Blessed

Published 12:05 am Saturday, October 4, 2014

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Chief Jerry Mullins pours blessed oil into the engine of the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Chief Jerry Mullins pours blessed oil into the engine of the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Chip Henderson, left, pastor of Pinelake Church in Brandon, blesses oil to be used in the engine of the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning with the boat's captain, Willie Ryann, center, and chief Jerry Mullins at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Chip Henderson, left, pastor of Pinelake Church in Brandon, blesses oil to be used in the engine of the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning with the boat’s captain, Willie Ryann, center, and chief Jerry Mullins at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors check out the pilothouse on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors check out the pilothouse on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)

Visitors mill about on the M/V Kathy Azlin Thursday morning before the christening of the tug at the riverfront near Ergon Marine and Industrial Supply. More than 70 people turned out for the event christening the 21st boat in the Magnolia Marine Transport fleet, which primarily moves petroleum products around the country. The boat is named after the wife of Bill Lampton, who died in 2012 of cancer. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)