Edward "Ed" Gemmill
 Ward 6
 egemmill@biloxi.ms.us
   P.O. Box 429
  Biloxi, MS 39533
   547-5813 cell
  388-5931 fax

Newsletters

August 2005
January 2006
June-July 2008

Party Affiliation

• Republican

Background

• Born Feb. 13, 1962, Biloxi Hospital on Central Beach Boulevard
• Educated at Biloxi High School and Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College
• Married to the former Lisa K. Businelle of Biloxi
• Father of five children: Kaeley, Taylor, Bayley, Ethan and Seth
• Parents, the late Walter Earl and Camille Dean Gemmill of Biloxi
• Maternal grandparents, the late J.N. and Zera Dean of Biloxi
• Paternal grandparents, the late George and Ruth Gemmill of Stewartstown, MD
• Lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Biloxi
• Third-generation Biloxi businessman

Professional Involvement

• President of Biloxi City Council, April 2007-July 2008
• Employed with Delchamps Food Stores of Mobile from Dec. 1979- Feb. 1993
• Chairman, City of Biloxi Civil Service Commission, 1989-1993; commissioner, 2002-July 2005
• Publisher, “My South Coast Home,” 2001-present
• President, “Book of Biloxi, 300 Years,” Inc., with Biloxi Tricentennial Commission, 1997-1999
• Commissioner, City of Biloxi Elections Commission,  Chairman 1990-1993 and 1998-2004
• Mayor’s Advisory Committee to Select Police Chief to replace Tommy Moffett, 2002
• Vice President, Mississippi Gulf Coast Restaurant and Beverage Association, 1999-2000
• Chairman, Youth Services, USA Gulf Coast, Inc., 1990-1992
  

Civic Involvement

• Charter Member, Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce
• Charter Member, Young Business Leaders Association
• Member, Salvation Army Board of Directors, 1991-1992
• President, Kiwanis Club of Biloxi, 1989-1990\
• Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of America, 1986
• Captain, Boy Scouts of America, 1984-1985
• President, Biloxi Jaycees, 1984-1985

Honor and awards

• City of Biloxi Award, 1985, 1993, 1999
• Outstanding Young Biloxian, 1989-1990
• Outstanding Young Man of America, 1985
• Outstanding President’s Award, U.S. Jaycess, 1985
• Government Affairs Award, 1985
• Take It Home Award, U.S. Jaycess, 1985