Obituaries
Robert Duayne Nielsen
Dec 22, 2018
Robert “Bob” Duayne Nielsen, age 87, died on Saturday, December 22, 2018. He was born on January 30, 1931 and was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years. He received battle ribbons and commendations for both the Korea and Vietnam Wars. He retired as Master Chief Petty Officer and was also an Engineer...
Norman Eugene Haigler
Dec 22, 2018
Norman Eugene Haigler, 74, was born March 29, 1944 in Cherokee, NC and has been a resident of D’Iberville since 1989. He passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, Don and Cora Haigler; brothers, Robert, Ed and Bill Haigler; sisters, Elaine, Carol and Betty Haigler; and 2 grandchildren, Joshua and Meloney Haigler. Norman...
Adrianna "Dranna" Marie Hitchcock
Dec 21, 2018
Adrianna “Dranna” Marie Hitchcock, age 7, of Biloxi, MS passed away at her home peacefully Friday, December 21, 2018. Adrianna was born on January 14, 2011 in Ocean Springs, MS and attended St. Martin North Elementary. She enjoyed watching YouTube, eating pringles and drinking chocolate milk. Survivors include her parents, Michael and Sabrina Hitchcock; siblings, Harmony, Derek, and Spencer Hitchcock;...
Helen Ingaborg Slettevold Fulford
Dec 20, 2018
Helen Ingaborg Slettevold Fulford, age 93, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Biloxi, MS. She was born Dec. 30, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents were Ole Slettevold and Elfrieda Jacobson Slettevold, immigrants from Norway. Helen married William C. Fulford on Dec. 22, 1945. They were married 50 years until his death in 1994. Bill’s Air Force career...
Michael David "Crockett" Terry
Dec 20, 2018
Michael David "Crockett" Terry, age 69, died peacefully at home among family Thursday, December 20, 2018 in Ocean Springs. He was born in Biloxi and a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He served in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. He was an outboard mechanic for many years and was employed with Bayou Sporting Goods in Ocean Springs. He went on...
Beatrice Louise Manuel Kenney
Dec 20, 2018
Beatrice Louise Manuel Kenney, 94, of Gulfport, MS passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018 in Gulfport, MS. She was born in Biloxi on January 10, 1924. Mrs. Kenney was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church for 55 years. She enjoyed babysitting due to her love of children. She also enjoyed flowers, pets, fed all wild birds and raccoons, and loved...
Wanda "Jean" Fell
Dec 19, 2018
Wanda “Jean” Fell, age 85 of Marshall, NC passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Miss Jean was a longtime resident of Biloxi and an active member of Nativity BVM Cathedral, where she was president of the Altar Society and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church where she sang in both choirs. She was...
Ruth Ellon Baker
Dec 19, 2018
.Ruth Ellon Baker, of Gulfport passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles L. Baker, Sr., and her parents, Doyle and Opal Shepherd. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Deborah Dubuisson and her husband Gary; her son, Charles (Chuck) Baker, Jr.; her sister, Robbie Joan Walters and her husband Evans; her...
Victor Joseph Martinez Cuevas
Dec 19, 2018
Victor Joseph Martinez Cuevas, age 33, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2018 in San Francisco, CA. He was born December 25, 1984 in Fairhope, AL to Arnaldo and Michele Martinez. He attended Daphne High School, Faulkner State, University of West Florida majoring in business and finance, and Full Sail University majoring in recording arts. He was an assistant audio engineer,...
John Michael Schaefer
Dec 19, 2018
Mr. John Michael Schaefer, Jr., age 85, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018. Mr. Schaefer was born on December 31, 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA. He was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1954. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force and was a former member of St. Michael Catholic Church. Mr. Schaefer was...
Peter "Pete" Kandrat
Dec 18, 2018
Peter Kandrat, 69, of Biloxi, MS passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, LA. Peter was born in Newark, NJ on May 1, 1949. He graduated in 1967 from Summit High School in Summit, NJ and retired in 2004 from the United States Postal Service after 35 years of dedicated service. Peter’s favorite...
Carey B. Cox, Sr.
Dec 17, 2018
Carey B. Cox, Sr., age 65, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 in Ocean Springs. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He also was a U.S. Navy Veteran and commercial fisherman. He enjoyed hunting. Carey is preceded in death by his parents, Louis Elwood Cox and Lois Extine; grandson, Aaron Cox; and sister, Kimberly Mapp....
Phyllis Day Waltman
Dec 16, 2018
Mrs. Phyllis Day Waltman, age 62 of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Mrs. Waltman was born on October 30, 1956 in Long Beach, CA. She was a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed fishing in her spare time. She is preceded in death by her parents, Jimmie P. Hampton, Sr. and Annie Mae Smith. Survivors include...
Laurie "LaLa" Marie Lees-Cavalier
Dec 16, 2018
Laurie “LaLa” Marie Lees-Cavalier, age 58, of Biloxi, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Laurie was born on September 22, 1960 in Waukegan, IL. She attended Pearl River Junior College where she obtained her LPN. She was the President/CEO of Nursing Management, Inc., which opened in 1988. Laurie was extremely generous with charitable organizations such...
Charlotte Ella Poteete Layosa
Dec 16, 2018
Charlotte Ella Poteete Layosa, age 96, of Perkinston, MS passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018 in Pascagoula. Mrs. Layosa was born on October 28, 1922 in Crowder, MS. She was employed as a hostess and event planner for Gus Stevens. Mrs. Layosa was a well-known artist on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel...
Patrick Anthony Thornton
Dec 16, 2018
Mr. Patrick Anthony Thornton, Sr., age 75, of Biloxi passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2018. Mr. Thornton was born in Biloxi on July 30, 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was employed with the Biloxi Police Department for 13 years. He played music up and down the Coast touching many folks with his...
Phyllis Lou Cole
Dec 15, 2018
Phyllis L. “Momma” Cole, age 80, of Gulfport, died Saturday, December 15, 2018, in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Cole was born in Memphis, TN, on February 14, 1938. She was a homemaker who enjoyed crossword puzzles and her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, Laveral and Maggie Pryor Beaty, her husband, Thomas L. Cole, children Michael Cole and...
Sarah "Louise" Chism
Dec 13, 2018
Sarah “Louise” Chism, age 91, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018. She was a native of Tupelo, MS and a resident of the coast for over 35 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. Louise was preceded in death by her husband, James V. Chism. Survivors include her daughters, Donna (Charles) Mercier and Sherry...
Edward D Clolinger
Dec 13, 2018
Mr. Edward Clolinger, age 82, passed away Thursday December 13, 2018 at his residence in Oakland, MS Mr. Clolinger was retired from the Navy with 31 years of service, loving husband of twenty-seven years to Patricia Slate Clolinger and also her best friend. Those left to cherish his memory other than his wife include one daughter Jennifer Boyd of Houston,...
Louis Whitson Smith
Dec 11, 2018
Louis W. Smith, Man of Steel with a Heart of Gold, age 75, of Gulfport passed away peacefully at his home on December 11, 2018 after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Harrison County. He was born in Gulfport to Allen Smith Sr. and Annie Pearl Mercer Smith on March 20, 1943. He attended school in Orange...
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