Obituaries
Eleanora "Girlie" Thibodeaux
Jan 6, 2022
Eleanora “Girlie” Thibodeaux, 91, passed away January 6, 2022. Eleanora was born in Biloxi on October 16, 1930 to Benjamin and Annie Casper.
She was a life long resident of Biloxi Back Bay. She was a past member of Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, a member of St John’s Church Council, and she received the Lumen Christi Award at St....
Granville Shaw Crane, Jr.
Jan 5, 2022
Granville Shaw Crane, Jr., age 95, went to heaven Wednesday, January 5, 2022. He was born August 26, 1926 in Eldorado, Arkansas. He married his sweetheart, Mary Viola Roper Crane on November 20, 1947.
Granville was a survivor of the USS Indianapolis. He reported aboard ship in April 1943 at the age of sixteen. He was aboard for eight of...
Marion Lee Carpenter, Jr.
Jan 5, 2022
Marion Lee Carpenter, Jr., age 71, passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, in Ocean Springs, MS.
Marion was born on February 4, 1950, in Biloxi, MS. He was a native of the Gulf Coast and resided in Ocean Springs, MS. After graduating from Biloxi High School with the class of 1968, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi in...
Sherry Lynn Wilson
Jan 5, 2022
Sherry Lynn Wilson, age 58, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
She was transferred from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, to DeLozier Funeral Home in Chelsea, OK. (918-789-2531)
Jeannie V. Montilla
Jan 4, 2022
Jeannie V. Montilla, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on January 4, 2022. Jeannie enjoyed ballroom dancing, walking and reading her Bible.
She was preceded in death by her husband Charles A. Montilla; sisters, Louise Travis and Roberta Daigle. She is survived by her children, Virginia (Nicholas) DiAlesandro, Kevin A. (Katheryn) Montilla, Ronald C. (Barbara) Montilla; grandchildren, Joseph...
Michael Robert Francis
Jan 3, 2022
Michael Francis passed away on January 3, 2022 at the age of 85 in Tulsa, OK. Michael was born in Chicago, Il and graduated from Marmion Military Academy, John Carroll University, and Loyola of Chicago School of Dentistry. In 1962, Michael joined the Air Force and was stationed at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS. It was in Biloxi that Michael...
Frances Herrington Broussard
Jan 3, 2022
Frances Herrington Broussard passed away peacefully on Monday, January 3, 2022.
Frances was born on May 1, 1933 in Meridian, MS. It was there that she met her husband, Herbert Broussard. The newlyweds moved to Biloxi and never left. She was a stay at home housewife at first and then went to work at D’Iberville High School. She left there...
Lanh Thi Nguyen
Jan 3, 2022
Lanh Thi Nguyen, age 86, of Biloxi passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 7, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church.
Interment will follow...
Charles "Chuck" Samuel Power
Jan 2, 2022
Charles "Chuck" Samuel Power, age 67, passed away unexpectedly in the early hours of Sunday, January 2, 2022, after enjoying a very traditional Southern start to the new year with the Rose Bowl Parade, football, black-eyed peas, cornbread, greens, and champagne. He was preceded in death by his father, Henry E. Power, and his mother, Ethel Brennan Power, both of...
Garry Joseph Cooper
Jan 2, 2022
Garry Joseph Cooper, age 73 passed away Sunday, January 2nd after a seven year battle with cancer. He was a resident of Mobile, AL.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo Cooper and Iris Toups Cooper.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy Godsey Cooper; daughter, Ashleigh (Tony) Raybon, step-daughter, Madison Dixon; his brothers, Greg (Michele) Cooper and Kevin (Gina)...
Rawleigh L. Abner
Jan 2, 2022
Rawleigh L. Abner, 73, of Biloxi died Sunday, January 2, 2022 in New Orleans, LA.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Biloxi National Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is honored to serve the Abner family.
Donald Wayne "Bambi" Champagne
Jan 1, 2022
Donald Wayne “Bambi” Champagne, age 76, passed away on January 1, 2022, in Biloxi, MS.
Mr. Champagne was born on June 30, 1945, in Biloxi, MS. He graduated from D’Iberville High School and was the owner of, Champagne Masonry. His hobbies included deer hunting, fishing, shrimping, and making muscadine wine.
Mr. Champagne is preceded in death by his parents, Ike and Ethel...
Earnest "Frank" Franklin Atkinson Sr.
Jan 1, 2022
Earnest “Frank” Atkinson Sr., age 75, passed away January 1, 2022, peacefully at his home in Ocean Springs, with family around him. He was born in Eastman GA, on August 2, 1946, to Earnest Atkinson and Louise Harrell, together they had 7 children. Frank was married to Rose Buchanan for 13 years but they shared a life together for 35...
Randy Joe Hicks
Jan 1, 2022
Randy Joe Hicks, age 64, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on January 1, 2022, LC Hick. He was born in Ohio on February 6, 1957, to LC Hicks and Clera Doris Arnette, he was the youngest of 9 children. Randy was a loving husband married to Judie Hicks since March 10, 1995 and a father, uncle, grandfather and great...
Anne Elizabeth Mathieu Tarazano
Dec 30, 2021
Anne Elizabeth Mathieu Tarazano, of Ocean Spring, was welcomed into heaven on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at the age of 89. She was born on April 4, 1932, in Ocean Springs, MS to the late Frank and Marie Mathieu. Anne was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and worked for Oceans Springs Hospital for 47 years.
She was predeceased...
Dwain Morris Jones
Dec 30, 2021
Dwain Morris Jones, 81, of D’Iberville, MS passed away Thursday, December 30, 2021. Dwain was born January 5, 1940 to Lee Fred Jones and Willie Geneva Kinzer.
Dwain was a native of Pulaski, TN and a United States Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam war. He retired as a MSgt 1st Sgt and served as an Auxiliary Harrison County Sheriff Officer...
Augusta Toomer
Dec 30, 2021
Augusta Toomer passed into eternal life on Thursday, December 30, near the end of her 100th year on this earth. She died peacefully at her home in Biloxi, surrounded by family members. Augusta was born on January 28, 1922, in Mobile, Alabama, the second of the six children of Louis and Louise Conover. In 1942 she married Edward Toomer and...
Robert Larry Burriss
Dec 29, 2021
Robert Larry Burriss went to be in person with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on December 29, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his son, David Burriss, his parents, James W. Burriss Sr. and Dainie E. Edens Burriss, and by his brother, James W. Burriss Jr. He is survived by his great and wonderful wife of 63...
Brenden William Cox
Dec 29, 2021
Brenden William Cox of Ocean Springs, MS, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at Singing River/Ocean Springs Hospital. He was 34 years old at the time of his death. Brenden was born on July 29, 1987, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He most enjoyed working with his hands, from home-building construction to tying intricate flies for fly fishing, to...
Alton Beckman
Dec 28, 2021
Mr. Alton Beckman, age 53, of Quitman, MS passed away on December 27, 2021.
Mr. Beckman was transferred from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home to Wright's Funeral Home for services.
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Alton Beckman.
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