Oral history with Ms. Frances Burney

              Oral history with Ms. Frances Burney
F341.5 . M57 vol. 747, pt. 1
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Biography
Ms. Frances Burney was born May 29, 1913, in Vancleave, Mississippi. When she was eighteen, she married and moved to Biloxi, Mississippi. Until 1951, she stayed home rearing her four children; at that time, her husband became ill, and she took a job outside her home at the age of thirty- eight in order to support her family.
When she began her married life in Biloxi, the streets were paved with oyster shells. Ms. Burney has lived continuously in Biloxi, witnessing many changes throughout the years.
Table of Contents
I. Childhood
II. New Bethel Baptist Church, Biloxi
III. Old Biloxi
IV. Pralines
V. Community leaders
VI. Medical services
VII. Beck Park
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program at The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Ms. Frances Burney and is being conducted on April 3, 2000. The interviewer is William Henderson. mus- coh. burneyf. doc Page 1 of 14