Obituaries

Lisa Love

Lisa Love

Mar 3, 2017

Lisa Love, age 37, passed away Friday, March 3, 2017. Visitation will be held Monday, March 13, 2017 from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport. A graveside service will follow at 3:00 p.m. at the Wolf River Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport, is in charge of arrangements.

Shirley  Mae Wallace Sinigal

Shirley Mae Wallace Sinigal

Mar 3, 2017

Shirley Mae Wallace Sinigal was born the fourth child of the late Joseph and Helen Wallace on February 19, 1934 in Ocean Springs, MS where she was a lifelong resident. As a child she became a faithful and devoted woman of God and a lifelong member of St. James United Methodist Church where she served as a member of the...

Elizabeth  Rachel  Adams

Elizabeth Rachel Adams

Mar 3, 2017

Elizabeth Rachel Adams, age 82 passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017 in ocean Springs, MS. She was transferred from the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home to Newsom Funeral Home in Charleston, MS for services. 601-716-5373

Stanley Winton Parish, Sr.

Stanley Winton Parish, Sr.

Mar 3, 2017

Stanley Winton Parish Sr., 68, of Perkinston, MS, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ surrounded by family in his home, March 3, 2017. Stanley was born in Jackson, MS to Martice and Christine Parish on January 11, 1949. He attended D’Iberville High School, and volunteered for service in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy in 1966-1969. He...

Joan Rosalind Penny

Joan Rosalind Penny

Mar 3, 2017

Mrs. Joan Rosalind Penny, age 81, a former resident of East Beach in Ocean Springs, MS, departed from this earth on Friday, March 3, 2017, to be with the Lord after battling Alzheimer’s Disease. Mrs. Penny and her husband, Donald A. Penny, Sr., moved to the MS Gulf Coast from Pennsylvania in 1966, where she became a realtor/broker and home...

Sue Ellen Fallo Welch

Sue Ellen Fallo Welch

Mar 3, 2017

Sue Ellen Fallo Welch, 54, of Biloxi, MS passed away Friday, March 3, 2017 in Biloxi. Sue was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She worked in the grocery business, including Winn Dixie for over 30 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Sue was a loving and caring person who always put others before herself....

Chaz Mikell

Chaz Mikell

Mar 3, 2017

Chaz Mikell, 64, of Carrabelle, FL died Friday, March 3, 2017 in Pascagoula, MS. Chaz Mikell was loved by many. He was a colorful person and loved life. He was extremely talented in many areas. Chaz was a boat captain, park ranger, law enforcement officer, Native-American craftsman, accomplished writer, teacher, nature guide and he had his own TV show called...

Bradford Charles "Brad"  Smith

Bradford Charles "Brad" Smith

Mar 2, 2017

Bradford Charles “Brad” Smith, age 43, passed away in the early morning hours of March 2, 2017. Brad was a lifelong member of Ocean Springs, MS leaving behind many friends, family and people who loved him. He graduated from Mercy Cross High School and MS Gulf Coast Jr College. Brad attended The University of MS and spent four years active...

Elizabeth "Betty" Mall

Elizabeth "Betty" Mall

Mar 2, 2017

Elizabeth “Betty” Mall, age 80, of Biloxi, MS passed away Thursday, March 2, 2017 in Biloxi. Betty was born in Bronx, NY and had been a longtime resident of the coast. She was a longtime member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and devoted her entire life to her church, her beloved husband, Henry, and her family. She was...

James Alvah Shaw

James Alvah Shaw

Mar 2, 2017

Mr. James Alvah Shaw, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Ocean Springs. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 8, from 11am until 12 noon, with a 12 noon church service, all at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of...

Betty Jean Buff Hudson

Betty Jean Buff Hudson

Mar 1, 2017

Betty Jean Buff Hudson, a long-time resident of Perryville, MO, Pensacola, FL, and Gulfport, MS, went home to be with her God and her husband on March 1, 2017. Born on August 25, 1939, Betty was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She married the late Roger Leo Hudson, Sr. on February 27, 1958, in Perryville, MO, where...

William Truman Payne

William Truman Payne

Mar 1, 2017

William Truman Payne of Gulfport passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the age of 76. Mr. Payne of Youngstown, OH, was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was an Air Force veteran and retired from the Federal government where he worked as a Training Manager for the Department of the...

Laura Juanico

Laura Juanico

Mar 1, 2017

Laura Juanico, 80, of Biloxi,Ms. Passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Wednesday, March 1,2017. Laura was raised in Columbia, Ms. and moved to Biloxi in 1955. She was the owner of J&L Quikstop from 1979-1989 where she was known as “Mama Lar”. She worked at the Palace Casino from the time they opened till her retirement in...

Braydon "Brady" Hester

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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...