October 20th, 2006
Jerry Gist of Biloxi
Jerry Gist of Biloxi relished his beach bum status.
“Jerry was a strong person, but a real gentle person at the same time,” his friend and former co-worker John Porter said. “He was slow to get mad, but if you made him mad, you better get out of the way.”
Gist, in his late 40s, frequently wore a do-rag and a walrus-style handlebar mustache. He worked at Famous Joe’s Oyster Bar in Biloxi, preparing oysters and doing whatever needed to be done.