Lois Montelle Rayborn Schwierjohn

Mrs. Lois Montelle Rayborn Schwierjohn, age 89, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, in Biloxi. Mrs. Schwierjohn loved life which consisted of many friends. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a devout Catholic. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wilbur Howard Rich, Henry Eugene Davidson and Theodore Christopher Schwierjohn, son, Wilbur Howard Rich II, daughter, Theresa Renee Rich, parents, Soloman Sylvester Rayborn and Minnie Eugenia (Miller) Rayborn, two sisters, Edna Earle Thomas and Bobbie Jeannie Schlautman granddaughter, Lisa Michelle Fountain and a nephew, Charles Slade. Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth (Roger) Wills of Ocean Springs, two grandchildren, Kenneth Brannon and Montelle Brannon, thirteen great-grandchildren and a surrogate daughter, Dixie Bertucci. Visitation will be on Monday, February 11, 2013, from 10 am until 11 am, with an 11 am Mass of Christian Burial, all at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Southern Memorial Park. A special thank you goes to Camellia Hospice Home Health Care Nurses, Michelle Vercher Climenteen Bearden, and Karen Walley, who called Montelle, her "heart". The family would also like to especially thank Dr. Wainwright, Christy Glass, R.N. and Michael Smith, Nursing Tech with Biloxi Regional Medical Center.