Obituaries
Jay Zabala Lorenzo
Jul 25, 2018
Retired Petty Officer First Class Jay Zabala Lorenzo, 69, of Gulfport, was born on April 19, 1949 and died on July 25, 2018 in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, Philippines. He proudly served in the US Navy for 22 years, during which he was awarded various medals for service to our country: the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the National Defense Service Medal,...
Ivy Carolyn Johnson Palmer
Jul 25, 2018
Ivy Carolyn Johnson Palmer, 79, of Saucier passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Ivy was a lifelong resident of the White Plains Community and was a member of White Plains United Methodist Church. She retired from the Harrison County School System where she was a bus driver for 26 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Skipper...
Gerald "Jerry" Guy Ross
Jul 25, 2018
Gerald “Jerry” Guy Ross, Sr., age 84, of Biloxi, MS passed away on July 25, 2018 in Gulfport, MS. Jerry was born on October 30, 1933 in Biloxi, MS. He was a member of Ramsey Creek Baptist Church and a charter member of MS Coast Jazz Society. He worked as a jazz musician and a painter. He enjoyed fishing and...
Donald Knowlton
Jul 24, 2018
Donald Knowlton, Jr., age 54, passed away on July 24, 2018. He was transferred to Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Brewton, AL. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Sharon Martin
Jul 24, 2018
Sharon Martin passed away peacefully on July 24, in her home in Biloxi, in the midst of her loving family. Sharon was born in Chicago, IL, attended parochial schools and graduated from Valparaiso University. With a career in teaching, she taught for over forty years in Illinois, New York, Texas, and, finally, in the Biloxi Public Schools where she was...
Wilma Lunsford Hogan
Jul 23, 2018
Wilma Lunsford Hogan, age 85, of Vancleave, passed peacefully on Monday July 23, 2018. Mrs. Hogan was a transplant to the coast from Charlotte, NC. She was a graduate of West Knoxville High School in Tennessee. She enjoyed her time at home, gardening, spending time with her family, and her little Prince. She was loved and will truly be missed....
Joseph Cecil Montgomery, Sr.
Jul 23, 2018
Joseph Cecil Montgomery Sr., age 93, died Monday morning, July 23, 2018 at Lemoyne Place in St. Martin, where he resided for the last three months. Mr. Montgomery was born in Biloxi on September 9, 1924 and remained a lifelong resident of our coastal community. He began his career as a public servant joining the Navy to serve our country...
Gladys R Raymond
Jul 23, 2018
July 23, 2018. Mrs. Raymond was born December 16, 1929, in Wahoo, NE. She married her husband of 45 years, Reverend Sidney J. Raymond, in 1948 and they spent their married years ministering to congregations in Arkansas, California, Kansas, and Nebraska before retiring to Rockport, TX in 1993. Mrs. Raymond graduated from Benson High School (Omaha, NE); attended Parsons College;...
Joseph Raynor
Jul 23, 2018
Joseph Raynor, passed away on July 23, 2018. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Jefferey Michael Brown
Jul 22, 2018
In a bittersweet moment another angel has found his wings and has set off on flight safe into the arms of God and those gone before him. Jefferey Michael Brown, longtime resident of Vancleave, MS passed away surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at the young age of 37. Jeff will be remembered by family and...
Denis Joseph Sourisseau
Jul 22, 2018
Denis Joseph Sourisseau, age 74, passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018 in Ocean Springs. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home was honored to help serve this family.
John Joseph Leonard "Lennie" Melhuish
Jul 22, 2018
"Lennie" Melhuish died in Gulfport on Sunday, July 22, 2018. He was born to John J Leonard and the late Lois Melhuish in Spartanburg, SC. He graduated from Wagner High School, Clark AFB, Philippines. He entered the US Air Force, and he trained in and worked for their medical services. He retired from the USAF after 22 years of service...
Johanna "Jaye" Frances Kisielewski
Jul 22, 2018
Johanna “Jaye” Frances Kisielewski, a 40-year resident of D’Iberville, MS, passed away on July 22, 2018 at the age of 82. Jaye was born and raised in St. Louis, MO and met her future husband Mitchell “Mickey” Kisielewski at a dance for single military personnel in 1956. They were married less than a year later and were lovingly married for...
Evelyn F. Hill
Jul 22, 2018
Mrs. Evelyn Florise Hill, age 91, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018. Mrs. Hill was born in Biloxi on February 6, 1927 and was a 1946 graduate of Biloxi High School. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Retired Air Force MSgt. Riley Hill; parents, Sidney and Evelyn Skinner; daughter, Sheryl Macky; and...
Joy Thibodeaux
Jul 20, 2018
Joy Thibodeaux passed, age 83, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Shanna Lee Taylor Bradley
Jul 20, 2018
Mrs. Shanna Taylor Bradley, age 48, of Escatawpa, MS passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018, in Pascagoula. Shanna was born on August 4, 1969 in Pascagoula to the late Cecil and Malva Taylor. She graduated from Washington County High School in Chatom, Alabama and was employed with Ingalls Shipbuilding and VT Halter Marine for many years. Her hobbies included...
Ornie Mae Burrell
Jul 20, 2018
Ornie Mae Burrell, age 101, a native of Asheboro, NC, and a long-time resident of Ocean Springs, MS, was called home to her Lord Friday, July 20, 2018 in Ocean Springs. Born to John Austin and Ethal Mae Sikes in Randolph County, NC, Ornie Mae married Carter Harold on October 14, 1940. In 1952, they moved to Fountainbleau, MS, and...
Joyce Redmond
Jul 20, 2018
Joyce Marie Jones Redmond, age 39, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Helen Rita Catchot
Jul 20, 2018
Helen Rita Catchot, 66, of Biloxi, passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018. Helen was born on September 11, 1951 to Arthur Catchot and Rita Smith. She attended Biloxi High School. She is preceded in death by her father; grandfather, James Hughes; and grandmother, Helen Rita Hughes. Survivors include her mother; her children, Norman E. Bleuler IV and Edwin A....
Ronald Lee Starnes
Jul 19, 2018
Ronald Lee Starnes died on Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Ocean Springs MS. Ron served the community in his paid working life as the Executive Director of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley Planning Commission and the historic Illges House in Columbus, Georgia was later named the Ronald Starnes Regional Development Center. In his retirement he worked in Ocean Springs as a...
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