Obituaries
Johnny B. Magrill
Dec 23, 2014
Johnny B. Magrill, 59, of Biloxi died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in Gulfport. Private service. BRADFORD O'KEEFE Funeral Home, 15th St. Gulfport, in charge of arrangements.
Darrell Keith Bailey Sr.
Dec 23, 2014
Darrell Keith Bailey Sr., age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Darrell was a beloved father, husband, brother, and friend. He resided in Ocean Springs and retired from the City of Ocean Springs, after 25 years of service to his community. He lived a full life where he enjoyed the outdoors, projects in his...
Garland Robert Belote
Dec 23, 2014
Garland Robert Belote, Jr, 88, of Gulfport died Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in Gulfport. He was born in Onancock, VA and graduated from Onancock High School and attended Gettysburg College. He was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean War and retired as Master Sergeant at Keesler Air Force Base. He was a retired insurance agent with State Farm...
Susan Frances Figueroa
Dec 23, 2014
Susan Frances Figueroa, age 82, of Ocean Springs, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Sue was born in Sanford, North Carolina on October 1, 1932. She was the daughter to the late Mr. and Mrs. F. Fritts Gallaher (Aurine). She graduated in 1951 from Tennessee Wesleyan College’s music program and from the University of North Carolina in 1953 with a...
Richard William Findlay
Dec 22, 2014
Richard William Findlay, born April 29, 1931, in Detroit, Michigan, died December 22, 2014, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Richard graduated from St. Ambrose High School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1949. He started working for Detroit Free Press in 1950 in the pressroom, worked his way up from cleaning the presses to supervising the presses, first as a line foreman and...
Elmer D. Schlicher
Dec 22, 2014
MSgt. Elmer D. Schlicher, age 86, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Merle Schlicher, Sr., and Geneva Westover, Elmer served our nation in the U. S. Army Forces, and then later the U. S. Air Force, for a total of almost 27 years. During World War II, he was too young to serve...
Milton Clinton "Buddy" Sullivan
Dec 21, 2014
Milton Clinton “Buddy” Sullivan, 73, of Saucier died Sunday, December 21, 2014 in Saucier. Mr. Sullivan was born in Marion County, MS and was a longtime resident of the coast. He was a member of Saucier United Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge where he was a third degree mason. He was preceded in death by a son, Barry Sullivan....
Janet Mills Lee
Dec 21, 2014
Janet Mills Lee, age 56, of Gulfport, died Sunday, December 21, 2014 in Gulfport. She was born in Alexandria, LA and had been a resident of Gulfport for 55 years. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Gulfport. She was a graduate of Gulfport High School and attended Mississippi Gulf Coast College. She was employed in furniture retail...
Pete Sankovich
Dec 21, 2014
Pete Sankovich, age 66, of Biloxi died Sunday, December 21, 2014 in Hattiesburg. He was born in Sanford, FL and had been a resident of Biloxi for the past 30 years. He retired after 22 years of service in the U.S. Air Force as Tech Sgt. He enjoyed collecting Coca-Cola memorabilia and watching sports, especially football. He was a caring...
Shane Edward Retzer
Dec 20, 2014
Mr. Shane Edward Retzer, age 44, of Gulfport, died Saturday, December 20, 2014. Mr. Retzer was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast for 24 years. He loved billiards, fishing and sports cars. He collected an assortment of eagle memorabilia. He was a kind, loving son and brother who will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Mr. Retzer...
Virgie Mae Henry Davis
Dec 20, 2014
Virgie Mae Henry Davis, 95, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Davis was a native of Texas and a resident of the coast since 1970. She retired from the Ocean Springs Public School System where she worked in the cafeteria. Mrs. Davis was of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in...
Homer M. "Mike" Musselwhite
Dec 20, 2014
Mr. Homer M. “Mike” Musselwhite, 77, died Saturday, December 20, 2014. He was born in Thomastown, MS and was a resident of Ocean Springs for over 50 years. Mr. Musselwhite was the owner and operator of the Twin Pine Motel in Ocean Springs. He was a member of First Baptist Church is Ocean Springs. He was preceded in death by...
Maryon Capers
Dec 19, 2014
Mrs. Maryon Roberts Capers, 87, died December 19, 2014 in Ocean Springs. She was born July 31, 1927 in Vancleave, MS and was a resident of Ocean Springs for over 50 years. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church where she was a member of the response circle and retired from teaching pre-school for over 20 years....
Margo Loe
Dec 19, 2014
It is with much sadness that the family of Margo Loe announces her sudden passing on Friday, December 19, 2014. Margo, born Sandra Margo Dale in Beaumont, Texas, was a long-time resident of Ocean Springs. After graduating from French High School and Lamar State University in Beaumont, Texas, Margo graduated from nursing school at the University of Southern Alabama having...
Gail Anderson Mills
Dec 18, 2014
Ms. Gail Anderson Mills, age 70, of Vancleave, MS, died Thursday, December 18, 2014. Gail was born in New Orleans, LA, on May 6, 1944. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edner Anderson and Gaby Nelson; her daughter, Tracy Nguyen; her granddaughter, Haleigh Parker; her brother-in-law, Albert McKean; and her sister, Carol Nelson. Survivors include her daughters, Teresa...
A. Jake "Jake" Mladinich, II
Dec 18, 2014
A. Jake “Jake” Mladinich, II, 88, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2014 in Biloxi. A. Jake “Jake” Mladinich, II, was born on May 28, 1926 in Biloxi, MS. His parents, A. Jake Mladinich, Sr. and Mary Mladinich, provide a classic example of immigrants who lived out the American Dream. They were Slavic immigrants who came to...
Captain John H. "Jack" Lang
Dec 18, 2014
Captain John H. “Jack” Lang, age 90 died Thursday, December 18, 2014 in Biloxi. He was born in Pass Christian. He was a graduate of St. Stanislaus High School and a graduate of U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. He retired from Delta Steamship Line, New Orleans as a ship captain after over 30 years of service....
James "Jim" Gordon Steele
Dec 17, 2014
James “Jim” Steele, 62, of Biloxi, MS died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in Biloxi. Jim was a resident of Biloxi since 1984. He worked in various engineering departments at local casinos. Jim had many awards and recognitions during his years of employment. He loved to fish and enjoyed being on the water. For those who knew Jim, they also knew...
Jeffrey W. Rainey
Dec 17, 2014
Jeffrey W. Rainey, age 59, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in Gulfport. Arrangements are incomplete at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport (228 865-0090).
Joyce "Jinky" Noble Schmelling
Dec 17, 2014
Mrs. Iris Joyce “Jinky” Noble Schmelling, age 82, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in Biloxi, MS. She was born in Jackson County on August 23, 1932 to the late James “Bud” and Henrietta Noble and resided in the Fountainbleau Community of Ocean Springs her entire life. Joyce was also a lifelong member of Belle Fountain...
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