Gillis Angeron, Sr.

Mr. Gillis J. "Pappy" Angeron, Sr., 79, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, June 2, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Angeron was a native of Morgan City, LA and had been a coast resident for the past 34 years. He retired from Live Oak Treatment Center as a staff member after 15 years of service. He was a U. S. Navy Corpsman during WW II, attached to the 1st Marine Division in the South Pacific. Mr. Angeron was preceded in death by his first wife, Nelda Ruth Angeron. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy M. Angeron of Biloxi; two daughters, Barbara E. Ferguson of Biloxi, and Gay Nell Angeron of Morgan City, LA; two step-daughters, Sandy Trotter of Memphis, TN, and Billie Kay Livingston of Marietta, Ohio; three sons, Gillis J. Angeron, Jr. of Biloxi, Stephen K. Angeron of Folsom, LA, and Phillip C. Angeron of Huntington, WV; one brother, Ward Angeron of Morgan City, LA; fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday, June 5, 2006, from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Pass Road Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.