Obituaries
Rodney R. Kahler, CPO USN,
Mar 2, 2015
Rodney R. Kahler, age 71, of Perkinston died Monday, March 2, 2015 in Hattiesburg. He was born in Grandview, Missouri and was reared in Dalton, Missouri. After graduating from Keyetesville High School, Rodney spent the next 30 years in the U.S. Military where he completed two tours in Vietnam, 1968 and 1969. Of his many accomplishments, one of his most...
James "Jim" Martin Calcote
Mar 2, 2015
James (Jim) Martin Calcote, Sr., age 81, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2015. Born October 31, 1933 in Lucien, Mississippi, James lived in Gulfport and worked as a program manager in information technology at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi until retiring in 2005. James is survived by sisters Dorothy Poole and Ruth Way; sons Steve Dowst, Michael...
Dorothy Beverly Samuel
Mar 1, 2015
Dorothy “Dottie” Samuel, aged 95, a New Orleans native and longtime resident of Gulfport, died March 1, 2015 in Gulfport Mississippi after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Benny Samuel and Julia Levy, born December 29, 1919 in New Orleans Louisiana. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Bernard F Samuel, and her sister Carolyn...
Gerald "Little Jerry" Michael Jordan, Jr.
Feb 28, 2015
On February 28, 2015, Gerald ""Little Jerry" Michael Jordan, Jr., age 42, went home to join his beloved parents, Gerald Michael Jordan and Vicki Alford Moran, in heaven. Jerry was born May 26, 1972, in Biloxi, MS. He was a 1990 graduate of Mercy Cross Catholic High School. Jerry was a member of the Ole Biloxi Marching Club and a...
Robert "Bob" Clisby
Feb 28, 2015
Robert “Bob” Clisby was born in Lennox, South Dakota on January 15, 1934 to Mary Bethel and Robert Clisby, Sr. Sadly, he left us on February 28, 2015 with a lifetime of joyous memories and a massive amount of cigars. Bob joined the Navy in 1952 and served four years during the Korean War. During that time, he was a...
Richard Earl Taylor
Feb 27, 2015
Richard Earl "Dick" Taylor passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at the age of 98. He was born in Akron, Ohio to Earnest Murdoch Taylor and Carol Louise Taylor. Richard completed two years of college at the University of Akron before going to work for the Firestone Park Bank in 1937 where he remained until being...
Judy Weir Ryan
Feb 27, 2015
Judy Weir Ryan of Orange Grove, age 65, born on January 20, 1950 died on February 27, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elliott Henry Weir, Sr. and Margaret Cunningham Weir of Meridian, MS, as well as her brother, Elliott H. Weir, Jr. and her precious daughter, Heather Allen Ryan. Judy is survived by Patrick Michael Ryan,...
Elizabeth Sue Chinnock
Feb 27, 2015
Elizabeth Sue Adams Chinnock, age 87, died Friday, February 27, 2015. She was a resident of Biloxi for 54 years. She was a graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, FL in 1949 and interned as a Medical Technologist at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, LA. She was a Certified Medical Technologist for over 50 years. She worked at Charity...
Ronald L Moore
Feb 26, 2015
Ronald L. Moore, 53, of Moss Point died Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Pascagoula. Private service. BRADFORD-O’KEEFE, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
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).
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