Obituaries
Melba Bigot Brooks
Jun 27, 2017
Melba Bigot Brooks, age 84, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017. A graveside service will be held at Crestlawn Memorial Park Friday, June 30, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Melba Bigot Brooks
Jun 27, 2017
Melba Bigot Brooks, 84, of Ocean Springs, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born June 7, 1933 in Thomas, Louisiana to Hubert and Arbelia Grantham. She was raised on and ran a dairy farm in Louisiana and was an avid basketball player in her youth. She loved pottery, ceramics and seamstress. Melba retired from...
Danny Paul Boney
Jun 27, 2017
Danny P. Boney, Sr., 64, of Saucier, MS, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017, which was also his birthday. Danny was born in Biloxi, MS and was a lifelong resident of Biloxi first and then Saucier. He was a Catholic, and a 1969 graduate of Biloxi High School. He retired from the Biloxi Fire Department as a Captain after 30+...
Phillip M. Dunham
Jun 27, 2017
Phillip Morris Dunham, age 77, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in Vancleave. He was born October 13, 1939 in Rangeley, ME to Annie G. Gray and Milford K. Dunham. He received his A.S. degree in Radio Communications Technology and was employed by the Department of Air Force as an Electronics Instructor for 17 years. Phillip also retired from the...
Cornelius Bernard Boggan
Jun 26, 2017
Cornelius B. Boggan, 32, of Long Beach died Monday June 26, 2017 in Gulfport. The graveside service is Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at Finley Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Ruth Kee Neeley
Jun 25, 2017
Our grandmother, Ruth Neeley, whom we called Rufus, was born the fifth child of Jerry (Jay) and Ila Gainey Kee of Lillian, AL and Pensacola, FL. Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her loving husband, John L. Neeley; her son, Steve David Neeley; her daughter, Juana Sue Neeley Roy; and her siblings, Barbara D'Argis, Pauline Hodges,...
James David Wilkinson
Jun 25, 2017
James David Wilkinson, 61, of D’Iberville, MS passed away at 1:56 pm on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Merit Health Hospital in Biloxi. James had been sick for several years. He was a fighter and he fought until the end. His heart just got weaker and he just couldn’t fight anymore. James was born in Port Arthur, TX on August...
James I. "Mike" Finley
Jun 24, 2017
James I. “Mike” Finley, age 74, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017 in Gulfport, MS. He was born in Gulfport, MS on June 20, 1943 to James Boyer Finley and Frances Burke Finley. He graduated from Murrah High School in Jackson in 1962, received his Bachelor’s from Mississippi State University, and his Master’s from the University of Southern Mississippi. A...
Matthew William Clark
Jun 23, 2017
Mathew William Clark, Sr. died after a brief illness, on June 23, 2017 in Gulfport, MS at the age of 91. Matthew is survived by his children, MaryAnn Dandrow (Larry), Gail C. Smith (Lowery), Matthew W. Clark, Jr. (Heather), Judy C. Hetzel (John), Patricia Clark-Batte (Ezra) and Janet Clark-Nick (Richard), ten grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, one brother, Kenneth James Clark of...
Marie Morris Alfonso
Jun 23, 2017
Marie Morris Alfonso, of Madison, Mississippi, formerly of Gulfport, died on June 23, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss., at the age of 97. She was born on October 19, 1919 in Scotland, South Dakota to Bertha Ellen Morris and Eli Morris. She grew up in Watts, Oklahoma, and graduated high school there in 1939. She attended Sparks Memorial...
Melba Ruth Higginbotham
Jun 22, 2017
Melba Ruth Higginbotham, age 85, entered her heavenly home in the loving arms of God on Thursday, June 22, 2017. She arrived on her mother's birthday. What a joyful celebration must have taken place! Ruth was born in Biloxi to Nelson and Edna (Delcambre) Higginbotham on February 25, 1932. She was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of...
Nina Marie Blackbourn
Jun 21, 2017
Nina Marie Patterson-Fultz-Blackbourn, 74, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Ocean Springs Hospital. Marie was a lifetime resident of the Coast and was formerly of Merrill, MS. She enjoyed billards, playing bridge, bowling and arranging flowers. Marie mostly enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Marie is preceded in death by her parents Jane Harriett...
Susan McMurtray McDonnell
Jun 21, 2017
Susan Diane McMurtray McDonnell, age 64, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017. She was born and raised in Gulfport, MS. She moved to Houston, TX to teach school after she graduated with her Master’s Degree in Education. Upon her return to Mississippi, she taught Computer Discovery at D’Iberville Middle School and later at Biloxi Junior High School. She also owned...
Carl Bruce Stewart
Jun 21, 2017
Mr. Carl Bruce Stewart, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. He was a native of Swandale, West Virginia and resident of Biloxi for more than 60 years. Mr. Stewart moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi at age 17, and following high school graduation in 1951 he served in the United States Army from 1952 until 1954, returning home as...
Lionell Moses Seymour
Jun 20, 2017
Mr. Lionell Moses Seymour, age 82, passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mr. Seymour was a native and lifelong resident of D’Iberville. He graduated from Norte Dame High School in 1954 and was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and he retired from the Biloxi V.A. Mr. Seymour is...
Mary Emma Skaar
Jun 20, 2017
Mary Emma Skaar passed away at her daughter’s home on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, surrounded by her loving children. Mary Emma was born in Gautier, MS on March 16, 1931, to Napoleon and Neta Ladnier. Sweet, sweet Mary lived most of her life in Ocean Springs, MS where she raised her two children. She worked for R.F. Ederer Company and...
Jacob "Jake" Lee Nickle
Jun 19, 2017
Jacob “Jake” Lee Nickle, age 27, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 in Biloxi, MS. He was born on February 28, 1990 in Pensacola, FL to Michele Nickle and William Frank Holmes. He was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School, Class of 2008, and attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. He was a manager at Mugshots Grill and Bar...
Rosie Ellen Austin
Jun 19, 2017
Rosie Ellen Austin, age 63, of Gulfport passed away Monday, June 19, 2017. Ellen was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Austin, Jr; parents, Theresa and James McCauley, Sr; and brothers, James McCauley, Jr., Steven...
Dessie Shelton Matthews
Jun 19, 2017
Dessie Shelton Matthews, age 95, passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 in Johnson City, TN. She was born in Horse Pasture, VA and a resident of Ocean Springs for 25 years. She was a resident of Johnson City, TN for the past three years. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star for five years and also...
James "Jim" Oliver Blount
Jun 18, 2017
James “Jim” Oliver Blount, 90, passed away peacefully at the V.A. Hospice in Biloxi on Father’s Day, June 18, 2017. Jim was born on March 16, 1927 to Zelma and Presley Blount, Sr. A veteran of the Merchant Marines in WWII and the USAF, Jim retired after 32 years teaching and managing training at Keesler AFB Biloxi. Jim’s research in...
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