Obituaries

Timothy  Lee  Sparks

Timothy Lee Sparks

Mar 13, 2020

Timothy Lee Sparks, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Sparks was born March 3, 1960 in Miami, FL. He was a military police officer in the U.S. Army. Mr. Sparks enjoyed fishing, Alabama football, cars and most of all helping and fostering children. He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles...

Robert Michael Knizner

Robert Michael Knizner

Mar 13, 2020

Robert Michael Knizner, 82, of Picayune, MS passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 at Oschner Medical Center in Louisiana. Mr. Knizner was born September 23, 1937 in Youngstown, PA. He was a high school and college graduate. Mr. Knizner was a retired plumber and a U.S. Navy Veteran, retiring after serving 21 years and 6 months, including 2 tours in...

Benard "Ben" Ellis  Hagood

Benard "Ben" Ellis Hagood

Mar 13, 2020

Benard “Ben” Ellis Hagood, age 69, of Vancleave passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020. Ben was born in Columbus, MS on May 26, 1950. He joined the US Marine Corp in 1967 and served in Vietnam. He served on the USS Nimitz when it was commissioned. He loved to hunt, fish and spending time with his family. He is...

David Glenn "Dave" Williams

David Glenn "Dave" Williams

Mar 13, 2020

David Glenn “Dave” Williams, 67, of Gulfport, MS passed away Friday, March 13, 2020 in Biloxi. Dave was born June 8, 1952 in Gibson County, IN. He was an over the road and heavy haul truck driver for 45 years. Dave served 2 years in the U.S.M.C. He enjoyed mowing his grass, cooking and most of all, playing with his...

James "J.T." Thomas  Jones

James "J.T." Thomas Jones

Mar 12, 2020

Mr. James Thomas Jones, age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020. He was affectionately known as J.T., Buddy, Pawpaw and Deda. Mr. Jones was born on June 4, 1940 in Calhoun City, MS to the late Francis S. Jones, Sr and Lucille Jones. He served in the United States Navy from 1959-1969 where he...

Allen M. Toussant

Allen M. Toussant

Mar 11, 2020

Allen M. Toussant, age 54, died Saturday, March 11, 2020, in Gulfport, MS. He was born in New Orleans, LA on September 20, 1965 and attended Southern University studying business administration and culinary arts under the direction of master chefs. He served in the US Army. His hobbies were tennis, fine dining cooking and teaching. Allen was preceded in death...

Sarah Lillian Maumus Randazzo

Sarah Lillian Maumus Randazzo

Mar 11, 2020

Sarah Lillian Maumus Randazzo, age 79, of Biloxi, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Born, May 31, 1940, to Joseph and Lillian Maumus, Sarah was a spitfire from the time she came into this world. From a young age, she enjoyed drinking, smoking, playing Bourre’, and dancing, but most of all spending time with her...

Richard "Rickey"  Eugene Mullen

Richard "Rickey" Eugene Mullen

Mar 11, 2020

Our family chain was broken again when our heavenly Father called Richard Eugene “Rickey” Mullen home on March 11, 2020. He began his earthly life on March 10, 1956 as the fourth son of Charles Edward Sr. and Connie Mullen in Biloxi, who were waiting along with his older brother Charles Edward Mullen Jr. to welcome him home to begin...

Dean Alan Hughes

Dean Alan Hughes

Mar 10, 2020

Dean Alan Hughes passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at home in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was 61. Born in Panama City, Florida, Dean was proud to have lived most of his life in Biloxi. After graduating from St. Martin High School in 1977, he attended MGCCC Perkinston Campus, then continued his education at the University of Southern Mississippi,...

Joseph Roy Scott

Joseph Roy Scott

Mar 9, 2020

Joseph Roy Scott, age 80, of Pass Christian, Mississippi passed away March 9, 2020. Joseph attended Lawton (Oklahoma) High School; Winston R-VI (Missouri) High School; University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; University of Rhode Island, Wakefield, Rhode Island; Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma; College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois; and University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast, Long Beach, Mississippi. He served as...

Joyce C. Baughman

Joyce C. Baughman

Mar 8, 2020

Joyce C. Baughman, age 92, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Joyce was born on December 1, 1927 in Treece, KS to Howard and Odetta Cole. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alonzo D. Baughman, Jr.; daughter, Jennifer B. Moulds; three sisters; and grandson, Micah Dennison. Survivors include her daughters, Jeannine Dennison and...

Jose "Joe" Agustin

Jose "Joe" Agustin

Mar 8, 2020

Mr. Agustin, age 86, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2020, in Gulfport. He was born in Waialua, Hawaii and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a U. S. Air Force retired veteran of Vietnam with 20 years of service. After his retirement from the military he was employed in Civil Service at Keesler AFB....

Steven Edward Osley

Steven Edward Osley

Mar 7, 2020

Steven Edward Osley passed away at his home in Biloxi, Mississippi on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the age of 67. He made his final journey to his eternal home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whom he loved dearly. Steven was born in New York at Mitchel Field on March 18, 1952. He graduated from Biloxi...

Rogers L. Broussard

Rogers L. Broussard

Mar 7, 2020

Mr. Rogers L. Broussard, age 88, of Biloxi, MS died Saturday, March 7, 2020 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Broussard was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. He served in the United States Army where he received a Purple Heart and numerous other medals for his valiant service in the Korean War....

William "Billy" Jefferson Rushing Sr.

William "Billy" Jefferson Rushing Sr.

Mar 7, 2020

William "Billy" Jefferson Rushing Sr., age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Ocean Springs. Billy was born on October 5, 1941, in Ludlow, Massachusetts. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1959 and served in the U.S. Navy from October 19, 1961 to October 18, 1963. He was preceded in death by his...

Thomas Raye Hartford

Thomas Raye Hartford

Mar 6, 2020

Thomas Raye Hartford, age 78, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, in Biloxi. Mr. Hartford was born in Corbin, KY and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Abilene Christian College and he was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran with 22 years of service...

William  Kevin Thimm

William Kevin Thimm

Mar 6, 2020

William (Bill) Thimm, age 75, passed away at home on March 6, 2020. Bill was born in Mt. Vernon, New York, but had lived in Gulfport, Ms since 2005. Bill was the son of George and Rita Thimm. Bill is survived by his wife, Linda “Brown” Thimm, four children, Shawn (Janet), Chris (Gayle), Dana (Aaron), and Kevin, ten grandchildren and...

Dorothy Mansfield Keen

Dorothy Mansfield Keen

Mar 5, 2020

Mrs. Dorothy Keen, age 90, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Dorothy was raised in Pascagoula. While working as a waitress at a diner in Pascagoula she met her future husband. She then followed him for the next 20 years where ever the Coast Guard sent him including Newfoundland, New Orleans, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia...

Martha  Raye Sorel

Martha Raye Sorel

Mar 5, 2020

Martha Raye Sorel, age 79, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at her home in Vancleave. Martha was born on April 10, 1940 in Woodbury, TN. She was employed at Memorial Hospital Gulfport for 30 years as a switchboard operator. Martha was preceded in death by her parents, Charter and Theola Tenpenny of TN; husband, John L Sorel from...

Sylvia Marie Bell

Sylvia Marie Bell

Mar 5, 2020

Sylvia Marie Bell, age 71, of Gulfport passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 in Gulfport. She was sent from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport to Miller Funeral Home in Tallapoosa, Georgia.