Longtime Coast businessman Louis Carl Uchello Sr., age 87, who passed away Friday, was a man with a sense of humor who loved a good round of golf, said his daughter, Jocelyn Turnbough. ''We thought about putting a golf club in (the casket) and a deck of cards,'' Turnbough said. ''We were looking for a rosary. Yes, he always had a pretty good sense of humor.''
Uchello, a native of Gretna, La., was the son of Italian immigrant farmers, who moved to the Coast more than 60 years ago and became a self-made businessman.
Uchello first opened The Grove nightclub at the corner of DeBuys Road and U.S. 90, and later opened the Harbor Light Restaurant, which was destroyed by Hurricane Camille. He built the Sun Tan Motel, still in operation today on U.S. 90.
Uchello was a Roman Catholic and a parishioner at Nativity B.V.M. He was a charter member of the Sunkist Country Club and the Italian American Society. He was also a member of Elks Club No. 606 of Biloxi, and was an avid recreational fisherman.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Louis Uchello Sr.', July 28, 1996, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, 'Biloxi businessman Uchello dies at 87', July 28, 1996.
Uchello, a native of Gretna, La., was the son of Italian immigrant farmers, who moved to the Coast more than 60 years ago and became a self-made businessman.
Uchello first opened The Grove nightclub at the corner of DeBuys Road and U.S. 90, and later opened the Harbor Light Restaurant, which was destroyed by Hurricane Camille. He built the Sun Tan Motel, still in operation today on U.S. 90.
Uchello was a Roman Catholic and a parishioner at Nativity B.V.M. He was a charter member of the Sunkist Country Club and the Italian American Society. He was also a member of Elks Club No. 606 of Biloxi, and was an avid recreational fisherman.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Louis Uchello Sr.', July 28, 1996, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, 'Biloxi businessman Uchello dies at 87', July 28, 1996.
Longtime Coast businessman Louis Carl Uchello Sr., age 87, who passed away Friday, was a man with a sense of humor who loved a good round of golf, said his daughter, Jocelyn Turnbough. ''We thought about putting a golf club in (the casket) and a deck of cards,'' Turnbough said. ''We were looking for a rosary. Yes, he always had a pretty good sense of humor.''
Uchello, a native of Gretna, La., was the son of Italian immigrant farmers, who moved to the Coast more than 60 years ago and became a self-made businessman.
Uchello first opened The Grove nightclub at the corner of DeBuys Road and U.S. 90, and later opened the Harbor Light Restaurant, which was destroyed by Hurricane Camille. He built the Sun Tan Motel, still in operation today on U.S. 90.
Uchello was a Roman Catholic and a parishioner at Nativity B.V.M. He was a charter member of the Sunkist Country Club and the Italian American Society. He was also a member of Elks Club No. 606 of Biloxi, and was an avid recreational fisherman.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Louis Uchello Sr.', July 28, 1996, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, 'Biloxi businessman Uchello dies at 87', July 28, 1996.
Uchello, a native of Gretna, La., was the son of Italian immigrant farmers, who moved to the Coast more than 60 years ago and became a self-made businessman.
Uchello first opened The Grove nightclub at the corner of DeBuys Road and U.S. 90, and later opened the Harbor Light Restaurant, which was destroyed by Hurricane Camille. He built the Sun Tan Motel, still in operation today on U.S. 90.
Uchello was a Roman Catholic and a parishioner at Nativity B.V.M. He was a charter member of the Sunkist Country Club and the Italian American Society. He was also a member of Elks Club No. 606 of Biloxi, and was an avid recreational fisherman.
REFERENCES:
The Sun Herald, 'Louis Uchello Sr.', July 28, 1996, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, 'Biloxi businessman Uchello dies at 87', July 28, 1996.
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