Obituaries
Vivian Catherine Fountain
Jan 31, 2015
Miss. Vivian Catherine Fountain of Biloxi, MS died Saturday, January 31, 2015, in Biloxi. Miss. Fountain was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral Parish. She worked at J.C. Penny’s and retired in 1978 and then worked at Dee’s Chevrolet for many years. She was active in carnival associations and was a...
Susan Pinter
Jan 31, 2015
Susan Pinter, age 68, of Biloxi, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015. She was a Registered Nurse in the Biloxi area for over 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Les, and parents George and Mae Kastigar. Survivors include her daughter Amy (Darren) Lickliter, grandchildren, Blair, Brandi and Ricky, greatgrandchildren Trey and Jordan and siblings Robert...
Janice May Anderson Bowe
Jan 31, 2015
Janice May Anderson Bowe, resident of the Dixie White House, formerly of Diamondhead, MS, passed away on January 31, 2015. Janice was a member of the Community Church in Diamondhead as she resided there almost 30 years. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Warren of over 50 years; and her parents, Godfred and Jenni Anderson; her sisters,...
Charles Troisville Sykes
Jan 31, 2015
Charles Troisville Sykes, Jr., age 78, of Long Beach passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015. Charles was born in New Orleans, La to Charles T. Sykes, Sr. and Vivian Davis Sykes. He grew up and attended school in New Orleans, Slidell and Covington. He entered the U.S. Army at the age of 16 and was a Paratrooper with the...
Willie Josephine "Billie" Beard
Jan 31, 2015
Willie Josephine "Billie" Beard, 89, passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Ocean Springs, Ms. Billie was born on August 10, 1925 in Lexington, Ms to the late Wallace and Mabel Williams. She made the Gulf Coast her residence after the family moved here in 1940. She was a member of Belle Fountain Baptist Church. She was preceded in...
Shirley Ann Wood
Jan 30, 2015
Mrs. Shirley Ann Wood, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015, in her Fountainbleau Community home in Ocean Springs. She was born in Biloxi, MS, had been a Fountainbleau resident for 57 years and was of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Wood was a mother of loves with all her strength, all her being and...
John L Koptyra
Jan 30, 2015
John L. Koptyra – Mystery man and maybe the most understood man, even at our last few moments together before he was wheeled into the operating room he was trying to explain one more time to me that he always loved me. He felt that maybe it was too much from afar due to him spending half of his boyhood...
Kell Bailey Martin
Jan 30, 2015
Mr. Kell Bailey Martin, age 95, of Vancleave, MS, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, January 30, 2015. He was born on April 18, 1919 in Vancleave, MS and has been a lifelong resident of Jackson County. After graduation from Vancleave High School, he was drafted into the United States Army on June 17, 1941. He served as a...
Elsa Trainor Coleman
Jan 30, 2015
Mrs. Elsa Trainor Coleman, age 96, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2015, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Coleman was a native of Cleveland, MS and a resident of Ocean Springs for over 24 years. She was a member of Vancleave Assembly of God Church. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Alex Trainor,...
Geraldine "Jerri" Lynn Harris
Jan 30, 2015
Geraldine “Jerri” Lynn Harris Jerri lost her battle with cancer Friday night January 30th, 2015. She was lovingly cared for by her family in their home in Gulfport, MS. She was born Geraldine Lynn Watkins June 17th 1965 in Enid, Oklahoma to Jerauld and Nadine Watkins. She was the younger sister of Teresa Gill. She is preceded in death by...
Robert "Trapper" McLean
Jan 29, 2015
Robert “Trapper” McLean, 70, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. McLean was born in Middletown, CT and was a resident of the Gulf Coast since July of 1995. He worked as a poker dealer at the Biloxi Grand Casino. He is preceded in death by his parents, Miles and Josephine...
Glenn "Skinny" E. Brune, Sr.
Jan 29, 2015
Glenn E. “Skinny” Brune, Sr., 77, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Ocean Springs. Glenn was born January 6, 1938 in New Orleans, LA and moved with his family to the Mississippi Gulf Coast a few years later. He was a resident of Ocean Springs for over 70 years and all of that time Glenn quietly and capably...
Monica Michelle Ladner Frommeyer
Jan 29, 2015
Monica Michelle Ladner Frommeyer, fun loving mother, granny and sister passed into the arms of our Heavenly Father on January 29, 2015 at the age of 50. Monica was of the Catholic faith. She was always the “jokester” of the family and an avid Saints fan. She now has the best seat in the house for Super Bowl Sunday. She...
Elisabeth "Els" Louise Sophia Harris
Jan 29, 2015
Elisabeth Louise Sophia “Els” Kaas Harris of Vancleave, MS died Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the age of 89. Ms. Harris was born February 24, 1925 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. From 1939-45 through the tender ages of 14-20 she and her family endured the privations of WWII in Nazi occupied Holland. After the War she became a stewardess for KLM,...
Ligaya Tam Camagong
Jan 29, 2015
Ligaya Tam Camagong, age 72, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Camagong was born in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Banking and Finance. Mrs. Camagong was a resident of Ocean Springs for 36 years where she served an array of jobs to include: Librarian at St. Alphonsus Elementary...
Edward Michael Young
Jan 28, 2015
Edward Michael Young, infant son of Kathy and Allen Young of Gulfport died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Gulfport. Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Christina Simmons of Gulfport; grandparents, Roger and Patricia Simmons of Gulfport and Kathleen Young of Dexter, MO; aunts and uncles, Becky and Robert Stroud of Bradford, TN, Linda Simmons of Bay St....
Emilia Loya Cornejo Shearer
Jan 28, 2015
Emilia Loya Cornejo Shearer, 91, of Biloxi died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Gulfport. She was born in the Philippines and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for about 40 years. She attended Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and was a member of Christian Cultural Center Fellowship. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and...
Elizabeth Fincher
Jan 27, 2015
Ms. Elizabeth Fincher was called home to be with her Heavenly Father on January 27, 2015 at the age of 92. She is preceded in death by her parents, William Wesley and Lady Ellen Fincher of Vicksburg, MS, and her dear friend Ms. Barbara Matthews of Pass Christian, MS. She is survived by her foster daughter, Bobby J. Bobbitt of...
Janet Fay Crosby
Jan 27, 2015
Janet Fay Crosby, 65, died January 27, 2015 in Biloxi, MS. She was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. Janet worked for Wal-Mart for a number of years. She is preceded in death by her parents. Janet is survived by her daughter, Dawn (Mike) Hohnholt of Wyoming; her son, Donald Parsons of Connecticut; her sister, Betty Layton of North...
Earnest J. Boney
Jan 26, 2015
Earnest J. Boney, 91, died peacefully at home on January 26, 2015, surrounded by his family. Earnest was born in Biloxi, MS on August 11, 1923 to Josephine and Julius Boney. He grew up on the water, helping his father and uncles with their charter boat businesses. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1942, and enlisted with the newly-formed...
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