Obituaries

Elizabeth Patterson Nelms

Elizabeth Patterson Nelms

Aug 25, 2020

Elizabeth Nelms passed away on August 25, 2020 at Greenbriar Nursing Center in D’Iberville, MS after a lengthy illness. She will be greatly missed by family and friends who looked upon her strength for life as a model to live by. She was born in Fort Meade, MD to Harold and Reba Patterson. Her father traveled Europe as part of...

Bernice Pritchard

Bernice Pritchard

Aug 25, 2020

Bernice Pritchard, age 90, of Gautier, MS passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She was transferred from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi to Simpson-Hammerl Funeral Home in Kingston, New York. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve this family.

Kathy Lynn Flowers

Kathy Lynn Flowers

Aug 24, 2020

Kathy Lynn Flowers, age 58, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, August 24, 2020. Services will be held at a later date. Please check back for completed obituary. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, is honored to serve this family.

Kathy Lynn Flowers

Kathy Lynn Flowers

Aug 24, 2020

It is with heavy hearts we have to announce the passing of Kathy Lynn Flowers, 58, on August 24, 2020 after a brief battle with cancer. Kathy was a loving mother and good friend to many and will be deeply missed. Originally from Clovis, New Mexico, Kathy migrated to the Gulf Coast and discovered the place she would truly call...

Micheline Clotilde O'Brien

Micheline Clotilde O'Brien

Aug 23, 2020

Micheline Clotilde O’Brien, age 83, died Sunday, August 23, 2020 in Biloxi. Mrs. O’Brien was a native of Paris, France and had been a resident of Biloxi for 45 years. Mrs. O’Brien went to University of Nice and has a master degree in English and International Law. She worked in Paris at UNESCO and the USO as a translator where...

Barry Rodney "Hot Rod" Faulkner

Barry Rodney "Hot Rod" Faulkner

Aug 23, 2020

Barry Rodney “Hot Rod” Faulkner, age 62, of Gulfport, MS, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2020, in Gulfport. He was born in Columbus, MS and had been a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He formerly worked as a construction foreman until he became disabled in 2016. Hot Rod valued spending time with his family and friends. He was...

Kim "Pops" Lee

Kim "Pops" Lee

Aug 21, 2020

Mr. Kim “Pops” Lee, age 71, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Friday, August 21, 2020 in Biloxi of a heart attack. Mr. Lee was born on November 29, 1948 in Hong Kong, China to Mr. You Wing Lee and Mrs. Tsue Yung Moy. He graduated high school in Bronx, New York. He served in the United States Air Force...

Don D. Buckley

Don D. Buckley

Aug 21, 2020

Don D. Buckley, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Vancleave on Friday, August 21, 2020. He was a fun, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Prior to his retirement, He was a Production Superintendent with Hiller Systems at Ingalls Shipbuilding. His favorite hobbies were fishing, card playing with the grandkids, and more fishing. Mr. Buckley is preceded...

Nadine Marie Sekul

Nadine Marie Sekul

Aug 21, 2020

Nadine Marie Sekul, 60, of Ocean Springs passed away on Friday, August 21. She was preceded in death by her father, Anthony Sekul. She is survived by her mother Barbara Ann Sekul, her sisters Katrina Sekul Virden and Maria Sekul, her brother Peter (Beth) Sekul, her nieces Claire Virden, Ashley Sekul, and Brianna Sekul, and her nephews, Todd Lyons and...

Thomas Wayne "Tommy" Mallett

Thomas Wayne "Tommy" Mallett

Aug 21, 2020

Thomas Wayne Mallett, “Tommy” to all who knew him, died Friday, August 21, 2020 in a tragic boating accident. Tommy was the middle son of the late Harrell and Tillie Mallett and the grandson of the late Fred and Virda Mallett and the late John and Alice Gerkens. Tommy had a love of the water that started as a young...

Shane Ryan Carter

Shane Ryan Carter

Aug 20, 2020

Shane Ryan Carter, 35, of Long Beach died Thursday, August 20, 2020, in Long Beach. He was born in Pensacola, FL, and had been a resident of Long Beach about ten years. He was a member of the Catholic faith. Shane was preceded in death by his mother, Kelly Carter. He is survived by his father, Tommy Carter; two sisters...

Lisa Deninne White

Lisa Deninne White

Aug 19, 2020

Lisa Deninne White age 44 of Austin, TX passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020. She was born on July 30, 1976 in Ocean Springs and attended school in Ocean Springs. Lisa had lived in Austin, TX for about sixteen years now. She was employed at the Austin Airport. Lisa is preceded in death by her grandma, Louise White; grandparents,...

Gary Ray Yarberry

Gary Ray Yarberry

Aug 19, 2020

Gary Ray Yarberry, age 64 of Gulfport, Mississippi passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Wednesday August 19, 2020. He was born November 14, 1955. Gary was a beloved husband, father, brother, son, and friend. Gary was a Veteran of the US Navy. He pastored West Helena Church of the Nazarene in West Helena, Arkansas in the 80’s. Gary...

Mary Johanson Aucoin

Mary Johanson Aucoin

Aug 19, 2020

Mary Johanson Aucoin, age 86, of Biloxi, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2020. Mrs. Aucoin was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and will be missed by all who knew her. She had an enormous heart, she was a caregiver, an amazing cook, unbelievably witty, and unapologetically herself...

Betty Albritton Templeton

Betty Albritton Templeton

Aug 18, 2020

Betty Albritton Terrell Templeton, 81, of Mobile died Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Providence Hospital in Mobile, AL. Betty grew up in Bogue Chitto, MS and graduated from Bogue Chitto High School. She graduated from University of Southern MS with a Bachelors of Business Education, Masters of Counseling, and Triple A Certification in Administration. Her long teaching career spanned from...

James Robert (Bob) Sidney Grove

James Robert (Bob) Sidney Grove

Aug 18, 2020

James Robert Sidney Grove (Bob), a resident of Gulfport, MS, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 while working in Huntsville, Alabama. He made his entrance into our world on June 26, 1973 in Moses Lake, Washington to SSGT James A. Grove, Dorothy Jane Grove and was anxiously awaited by his big sister Sandy. In his early years, he...

Rebecca Ann Allen

Rebecca Ann Allen

Aug 17, 2020

Mrs. Rebecca Ann Allen, Age 83, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020, in Biloxi, MS. A visitation will be held Saturday, August 22, 2020, from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, 2511 Pass Road, in Biloxi.

Arthur Andrew "Art" Dunn

Arthur Andrew "Art" Dunn

Aug 17, 2020

Arthur Andrew “Art” Dunn, 75, of D’Iberville, MS on Monday, August 17, 2020 in Biloxi. Mr. Dunn was born on August 20, 1944 in Lynchburg, VA to Arthur and Celia Dunn. He retired after 24 years of service with the U.S. Air Force, as well as SAC – USAF where he received the Distinguished Flying Cross Award and the National...

Sue Ann Dobbs

Sue Ann Dobbs

Aug 17, 2020

Sue Ann Dobbs, 70 of Gautier, MS passed away on Mon., August 17, 2020. She was born on September 9, 1949 in Fort Belvoir, VA to Marion Walker and Hildegard Ulbricht. Sue enjoyed spending time with her granddaughters. Sue was preceded in death by her parents, Marion Walker and Hildegard Ulbricht; and sibling, Rev. William Walker. She is survived by...

Beverly Hunt Maaya

Beverly Hunt Maaya

Aug 17, 2020

Beverly Hunt Maaya, 72, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Monday, August 17, 2020 at O.S. Hospital. She was born May 7, 1948, in Charleston, West Virginia to Burl Hunt and Clara Smith Hunt. She graduated from the University of MS with a degree in education and taught elementary school for many years along the Coast and in the Delta....