Obituaries
Jack Lavelle Roberts
Aug 4, 2018
Jack Lavelle Roberts, 85, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Roberts was a loving man, dedicated to his family and always put his wife and children first. He patiently took the time to explain things to his children. Mr. Roberts was a native of Ohio and attended Ohio State University. He was...
Thomas Rutledge "Rut" Parker
Aug 3, 2018
Thomas Rutledge “Rut” Parker died on August 3, 2018. Rut was born in New Orleans on August 20, 1933. He was the son of Thomas Airey Parker and Sally Gray Parker. Rut attended St. Paul’s Prep School and received an academic scholarship to Duke University where he received a degree in English. He also excelled in sports including soccer and...
George Brian "Big George" Budz
Aug 3, 2018
George Brian “Big George” Budz, 52, of Biloxi, MS passed away Friday, August 3, 2018 in Port Canaveral, FL. Mr. Budz was born July 12, 1966 in Oak Lawn, IL. He attended Forrest Hill High School in MS and graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1988 receiving his Bachelors of Science Degree in General Engineering and his MBA from...
Kelly Laureen Buyny Carter
Aug 3, 2018
Kelly Laureen Buyny Carter, age 51 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Friday, August 3, 2018 She was born on June 24, 1967 in New Castle, PA. She attended Pine Forest High School Class of 1985 and MGCCC Jeff Davis for Nursing. She was employed at New Gulf Coast Surgery Center and previously employed at Cedar Lake Surgery Center....
Dennis Ray Wiggins
Aug 2, 2018
Dennis Ray Wiggins, age 71, of Ocean Springs passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018. Dennis was born in Macon, GA. He was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1977. He retired from Ocean Springs Hospital as C.T. Specialist and was a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He is preceded in death his father, Carl Wiggins. He is survived...
Ellis Gray Gill
Aug 2, 2018
Ellis Gray Gill, 87, of Gulfport died Thursday, August 2, 2018, in Gulfport. Mr. Gill was born in Pelahatchie, MS and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1961. He was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force from 1951 -1955. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1958. He was a member of First Baptist Church in...
Robert William "Pappy" Smith
Aug 2, 2018
Mr. Robert William “Pappy” Smith, age 91, went to his heavenly reward Thursday, August 2, 2018 in Biloxi. He was born in Bronx, NY and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran with over 26 years of service with the rank of Tech Sergeant. While in the military...
James W. "Jimmy" Crook
Aug 1, 2018
James W. "Jimmy" Crook, age 88, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at his residence. He was born on April 19, 1930 in Yazoo City, MS to the late Rapp W. Crook and Elizabeth Wallace Crook. He graduated from Yazoo City High School before earning a B.S. degree in Animal Science from Mississippi State University. While at State, he was...
Edna Blanche Ross Carroll
Aug 1, 2018
Edna Blanche Ross Carroll, age 93, of Gulfport died Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Edna was born on June 20, 1925 in Jackson, MS. She worked as a Sales Clerk at J.C. Penny and Sales AAFES, Keesler A.F.B. She enjoyed gardening, crabbing, fishing and bingo in her spare time. She is preceded in death by her spouse, Samuel Joseph Carroll; parents,...
Jesse. E. "Jake" Strother
Jul 31, 2018
Jesse E. "Jake" Strother, of Vancleave, age 87, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Jake was the father of three children, his son, Robert, and daughters, Susan and Mary Ann, and he had three grandchildren, Sean, Heather, and Haley. He was married to Irina Tolmatchova Strother for 45 years before she preceded him into the next life in 1999. He...
Shirley "Charlene" Akins Pierce
Jul 31, 2018
Shirley “Charlene” Akins Pierce, 82, of Gulfport, MS passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Gulfport. Mrs. Pierce was born in Ethel, MS and was a resident of the coast for over 25 years. She was a former resident of Hollandale, MS and was employed with the Bank of Hollandale. Mrs. Pierce attended Lemoyne Baptist Church in St. Martin. She...
James "Mike" Oberlies
Jul 30, 2018
James M. “Mike” Oberlies, Sr., of Kiln and Gulfport, Mississippi died peacefully surrounded by family at the age of 78 on July 30, 2018 from health related complications in Memorial Hospital of Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 41 years Anne Reedy Oberlies. He is survived by his brother Karl B.Oberlies and his wife Ranell...
Dorothy Hartley
Jul 30, 2018
Dorothy Hartley passed away on Monday, July 30, 2018. She was transferred to Colonial Funeral Home in Bay Springs, MS. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Charles Thomas Anderson
Jul 30, 2018
Charles Thomas Anderson, age 81, of Gulfport passed away on July 30, 2018 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver Lindsey and Carolyn Anderson and a sister, Carol. He is survived by his loving wife, Janis Stanley; his son, Lindsey (Katie) and granddaughters, Kate and Meg, all of Oxford; his daughter, Kristin; grandchildren Thomas and...
Lori Ann Duhon
Jul 29, 2018
Lori Ann Duhon, age 56, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 29, 2018. She was a loving mom and grandmother, "Nana." She was an Ocean Springs high school graduate, Class of 1980. She enjoyed working for the Ocean Springs School District as a bus driver. She will be remembered for her warm, generous heart and big, bright smile. Lori is preceded...
Alton "Buddy" Edgar Byrd, Sr.
Jul 29, 2018
Alton "Buddy" Edgar Byrd, Sr., born 1933, died peacefully at age 85 on Sunday, July 29, 2018 surrounded by his family. He graduated from Bay High School in Panama City, FL where he was the captain of the football team and also played center-field for their baseball team. After graduating, he joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War,...
Peggy Mae Huckaby Dean
Jul 28, 2018
Mrs. Peggy Dean, age 85, passed away July 28, 2018, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Dean was born in Forest City, NC and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. As the wife of an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, she traveled extensively and was retired from AAFES at Keesler AFB as a customer service clerk. She served as...
Elisabeth Francois
Jul 28, 2018
Elisabeth Francois, 92, died Saturday, July 28, 2018 in the home she shared with her sister in Ocean Springs. Miss Francois was born February 21, 1926 in Brussels, Belgium. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1990, finally settling in Ocean Springs in 2005. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Robertine Francois of Brussels, Belgium...
Charles Thomas "Manny" LeBatard, Jr.
Jul 27, 2018
On Friday, July 27, 2018, a golden heart stopped beating after 92 years of life. Charles Thomas LeBatard, Jr., known as “Manny” to family and friends, was born in Biloxi on March 19, 1926 to Charles and Florence (Lamey) LeBatard. Manny was a humble man, who loved his God, family and country. He was a World War II veteran who...
Charles L Brueck
Jul 27, 2018
Charles L. Brueck, Jr, age 92, of Gulfport died Friday, July 27, 2018. He was born in Gloster, MS and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1969, having previously lived in Forest, Jackson, McComb and Brookhaven. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Gulfport where he was an Elder Emeritus and had taught Sunday School for many years....
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