Mr. Samuel Amos Cvitanovich, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, March 16, 2014.
Sammy was a native of Biloxi, a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs and was the former owner of Henriettas Café in Ocean Springs for 52 years. His many interests were the love of his family, riding the horn and having his whiskey cocktail. He was also a longtime member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and the Slavic Benevolent Society.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred "Peachie" Cvitanovich, parents, Anthony Cvitanovich and Henrietta Beaorvich Cvitanovich Bellew Savage, daughter, Mary Ann Cvitanovich and granddaughter, Alicia Ann Allen.
Survivors include two daughters, Angela Cvitanovich Vermillion and her companion, Jody Marshall Pigford, Tanya Cvitanovich Guice, three grandsons, Douglas Paul Vermillion II and fiancee, Robyn Ashley Perkett, their unborn daughter, Schella Rose Vermillion, Anthony Michael "Tony Mac" Vermillion and fiancee, Kristy Angelic Allen and Nicholas Anthony Guice, two great-grandchildren, Jessica Ann Saunders and Donald Scott Saunders, and five great-great-grandchildren, Adalee Ann Wilson, Jaxston Nash Wilson, Kaiden Scott Saunders, Jordyn Sky Saunders and Leighla Rose Brown.
The family would like to give a special thanks to a cousin, Nadine Marie Sekul, for all of her help.
Visitation will be on Friday, March 21, from 5pm until 8pm, with a 7pm Rosary, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. On Saturday, March 22, 2014, there will be an 11 am Mass of Christian Burial, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where friends can visit one hour prior to service. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs.
Pallbearers will be Wayne "Mac" McMurtray, Judge Walter Nixon, Jody Marshall Pigford, Douglas P. Vermillion II, Anthony "Tony Mac" Vermillion and Jeramie Waltman.
