Glenda Lynn Dartez

Glenda Lynn Dartez, age 83, of Ocean Springs passed away on Thursday October 22,2026.

Glenda was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She graduated from Biloxi High school and Chris’s Beauty School. She attended Sacred Heart and Saint Michael’s Churches.

She was a loving Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Aunt and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Glenda was preceded in death by her spouse Purvis “Putsey” Dartez; her brother Robert “Bobby” Williams, Sr; and her parents Hubert G. Williams and Ouida Hudson Williams Leader.

Survivors include her children Randall S. Dartez (Missy) and Lorrie Dartez Irwin; Grandchildren Kristen Irwin Guthrie, Patrick Irwin, Tony Irwin, and Jimi Sanders; 8 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.

Glenda was a hairdresser extraordinaire at Delores Beauty Shop and Her Majesty’s Coiffures before opening her own shop Creations. She loved life and enjoyed dancing, camping, fishing, playing bourré and pokeno and visiting casinos along the Gulf Coast. She would greet you with the biggest smile and say, “Well Hey Darlin’!” She was member of the Biloxi Ladies Elks, The Ladies Of The Fleur Di Lis French Club, and the Ole Biloxi Marching Club Ladies.

Services will be held at the Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Home on Howard Avenue in Biloxi on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 11:00 am. Friends may visit from 9:30 until service time. Interment will follow at Southern Memorial Park. A celebration of life will follow at the Fleur Di Lis Society following interment.

Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Glenda Lynn Dartez.