MS MS - Pass Christian, 3 WhtFem, Hurricane Camille victims, UP59545, UP59547, UP59549, Aug'69

[rainwater]

I did not see these on WS. They are listed on Doenetwork, but not in NAMUS.

Three females who were victims of Hurricane Camille when the hurricane slammed into the Mississippi Gulf Coast in mid-August 1969. 256 people were killed. These three women remain unidentified. Their remains were recovered from an apartment complex in Pass Christian on August 20, 1969. Investigators believe the women may have been friends or were related in some way. They are known as "Faith" "Hope" and "Charity".

"Faith" white female estimated age 60-65 years
wearing a paisley dress
Height 68 inches
Weight 135 lbs.
Eye and hair color are unknown
Link for "Faith" http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1255ufms.html


"Hope" white female estimated age 30-35 years
height eye hair color all unknown
135 lbs
wearing white blouse, green slacks, and black rubber boots

Link for "Hope": http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1254ufms.html


"Charity" estimated age 40-50 years old
Height 62 inches
110 lbs.
no clothing descriptions given
wearing 4 rings
wearing earrings
Link for "Charity" : http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1253ufms.html


All three women are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport, MS. A memorial service is held for them each year on the date Hurricane Camille made landfall. Camille is ranked as a Category 5 hurricane (the most destructive)

 

[Migmuu]

There's actually a thread for these UIDs already. Here you go: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ty-Bodies-of-8-Hurricane-Camille-victims-1969

ETA: Just noticed that these are actually three different UIDs. I didn't know there were 11 unidentified Camille victims. Interesting

 

[rainwater]

I added a few sentences to Wikipedia in the Hurricane Camille article about "Faith, Hope, and Charity." Figured it couldn't hurt and someone may remember hearing about their relative or relative's friend who was in Camille and hasn't been heard from since.

The link you posted contains another link to 41 people still listed as missing from Pass Christian. Thank you.
It doesn't sound like DNA was ever taken from the three women's remains.

 

[Migmuu]

I was able to turn up a couple of newspaper articles that mention these three women:

2009 - Hurricane Camille's Fury Remembered
1994 - Survivors Remember Killer Hurricane

The second article has a picture of a man standing over their unmarked graves, dated 1979. It's nice that, at some point, people pitched in to actually give them some proper headstones.

 

[rainwater]

Only LE or coroner/medical examiner personnel can enter UIDs in NAMUS. Does anyone have contacts that might be willing to do so? I am neither. Anyone can enter MPs in NAMUS as long as they have info about the MP (height, hair, eye color, scars, tattoos, etc.)

 

[rainwater]

List of Those still missing from Mississippi after Hurricane Camille: http://camille.passchristian.net/memorial____gulf_coast.htm

Four missing people are listed as being from Pass Christian: Zoe Matthews, Mary Louise Smith, Mary M. Smith, and Otis Williams.


E. W. Bielar
Mrs. Byrd
Billie Caroll Carter
Robert Carter
John Cartwright
Richard D'Hevreaux
John L. Dorsey
John Encaleda
Dorothy Fretwell
Richard Terry Gantly
Robert Geodal
Betty Gill
Billy Wayne Grice
Sybil Karel
Oscar King
Vondale Knott
Tom Ladner
Mother of Tom Ladner
Mrs. Adams Lamarre
Norman Joseph Lapeyrouse
Mr. Lehman
Mrs. Lehman
Zoe Matthews
Bonita Moore
Allie M. Moran
Clara Redmond
Frederick Redmond
Corvan Joseph Robichaux
Leslie J. Roussell
Robert F. Sheppard
Mary Louise Smith
Mary M. Smith
Mrs. Spaw
Bradford Van Allen
Larry Zane Watkins
Ed Williams
Larry Williams
Leo Williams
Margie Williams
Maxine Williams
Otis Williams

 

[Melt71]

All these 3 women are now in Namus

"Faith" UP59545
www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/59545?nav
white female estimated age 60-65 years
wearing a paisley dress
Height 68 inches
Weight 135 lbs.
Eye and hair color are unknown
www.doenetwork.org/cases/1255ufms.html


"Hope" UP59547
www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/59547?nav
white female estimated age 30-35 years
height eye hair color all unknown
135 lbs
wearing white blouse, green slacks, and black rubber boots
www.doenetwork.org/cases/1254ufms.html


"Charity" UP59549
www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/59549?nav
estimated age 40-50 years old
Height 62 inches
110 lbs.
no clothing descriptions given
wearing 4 rings
wearing earrings
www.doenetwork.org/cases/1253ufms.html

 

[Melt71]

@othram will Carla Davis still be continuing her efforts to identify all the MS UIDs while working with your team?

 

[othram]

@othram will Carla Davis still be continuing her efforts to identify all the MS UIDs while working with your team?

Yes, of course! We are working directly with MS Office of the Medical Examiner to clear all of their UHRs.

 

[SimsGuy67]

List of Those still missing from Mississippi after Hurricane Camille: Memorial -- Gulf Coast

Four missing people are listed as being from Pass Christian: Zoe Matthews, Mary Louise Smith, Mary M. Smith, and Otis Williams.


E. W. Bielar
Mrs. Byrd
Billie Caroll Carter
Robert Carter
John Cartwright
Richard D'Hevreaux
John L. Dorsey
John Encaleda
Dorothy Fretwell
Richard Terry Gantly
Robert Geodal
Betty Gill
Billy Wayne Grice
Sybil Karel
Oscar King
Vondale Knott
Tom Ladner
Mother of Tom Ladner
Mrs. Adams Lamarre
Norman Joseph Lapeyrouse
Mr. Lehman
Mrs. Lehman
Zoe Matthews
Bonita Moore
Allie M. Moran
Clara Redmond
Frederick Redmond
Corvan Joseph Robichaux
Leslie J. Roussell
Robert F. Sheppard
Mary Louise Smith
Mary M. Smith
Mrs. Spaw
Bradford Van Allen
Larry Zane Watkins
Ed Williams
Larry Williams
Leo Williams
Margie Williams
Maxine Williams
Otis Williams

I looked, and Zoe Matthews, being in her 60s at the time of Hurricane Camille, matches the description of "Faith" well. Here are the few stats I could find for both women.

	Zoe Belle Matthews	"Faith" 1255UFMS
Sex	Female	Female
Race	White (Source)	White
Age	64 (Source)	60 - 65
DLC/DOD	c. August 17, 1969 (Source)	August 17 - 18, 1969

As for the other two women, I don't know. Mary Louise Smith seems to have been only a child at the time of her death, far too young to be either "Hope" or "Charity" (By the way, the Mary M. Smith in this obituary is likely not the missing Mary M. Smith).

As for Mary M. Smith, I found absolutely nothing on her. The only Mary M. Smith I could find is the mother of Mary Louise Smith, thought the website lists her as deceased, not missing, and not the same person as the missing Mary M. Smith.