What’s the oldest oak tree on the Coast?

In honor of Earth Day, here’s a little South Mississippi trivia: what’s the oldest oak tree on the Coast?
The giant historic live oak at Mary Mahoney’s in Biloxi states the iconic tree is over 2,000 years old. Patriarch is so big the oak’s roots pop out of the old French house restaurant’s cellar floor. According to an article published in the 1960s, a tree expert came out to study the tree and concluded that the oak was more than 2,000 years old.
Mary Mahoney Owner Bob Mahoney tells News 25 the public can choose whether to believe the story or not. “In Hurricane Katrina, we lost every leaf on the tree, but the limbs just bend. They don’t break. We didn’t lose any limbs in Katrina. We lost all the leaves, but not limbs. That’s why all up and down the Coast you’ll see a lot of live oaks because they can withstand the wrath of Mother Nature as well.”
Current Coast arborists tell News 25 it is extremely rare for a live oak to live as long as Mary Mahoney’s sign claims. According to local arborists, The Friendship Oak in Long Beach is most likely the oldest oak on the Coast at 530 years old.