Obituaries
Barbara McDonald Rhodes
Oct 4, 2018
Barbara McDonald Rhodes “Meme”, born October 19, 1951, passed away from this life October 4, 2018. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Biloxi where she loved serving in the choir, chairing the Senior Adult Team, and serving our Lord in many other ways. She was a friend to so many and was loved by all. She was my...
Kerry Kay Parker
Oct 4, 2018
Kerry Kay Parker, age 52, was called to her Heavenly Father October 4, 2018. Kerry was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She attended St. Alphonsus school, was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School and earned an Associate’s Degree in Health Sciences/ Medical Assistant from Phillips Junior College. Kerry was preceded in death by her mother, Alice Kay...
Raymond "Ray" James Calvert
Oct 3, 2018
Raymond “Ray” James Calvert, age 94, of Biloxi, MS died October 3, 2018. He was born on March 30, 1924 in Bailey, MS. He attended Center Hill High School in Center Hill, MS – with Honors, Meridian Jr. College – Meridian, MS and received B.S. of Pharmacy from the University of MS. He graduated from Pharmacy School and participated in...
Martha Holt Hare Sexton
Oct 3, 2018
Martha Holt Hare Sexton passed way at her cottage home in Gulfport Mississippi surrounded by her daughters and family on October 3, 2018 at the age of 88. She was born on October 29, 1929 in Holly Springs, N.C. to Exum and Ella Holt Hare. She graduated from Apex High School and Meredith College and worked in elementary education and...
Joseph Anderson Bell
Oct 2, 2018
Mr. Joseph Anderson Bell, age 88, resident of Villa Maria Apartments in Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, in the Biloxi VA Hospital. Mr. Bell was born on January 23, 1930 in Oklahoma City, OK to Joseph A. Bell and Agnes Harrison Bell. He received a B.A. of Science. He was a 2nd Lt. in the...
Gerald E. Lynd
Oct 1, 2018
Mr. Gerald E. Lynd, age 88, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018. Mr. Lynd was born in Biloxi, MS and was a lifelong resident of the coast. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Ingalls and Kennedy Engine Marine, a member of the BPOE Elks Lodge #606 in Biloxi...
Ray Pennington Messick
Oct 1, 2018
Ray Pennington Messick, age 79, of Pass Christian, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018. Mr. Messick retired from the U.S. Navy after 23 years of service where he earned the Expert Pistol, Meritorious Conduct, and Navy Battle “E” awards, as well as the Vietnam Campaign Medal and Vietnam Service Medal. He was in the Navy E6 Weapons Maintenance, worked...
John Edward McManus
Sep 30, 2018
John E. McManus, age 91, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2018 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. McManus was born on June 23, 1927 in New York City, NY to Andrew McManus and Cecelia O’Brycki McManus. He received a Bachelor’s Degree from the City College of New York. Mr. McManus served in the United States Navy for two...
Marion "M.E." Thompson
Sep 30, 2018
Mr. Marion “M.E.” Thompson, Jr. died peacefully on September 30, 2018, in Grapevine, Texas, at the age of 87. Mr. Thompson is survived by children Pamela Cumbest and Delia “Dee Dee” Thompson; grandsons Grant Cumbest and Reid Cumbest; sisters Ruth Turner and Linda Leps. He is preceded in death by parents Marion Edwin Thompson, Sr. and Artemisa Gonzalez Thompson; sons...
Thomas Vernon "TV"
Sep 29, 2018
Thomas Vernon “TV” Jones, 76, died Saturday, September 29, 2018 after a long and hard fight with Pancreatic Cancer. Though he may be gone and his fight over, the battle has been won. His strong, hard working spirit and overwhelming love for his family propelled him through his stage four diagnosis and on to a three year display of pure...
Claire Galy Dick Jones
Sep 29, 2018
Claire Galy Dick Jones passed away peacefully at the age of 65, on Saturday, September 29, 2018. She was born on March 8, 1953, in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Henry Narcisse Dick, Sr., and Norma Richards Dick Mattina. She was a member of the 1971 graduating class of Biloxi High School where she was a majorette and a member of the...
Bruce Barton "Pops" Miller
Sep 28, 2018
Bruce Barton Miller (“Pops”), 83, was peacefully called to heaven September 28, 2018. Born November 22, 1934 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi to Robert Carson and Lydia Miller, who preceded him in death. The youngest child, his mother’s only boy, a bit spoiled and completely loved. He grew up surrounded by family; his nieces and nephews were among his best friends....
Clinton Daniel Richard "Clint" Daugherty
Sep 27, 2018
Clinton Daniel Richard “Clint” Daugherty, 27, of Biloxi, MS passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018 in Ocean Springs. Clint was a native of Biloxi and a former resident of Stone County. He was a 2009 graduate of Biloxi High School and a member of First Baptist Church Biloxi. Clint worked with his father as a Real Estate Assistant for many...
Randy Lee Fox
Sep 26, 2018
Randy Fox, age 49, of Vancleave, MS gained his angel wings Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Mr. Fox was a long-term resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a graduate of St. Martin High School. He went on to get his Associate’s Degree in Drafting and Design at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Mr. Fox was a loving father and...
Darlene Fugate Wheeler
Sep 26, 2018
Darlene Fugate Wheeler, 56, of Perkinston, MS passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in Ocean Springs. Private services will be held at a later date. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home was honored to have served Mrs. Wheeler's family.
Holen Hunter Grantham
Sep 25, 2018
Mr. Holen Hunter Grantham, age 83, passed away peacefully at his home in Ocean Springs on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Hunter was born in North Biloxi and had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1967. Upon graduating from New Braunfles High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He later went on to complete his degree in accounting...
Freda Marie Stallone
Sep 25, 2018
Freda Marie Stallone, age 88, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home in Daphne, AL. She was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Natchez, MS. After graduation, she and her husband, Lt. Col. Meno Joseph Stallone Jr., were stationed at numerous Air Force bases throughout the Southeast. They...
Richard S. Harris
Sep 25, 2018
Richard S. Harris, age 79, of Gulfport, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Mr. Harris was born in New Richmond, OH, and is preceded in death by his wife Billie Coleen (Stephenson) Harris, parents Claude and Julia Alyward Harris and brother Claude Harris, Jr. Mr. Harris served in both the US Air Force and US Navy with 20 years’...
Marie Trochesset
Sep 24, 2018
On Monday, September 24, 2018, Marie (Broussard) Trochesset, loving mother, grandmother and sister, lost her long battle with illness at the age of 67. Marie spent her life helping others as a nurse, a caregiver and a surrogate mom to many. She is preceded in death by her parents, John Ramos Broussard, Jr. and Bette (Bowden) Broussard; and her sister,...
Sara Fuller Williams
Sep 23, 2018
Sara Fuller Williams died in Ocean Springs; Ms. on Sept. 23, 2018. She was born in Huntsville, Al, 101 years ago to John D. Searcy and Smith C. Fuller. She married Felix L. Williams of Belle Factory, Al and they moved to Florida after WWII. Upon Felix’s retirement they returned to Huntsville where they lived until his death. Sara moved...
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