Mr. Lloyd Lyman Cruthirds, age 90, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018.
Mr. Cruthirds was born on September 7, 1927. He was a paratrooper where he served in the United State Army and the United States Air Force and was a Veteran of World War II. After his military service he worked in the sheet metal industry. He was proud to have been involved in the building and construction of the Superdome in New Orleans. He was a member of McLeod Masonic Lodge #424, Ocean Springs and a member of Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Gulfport. He also was a member of Disabled American Veterans, Chapter R.W. Veal.
Mr. Cruthirds is preceded in death by his parents, Claude Cruthirds and Bettie Coleman Cruthirds.
Survivors include his daughter, Sandra Lynn Cruthirds, of Cumberland, RI; sisters, Lawles Cauthen of Ocean Springs, MS and Louise Voorhees of Pensacola FL; and grandchildren, Savannah and Madison Hutchins of Cumberland, RI.
Service will be held on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home at 1:30 p.m. Friends may visit one hour prior. Interment will follow at Biloxi National Cemetery.