Obituaries
Mildred Boatright Bethea
Apr 10, 2017
Mrs. Mildred Boatright Bethea, age 89, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at her home in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Bethea was born on April 8, 1928, in Harper, Texas. She loved to exercise, walking, biking and running and taught an exercise class at First Baptist Church in Biloxi for many years. She was active helping her elderly friends in the neighborhood...
Edwina Estelle "Pinkie" Hammontree
Apr 10, 2017
Edwina Estelle "Pinkie" Hammontree, 91, Gulfport, was welcomed into Heaven Monday morning, April 10, 2017. Pinkie was born February 21, 1926 to William A. and Julia Rudolph Moran. She was a life-long resident of Gulfport and a member of Pass Road Baptist Church. She retired from A&P Grocery, having worked there for thirty years. Her most proud accomplishment was having...
Frederick Anthony Thornton
Apr 10, 2017
Frederick Anthony Thornton Sr., age 55, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017. Fred was loved, admired and respected by everyone who knew him. He will be truly missed but death will not part us from the love he had for his family or the love we all had for him. I feel so overwhelmed with the outpouring of love...
Velma F. Boutwell
Apr 9, 2017
Mrs. Velma Boutwell, age 91, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. She was born in Kingsley, Iowa where she graduated from Kingsley High School. She moved to Sioux City where she went to business school and was a secretary. While in Sioux City, she met and married the love of her life, William A. Boutwell in 1946. They had two daughters,...
Julian "Jay" Holtorf
Apr 9, 2017
Julian "Jay" Douglas Holtorf, age 75, passed away Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017. Jay was born November 13, 1941 in Carroll, Iowa to Julius Otto and Violet Pauline Wilkerson Holtorf. He was a graduate of Carroll High School in Carroll, Iowa. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration at Park College. He was also a member of...
Esther "Pattie" Perhoic-Toncrey Ladner
Apr 9, 2017
Esther "Pattie" Perhoic-Toncrey Ladner, age 61, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017. Pattie was born in Pennsylvania and a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a graduate of St. Martin and was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Saucier. Pattie was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, and wonderful grandmother. Pattie is preceded in death by...
Chester Hershel Blalock
Apr 9, 2017
Chester Hershel Blalock, age 90, of Gautier, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017, after a lengthy illness. Chester received his Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and completed post-graduate work at the University of South Alabama. He was elected class president at USM in 1951 and named "Who's Who?" in American Universities and...
Lucille Womack Thurman
Apr 9, 2017
Mrs. Lucille Odelia Womack Thurman, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017. Mrs. Thurman was born in Chase, Virginia. She traveled to New York City as a teenager where she met Bill Thurman, a sailor, during the war and they later married. She lived in Missouri and Washington D.C. for a while and settled...
Tommy Luther Underwood
Apr 7, 2017
Tommy Luther Underwood, 59, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Gulfport. Tommy was a native of Gainesville, GA. He was stationed at many different military bases before calling D’Iberville his home. He retired as a Captain from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service and from the State of Mississippi as a psychologist...
Marjorie Boleware Albrycht
Apr 5, 2017
Marjorie Boleware Albrycht, 81, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. She was born September 24, 1935 in Greenwood, MS to Mayfred and Dewey Boleware. Marjorie married John Albrycht in Biloxi, MS on October 27, 1957. John survives his wife, residing in the home they built in Gulf Hills over 51 years ago. Also surviving are her...
Margaret Dolores Jones-Richardson
Apr 5, 2017
Margaret Dolores Jones-Richardson, age 75, of Gulfport died Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Margaret was born in Senath, Missouri but raised in Memphis, Tennessee with her mother and brother. She attended Drones Business College before moving to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to begin her family and had an early retirement with South Central Bell as a telephone operator. Her family was...
Beulah Richard
Apr 5, 2017
Beulah Richard, 89, of Saucier, MS was reunited with her husband, the love of her life, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mrs. Richard was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. Her life was centered around her family and her faith. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Jerald Richard, Sr.; her son, Jerald Richard, Jr.;...
Wanda Brown Kahler
Apr 4, 2017
Wanda Brown Kahler, age 63, of Gulfport passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 in Gulfport. She was born in Gulfport and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Gulfport. Mrs. Kahler was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lydia Brown; and a son, Andrew Kahler. She is survived by...
Hugh Bryant Albritton
Apr 4, 2017
Hugh Bryant Albritton, Jr., age 76, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Hugh was a Vietnam Veteran and served as a Seabee for 25 years. He also retired from Biloxi V.A. after 20 years in the maintenance department. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing, traveling, gambling, movies and good food. He is preceded in his death by his loving wife...
Fairie Lyn Carter
Apr 4, 2017
Ms. Fairie Lyn Carter, age 90, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 in Biloxi, MS. She was born October 1, 1926 in Biloxi where her family operated Carter's Hat Shop. Fairie Lyn was preceded in death by her parents, William Raymond Carter, Jr. and Velma C. Carter; sister, Velma Fern Carter; and her brother, William Prentiss Carter. In 1944 Fairie Lyn...
Nancy H. Byers
Apr 3, 2017
Nancy H. Byers, age 81, joined her husband on Monday, April 3, 2017. Nancy was a resident of Gautier since 1974. She was the Director of Nursing for Professional Home Health and retired from there in 1998. She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Pascagoula. Nancy was devoted to her family and was a loving wife, mother,...
Margaret Covacevich Jumonville
Apr 3, 2017
Margaret Covacevich Jumonville, age 85, died Monday, April 3, 2017. A Back Bay Biloxi Native, she grew up playing in the shipyard owned by her father A.W. “Tony Jack” Covacevich and her mother, Emma Nadlich Covacevich. She graduated from Biloxi High School where she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen. Having very strong work ideals when her children left the...
Marshall Lee Bittinger
Apr 2, 2017
Mr. Marshall Lee Bittinger, age 72, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Marshall was a native of Ohio and was a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He retired as a Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force. He was a member of the V.F.W. and the Moose Lodge. Marshall is preceded in death by his loving...
Waldo "Wally" Hartel
Apr 2, 2017
Waldo “Wally” Hartel, passed away at Merit Health Hospital in Biloxi on Sunday, April 2, 2017. He was born on November 17, 1927, in Biloxi, MS. He married his wife of 67 years on June 5, 1949. Mr. Hartel was an airline agent, a pilot and a heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed boating and fishing trips to Louisiana. One of...
Steve Dyess
Apr 2, 2017
Steve Dyess, 70, of Ocean Springs, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 2, 2017. “Brother Steve,” as he was known by many, was a humble and faithful Christian all of his life. He was born on March 16, 1947 in Robertsdale, AL and was a graduate of Vancleave High School. There, he served...
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