FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY REMEMBERED

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FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY REMEMBERED

By MELISSA M. SCALLAN

GULFPORT — Gayle Goodwin was a teenager in Alabama when Hurricane Camille hit in 1969, but for the past few years, she has attended the memorial service for Faith, Hope and Charity, the three storm victims who were never identified.

Goodwin said after Hurricane Katrina, she realized how important it is to remember everyone in the community.

“These are somebody’s daughters, aunts, nieces,” Goodwin said. “They are part of our society and they just disappeared.”


Goodwin was one of a small group who attended Monday morning’s service at Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport honoring the three unidentified women who were killed 40 years ago during Camille.

The service has been held since the mid-1970s.

“It is very humbling to stand before you 40 years after Hurricane Camille,” said Rupert Lacy, director of the Harrison County Emergency Management Agency. (more...)