Obituaries
Sarah Jane Butler Cuevas
Feb 26, 2015
Sarah Jane Butler Cuevas, age 83, died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Gulfport. Sarah was a member of Saucier Holiness Church for 33 years. During those years she served in many capacities. Mom loved visiting the sick in the hospital and nursing homes; cooking food for workdays at church and dinners on the ground. She helped with the food pantry...
Edith "Ellie" Elanor Braun
Feb 26, 2015
Edith Eleanor Braun (Ellie), age 94, of Gulfport MS, passed away on February 26, 2015. Ellie was born and raised in Pittsfield, IL. Where she worked on the family farm with her brothers and sisters. After graduating high school there, she attended Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, where she received her nursing degree. Ellie was married to Harold Kurt Braun...
Viola Paige Coffill
Feb 25, 2015
Viola Paige Coffill passed away at the age of 60 on February 25, 2015 in Biloxi, MS from Natural Causes. She was born on December 23, 1954 in Ohio. She served in the USAF. She is survived by her husband, Andrew Coffill, Jr.; her daughter and son-in-law, Shannon and Nathan Pittman; her two grandchildren; her stepmother, Mary Bockla; her brother,...
Teresa Faye Scearce
Feb 25, 2015
Teresa Faye Scearce, age 55, of Long Beach died Wednesday, February 25, 2015. She was born in Clark County, AL and had resided in Selma, AL and Miamisburg, OH before settling in Long Beach in 1981. She was the loving wife and friend of Douglas Scearce for over 34 years. She devoted her life to her children and grandchildren. Teresa...
Bella Rae Titus
Feb 25, 2015
Bella Rae Titus, age 2, of Gulfport went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 25, 2015. She was born September 7, 2012 in Brookhaven, MS. “But Jesus said let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven. And He laid His hands on them.” Matthew 19:14-15 ESV...
C. William "Bill" Spigener, Jr.
Feb 25, 2015
Mr. C. William (Bill) Spigener, Jr., 69, of Ocean Springs, passed away Wednesday, February 25, 2015. He was the son of the late Lucille (Cile) and Chester W. Spigener, Sr. Bill was born June 10, 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee. Growing up, he lived in Sikeston, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; and Atlanta, Georgia before moving with his family to the Mississippi Gulf...
Clara Neale McBride
Feb 24, 2015
Clara Neale McBride passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015, in Biloxi, Mississippi. She was born November 16, 1922, in Vancleave, Mississippi. After graduating from Vancleave High School, Ms. McBride was employed by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, as an office worker. She later began the study of nurses’ training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. She left her pursuit of...
George R. Shoemaker
Feb 24, 2015
George R. Shoemaker, 71, lifelong resident of Biloxi, passed away Tuesday, February 24, 2015. He is preceded in death by his parents, Grant & Bertie Shoemaker; and by his beloved older sister, Betty Shoemaker. Survivors include his three children, Jill Shoemaker-Hernandez (Paul), of Ocean Springs; Dusti Shoemaker, of Biloxi; David Shoemaker (Gwen), of Woolmarket; four grandchildren, Drew Stratton, Savanna Shoemaker,...
Gloria Ware White
Feb 23, 2015
Gloria Ware White died February 23, 2015. She was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, daughter of Mrs. Knox White and the late Mr. Knox White. She was the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. White and the late Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Barrett. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Knox White, her sisters, Janet White of...
Emma B. Blackwell
Feb 23, 2015
Emma Blakeney Blackwell, age 94, of Gulfport passed away peacefully with her family by her side on February 23, 2015 in Gulfport, MS. Emma is preceded in death by her parents, Don and Cordia Blakeney, sisters Myrtle Blakeney, Hattie Atwood, Mae Jernignan, Wilma Blakeney and her husband, Robert E. Blackwell. She is survived by two sisters, Ondean Murray and Daisy...
Darlene Krohn
Feb 22, 2015
Darlene Krohn, age 44, of Gulfport died Sunday, February 22, 2015 in Gulfport. Arrangements are incomplete at BRADFORD-O'KEEFE FUNERAL HOME, 15th Street, Gulfport. (226 865-0090).
Eliza "Elizabeth" M. Wood Entrekin
Feb 22, 2015
Eliza “Elizabeth” M. Wood Entrekin, age 93, of Biloxi died Sunday, February 22, 2015. Eliza was born in Robertsdale, AL in 1921 to Samuel and Ella Wood. She moved to Biloxi, MS where she married the love of her life Robert Entrekin in 1942. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Ella Wood; husband, Robert Carroll Entrekin;...
John H. Davis, USAF, Ret.
Feb 21, 2015
SMSgt John H. Davis, USAF Ret., age 66, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away peacefully after his long fight with cancer on Saturday, February 21, 2015 in Gulfport. Mr. Davis was born in South Salem, OH. He moved to Ocean Springs in 1993 upon his retirement from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service. Mr. Davis then worked...
Darlene Renee Krohn Seals
Feb 21, 2015
Darlene Renee Krohn Seals, age 44, of Ocean Springs passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed yard sales, music, nature walking, sweets and her children. She loved the beach and her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sabra Tanner Fox. Survivors include her children, Misty Krohn and Jessy Krohn; brothers and sister,...
Kathy "Kay" Harmon Laabs
Feb 21, 2015
Kathy “Kay” Harmon Laabs, 60, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2015 in Gulfport. Mrs. Laabs was born in Hattiesburg, MS and was a resident of the coast for over 35 years. She was an employee of the Hwy 49 South Waffle House for 15 years and was known as “Ms. Kay”. Mrs. Laabs was of the...
Hugh Thetford
Feb 21, 2015
Hugh Thetford re-united with his high school sweetheart and wife of 51 years on Saturday, February 21, 2015. His time on earth embraced a life filled with challenge, courage, hard work, reward, loss, and most of all, love. Hugh, a child of Dustbowl, Oklahoma, moved with his parents and brothers to California where his father sought better prospects. Upon our...
Margaret Mary Brou
Feb 20, 2015
Margaret Mary Brou, 92, died at Havasu Nursing Center in Lake Havasu City, AZ, on Friday, February 20, 2015. Margaret, the second of four children, was born in October 1922 in New Orleans, LA. Her parents, Edward and Bertrige, and brothers, Edward and Philip preceded her in death. Raised in New Orleans, LA and Ocean Springs, MS, she attended Ocean...
Elwood T. Creel
Feb 20, 2015
Elwood T. Creel, age 84, passed away Friday, February 20, 2015. Mr. Creel was a native and lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a former fisherman and retired from Western Geophysical Oil Exploration Company. Mr. Creel was a former member of Blessed Seelos Catholic Church (St. John’s) and Biloxi Elks Lodge. He was a kind hearted, gentle...
Myra McNamee Sivori
Feb 20, 2015
Mrs. Myra Gail McNamee Bellanger Sivori, 63, died Friday, February 20, 2015 in Gulfport. She was born in Enid, OK on June 8, 1951 and was a lifelong resident of Gulfport. She worked as the Transportation Director of Laidlaw Bus System of the Gulfport School District. She was a Group Sales Coordinator for the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi and...
Joy Mary Newby
Feb 20, 2015
Joy Treadaway Newby, 86, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Friday, February 20, 2015 in Biloxi. Mrs. Newby was a native of New Orleans, LA, a former resident of Pascagoula for over 52 years and a resident of Biloxi for the last 2 years. She was also a member of Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Pascagoula. Mrs. Newby’s...
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