WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - While many South Mississippians spent Labor Day with family, others spent the holiday grieving and healing from their children’s fatal overdose.

At a hotel in Wiggins, a summit of sorts was held for those families. Lisa Shoemake, who lost her 16-year-old to fentanyl, organized the event, in part, to invite Texas Pictures. The Houston-based film company has a series that spotlights fentanyl deaths from the perspective of grieving families across the United States.

“Mostly, parents come in and share their stories of how they lost a child to illicit fentanyl,” said the company’s owner and director, Glen Muse.

More than 275 stories have been told in front of Muse’s camera. The first story was published in December 2022 on a YouTube channel that had just 1,600 subscri

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