Obituaries
James M. "Jim" Rose
Apr 13, 2017
James M. "Jim" Rose, age 67, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017. Formerly of St. Augustine, Florida, Jim has been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past twenty-five years. He owned and operated Color World Painting with his son, Tim Rose. Jim enjoyed all aspects of Coast living. Jim is preceded in death by his parents; one brother; and...
Margaret Leslie Perkins
Apr 13, 2017
Margaret Leslie Perkins, age 93, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017. Margaret was born in Amsterdam, Holland. She was a longtime resident of Satellite Beach, Florida and a resident of the Gulf Coast since 2012. She was a loving wife and mother. Margaret is preceded in death by her son, Robert Perkins. Margaret's survivors include her husband of seventy-three years,...
Daniel D. "Danny" Guice, Sr.
Apr 13, 2017
Daniel D. “Danny” Guice Sr., who devoted a lifetime of distinguished public service to his beloved City of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, died in his sleep Thursday, April 13, 2017 at his home in Biloxi. He was 92. Mr. Guice had the distinction of holding office in all three branches of Mississippi government – executive, legislative and judicial...
Hilda S. Fiorenza
Apr 12, 2017
Hilda S. Fiorenza, age 91, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Hilda was born August 3, 1925 in Tylertown, Mississippi to Luther Burns Stewart and Dessie Yvonne Alexander. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luigi C. Fiorenza; son, Nicholas "Nick" Fiorenza; two brothers, John Stewart and Ephraim Stewart; three sisters, Nelma Beets, Dorothy Uchello, and Aimee Martin. It...
Eugene Fancher
Apr 12, 2017
Eugene Fancher, age 87, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Eugene was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast and was a member of the St. John Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in the Korean conflict on the USS Palau and a volunteer with the Biloxi VA,...
Kathleen Ann Murphy Hebert
Apr 12, 2017
Kathleen Ann Murphy Hebert, 78, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Hebert was born in New Orleans, LA, and had been a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral where she was a member of the Altar Society. She was a member of Young Matrons, and Derby Sutters. She graduated...
Beatrice Philmon Sasser
Apr 11, 2017
Beatrice Philmon Sasser, age 97, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Beatrice was born March 12, 1920 in Blakly, Georgia to Lizzie and Jesse Philmon. When she was born, her brother ran to the school bus shouting, "Mama had a baby girl and named her 'Bed Mattress!'" She won many awards with bowling. She was also...
Vernabel Mae Crane
Apr 11, 2017
Vernabel Mae Crane, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Vernabel was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs, MS and resided at Bay Cove Assisted Living. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Crane. Survivors include two neices, Janet Hunt and Karen (Robert) Rodgers; nephew, John (Betty) Werkau, who loved and cared her like she was...
Juliet Trochesset Winslow
Apr 11, 2017
Juliet Trochesset Winslow, 97, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Juliet was born in Biloxi where she remained a lifelong resident. She was active with the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer where she served on the Altar Guild for 35 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Noel Don Winslow; parents, Pierre and Stella Trochesset; and brother,...
Linda Willese Burges Shaw
Apr 10, 2017
Linda Willese Burges Shaw, age 70, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017 at her home in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born in Oxford, MS to Rufus and Mildred (Walter) Burges and was the second of three children. Linda was preceded in death by her husband, James Alvah Shaw. She is survived by her daughters, Allison Elaine and Virginia...
Ralph Amat
Apr 10, 2017
Ralph Amat, age 81, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2017. Ralph was born in Brooklyn, NY. He lived in Biloxi, MS the past year and lived in New Orleans, LA for the past fifty years. He served in the USMC and was a Merchant Marine. Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, Rafeal Amat and Virginia Colen; and...
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...
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