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30	■ COAST BUSINESS ■ January 1 7, 1994
Oldest Companies on the Coast Ranked by year established								
Name	Year Established	Original Location	Founder	Original Name	Original Line of Business	No. Coast Locations	Current No. of Employees	Top Executive
St. Stanislaus 1 # 304 S. Beach Blvd. Bay St. Louis 39520 467-9057	1854	South Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis	Brother Athanasius, 5.C	St. Stanislaus College	private school	1	135	Brother Paul Montero
Bradford O'Keefe 2. 675 Howard Ave. Biloxi 39530 374-5650	1865	911 Porter Ave., Ocean Springs	Edward O'Keefe	O'Keefe Undertaking	livery & undertaking	10	85	Jeff O'Keefe
Charles T. Harrison Realty 3. 720 Jackson St. Biloxi 39533 436-6983	1882	Howard Ave., Biloxi	Richard Benjamin Harrison	Harrison Real Estate & Rental Agent	real estate	1	4	Charles T. Harrison
Gulf Publishing Co. 4. 205 Debuys Rd. Gulfport 39507 896-2100	1884	Lameuse St., Biloxi	George Wilkes	The Biloxi Herald	newspaper	4	260	Roland Weeks Jr.
Moran's Insurance 5* 710 Washington Ave. Ocean Springs 39564 875-5464	1888	710 Washington Ave., Ocean Springs	Hiram Fisher Russell	Ocean Springs Insurance Agency	insurance	1	5	Susie Moran
Sea Coast Echo O. 124 Court St. Bay St. Louis 39520 467-5473	1892	Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis	Charles B. Moreau	Sea Coast Echo	newspaper	1	19	Ellis C. Cuevas
J.C. Clower Furniture 7. 1317 26th Ave. Gulfport 39501 863-0361	1894	Howard Ave., Biloxi	j.C. Clower	J.C. Clower Furniture	furniture	1	6	J.R. Clower jr. !
The Peoples Bank 8. P-O. Drawer 529 Biloxi 39533 435-551 1	1896	Tucei Building, Biloxi	Joe Swetman, Jim Swetman, Bles Tucei, Joe Tucei	The Peoples Bank	banking	12	153	Chevis Swetman
Gex, Gex, Phillips Merchants Bank Bldg. Bay St. Louis 39520 467-6515	1897	Merchants Bank Bldg., Bay St. Louis	Walter J. Gex Sr.	Gex & Harrison	law firm	1	6	Walter J. Phillips
Barq's Inc. I 200 lameuse St. Biloxi 39530 432-7001	1898	Keller Ave., Biloxi	Edward C. Barq	Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works	root beer company	1	11	John Koerner 1
Miss. Abstract Title & Guaranty 2317 14th St, Gulfport 39501 863-5252	1898	231 7 14th St., Gulfport	W.R. Barber	Miss. Abstract Title & Guaranty	title company	1	3	W.R. Barber
Hancock Bank J 2. One Hancock Plaza Gulfport 39501 868-4000	1899	South Beach Blvd., Bay St. Louis	19 citizens	Hancock County Bank	banking	42	694	Leo Seal Jr.
Hancock Insurance Co. 114 Main St. Bay St. Louis 39520 467-5496	1899	Hancock Bank, Bay St. Louis	Leo Seal Sr., A.A. Sc:afidi, S.L. Engman	Hancock Insurance Co.	independent insurance agency	1	7	Leo Seal Jr.
Sawyer Real Estate |4. 3120 W. Beach Blvd. Gulfport 39501 863-0232	1901	14th St. & 26th Ave., Gulfport	P.J. White	P.J. White Real Estate	real estate	1	15	Lenwood Sawyer Jr.
Adams Flowers Inc. 1 5. 2009 25th Ave. Gulfport 39501 863-3753	1902	316 Davis Ave. Pass Christian	John B. Adams	}.B. Adams & Son	flower shop	3	25	Wm, "Bert" Adams
Adams Lorraine Flower Shop 317 Ulman Ave. Bay St. Louis 39520 467-6507	1902	316 Davis Ave. Pass Christian	John B. Adams	J.B. Adams & Sons	flower shop	2	12	John Adams Ginger Adams
4 Burnham-McKinney Pharmacy I 7. 5001 Main St. Moss Point 39563 475-8564	1902	Escatawpa	K. W. Burnham	Burnham's Drug Store	pharmacy	2	20	John McKinney
n Merchants Bank & Trust Co. JO. 1300 25th St. Gulfport 39501 864-7332	1903	Echo Publishing Co., Bay St. Louis	W.J. Gex Sr., Charles G. Moreau, John Osoinach	Merchants Bank & Trust Co.	banking	13	103	Guy C. Billups Jr.
n W.A. McDonald & Sons iy. 301 S. Easterbrook Bay St. Louis 39520 467-5442	1904	Bay St. Louis	W.A. McDonald	W.A. McDonald	general mercantile, farm supplies & feed, wholesale groceries	1	13	James C. McDonald, Winnifred McDonald
Fayard Moving & Transportation 2615 25th Ave. Gulfport 39501 863-3761	1905	29th Ave., Gulfport	W.H. Fayard	O.K. Transfer & Storage	transfer & storage	2	30	Ed Fayard
~ - Stewart Sneed Hewes 21 . 1317 22nd Ave. Gulfport 39501 863-5362	1905	Gulfport	John B. Sneed, Fred Hewes	John Sneed Insurance Agency	insurance	1	44	Jack Thompson
Coast Coca-Cola Bottling 3701 25th Ave. Gulfport 39501 864-1122	1906	24th Ave., Gulfport	T.F. Tatum, Capt. J.T. Jones	Coast Coca-Cola Bottling Co.	bottling	1	90	Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Birmingham, Ala.
^ ^ Shaw/Walker Architects P.A. 23. 1410 25th Ave. Gulfport 395t)1 864-1202	1906	Salloum's Dept. Store (2nd FI.), Gulfport	Hobart Doane Shaw	H.D. Shaw	architects & engineers	1	8	Philip Shaw, Ferdinand Walker
Biloxi Regional Medical Center 150 Reynoir St. Biloxi 39530 432-1571	1908	Hwy. 90, Biloxi	n/a	Biloxi Charity Association	hospital	1 . -	500	James D. Baker
^ r Rushing & Guice 25. 683 Water St. •••Biloxi 39530 374-2313	1908	above Grant's Drugstore Biloxi	William L. Guice, Charles L. Rushing	Rushing & Guice	law firm	1	17	William L. Guice 111