Chad A. Bang

Mr. Chad A. Bang, age 37, of Gautier, MS, died Monday, March 25, 2013, in Gautier. Chad was a lifelong resident of Gautier, worked as a shipfitter at Huntington Ingalls and owned his own brick masonry business, Bang Masonry. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved to spend time with his children. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Werthem Bang Sr., Lillie E. Bang, Richard and Beatrice Wilkes and his nanny, Sharon Yates. Chad is survived by his daughter, Kendall Ashley Bang, two sons, Justin Glenn Bang and Caleb Anthony Bang, the mother of his children, Christina Bang, all of Vancleave, father, "Smokey" Werthem Bang, mother, Lois Bang, sister, Shanda Bang, brother, Glenn Bang, all of Gautier, a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends and his four legged friend, Raynee Daye. Visitation will be on Friday, March 29, 2013, from 10 am until 12 noon, with a 12 noon chapel service, all at the Vancleave Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Vancleave Holiness Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Morris Rascoe, Jay Craft, Brandon Pace, Alan Pace, Colby Sullivan, Shane Wilkes, Leelee Waltman and Norman Bang. Honorary pallbearers will be Glenn Bang, Justin Bang and Caleb Bang.