pulled off its front when tb«' carport wall was blown dow The interior was not damaged and the vicar, the Rev. Cecil Jones Jr., and his wife a baby were unhurt.
In Hattiesburg, where winds were reported at 125 miles an hour on the east side of the eye that passed between it and Columbia, both Ascension Mission and Trinity Parish reported no damage to their properties.
The replacement value of all these properties, according to the 1968 Parochial Reports, totals $1,565,650. An inexpert, conservative estimate of the damge is at least a million dollars; and this c? not, of course, include the va. ue of the many personal and parochial treasures which may never be recovered.
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