Obituaries
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...
Margareta T. Carter
Dec 10, 2018
Margareta T. Carter, 82, of Waynesboro, PA, passed away on December 10, 2018, while at her winter home in Biloxi, MS. She moved on to a beautiful and heavenly new home that is now ready as it was being prepared this past year by her husband, Joseph Carter, aged 80 when he passed away last year on May 1, 2017....
Barbara Catherine Barich McCarthy
Dec 9, 2018
Barbara Catherine Barich McCarthy, age 75, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 in Ocean Springs. She was born September 9, 1943 in Biloxi to Mary R. and Julius Barich. She graduated from Ocean Springs High School and Perkinston Junior College. She participatedin her high school's varsity basketball, lettering her Junior and Senior year, and was also the Queen of Billikins...
Luevinnia "Deater" Massey Fortenberry
Dec 8, 2018
Luevinnia "Deater" Massey Fortenberry, age 81, of Biloxi, MS passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 in Moss Point. Mrs. Fortenberry was born in Lowndes County, AL on September 2, 1937 to Flora Robinson Massey and Isreal Massey. She attended Calhoun High School. Mrs. Fortenberry enjoyed cooking and loved animals. She was a member of First Baptist Missionary Church in Biloxi....
Judy Ann Catchot
Dec 8, 2018
Judy Ann Catchot, age 70, of Ocean Springs, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018. Mrs. Catchot, a long-time resident of Ocean Springs, was an active member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. She was a loving mother of three and grandmother of six and will be missed by all that knew her. She was preceded in death by her...
Carl Elizabeth "Betty" Neville Gibson
Dec 8, 2018
Carl Elizabeth “Betty” Neville was born on July 6, 1936 in Anniston, Alabama and was received into glory on December 8, 2018. Betty‘s father was an Army officer so she grew up on military bases in the southeast. Betty attended the all girls Tubman high school in Augusta, Georgia and graduated in May, 1953. Following graduation, she moved to Washington...
Ted Louis Hebert
Dec 7, 2018
Ted Louis Hebert, age 75 passed away peacefully on Friday, December 7, 2018. Ted was born in Biloxi on May 20, 1943 to the late Louis and Bertha Hebert. He is survived by wife, Sharon Schultz Hebert; sister, Charlotte Clarke (Freeman) of Laguna Hills, CA; brothers, Harry Hebert (Peggy) and Mark Anthony Hebert; nephews, Eric Clark and Jim Clark (Pam);...
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