Obituaries
Michael Brandon "Nub" Burns
Feb 14, 2017
Michael “Nub” Burns, age 24, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at his mother’s home in Fair Play, Missouri. He was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on July 24, 1992 and grew up on the Gulf Coast. Michael was a gentle, sensitive and caring young man with an affinity of nature and animals. He was sensitive to those less fortunate than...
Steven Oran Tillinghast
Feb 14, 2017
Steven "Steve" Oran Tillinghast, age 70, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Wiggins, Mississippi. Steve came from a pioneer Ocean Springs family and was born on May 26, 1946 in Biloxi to John Oran Tillinghast and Mary Alice Brumbaugh Tillinghast. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam where he received the Purple Heart. He...
James Joseph Rigaud
Feb 14, 2017
James Joseph Rigaud, age 71, of Gretna, LA died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Biloxi. The graveside service is Monday, February 27, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Biloxi National Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Rose Marie Thornton
Feb 13, 2017
Rose Marie Landry Thornton, Age 71, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017, in Gulfport. She was born on August 11, 1945, to Wilbert C. and Mary M. Landry. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister and loved by all. She was of the Catholic faith and a devoted prayer warrior with a beautiful and kind spirit. She was...
Bebe Ann Sutherland
Feb 12, 2017
Bebe Ann Sutherland, 68, of Gautier, MS passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Mrs. Sutherland, a Methodist, born in New Orleans, LA, was a long time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a member of The Gautier Garden Club, and the Mississippi Federation of Republican Women. She served as on the Pascagoula City Council for eight years and retired as...
Audrey Allen Breal
Feb 12, 2017
Audrey Allen Breal, age 91, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017, in Biloxi. Born on July 22, 1925, to George and Ethel Allen, she was a lifelong resident of Biloxi, a longtime member of St. Michael Catholic Church and the Altar Society. Mrs. Breal graduated from Biloxi High School. Her devotion was to her family, her church, her yard and...
Gary Wayne Michiels
Feb 11, 2017
Following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Biloxi businessman and long-time Mississippi Gulf Coast broadcaster Gary Michiels passed away peacefully the evening of February 11, 2017, at the Biloxi Veterans Administration Community Living Center. Michiels, 71, born in Alexandria, Louisiana, had been a Biloxi resident since first being stationed at Keesler Air Force Base as a young officer in the...
Margaret N. Marchelos
Feb 11, 2017
Margaret N. Marchelos, age 86, of Biloxi, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Margaret was born on September 17, 1930. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Rose C. Vanacore; husband, Charles Marchelos; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews of the Vanacore...
Kyong Ae Nadeau
Feb 10, 2017
Kyong Ae Nadeau, age 74, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gertrude Naomi Medlock
Feb 10, 2017
Gertrude Naomi Jalanivich Medlock, 92, of Ocean Springs went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, February 10, 2017. Gertrude was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on July 21, 1924, daughter of John Matthew Jalanivich and Gertrude Eve Trosclair Jalanivich. She was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs serving at Faith Christian Center as Pastor's wife, Sunday School Superintendent,...
Marilyn Louellen Fisher
Feb 10, 2017
Mrs. Marilyn Louellen Fisher, age 82, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. Mrs. Fisher was a native and longtime resident of Indiana and a coast resident since 1975. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Gene Fisher. Survivors include a son, Mark Fisher and grandson, Brandon James Fisher. Visitation will be on Thursday,...
Sean Daniel Flynn
Feb 9, 2017
Sean Daniel Flynn, 52, passed away overnight on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. Sean was born on June 2, 1964, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Sean settled in Pass Christian in 1993 and worked in construction most of his life. He is preceded in death by his father, Daniel Frederick Flynn, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Mary Catherine...
Myrtle Fryou Lechner
Feb 9, 2017
Myrtle Fryou Lechner of Biloxi, peacefully passed away Thursday, February 9, 2017. Myrtle would have celebrated her 100th birthday on March 11, 2017. She was a proud, lifelong Biloxian who loved sharing stories with her family and friends, especially the ones about her upbringing on Point Cadet. One of her favorite stories was how she swam back and forth to...
Shirley Ann Miller
Feb 8, 2017
Shirley Ann Miller of Ocean Springs, MS, died at 4:09 PM, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, at her home in St Andrews. She was born, as she always said "NOYB, I am over 21", in Wisconsin to Lawrence and Gertrude Gocker. She married Jerry Miller in October, 1957 and he survives. Also surviving are her children, Jim Miller and Julie...
Claire Tucei Breal
Feb 8, 2017
Mrs. Claire Tucei Breal, age 86, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017, in Biloxi. Born to Joseph and Nancy Parillo Tucei, she was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Mrs. Breal graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in 1948 and was a member of the all-girls Kiltie Band. She...
Janie Marie Bryant
Feb 7, 2017
Jennie Marie Bryant, age 49, of Gulfport, passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. Jennie was born in Canton, Ohio and a resident of Gulfport for 26 years. She was a former employee of Waffle House in Long Beach and Gulfport. She is survived by her husband, Elton L. Bryant, III; 5 daughters, including Jessica Breeding; 5 sons, including James...
Celeste Boudreaux Hewes
Feb 6, 2017
Celeste Boudreaux Hewes, 82, of Gulfport, MS passed away February 6, 2017 surrounded by family. She was born in Beaumont, TX, on August 19, 1934. Celeste was preceded in death by her parents, Maurice and Edith Boudreaux, and her brother, Ross Boudreaux. Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Thomas Searle Hewes, Jr, 1 sister Ann (Ray) Mitchell, 3 daughters...
Albert Louis Breeland
Feb 5, 2017
Mr. Albert Louis Breeland, age 88, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Albert was born in Biloxi, MS on February 19, 1928. He is the son of Hubert Little Breeland and Mary Jane Goulas Grasso Breeland. He attended the Biloxi Public Schools and graduated from Biloxi High School in August of 1950 after completing a tour...
Alta "Fern" Brown Richard
Feb 5, 2017
Alta “Fern” Brown Richard, 79, of Saucier, MS passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Fern was a native of Maxie, MS and was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast over the past 60 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Wallace J. Richard, Sr.; and parents, Charlie and Mary Brown. Survivors include her daughter, Sherry (Billy)...
Linda Carlene Williams
Feb 3, 2017
Linda Carlene Williams, 79, of Biloxi, MS passed away peacefully at Canon Hospice in Gulfport, MS on Friday, February 3, 2017. She was given her wings for her journey home. Linda was born in Union, MS, moving to Gulfport at the age of 10 and was a resident of Gulf Coast since. She traveled and lived worldwide for short periods...
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