Obituaries
Hugh Larry Doolittle
Apr 30, 2019
Hugh Larry Doolittle was welcomed into heaven by his loving wife Katie on Tuesday the 30th of April, 2019. He transitioned peacefully at his estate with his family and pets by his bedside at the well-earned age of 87. He is survived by his devoted daughter Tammy Dianne Doolittle and grandson Jimmy Glenn Doolittle. He is preceded to heaven by...
Joan Hunt Gilbert
Apr 30, 2019
Joan Hunt Gilbert, January 23, 1943 - April 30, 2019, passed away at home peacefully surrounded by her loved ones. Joan was a native and lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Woolmarket. She was previously employed at Newberry's Department Store and Bell South as a telephone switch board operator and dispatcher....
John Winfield Bell
Apr 29, 2019
John Winfield Bell, 74, of Gulfport died Monday, April 29, 2019. Mr. Bell was born in Bremen, Georgia and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1982. Mr. Bell was preceded in death by his parents; Z. V. Bell and Mary Elizabeth Bell; and a brother, Larry Bell. Survivors include his wife, Sylvia Marie Dobbs Bell; two sons, John Winfield...
William M. Mount
Apr 29, 2019
William M. Mount, Jr. age 82, of Long Beach, died Monday, April 29, 2019 in Long Beach. He was born in Mobile, AL and was a longtime resident of Long Beach. He was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church in Long Beach. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of Knights of Columbus,...
Beverly Ann Reed
Apr 29, 2019
Beverly Ann Reed (née Golding), of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, passed away early Monday, April 29, 2019, at the spry age of 84. She was born a mid-Westerner, grew up a California girl, had a family as a globe-trotting Army wife, and ended up a Southern belle who once had the door held open for her by the Godfather of Soul,...
Henrietta Kinney
Apr 28, 2019
Henrietta Kinney, 92, of Gulfport died Sunday, April 28, 2019. Graveside service is 1pm Friday, May 10, 2019 at Finley Cemetery. BRADFORD-O’KEEFE, O’Neal Road, Gulfport.
Matthew "Red" Pitalo
Apr 28, 2019
Mr. Matthew "Red" Pitalo, age 91, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Matthew was born on May 4, 1927, in Biloxi, MS. He was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, MS and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, joining in 1945. He served in WW2 in the Phillipines. After serving in the Navy, he...
Julie A. Brown
Apr 28, 2019
Mrs. Julie A. Brown, age 58, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019. She was born in San Diego, California and lived on the coast for most of her life. She was a proud child of the coast. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie and Maggie Brown, granddaughter, Elizabeth Delacruz, sister, Wanda Barthel...
Robert Allen Brault
Apr 28, 2019
Robert Allen Brault (Bob), 72, of Gulfport passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 in Gulfport, MS. He was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on January 7, 1947 to Howard Avery Brault and Marie Ann Jackson Brault. Robert graduated from High School in the state of Texas. He worked as a mechanic. Robert was a father and a husband. He served short...
Vevlyn Jane Malley Norton
Apr 27, 2019
Vevlyn Jane Malley Norton, age 69, of Biloxi passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Mrs. Norton was born in Gulfport and was a lifelong resident of the gulf coast. She was a member of the catholic faith and a former member of Annunciation Catholic Church in Kiln. Mrs. Norton was preceded in death by her former husband, Joel Norton;...
Vivian A. "FeFe" Hohn
Apr 27, 2019
Mrs. Vivian A. “FeFe” Hohn, age 84, passed away on April 27, 2019, in her home in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Hohn was born August 25, 1934, in Binghamton, NY, and was a resident of Biloxi for 50 years. She grew up in Binghamton and Auburn, NY, married Duane J. Hohn in 1952, and moved to Germany before settling on the...
Bonnie Fern Gros
Apr 27, 2019
Mrs. Bonnie Fern Gros, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2019. Mrs. Gros was born on July 12, 1942, in San Diego, California, to Bert and Margie Vanderheyden. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur J. Gros Sr, parents, and siblings, Virginia McElroy and Lynn Vanderheyden. Survivors include her children, Arthur (Sherry)...
Bobbi Lee Watts
Apr 27, 2019
Bobbi Lee Watts, 46, passed away Saturday April 27th 2019. Bobbi was born September 5th, 1972, to Rebecca Lee Snider in Xenia, Ohio. Graduated from Riverdale High School in 1990. In high school she participated in choir, band, Soundsations, and was co-editor of 1990 Talon yearbook. She was selected in 1989 to be a part of the All-Ohio State Fair...
Jacqualine "Jackie" Davidson
Apr 26, 2019
Ms. Jacqualine “Jackie” Davidson, age 80, returned to her Heavenly Father in Ocean Springs, MS on Friday, April 26th. Jackie was born on April 1, 1939, in Moss Point, Mississippi to Henry Randolph Davidson and Clara Lucille Furby. She graduated in the first class of The University of Southern Mississippi in 1962 with a degree of Bachelor of Music Education....
Harrand Felix Broussard, Jr.
Apr 26, 2019
Harrand Felix Broussard, Jr., 71, of Reno, NV passed away Friday, April 26, 2019 in Reno, NV. Funeral Services will be held at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 12:30 pm. Friends may visit from 11:30 am until service time. Interment will follow at Biloxi National Cemetery.
Freddie Fritz Steinwinder, III
Apr 24, 2019
Mr. Freddie Fritz Steinwinder, III peacefully passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in the comfort of his home. He was born in Biloxi, MS and was a 1974 graduate of Biloxi High School. Mr. Steinwinder was previously employed with the Biloxi Fire Department, Mississippi Power Company where he retired and currently Superintendent of...
Larry L. Creel
Apr 23, 2019
Mr. Larry L. Creel, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Mr. Creel was born in Biloxi on March 28, 1935. He and his family resided in Ocean Springs for 56 years. He worked with his brothers on the shrimp boats and spent several years working for Dantzler Tug Boats out of Pascagoula. He began work for Western...
Martin "Dudie" L. Cruse
Apr 23, 2019
Martin "Dudie" L. Cruse, Jr., age 89, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on April 22, 2019. He was born on January 30, 1930 in Biloxi, MS to Martin Cruse, Sr. and Ada Skinner Cruse. He was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a commercial fisherman his whole life and an avid sport fisherman. He was a loving...
Joy Ann Favors Shell
Apr 23, 2019
Joy Ann Favors Shell, 88, moved to her heavenly home on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Born to Robert and Georgia Ann Favors on June 3, 1930 in Columbus, Georgia, she was the baby of the family with five siblings, Robert, Howard, Grady, Harrell, and Evelyn. Joy, a Baptist, whose striking blue eyes, bright smile, and light-hearted, loving spirit would light...
Virginia "Ginny" Lee Damesworth Bair
Apr 23, 2019
Virginia “Ginny” Lee Damesworth Bair, 73, of Gulfport, MS passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2019 in Gulfport. Ginny was born in Hickman, KY. She attended MGCCC and USM. Ginny enjoyed football, painting, drawing and arts and crafts. She was preceded in death by her father, Bobby Damesworth; her mother and stepfather, Doris and Walter Phillips; and her sister, Lynn Phillips....
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