On the 54th anniversary of Hurricane Camille, the Category 5 storm that ravaged South Mississippi, a service was held at Evergreen Garden Cemetery in Gulfport.
“On August 17, we gather today to remember them,” said Matt Stratton, Harrison Co. Emergency Management Director.“We remember them as well as everyone affected by Camille,” Stratton added.
“It does symbolize how vulnerable people can be,” said Rupert Lacy, former Harrison Co. EMA director who vividly remembers the storm’s fury. “The question has always been: why didn’t these three ladies leave, and why did they have a comfort level to stay? As we’ve found out, storms have their own personality, and this storm was deadly.”
“Hurricane Camille was one of the most powerful, deadly and destructive storms to hit the United States,” Stratton said.
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