LIFELONG BILOXIAN FALLO IS REMEMBERED
Submitted by Larie Tedesco
The Sun Herald November 21, 1996 Page B2

*************************************************
Copyright. All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
************************************************  


He made sure buildings were built -- Biloxi High School, Howard Memorial
Hospital and Yankie Stadium. And he helped make sure the city was re-built after
Hurricane Camille.

As a finance commissioner and a public works commissioner, Dominic Anthony Fallo
served the city off and on from 1957 to 1981, and also worked in the Police
Department. The lifelong public servant died Tuesday at the age of 85.

Flags in Biloxi will fly at half-staff until this afternoon, when Fallo will be
buried in Biloxi City Cemetery after an 11 a.m. mass at Nativity BVM Cathedral.

``He loved his fellow man and liked to do things for the community,'' said
County Judge Danny Guice, who served as Biloxi mayor from 1961 to 1973. ``He was
outstanding in his efforts to rebuild Biloxi after Camille'' in 1969.

Fallo had an Olympian task before him when Camille destroyed Biloxi. Roads were
closed, electricity was out, and water wasn't available. Fallo, as public works
director, was ultimately responsible for many of these services.

``He got along very well with officials and the public,'' Guice said.

Guice and other friends describe Fallo as an extremely friendly man who was
close to his family. His survivors include his wife, Lucille Lorraine Slay
Fallo, as well as a son and a brother.

``He was a true Biloxian,'' said Mayor A.J. Holloway. ``He loved to have a good
time. And, as a commissioner, he knew how to take care of business.''

Fallo was also a member of the Society, the Biloxi Business Men's Club and the
Elks.