Obituaries

Diane Pontius Brugger

Diane Pontius Brugger

Sep 10, 2020

Diane Pontius Brugger, age 74, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Palo Alto, CA, to Robert and Evelyn Pontius. Diane met her husband, Tony, at Washington University. In the early 90s, what started as curiosity about a property in Pass Christian bloomed into a Bed & Breakfast they owned and managed...

Steven James Frink

Steven James Frink

Sep 9, 2020

Mr. Stephen James Frink, age 57, longtime resident of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. Mr. Frink was born May 17, 1963 in Albany, CA. He was a graduate of Gulfport High School and attended Bee County Jr College and USM. He received the Young Poetry Writer of the 50 States Award and worked at the Sun...

Edwin Clyde "Skip" Jones

Edwin Clyde "Skip" Jones

Sep 9, 2020

Mr. Edwin Clyde "Skip" Jones, age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, in Gulfport, MS. Skip was born on March 13, 1941, in Virginia Beach, VA. He graduated from Virginia Beach High School and went for two years to Community College in Virginia. He was a member of the Ocean Springs Elks Lodge and...

Rebecca "Becky" Theriot Broussard

Rebecca "Becky" Theriot Broussard

Sep 8, 2020

Rebecca “Becky” Theriot Broussard, 66, of Biloxi, Mississippi went to be in the arms of our Lord on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, in Gulfport, Mississippi. A lifelong resident of Biloxi, Becky was born on August 26, 1954 to TBoy and Lena Theriot. Becky attended Sacred Heart Catholic Girls High School. She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, five...

Roy Adolph Masson

Roy Adolph Masson

Sep 7, 2020

Roy Adolph Masson died peacefully on September 7, 2020, surrounded by family while under Hospice care in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his wife Marie Miranda Masson, who died in 1964, and by his wife Marian Louise DeNoux Masson, who died in 2017 and his parents, Roy Achilles Masson and Marcella LeMay Masson. He is survived by...

Thomas E. Slade

Thomas E. Slade

Sep 6, 2020

Thomas E. Slade II of Vancleave, MS passed away on September 6, 2020. He was born on December 30, 1966. Tom was a Christian man and wanted to share God with everyone. He served the Lord in everyway he could. Tom was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Vancleave where he served as a deacon and secretary of...

Peter Bang

Peter Bang

Sep 6, 2020

Peter Bang, 72, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2020 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bang was born February 26, 1948 in Vancleave, MS to Werthem “Slim” and Lillie Bang. He was a retired landscaper. Mr. Bang enjoyed spending time with his daughters, fishing and riding four wheelers. He was preceded in death by his parents; his...

Phillip "Randy" Randall Ross, Jr.

Phillip "Randy" Randall Ross, Jr.

Sep 5, 2020

Phillip “Randy” Randall Ross, Jr. 65, of Schlater, MS, died Saturday, September 5, 2020 at his residence. Mr. Ross was born in Biloxi to Phillip Randall Ross, Sr. and Lily Rose Tarver Ross. He lived most of his life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mr. Ross was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Vietnam War. He was...

Paul Henry Fayard

Paul Henry Fayard

Sep 5, 2020

On Saturday, September 5, 2020, Paul Henry Fayard was taken to his heavenly home. He was born on September 23, 1937, to Margaret and Davis Fayard. Paul was a 1957 graduate of D’Iberville High School. He was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. Paul was an avid Family and Coast historian, serving on the Board of Directors for the D’Iberville Historical...

Khuong Van Tran

Khuong Van Tran

Sep 4, 2020

Mr. Khuong Van Tran, age 95, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020. Mr. Tran was born November 6, 1924 in Vietnam to the late Nga V. Tran and Hien Nguyen. Mr. Tran is preceded in death by his parents; two sons, Phung Van Tran and Su Van Tarn; and two daughters, Cic Bach Tarn and Tuyet...

Retired USN Master Chief Allan S. Rohr

Retired USN Master Chief Allan S. Rohr

Sep 4, 2020

Retired USN Master Chief Allan S. Rohr went to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 4, 2020. Allan was born on June 27, 1947 in Albany, New York. After graduating from High School in Melbourne, Florida he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. During his career he was awarded numerous medals, ribbons and...

Marjorie Olivia Chinn Glouner

Marjorie Olivia Chinn Glouner

Sep 3, 2020

Marjorie Olivia Chinn Glouner of Ocean Springs left this earth peacefully surrounded by loved ones on September 3, 2020. Margie was born in Biloxi, MS on April 22, 1956 to Richard and Adelaide Chinn. She attended Sacred Heart Girls Academy. She met the love of her life, Jeff Glouner, in Las Vegas and married him on May 3, 1986. In...

Patricia Kay Olier

Patricia Kay Olier

Sep 3, 2020

Patricia Kay Olier, age 68, a lifelong residence of D’Iberville, passed away early Thursday morning, September 3, 2020. Patricia was born to Evelyn Marie Nichols and Willard A. Nichols on April 21, 1952 in Brookhaven, MS. She attended D’Iberville High School and was part of the graduating class of 1969. She worked as a bookkeeper at the Biloxi VA for...

Patrick Joseph Hackett

Patrick Joseph Hackett

Sep 3, 2020

Patrick Joseph Hackett, age 95, passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020, in Ocean Springs, MS, surrounded by loved ones. Pat was born 9/2/25 in Charleston, WV, to Patrick Joseph Hackett and Anna Evelyn McCallister and reared by his aunt and uncle, Lillian and Frank Santrock in Bannock, Ohio. He graduated from St. Clairsville High School (Ohio) in 3 years...

James Richard "Ricky" Nix

James Richard "Ricky" Nix

Aug 31, 2020

James Richard “Ricky” Nix, 70, of Oxford, MS, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 31, 2020. Born October 5, 1949 in Covington, TN, he was the son of Mary Elizabeth Southall Nix, and the late James Nix. Ricky was a long-time resident of Oxford, MS, where he had lived since 1986. He retired in 2014 after a 40+ year career...

Vivian Ruth Rice

Vivian Ruth Rice

Aug 31, 2020

Vivian Ruth Rich Rice, affectionately known as Bibi, age 96, lifelong resident of Gulfport, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020. Vivian was born to Joseph Carl Rich, Sr. and Nellie Naomi Labendera Rich in Gulfport, MS on January 2, 1924. She graduated from Gulfport High School and Ursuline University in New Orleans. She was the last surviving member of...

Jeneva K. Shoemaker

Jeneva K. Shoemaker

Aug 31, 2020

Jeneva K. Shoemaker, 82 years young, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020. Jeneva was a resident of Ocean Springs for over 57 years. She was very active in her children’s lives as a Red Cross aide for Magnolia Elementary, substitute teacher, Girl Scout and Cub Scout leader, major softball fan, band parent and PTA supporter. She retired from the Biloxi...

Mary Frances Wilkins Easterling

Mary Frances Wilkins Easterling

Aug 31, 2020

Mrs. Mary Frances Wilkins Easterling, age 66, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2020. Mary was a native of San Diego, CA, a resident of Mississippi since 1969 and of Vancleave since 1995. She enjoyed gardening, landscaping and being with her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leslie and Victoria (Vickie) Foti...

Martin Vincent Ross

Martin Vincent Ross

Aug 30, 2020

Martin Vincent Ross Sr., 74, from Biloxi, MS died Sunday, August 30, 2020. Martin was a loving father whose sense of humor will be greatly missed. While we are incredibly sad for us, we are joyful that he is at peace. May he forever have a view from heaven of the Gulf Coast he loved so much. Martin was a...

Carolyn Beth Whitten

Carolyn Beth Whitten

Aug 30, 2020

Carolyn Beth Whitten, age 66, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020, in Gulfport, MS.

Carolyn was born in Hattiesburg, MS on March 29, 1954.  She was an Army Veteran, a loving devoted mother and a loving caregiver to her brother, Carl. She was happiest in the moments she spent with members of her family. She had a strong...