Obituaries
Katherine "Kathy" Theriot
Dec 28, 2020
Katherine “Kathy” Theriot, 75, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Monday, December 28, 2020 in Vancleave. Kathy was the owner of Kathy’s Flower Patch on the point in Biloxi. She was known as the “Queen of Darts” in the 90’s and ranked in the top 10 ladies in the world. Kathy received the Lifetime Achievement Membership Card from the MS...
Catherine Ann Flynn
Dec 28, 2020
Ms. Catherine Ann Flynn, age 65, died Monday December 28, 2020 at home peacefully surrounded by family after a joyous life. She was a woman of faith who spent many years attending Heritage United Methodist Church of D’Iberville and Coast Community Church of Woolmarket. She enjoyed Mardi Gras and was delighted to serve as Queen in the 2019 Greenbriar Mardi...
Joseph Leroy Debrowski
Dec 27, 2020
Joseph Leroy Dobrowski, Sr. passed away on December 27, 2020 in Pascagoula, MS. Joseph was born on September 15, 1941, in S. Kingston, RI. He was a veteran after serving in the Air Force. He worked and retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was a member of the Elks Lodge in Ocean Springs for many years, and a proud member of...
David Lynn Sharpe
Dec 27, 2020
Mr. David Lynn Sharpe, age 54, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, December 27, 2020. David was born on July 6,1966 in Dadeville, AL. He attended Dadeville High School and had a vending machine business. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Ada Sharpe; grandfather, William Sharpe and grandfather, Sam Jinks. He is survived by his parents, Linda...
"Cathy" Anne Jenkins
Dec 26, 2020
Catherine "Cathy" Anne Jenkins, age 57, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020, in Vancleave, MS. Cathy was born on August 15, 1963, in Wyandotte, Michigan, to Raymond Paul Quandt and Julia Ann Quandt. She graduated from Pascagoula High School class of 1981 and was a former paramedic and long-term employee of Hancock Bank. She enjoyed...
Thomas "Tommy" Lee Galle
Dec 26, 2020
Thomas “Tommy” Lee Galle, Jr., age 52, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at his home in Biloxi, MS. Tommy was born on July 22, 1968 to Thomas “Bo” L. Galle, Sr. and Doris Victoria James. He was employed at Food Giant and worked in the meat department for 8 years. Tommy enjoyed photography, water sports, the beach, giving...
Richard Edward "Bro. Dick" Partridge
Dec 26, 2020
Richard Edward “Brother Dick” Partridge, age 75, of Gulfport, MS died Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Memorial Hospital. He was born in Syracuse, New York to Edward and Mary Partridge. He was a graduate of Concord High School, class of 1963. He was a member of The Mission Church in Saucier, MS and very active in healing ministry. He was...
Mary Eloise Welch Reyer
Dec 26, 2020
Mary Eloise Welch Reyer, 88 years old of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at her home in Gulfport. Mary was born February 13, 1932 in Gulfport, Mississippi to her parents, Clarence and Susie Welch. She attended Gulfport High School. Mary worked as a secretary at First Assembly of God in Gulfport for 40 years. She worked at...
Leonard "Buddy" Forehand
Dec 25, 2020
Leonard “Buddy” Forehand, Jr., age 75, passed away on December 25, 2020 in Ocean Springs. Buddy was born August 6, 1945 in Biloxi, Mississippi to the late Leonard Forehand, Sr. and Ruby V. Harris. He attended D’Iberville High School. He began his work as a welder at Huntington Ingalls in 1973, and worked there until his 2005 retirement to take...
Mary Lorraine Gill
Dec 24, 2020
Mary Lorraine Gill, age 80 of Biloxi, MS passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 in Gulfport, MS. She was born August 11, 1940 in Biloxi, MS to Ferril Calvin and Mary Williams Creel. She graduated from Biloxi High School. She worked for Page, Mannino, Peresich, and McDermott for forty-three years. Lorraine is preceded in death by her parents, Ferril Calvin...
Larry DeLeon Montoya
Dec 24, 2020
Larry DeLeon Montoya, age 79, of Gulfport, MS passed away at his home on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020. Larry was born on July 9, 1941 in Weslaco, TX to the late Lazaro and Camila Montoya. He worked for Northern California Tile Industry with BAC Local 3 Union until moving to the MS Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina in 2005...
Lorine Elizabeth Eddings
Dec 23, 2020
Lorine Elizabeth Eddings, age 80 passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. A visitation will be held from 11:00 am until 12:00 noon on Monday, December 28, 2020 with a 12 noon service all at Beulah Church in Vancleave, MS. A burial will follow at Beulah Church Cemetery. Check back for full obituary. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Vancleave is honored to...
Kyle Nelson Higginbotham
Dec 23, 2020
Kyle Nelson Higginbotham, 51, of Biloxi, MS passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at his home. Kyle was born on August 15, 1969 to Carey and Gloria Higginbotham. As a child Kyle enjoyed playing sports and was a mischievous baby brother of a large Biloxi family. He graduated from D’Iberville High School in 1989. Kyle was a tradesman...
Lorine Elizabeth Eddings
Dec 23, 2020
Lorine Elizabeth Eddings, age 80 of Lucedale, MS passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2020 in George County. She was born on November 26, 1940 in Tampa, FL. to Irvin and Bertie Mae Cumbie. She is a High School graduate. She enjoyed serving God as a Christian. Lorine is preceded in death by her parents, Irvin and Bertie Mae Cumbie;...
Dennis Paul Burke
Dec 23, 2020
Dennis Paul Burke, age 63, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Dennis was born on August 22, 1957 in San Bernardino, CA to the late Isaac Burke, Jr and Helen Burke. He attended Biloxi High School where he played the school mascot known as “Big Red” and enjoyed football and baseball. He worked for MS...
Gina Marie Papania
Dec 22, 2020
Gina Marie Papania, 63, of Gulfport died Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Private service at Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, with private interment in Pine Ridge Gardens. Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the Papania family.
Walter Posey
Dec 22, 2020
Walter Posey Jr. age 83, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Walter has been a resident of Vancleave since 1975. He retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding. Walter was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years Carolyn Parks Posey, his parents Lexi and Walter Posey, Sr., and sister Lillie Mae Smith. Walter...
Francis Wayne Creel, Sr.
Dec 21, 2020
Francis Wayne Creel, Sr. went to his heavenly home on Monday, December 21, 2020. Wayne was born February 8, 1939, to parents R.C. “Junius” and Euna Creel. Wayne grew up in Biloxi and enjoyed life along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He attended Notre Dame High School, where he was Drum Major for the band. After graduation, he moved to New...
Arthur Phillip "Art" DeIorio
Dec 20, 2020
Arthur Phillip "Art" DeIorio, age 95, of Biloxi passed peacefully on Sunday, December 20, 2020 in Gulfport. Art had a special twinkle in his eye and still so much life in him, even at 95 years old. To know him, truly was to love him. Art was born in Wink, TX, and lived in Oklahoma and Louisiana until he settled...
Howard Roland Barnett
Dec 19, 2020
Mr. Howard Roland Barnett was born on February 17, 1939, in Webster County, MS to Drew and Leade Barnett. He passed away on December 19, 2020, in Ocean Springs. He grew up in the area around Eupora, attended Walthall schools, where he was on the basketball team. Howard worked several jobs around Eupora and in the 50's he moved to...
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