Live Local: Biloxi Cemetery Tour

Lace up your shoes and take a stroll with News 25’s Lorraine Weiskopf in today’s edition of ‘Live Local.’

- lace up your shoes and take a - stroll with news 25's lorraine- weiskopf in today's edition of- "live local," a series you can- catch here on news 25 on- thursdays.- for today's spooky story, we- visit the biloxi cemetery with- someone who knows the area well- a local historian.- - the biloxi cemetery is- filled with many ghoulish - attractions rich in local - history.- one of the cementary's resident- is michael batet.

- he's resting underneath one of- the oldest tombstones in- the cemetery witch has a- footstone something not - commonly seen in the south.

- recently someone came in and- restored the tombstone- believing that it's from 1841.- the history behind betat raises- more questions than - answers to his past.- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library"i haven't given up on - mr. betet - yet.

I really want to know more- about him but the saga continue- and the puzzles are - coming back together."- the cementary is also home to - many oak trees holding spanish- moss.

The spanish moss once - provided something other- than an eerie appearance to - visitors.

- lorraine weiskopf "all around - the cemetery you'll see metal - poles - sticking out of the ground.

- these are here because they wer- once dropped in - spanish moss making a canopy.

T- provide shade to those visiting- their loved ones."- there's many other reminders of- past biloxi in the cemetery - jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library"we have a brick fence - that you- normally use.

This is actually - great recycling project put - together by the city of - biloxi in the 1960s.

Years ago- the old city hall was sitting i- the middle of main street.- well when they went to demolish- that building it was so full of- bricks they said we - can't throw these away."- the bricks went into may- projects all along the city - and some are now guarding the - entrance to the cemetery.

- every year a family decorates - their grave site for halloween,- this year it's a pirate party.- yet halloween isn't the only- reason- families dress graves- all- saints day is also approaching.- jane shambra, historian, biloxi- library"families will put - flowers on the- grave sites, clean the- tombstones and so forth.

It's a- religious holiday in a way it's- also a way for families to do - projects and hangout at the - cemetery."- live local is made possible - through the support of the- biloxi library system.- tune in next thursday as news 2- continues - highlighting places of interest- along our coast - in biloxi,lorraine weiskopf,- news 25.- - - -