Oral history with Mr. Eric Eugene Dickey

              Oral history with Mr. Eric Eugene Dickey
F341.5 . M57 vol. 747, pt. 1
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Biography
Mr. Eric Eugene Dickey was born May 7, 1966, in Biloxi, Mississippi, where his grandparents and Head Start exerted positive influences in his early life. In elementary school band, Mr. Dickey began playing trumpet, and later expanded to piano and organ, becoming the professional musician he is today. Mr. Dickey grew up in a home in which church and Christianity were very important; today those values are still paramount to him.
In May of 1989, Mr. Dickey was graduated from William Carey College, and shortly afterward began working in Biloxi's Department of Community Development in the Planning Division. Several years later he was elected as councilman of Ward Two and has served in that capacity since then.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. Beauvoir Elementary School
III. Music
IV. Importance of church
V. Election as councilman of ward two
VI. Composition of Biloxi City Council
VII. Hurricane George, 1998
VIII. Crime in Biloxi
IX. Inner city decay
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