Connie and Rick Harlow in their hometown of Biloxi, Miss., where they recently bought a new home. Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times

Rick and Connie Harlow both grew up in Biloxi, Miss., the Gulf Coast city known for its waterfront resort casinos and shallow, sandy beaches. Not long after their wedding day, they left for New Orleans so Mr. Harlow could begin his career as a special agent in the United States Secret Service. For the next three decades, Biloxi stayed in the rearview as Mr. Harlow’s career led them to Washington D.C., then to Memphis and finally to Chicago.