Nelson Corr Lang

Nelson Corr "Nip" Lang died in Hurricane Katrina along with his wife of 25 years, Helen Roberts Lang, formerly of Biloxi. Mr. Lang was born May 9, 1929 and lived his full life in Pass Christian. He and his wife were both lost in the destruction of their home on August 29, 2005. He was the son of E.A. Lang and Anna Hire Lang both of whom predeceased. He was also predeceased by a younger brother, Gordon Corr Lang,who died as an infant. He is survived by two older brothers, John Hire Lang and Eaton A. Lang, Jr., both of Pass Christian, and by numerous nieces and nephews. He was a graduate of St. Stanislaus College Prep, Bay St. Louis and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Most of his business life was spent in the Real Estate and General Insurance Business in Pass Christian. During the Korean War he spent four years in the U.S. Navy as an electricians mate on the submarine U.S.S. Medregal (SS480). Mr. Lang was a long term active member of the Pass Christian Rotary Club where he was particularly active in Boy Scout Troop 216, which was the troop sponsored by that Rotary Club. He held an outstanding record of having over forty years of perfect attendance at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club. He was a Catholic and had served as both usher and eucharistic minister at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pass Christian. The Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Lang and his wife, Helen, will be held Thursday, November 3, 2005 , at 12 noon at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi where friends may call from 11:00 a.m. until the Mass. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.