Obituaries
Braydon "Brady" Hester
Feb 28, 2017
Mr. Braydon Lynn "Brady" Hester, age 20, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Braydon was a longtime resident of the coast. He was born in Gulfport, MS, attended St. Martin High School and MGCCC, Jackson County Campus. He was of the Assembly of God Church faith Survivors include his mother, Lisa McFarland Husley, father, Lynton...
Hedwig Marie May Moyer
Feb 28, 2017
Hedwig Marie May Moyer, age 92, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2017. She was a native of Wiesbaden, Germany and resident of Biloxi, Mississippi since 1986. She was a loving wife and mother. Hedwig is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Dominick Moyer. Hedwig's survivors include her daughters, Barbara (Gabriel) Tillson and Susan (David) LaMarca; four grandchildren,...
Lelia Theresa Sonnier
Feb 28, 2017
Mrs. Lelia Theresa Sonnier, age 89, of Biloxi passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Mrs. Sonnier was born in Louisiana to Odile and Lenes Ransonet. They moved to the Gulf Coast when she was very young. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She always put her family before herself. She worked in the factories as...
Gene Deason
Feb 28, 2017
Gene passed away peacefully and went to his heavenly home with his loving family and friends by his side on February 28, 2017. He was born on August 26, 1947 in Biloxi, MS to his parents, Roy and Adele Deason. He attended and graduated from St. Martin High School in 1965. He went to college at Northeast Louisiana University where...
Malcolm J. Arceneaux,
Feb 27, 2017
Malcolm J. Arceneaux, Sr. age 85, of Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, with his loving family by his side. He was born November 17, 1931. He graduated from Long Beach High School and attended the University of Southern Mississppi. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a real estate broker for...
Margaret Jemison Ramsey
Feb 27, 2017
Margaret Jemison Ramsey, 54, resident of Biloxi, MS, passed away, Monday, February 27, 2017. She was born in Biloxi, MS, on March 23, 1962, the youngest (6th) child of the late Alfred and Vera Mae Jemison. Margaret attended St. Johns Elementary and graduated from Sacred Heart Catholic Girls High School (Biloxi) & Perkinston Junior College. Margaret met and was married...
Gladys Baxter Schmidt
Feb 27, 2017
Ms. Gladys Baxter Schmidt, 80, died on February 27, 2017, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Ms. Schmidt was born in Zachary, Louisiana, and had been a long-time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Robert J Schmidt, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baxter, of Zachary, Louisiana, and her sister Jean Rhodus of...
May Beatrice Fountain
Feb 27, 2017
Mrs. May Beatrice Fountain (née Spitz) passed away peacefully on Monday, February 27, 2017 at St. Joseph Hospice in Gulfport, Mississippi. May was born on January 25, 1933 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and spent much of her childhood there in the German Protestant Children's Orphanage. As a teenager, she lived with some of her older siblings in Houston, Texas. She...
Paul Richard Kent, Sr.
Feb 26, 2017
Paul Richard Kent, Sr of Fredericksburg, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the age of 96. Born in Linton, Indiana December 16, 1920, the son of Edward E. & Hazel M. Beaman Kent. He resided in Bloomington, IN from the age of 2 until his military service in WWII. After the war he resided in Biloxi, MS with his...
John Robert Purvis
Feb 25, 2017
Mr. John Robert Purvis, age 69, of D’Iberville, MS, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2017 in Gulfport, MS. John was born on June 22, 1947 in Wesson, MS. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Air National Guard. He was a Vietnam Veteran who received a Purple Heart and was a devoted VA employee for 32 years....
Melvin M Sinquefield
Feb 25, 2017
Melvin M Sinquefield, 88, died Saturday, February 25, 2017 in Baton Rouge. Graveside service is Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, Gulfport. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Thomas Hunter Cook
Feb 23, 2017
Thomas Hunter Cook, 91, passed away Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at Canon Hospice in Gulfport, Ms. He is survived by his dearly loved wife, Maria Oliva Cook from Chiapas, Mexico, his son Thomas Anthony Cook, and daughters, Rosana Maria Tyson, Amelia Oliva (Dolly) Martin, Diana Maria Foroughi, Maria Aurora Mock, Mary Alice Martin, and Lucy Linda Russell, 25 grandchildren, and...
Camille Johnston Manella
Feb 22, 2017
Camille Johnston Manella, of Sarasota, Florida and formerly of Albion, New York and Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away suddenly on February 22, 2017. She was born in Biloxi on October 6, 1937 to Albert Sidney and Shirley Johnston. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Margaret Mary Gicewicz; and her brother Noel Johnston. She is survived by her...
Mary "Lanette" Selke
Feb 22, 2017
Mary “Lanette” Selke, 49, of Biloxi, MS gained her heavenly wings on February 22, 2017, in Gulfport, MS after a very short and courageous fight with cancer. Lanette was born to Ronnie and Joan Good on April 8, 1967. She was raised in the St. Martin community where she attended St. Martin High School and graduated with the Class of...
Anna Marie Tisdale
Feb 22, 2017
February 22, 2017 in Atlanta, Texas at 5 AM, Anna Marie left this world and came face-to-face with Jesus. (She appeared to have been dancing with Him her last few days, going by her arm motions.) Born in New Orleans on May 10, 1941, she was raised in Gulfport, Mississippi by her parents Joseph K. and Anna Maria Fasold. She...
Caffrey Franklin "Frankie" Trosclair
Feb 21, 2017
Caffrey Franklin “Frankie” Trosclair was called home to be with our Lord on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Frankie was a great father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. He was a true hero with a big heart and gentle soul. Frankie was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast and a member of the Fleur de Lis Society. He was a...
Tevis Marie Calton Barnes
Feb 21, 2017
Tevis Marie Calton Barnes of Vancleave, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. We often wonder what the sky would be like without stars. Earlier this week, a light that had served the needs of every member of our large family quietly slipped away. Illuminating our paths for generations with universal, boundless and immeasurable love, Tevis Barnes slipped...
Billy B Patterson
Feb 20, 2017
Billy B. Patterson, age 91, of Bay St. Louis died Monday, February 20, 2017 in Pass Christian. Private service. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
James Adolph Russell
Feb 20, 2017
James Adolph Russell, age 78, died Monday, February 20, 2017 in Gulfport. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery . Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth W. Gill
Feb 19, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Gill, age 70, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017. Mrs. Gill was a resident of the coast since 1994. She was retired and a member of the First Baptist Church of Vancleave. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Wyndham and two brothers, Stiles "Arthur" Wyndham and Nelson Wyndham....
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