Well...he was a military brat, so his Dad had settled in Biloxi when he retired, but I think the rest of the family was from another part of the state. I'm not really sure where, exactly.
We love it when we can bring home that good Gulf (of Mexico) Shrimp.
I didn't get to partake of as much seafood as I would have liked to while I was in MS (at Keesler in Biloxi for four months)...sad. So I guess I haven't had the REALLY good stuff!
My uncle in SC has a shrimp boat, though, and he catches some wonderful shrimp - I've only had it a few times when Grandma would bring some up (we didn't do much traveling back and forth), but it's goood! Seems like a lot of what's available up this way in the stores is sort of mushy and flavorless by comparison.
When were at Keesler? My Mama lives about 14 miles east of Biloxi in Gautier. Since you've been there, and could recognize some of the places, you need to read the book "Mississippi Mud" by Edward Humes. It is a true story about the murders of a sitting judge and his mayoral-candidate wife in the mid 80s. It really lays bare the sleaziness of the political scene from the early 70s to the late 80s.