Collection Description
Edward Dewey Lawrence Sr. (1888-1962) was a South Mississippi Politician. He served four years as justice of the peace then was elected to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors for Beat 1 in 1939. He spent the next 22 years in office serving as president of the Board of Supervisors. He was an active member in the community taking part in the Elk’s Club and many other groups. Dewey was King D’Iberville in 1958. He married Antionette Ladnier (1900-1971) in 1920 and they had 4 children Mary Frances Lawrence Foster, Dewey Edward Lawrence, Frank Jerry Lawrence, and Fern Lawrence Culliver. This collection shares bits of his life through pictures acquired from his daughter-in-law Catherine Bosarge Lawrence in 2017.
Identifier:
DLC 007.001
Date:
1939
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Campaign card for elections of Harrison County Board of Supervisors. Dewey Lawrence running for supervisor of District 1.
Identifier:
DLC 007.002
Date:
circa 1925
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Insurance company with Dewey Lawrence (top left). Dody Dale, J.P. Themeted (?), and O’Neal also photographed.
Identifier:
DLC 007.003
Date:
February 21, 1920
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Wedding portrait of Edward (Dewey) Lawrence Sr. and Antionette Ladnier. They were married by Justice of the Peace E.H. Benedich.
Identifier:
DLC 007.004
Date:
circa 1930
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence (top second from left) was photographed with the other staff of American National Insurance Co. located on Lameuse Street in downtown Biloxi.
Identifier:
DLC 007.005
Date:
circa 1930
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Headshot of Dewey Lawrence
Identifier:
DLC 007.006
Date:
February 18, 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence as King D’Iberville (King of Biloxi Mardi Gras) 1958 riding the king’s float.
Identifier:
DLC 007.007
Date:
February 18, 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence as King D’Iberville with his court. The dukes photographed are Dominic A. Fallo, Roy L. Elder, Myles Holcomb, Wendell C. Lewis, Jack Hall, and Gatha Ladner.
Identifier:
DLC 007.008
Date:
February 18, 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Mardi Gras Ball with the presentation of the 1958 royal court. Held at the Buena Vista Hotel. The royal court included dukes Dominic A. Fallo, Roy L. Elder, Myles Holcomb, Wendell C. Lewis, Jack Hall, and Gatha Ladner. The maids were Janis Walker, Becky Bacot, Sandra Parker, Ann Weatherford, Lila McIlwain, and Shirley Brister.
Identifier:
DLC 007.009
Date:
February 17-18, 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and Queen Ixoleb Johnette Walker at the Gulf Coast Carnival Association Ball at the Buena Vista without costumes.
Identifier:
DLC 007.010
Date:
March 5, 1957
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
King’s boat of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association. The following appear in the photograph Fred Moran, Anthony Ragusin, W.K. “Skeet” Hunt, Walter Fountain Jr., Frank P. Corso Sr., Dr. Eldon Bolton, Ed Kyhot, Dewey Lawrence, Laz Quave, and Matt Lyons.
Identifier:
DLC 007.011
Date:
February 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
King’s Boat of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association. Dewey Lawrence photographed front and center. Also photographed Walter Fountain Jr. (top left) and Anthony Ragusin (bottom right).
Identifier:
DLC 007.012
Date:
February 1958
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
King’s boat of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association. Dewey Lawrence in front center.
Identifier:
DLC 007.013
Date:
September 21, 1941
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence photographed with both his son’s Jerry Lawrence and Dewey Lawrence Jr. at the Biloxi Fireman’s Day Parade. This parade celebrated 58th anniversary of the organized volunteer fire company.
Identifier:
DLC 007.014
Date:
September 19, 1954
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence riding horseback in the Biloxi Fireman’s Day Parade as marshal for the West End Fire Company #3.
Identifier:
DLC 007.015
Date:
September 21, 1941
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence riding in the Biloxi Fireman’s Day Parade. He was riding John Bechnel’s horse Pal. Photograph possibly taken on Highway 90 or West Howard. Light up sign advertising the Saenger Theatre in the background.
Identifier:
DLC 007.016
Date:
September 19, 1954
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and Biloxi Fireman on the day of the Fireman’s Day Parade. With the members of the West End Fire Company #3. This year he served as marshal for this fire company.
Identifier:
DLC 007.017
Date:
circa 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence testing county equipment as Harrison County Supervisor.
Identifier:
DLC 007.018
Date:
October 16, 1961
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and Wade Guice (Head of Civil Defense for Harrison County) looking at the new mobile headquarters. The mobile headquarters was 12 by 30 feet and could sleep 5 people. This photographed originally appeared in the Daily Herald.
Identifier:
DLC 007.019
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with military officials.
Identifier:
DLC 007.020
Date:
September 1951
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence at County Supervisor’s Convention. Also photographed Clarence Edge, Dave Soloman, S.R. Carey, William Colmer, and O.F. Cassiby
Identifier:
DLC 007.021
Date:
circa 1955
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and group in front of the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce on Beach Boulevard (Highway 90).
Identifier:
DLC 007.022
Date:
December 20, 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence at local banquet. Back of photograph states, “Scene during the fabulous dinner of Biloxi seafood cookery given by the Biloxi Chamber at the West End Fire Station #3 on Wednesday December 20, 1950 in honor of Don Eddy famous food writer and authority for the American Magazine.”
Identifier:
DLC 007.023
Date:
December 6, 1956
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence at Covacevich Shipyard. The following is on the back of the photograph, “This scene was made at the Covacevich Ship Yard on Back Bay of Biloxi on December 6, 1956 and shows construction on the 145 foot steel fishing vessel begin build for George Castigliola of Pascagoula, Robert H. Macy is the naval architect; A. W. “Tony-Jack” Covacevich, owner and general manager of yard; Doyle Herring, foreman, steel yard. Presented as a memento of this occasion by the City of Biloxi, Laz Quave, Mayor, and the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, Matt Lyons, President.”
Identifier:
DLC 007.024
Date:
June 28, 1951
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence standing on Biloxi’s man-made beach west of the Biloxi Lighthouse. Deer Island is slightly visible in the background. He is demonstrating the first mile of the 26 man-made beach. Image appeared in The Daily Herald.
Identifier:
DLC 007.025
Date:
circa 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence on one way street leading towards the beach or Back Bay Biloxi. He completed many road paving projects as county supervisor.
Identifier:
DLC 007.026
Date:
December 9, 1955
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Ribbon cutting for the opening of Biloxi’s 4-lane Highway 90 aka Beach Boulevard. Dewey Lawrence (fourth from the right) is also photographed with state highway commissioner John Smith, Kay Freeman (Biloxi’s Miss Hospitality), Laz Quave (Biloxi’s Mayor), Catherine Baricev (Biloxi’s Shrimp Queen), Anthony Ragusin is at the far left.
Identifier:
DLC 007.027
Date:
circa 1955
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence at breakfast. Top of photograph states “The morning after the night before.”
Identifier:
DLC 007.028
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with wife Antionette Ladnier Lawrence.
Identifier:
DLC 007.029
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and two unknown participants related to the decision to make Harrison County a “wet or dry” county. Dewey participated in a four-person panel in favor of the Liquor Bill on March 1, 1960.
Identifier:
DLC 007.030
Date:
circa 1955
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence at Mississippi Association of Supervisors Convention.
Identifier:
DLC 007.031
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with unidentifed woman.
Identifier:
DLC 007.032
Date:
October 3, 1956
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence (Board President) welcoming Gatha Ladner after his interim appointment to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors. Gatha Ladner replaced his cousin W.M. Ladner after his death. Image appeared in The Daily Herald.
Identifier:
DLC 007.033
Date:
September 27-29, 1956
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with speakers at the Association of Mississippi Supervisors. The conference was held at the Buena Vista in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dewey Lawrence was master of ceremonies for the Monday Luncheon.
Identifier:
DLC 007.034
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with group promoting Biloxi Seafood. Biloxi was known as the “Seafood Capital of the World” in the early 1900s for its canned seafood including oysters.
Identifier:
DLC 007.035
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with his family at a Gulf Coast Carnival Association event. His son Jerry Lawrence and wife Catherine Bosarge Lawrence and Dewey Lawrence Jr.
Identifier:
DLC 007.036
Date:
circa 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence entertaining a crowd at the original Slavonian Lodge. It was located at the corner of First and Myrtle Streets on Point Cadet.
Identifier:
DLC 007.037
Date:
circa 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with a group of Elks. He was an active member in the Biloxi Elk’s Club.
Identifier:
DLC 007.038
Date:
circa 1960
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence and wife Antionette Ladnier Lawrence at the Court of the Two Sister’s Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Identifier:
DLC 007.039
Date:
circa 1950
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence with son Jerry Lawrence and granddaughter Marie “Toni” Nell. They were at the train station in Biloxi to see Jerry of to Basic Training for the Army National Guard.
Identifier:
DLC 007.040
Date:
April 7, 1956
Date Added:
December 5, 2021
Description:
Dewey Lawrence dancing with his youngest daughter Fern Lawrence at her first wedding to Carl Ray Kerr. The ceremony was held at Sacred Heart Church and the reception was held at the Biloxi Community House.
Dewey Lawrence Collection Finding Aid
| Identifier # | Date | Topic List |
| DLC 007.001 | 1939 | Harrison County, Harrison County elections, County Supervisor, campaign, candidate, elections |
| DLC 007.002 | circa 1925 | insurance company, insurance, |
| DLC 007.003 | February 21, 1920 | wedding, wedding portrait, marriage |
| DLC 007.004 | circa 1930 | insurance company, insurance, American National Insurance Company, Lameuse Street |
| DLC 007.005 | circa 1930 | headshot, elected official |
| DLC 007.006 | February 18, 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, float, parade, king’s float, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.007 | February 18, 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, float, parade, king’s float, royal court, duke, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.008 | February 18, 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, Mardi Gras ball, Buena Vista, king’s float, royal court, duke, maids, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.009 | February 17-18, 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, Queen Ixoleb, Mardi Gras ball, Buena Vista, royal court, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.010 | March 5, 1957 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, king’s boat, royal court, dukes, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.011 | February 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, king’s boat, royal court, dukes, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.012 | February 1958 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, king’s boat, royal court, dukes, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.013 | September 21, 1941 | Fireman’s Day Parade, Biloxi Fire Department, Fire Company, Hose and Ladder, Fire Truck, Fire Engine |
| DLC 007.014 | September 19, 1954 | Fireman’s Day Parade, Biloxi Fire Department, Fire Company, Hose and Ladder, Horseback riding, West End Fire Company #3 |
| DLC 007.015 | September 21, 1941 | Fireman’s Day Parade, Biloxi Fire Department, Fire Company, Hose and Ladder, Horseback riding, Saenger Theatre |
| DLC 007.016 | September 19, 1954 | Fireman’s Day Parade, Biloxi Fire Department, Fire Company, Hose and Ladder, Horseback riding, West End Fire Company #3, firemen, fireman |
| DLC 007.017 | 1950-1962 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, tractor, heavy equipment |
| DLC 007.018 | October 16, 1961 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Civil Defense, Disaster, Hurricanes, Mobile Headquarters |
| DLC 007.019 | Circa 1960 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, USAF, United States Air Force, Military, Keesler Air Force Base, Armed Forces |
| DLC 007.020 | Circa 1960 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Mississippi Association of County Supervisors, conference, meeting |
| DLC 007.021 | Circa 1955 | Biloxi Chamber of Commerce, Building, Beach Boulevard, Highway 90, Tourism |
| DLC 007.022 | December 20, 1950 | Food, Seafood, Banquet, Dinner, West End Fire Station #3, West End Fire Company #3, food writer, American Magazine |
| DLC 007.023 | December 6, 1956 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Shipyard, Covacevich Shipyard, Back Bay Biloxi, Fishing Boat, Ship Building |
| DLC 007.024 | June 28, 1951 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Front Beach, Man-Made Beach, Land Reclamation, Biloxi Lighthouse, Pier, Deer Island, Beach Boulevard, Highway 90 |
| DLC 007.025 | Circa 1950 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Street Paving, Biloxi |
| DLC 007.026 | December 9, 1955 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Highway Commission, Highway 90, Beach Boulevard, Ribbon-Cutting, Four-lane Highway, Front Beach |
| DLC 007.027 | Circa 1958 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Breakfast, Brunch, Good Ole Boy’s Club |
| DLC 007.028 | Circa 1960 | Couple, Marriage, Coast Families |
| DLC 007.029 | Circa 1960-1962 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Liquor Laws, Wet or Dry, Debate, Prohibition, Temperance |
| DLC 007.030 | Circa 1955 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Mississippi Association of County Supervisors, Conference, Meeting |
| DLC 007.031 | Circa 1960 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Speech, Policy |
| DLC 007.032 | October 3, 1956 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Interim Supervisor, Local Government |
| DLC 007.033 | September 27-29, 1953 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Speaker, Mississippi Association of County Supervisors, Buena Vista, Biloxi |
| DLC 007.034 | Circa 1960 | Mardi Gras, King D’Iberville, Queen Ixoleb, Mardi Gras ball, Buena Vista, royal court, Fat Tuesday, Carnival, Gulf Coast Carnival Association |
| DLC 007.035 | Circa 1960 | Seafood, Canned Seafood, Oysters, Shrimp, Crab, Biloxi Tourism, Biloxi Chamber of Commerce |
| DLC 007.036 | Circa 1950 | Harrison County, Harrison County Board of Supervisors, Harrison County Supervisor, Speaker, Slavonian Benevolent Society, Croatia, Croatian Immigrants, Point Cadet, Slavonian Lodge |
| DLC 007.037 | Circa 1950 | Elk’s Club, Fraternal Organizations, Men’s Groups |
| DLC 007.038 | Circa 1960 | Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana, French Quarter, Court of the Two Sister’s |
| DLC 007.039 | 1950 | Biloxi Train Station, Trains, National Guard, Armed Forces, Military, Farewell |
| DLC 007.040 | April 7, 1956 | Biloxi Community House, Wedding, Bride, Father of the Bride, Marriage, Dress, Dance |