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						|  Standing 
						roughly where Martin Hardware was and looking southeast, 
						this is Russell's Service Center, overlooking the Gulf 
						of Mexico. Owners Tom and Alice Russell long ago made 
						the decision not to convert their full-service gas 
						station into one of those "food marts." I can't begin to 
						name all the family members who worked there, doing 
						everything from replacing timing belts to pumping gas. 
						Pass Christian really was that kind of place. |  |