[CentOS] httpd on centos 7

I have read the info on apache 2.4...

I added to the bottom of httpd.conf these lines (and restarted httpd)

------------------------- <Directory /var/www/html> # old 2.2 config # Order Allow,Deny # Allow from all AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory>

<Directory /home/silentm/public_html/gifs> AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory>

SuexecUsergroup silentm silentm

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So now I have access to the index.html page in /var/www/html so that is good. However, I do not have access to the user gifs /home/silentm/public_html/gifs

The user silentm exists. I get a 404 error. 127.0.0.1 - - [23/Oct/2014:08:14:21 -0400] "GET /~silentm/gifs/smlogo.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 222 "-" "curl/7.29.0"

All the files are there - all owned by silentm.

What did I miss to access the gifs?

Thanks

Jerry