Obituaries
Shannon Rita Lestrade Covich
Jun 13, 2019
Shannon Covich, age 91, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly at home on Thursday, June 13, 2019. She was born in Biloxi to Henrietta Dellenger and Charles P. Lestrade on September 11, 1927. She graduated from Biloxi High School in 1944 at the age of 16. After high school she worked in the bookkeeping department for J.C. Penney’s. She married Jerry...
Lauren Michelle Hannah
Jun 12, 2019
Lauren Michelle Hannah, age 20, of Biloxi, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Lauren was born on May 11, 1999. She had a passion for makeup and comforting the animals at the Humane Society. Left to cherish her memory, her loving parents, Francis “Scott” Hannah and Erin L. Hannah; sister, Nicole Kesterson; grandparents, Michael and Susan Kesterson and Karry...
Joe Stevenson Cox
Jun 11, 2019
Joe Stevenson Cox, born on October 21,1949 in Columbus, MS, to the late Margaret L. (Harris) Cox and the late Oscar O’Neal Cox, passed away at the age of 69 on June 11, 2019, in Gulfport, Mississippi surrounded by his family and loved ones. Joe graduated from Gulfport High East in 1967. He attended and taught drafting and design at...
Betty Sue Griffin
Jun 11, 2019
Betty Sue Griffin passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, MS at the age of 72. She was born September 1, 1946 in Vancleave, MS to Millard “Papa” Wilson, Sr. and Ella Viola Wilson. She was a lifelong resident of Vancleave where she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Betty was a...
Florence Stone Illich
Jun 10, 2019
The family of Florence Stone Illich, age 92, has lost a very important part of their lives on Monday, June 10, 2019. Mrs. Illich will be missed by not only her family, but also those many people that she interacted and touched the hearts of as a teacher of music; violinist for orchestras and symphonies, as well as celebrities, from...
Melverna "Millie" Burr
Jun 10, 2019
Melverna “Millie” Ann Burr (Blackman) of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Monday, June 10, 2019 surrounded by her family. Millie was born in Mobile, AL on June 24, 1938. She moved to Wisconsin where she lived until her husband retired from the US Postal Service. They returned to the Gulf Coast in 1989. She was a retired nurse at the...
Clayton Laine Howell
Jun 10, 2019
Infant Clayton Laine Howell, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2019, in Ocean Springs. Survivors include his mother, Amber Dougherty, father, Clayton Howell, Jr, grandparents, Tammie and David Armstrong, LaResa Flurry, Clayton A. Howell Sr., Cathy Santos and great-grandparents, Larue Flurry, Joye Flurry, Jan and Jerry Howell and Jeanette Childers. Visitation will be on Sunday, June 16,...
Shirley Pickich Delcambre
Jun 10, 2019
Shirley Pickich Delcambre was born August 27, 1927. She was a life-long resident of Biloxi and member of Blessed Seelos Catholic Church. She graduated from Biloxi High School, attended Perkinson Junior College where she obtained an Associates Degree. Upon graduation she married her husband of 66 years. She was a bookkeeper for Crystal Ice Company, and then what is now...
Wayne Philip Nicholson
Jun 10, 2019
Friends, family, and former parishioners in two states are mourning a much loved, recently retired pastor who passed away after a traumatic brain injury from a traffic accident on Monday, June 10, 2019. The Rev. Wayne Nicholson and his husband, Harry Nicholson, moved to Bay Saint Louis in September 2018, after Wayne’s retirement. They had fallen in love with the...
David E. "Dave" Young
Jun 9, 2019
Mr. David E. "Dave" Young, age 80, of Gautier, MS passed away, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, June 9, 2019, in Pascagoula, MS. Dave was born on March 5, 1939, in Jonesville, Louisiana. He graduated from Block High School in Jonesville. He was employed with Chevron Refinery, retiring in 1993, after thirty years of dedicated service. He was a...
Lester Calvin Brown
Jun 9, 2019
Mr. Lester Calvin Brown, age 79, of Vancleave, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019, just 26 days after losing his wife of 60 years. He was surrounded by all of his close loved ones as he went to spend eternity with his bride. Lester, also known as Day or Shorty, was born on May 30, 1940. He was a...
Michael Andrew Pearson
Jun 9, 2019
Michael A. Pearson ,72 of Long Beach passed away Sunday, June 9, 2019 in Long Beach. Private services will be held at a later date.
Michael Andrew Pearson
Jun 9, 2019
Michael Andrew Pearson (Mad Dog), age 72, of Long Beach, Mississippi died June 9, 2019 at his home. He was born March 20, 1947 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a high school graduate who worked for the Waveland Police Department, Mason Chamberlin and AAA Cooper Freight. Michael enjoyed fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard Leon Pearson...
Sandra Jeanine Fallo
Jun 9, 2019
Sandra Jeanine (Tiblier) Fallo, age 79, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019 in Biloxi, MS, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Biloxi, MS on December 17, 1939 and was a lifelong resident. Sandra attended Gorenflo Elementary School and graduated from Biloxi High School in 1956. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, always generous...
Violet Carole Switzer
Jun 8, 2019
Violet Carole Switzer, 84, of Gulfport died Saturday, June 8, 2019 in Gulfport. She was born July 5, 1934 in Beckley, West Virginia and had been a long-time resident of Gulfport. She was a member of MS City United Methodist Church and the Rebekah Circle at the church. She as also a member of the Red Hats. Mrs. Switzer was...
Patricia Gail Wilson
Jun 8, 2019
Mrs. Patricia Gail Wilson, age 60, was called home on June 8, 2019. She was surrounded by her devoted husband, children, and grandchildren. Pat, as her loved ones called her, was born in Rison, AR on August 6, 1958. She was fierce and an inspiration to anyone who met her. Her children were blessed to have a mother that loved...
Dale Robert Edwardson
Jun 7, 2019
Dale Robert Edwardson was born January 16, 1951, in Edgerton, WI, to Charles and Marjorie Edwardson. He was baptized at Central Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Edgerton. He graduated Milton College of WI in 1976 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He later earned a commission and served his country faithfully with honors...
Linda Gay Tooley
Jun 7, 2019
Ms. Linda Gay Tooley (Guccione), 77, passed from this life on Friday, June 7, 2019, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Left to cherish their memories and mourn her passing are her devoted husband of 56 years, Dr. Samuel Anthony Guccione, Ed.D., of Biloxi, Mississippi; her daughter, Diane Michelle (Steve) VanMinsel, one of her two favorite grandsons, Josh, of Shalimar, Florida; her great-granddaughter,...
Junius Roland Creel
Jun 7, 2019
Junius Roland Creel went to his heavenly home on Friday, June 7, 2019, peacefully at home. Junius was born, June 6, 1937 in Biloxi to Francis R.C. “Junius” Creel and Euna Fountain Creel. He lived in Biloxi until he married the love of his life, Sylvia Landry, and moved north of the bay to St. Martin and there raised his...
Jami Lorraine Chambliss
Jun 6, 2019
Mrs. Jami Lorraine Chambliss, age 57, of Lucedale, MS, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2019. Jami was born on December 26, 1962, in Pensacola, Florida. She was preceded in death by her mother, Betty Pylare Blankenship and sister, Penny Turner. Survivors include her husband, William R. Chambliss, stepson, William Brandon Chambliss, stepddaughter, Haley Elizabeth Chambliss, sibling, Kenneth Wayne Pylare...
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