MS HR52

Commends Paul's Pastry Shop in Picayune, Mississippi, for winning the 2015 Southern Living King Cake Faceoff Championship against eight other bakeries.

Recognizes the bakery's 40+ year history under the Paul family, founded in the early 1970s by Harry and Shirley Paul, currently operated by daughter Sherri Paul Thigpen.

Notes that Paul's Pastry Shop ships approximately 2,500 cakes weekly throughout the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, using an old family recipe with all natural ingredients.

Acknowledges the bakery's signature cream cheese king cake and over 40 available flavors as significant contributors to local tourism and the restaurant industry in South Mississippi.

Directs distribution of the resolution to the Paul family, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Picayune, and Capitol Press Corps.