Annie E. Helm

Annie E. Helm, 85, of Gulfport, MS, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Gulfport. Mrs. Helm was born in Mt. Olive, MS and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Boyd Helm, and parents, Charles L. and Mollye Speed Rutland. She is survived by her daughter, Julia E. Taranto of Vacaville, CA; sisters, Sue Allen of Holcomb, MS and Lynda Ladner of Biloxi; and brothers, Howard Rutland, A. B. Rutland, and Jerry Rutland all of Gulfport. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to your favorite chairty. Funeral services will be 11:45 a.m., Friday, March 9, 2012, at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 2511 Pass Road, in Biloxi where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.