Oral history with Geraldine Blessey

              Oral history with Geraldine Blessey
F341.5 . M57 vol. 749, pt. 2
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Biography
Mrs. Geraldine ( Gerry) Blessey was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 16, 1922, to Edmeé Thensted and Henry F. Fountain Sr. Mrs. Blessey is the eldest of four children, the widow of Walter J. Blessey III, the mother of Walter J. Blessey IV, Gerald H. Blessey, and Tamalane Blessey. She is grandmother to eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Blessey is a member of the Biloxi Council of Garden Clubs, the Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Gulf Coast Symphony Guild, and the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Ohr- O'Keefe Museum of Art.
Mrs. Blessey retired as the Assistant Vice President of Bookkeeping from the Peoples Bank of Biloxi. She is a lifetime member of the Nativity B. V. M. Cathedral of Biloxi. In her spare time Mrs. Blessey enjoys oil painting, gardening, music, and travel.
Table of Contents
I. Birth
II. Early family history
III. Grandfather
IV. Meeting husband
V. Siblings
VI. Dukate Grammar School
VII. Children
VIII. Playing in the high school band
IX. Outbreak of World War II; husband's work at the Keesler post office
X. Sons' involvement in the Vietnam War
XI. Careers of children mus- coh. blesseygn. doc Page 1 of 20