Obituaries
Stephen Mark Leighton
Jan 7, 2016
A graveside Forgotten Hero Service on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi. BRADFORD-O’KEEFE FUNERAL HOME, 15th Street, Gulfport in charge of arrangements
Frank Jerome Doudna
Jan 7, 2016
Frank J. Doudna, 60, died January 7, 2016. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force where he served for seven years. He worked as a painter and a carpenter in his post-military career. Frank was a leader at Gulfport High School where he graduated in 1973. He served as a senior class officer and also as a...
Claire Rossow
Jan 7, 2016
Claire Rossow, 79, of Gautier, MS passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2016 in Gautier. Claire had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 22 years. She was an extremely loving wife and mother. Claire was one of 10 children and family was her priority. She was fun-loving, full of life and full of advice. She is...
Eugene Earl Thomas
Jan 7, 2016
Eugene Earl Thomas, 85, of D’Iberville, MS died Thursday, January 7, 2016 in Hattiesburg. Mr. Thomas was born in Yocum, TX and was a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a U.S.M.C. Veteran. He is preceded in death by his parents; and ten siblings. Survivors include many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held from 5pm until 8pm on...
Harold Wayne Clark
Jan 6, 2016
Harold Wayne Clark, 83, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Clark was retired from KAFB Civil Service after 40 years of service. He also served as an M.P. in the US Army in Korea. Mr. Clark lit up any room that he entered with his great sense of humor. He had...
Dallas Ramsey Pauls, USAF
Jan 6, 2016
S/Sgt. Dallas Ramsey Pauls, USAF, age 31, of Sumter, SC, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, in Sumter. Dallas was a native of Vancleave and a 2002 graduate of Vancleave High School. He also graduated from MGCCC, Jackson County Campus and was attending Colorado Technical University. He was currently serving in the US Air Force for the past ten...
Rosetta June Mitchell
Jan 6, 2016
Mrs. Rosetta June Mitchell, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the age of 71. June was born to Victor and Hazel Emert on March 11, 1944 in Morristown, TN. She was raised after the age of three by Robert and Hazel Ridley in Morristown. On January 17th 1964, she married her husband Virgil Mitchell and...
Earlene Whittington Elliott
Jan 6, 2016
Earlene Whittington Elliott passed away peacefully on January 6, 2016, to be with her husband, daughter, parents and sister. Earlene is survived by three sons, Keith Elliott of Lago Vista, TX; Scott Elliott and wife Rhonda of Schulenburg, TX; Wade Elliott and wife Dixie of Houston, TX, and son-in-law Joel Reber of Buffalo, NY; grandchildren, Chris Reber of Buffalo, NY,...
Mercedes Williams Hall
Jan 5, 2016
Mercedes Williams Hall departed this mortal life quietly, in her sleep, on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Mercedes, the daughter of Elmer and Cornelia Champagne Williams was a devoted Catholic and a lifelong member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Mercedes drew great comfort from her family and her church during these 90 years of her life. Mercedes, or Tootsie as she...
Mary Ann Vlahov Reigles
Jan 5, 2016
Mary Ann Reigles passed away peacefully at Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness in Cupertino, CA on Nov. 6, 2015 after a recurring bout with illness. She had moved out to Northern California to be closer to her children back in April of 2015. Mary Ann was born on August 16, 1932 in Biloxi, MS to Grace Hartman Vlahov and Antonio Vlahov,...
Curtis Eugene "Gene" Bloodworth
Jan 5, 2016
Curtis Eugene “Gene” Bloodworth, age 66, of Biloxi, MS passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Memorial Hospital of Gulfport, MS from an aggressive throat cancer. He was the second son of James Curtis Bloodworth and Pearl Lorrene Blair Bloodworth born on February 9, 1949, at Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs National Park, AR. As a member...
William "Mike" Lund
Jan 4, 2016
William "Mike" Lund, age 51, of D'Iberville passed away Monday morning surrounded by loving family in Singing River Hospital Ocean Springs. Mike was born on April 7, 1964 in Monterey, California to Gene and Virgie Lund. He moved to the Gulf Coast as a sophomore in high school where he graduated from Biloxi High in 1982. He proceeded to attend...
John "John the Evangelist" Ward
Jan 3, 2016
Mr. John Ward, "John the Evangelist", age 58, a man after God's own heart, has entered into his glory on Sunday, January 3, 2016. He was born on December 15, 1957, in Anniston, AL. He owned and operated John Ward Excavation Services and Solomons Mines, both in Vancleave. He ministered to people daily everywhere he went. To him church was...
Robert John Speigl
Jan 2, 2016
Robert "Bob” Speigl, 67 of Biloxi MS, (previously Petoskey, MI) passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, January 2nd, 2016 at the Biloxi Veterans Hospital. Bob was born on July 12, 1948 in Grand Rapids, MI to Joseph and Mary Speigl (Courtade). Bob was raised on the family farm in Petoskey, MI. He graduated from Sparta H.S....
Patricia "Patsy" Cerinich Powell
Jan 2, 2016
On January 2, 2016, heaven received a bright new star, when Patricia “Patsy” Cerinich Powell went home to rest. She began her journey from her childhood home surrounded by the family she loved. She was born in Biloxi, MS on December 20, 1938, she graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and attended Mississippi Southern College for two years before raising a...
Delores Patton
Jan 2, 2016
Delores Patton, age 75 of Gulfport died Saturday, January 2, 2016 in Gulfport. She was born in Macon, Georgia and had been a resident of Harrison County since 1978. She was a member of Faithview Baptist Church, Saucier. She was a retired deputy sheriff with Harrison County Sheriff’s Office and a volunteer with the Red Cross and United Way. She...
Caren Reinmiller Depreo
Jan 2, 2016
Ms. Caren Reinmiller Depreo, age 53, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2016, in Gulfport, MS. Caren was born in Mt. Lebanon, PA and dedicated her life to public service. She was formerly employed with Mobil Medic, Okaloosa County Sheriffs' Office, the Ocean Springs Police Department and was currently employed with AMR Ambulance service as a...
Guy E. Green
Jan 1, 2016
Guy E. Green Mr. Green, 76, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Coast. He was a retired commercial fisherman, he was a former Biloxi policeman and former Biloxi fireman. He was formerly employed with Western Geophysical Services. Lifetime member of BPOE #606 in Biloxi and he was honored as Elk of...
Larry Pensinger
Jan 1, 2016
Larry Pensinger, age 61, died Friday, January 1, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete at BRADFORD-O'KEEFE FUNERAL HOME, O'NEAL Rd, Gulfport. 228 831-2322
Delaine McCasland
Jan 1, 2016
Mrs. Delaine McCasland, age 84, died Friday, January 1, 2016. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jules O. McCasland. Survivors include her son, Michael McCasland, Baton Rouge; sister, Joyce Williams, Baton Rouge; brother, Joseph Johnson, Mesa, AZ; and numerous nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at Biloxi National Cemetery on Friday, January 8, 2016 at...
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