Mr. Herbert P. Beaugez Jr, age 83, passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
Mr. Beaugez was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs and served in the U.S. Army and the National Guard. He was a charter member and former Commodore of the Poor Mans Yacht Club and a four year starter on the Ocean Springs Greyhound Football Team.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Freda Corey Beaugez, parents, Herbert P. Beaugez Sr. and Lillian Pearson Beaugez, sister, Elaine Drengson, brothers, Eugene Beaugez, Donald Beaugez, Robert (Chubby) Beaugez and Charles Beaugez, grandson, Tanner Fountain and numerous lifelong friends.
Survivors include his children, Keith (Leslie) Beaugez, Sharon (Vito III) Canizaro, Brian Beaugez, Stephanie (Matt) Jermyn, grandkids, Jacqueline, Meghan, Rachel, Claire, Harrison, Joshua, Vito IV, Kyle and Cori, great-grandkids, Hadley, Roman and Aubree, several nieces and nephews and a lifelong friend, Clyde Beckham.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 21, from 6 pm until 8 pm, at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. On Thursday, March 22, there will be a 10 am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where friends may visit from 9:30 am until 10 am. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs. In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.