Obituaries
Jacqueline Fountain Fancher
Feb 17, 2018
Jacqueline Fountain Fancher, age 88, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 in Ocean Springs. She was born March 22, 1929 to Freddie Fountain and Fannie Grieff Fountain. Her many pleasures were bingo, shopping, eating out with her friends, and going to casinos. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs. Jacqueline is preceded in death by...
Lloyd Lyman Cruthirds
Feb 17, 2018
Mr. Lloyd Lyman Cruthirds, age 90, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018. Mr. Cruthirds was born on September 7, 1927. He was a paratrooper where he served in the United State Army and the United States Air Force and was a Veteran of World War II. After his military service he worked in the sheet metal industry. He was...
Saul Edward Holmes Guice
Feb 17, 2018
Saul Edward Holmes Guice passed away Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at the Ocean Springs Hospital after an extended illness. He was one week past his 84th birthday. He lived a long and happy life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was born in 1934 on front beach in Biloxi, and with the exception of a few years away for college...
George "Thad" Nicholas
Feb 16, 2018
George "Thad" Nicholas, age 50, passed away Friday, February 16th, 2018 in Gulfport. He was born February 25, 1967 to George T. and Dorothy C. Nicholas. He enjoyed reading, cooking, flying kites, fishing in the gulf, and walking his dogs. Mr. Nicholas is survived by his wife, Vonda Brunson Nicholas; his son, Dustin and Amber Juliao; his stepdaughter, Cori Brunson;...
Shirley May Pierson
Feb 15, 2018
Shirley May Pierson, age 60, of Gulfport passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 in Gulfport. Shirley was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She lived life to the fullest, but her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Faye Mascroft; a brother, Roger Owen; and the love of her life,...
Lois Imogene Carver
Feb 14, 2018
Lois Imogene Carver, 91, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Ms. Carver was born to the late Russell and Leona Carver. She was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School. Among other passions, she cherished her lifelong membership to Ocean Springs First Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher. Having led a...
Viola Spinks Doyle
Feb 14, 2018
Viola Spinks Doyle, 94, of Biloxi, MS passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in Gulfport. Mrs. Doyle was a native and lifelong resident of Mississippi. She was a member of Parkway Baptist Church in Biloxi and a Red Cross volunteer. Mrs. Doyle was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Ann Grayson Chapter 50 in Biloxi where...
Brooks Vernon Bamburg
Feb 14, 2018
Brooks Vernon Bamburg, 72, of Ocean Springs, MS was called away to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in his home. Mr. Bamburg was born to the late Elby and Lillian (Baylis) Bamburg on December 3, 1945 in Monroe, LA. As a proud member of the United States Army, he served as a Dog Handler, and took...
Rodney Lee Foster
Feb 13, 2018
Rodney Lee Foster, age 62, died peacefully surrounded by his family Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Rodney lived his life in Biloxi, and graduated from Biloxi High School in 1974. He was a professional limousine driver with Kirby Bernich Celebrity Limousine Services, during which he had the pleasure of meeting many entertainers. He was beloved by his clients and was said...
Carol-Anne Clobridge VanNocken
Feb 13, 2018
Carol VanNocken, age 82, died on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, in Biloxi, MS surrounded by her family who she loved. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith in God, and love of all who had the pleasure to know her carried her through to the very end. Carol was born on June 30, 1935 to the late Paul and Grace...
Donald "Don" R. Ford
Feb 12, 2018
Mr. Donald R. “Don” Ford, age 88, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Ford was born on October 17, 1929 in New Orleans, LA. He was a loving husband and father, and was devoted to his loving wife June of 52 years and to his children, Patrick and Kathleen. Mr. Ford graduated...
Joe Rzonca
Feb 12, 2018
Mr. Joe Rzonca, age 77, of Gautier, MS, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018, in Gautier. Mr. Rzonca was a resident of the coast since 1979. He was a native of Merriville, Indiana and formerly employed with Mississippi Power. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Helen Rzonca. Survivors include his wife of nearly 57 years,...
Bonnie Jo Knotts Hendricks
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Bonnie Jo Knotts Hendricks, age 82, passed peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday, February 12, 2018. Bonnie was born in Wellington, TX, the daughter of R.A. and Pauline Knotts. She spent her childhood years in Amarillo, TX and graduated from Amarillo High School in 1954. After high school, Bonnie began her thirty year career with Bell Telephone Company...
Sherry L. Bahm
Feb 10, 2018
Sherry Bahm, age 64 , of Perkinston joined her husband Saturday, February 10, 2018 . Sherry was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast and loved “her Gulf." She was an avid gardener that she referred to as “playing in the dirt”. She was devoted to helping veterans through hard times, was a published author and will be remembered for...
Willie Myrle Martines
Feb 10, 2018
Willie Myrle Martines, age 89, of Biloxi, passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018. Mrs. Martines was born December 8, 1928 in Eufaula, AL to Louie R. Revels and Elizabeth Johnson. She worked as a phone crisis counselor and very much enjoyed cooking. Willie is preceded in death by her husband, Mack Martines; and her brother, Dean. Survivors include her children,...
Dorothy "Dot" D. Miller
Feb 9, 2018
Dorothy D. Miller "Dot", of Gulfport, MS, departed this life to be with our Lord, Jesus Christ, on Friday, February 9, 2018. Dot was born in October 1958 to Clarence A. Davis, Jr. and Naomi N. Davis in Lancaster, OH. She was united in marriage in 1980 to Steven R. Miller and to this union they were blessed with the...
Valerie Kathleen Nelson
Feb 8, 2018
Valerie Kathleen Nelson, age 71 of Gulfport, MS passed away on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Valerie was born on April 2, 1946 in Biloxi, MS. She graduated from Biloxi High School and worked at Borden Co. and the Isle of Capri Casino. She loved and enjoyed gardening, her pets Otis and Molly and fishing. She is preceded in death by...
Jacqueline Margaret Frentz Meaut
Feb 8, 2018
Jacqueline Margaret Frentz Meaut, age 94, passed away Thursday, February 8, 2018 in Gulfport. Mrs. Meaut was a native and life long resident of the Coast, former member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and current member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Gulfport. She graduated from Biloxi High School in 1941, where she lettered in track and basketball. She was...
Ellen Ray Varnado Wilson
Feb 7, 2018
Ellen Ray Varnado Wilson, age 89, passed away Wednesday, February 7, 2018 in Pass Christian. Mrs. Wilson was born in Poplarville and was a life long resident of the coast. She was also a retired seamstress. Ellen is preceded in death by her husband, James Wilson. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Marie Johnson; her sons, James E. Wilson and James...
Thomas E. Ferrill, Sr.
Feb 7, 2018
Thomas E. Ferrill, Sr. passed away on February 7, 2018 at the age of 88 in Biloxi. A lifelong citizen of Biloxi, Thomas, Tom, or simply “Coach,” was a well loved man by many on the Gulf Coast. His impact reached far and wide. Tom graduated from Biloxi High School in 1949 and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston Campus,...
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