616A OCEAN SPRINGS EA 401.04 MLY 85 1A: b. Ocean Springs, now lives in Biloxi. Carpenter, boatbuilder, fisherman, oyster shucker; Catholic; 3rd gr. Biloxi Benevolent Association. Mother: b. Jackson Co.; little education; hw, MGF: Spain; worked on charcoal schooner. Father: b. New Orleans; grade school; carpenter. PGF: New Orleans; teacher, state representative. Wife: 80; Catholic; 8th gr.; parental ancestry: French. Gulf Coastal dialect, similar in many respects to New Orleans speech. No apparent foreign language overlay or Cajun influence. GM/ 76:LP/77 2 hr.