Obituaries
Col. Sharon L. Hick, USAFR (ret)
May 13, 2015
Col. Sharon L. Hick, USAFR (ret), 63, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Biloxi. Col Hick was a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, AMSUS, and the Reserve Officers Association. She was a dedicated volunteer with the Wildlife Care and Rescue Center. She is preceded in death by...
Robert "Bobby/Freckles" Vaughn
May 13, 2015
Robert “Bobby/Freckles” Vaughn, 63, of Vancleave, MS, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in Pascagoula. Mr. Vaughn was a longtime resident of Vancleave and a member of Pipe Welders Local #436. He holds the state record for the largest tomatoes grown for the last five years. Mr. Vaughn was a singer, songwriter and a former minister. He was of the Christian...
Donald "Don" Naquin
May 13, 2015
Mr. Donald (Don) Naquin, age 83, of Vancleave, MS, passed away and went to be with the Lord, peacefully at home, on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, surrounded by his family. Don was born March 9, 1932 in Mobile, Alabama, later moving to Mississippi and was a lifelong resident of Jackson County, MS. He attended OLV High School and was a...
Michael Gary Galle
May 13, 2015
Michael Gary Galle was called to his Heavenly Home Wednesday, May, 13, 2015, joining his parents, Bernard and Ted Marie, daughter Danielle, brothers, Lex and Bo, and sister, Cynthia. Mike will be sadly missed by his wife Noreen, son Joey, and the light of his life, his daughter, Eliza, brothers Frank and Johnny, sisters Billie Sue and Tamrah, along with...
Louis "Grant" Waltman
May 12, 2015
Louis “Grant”” Waltman, 84, of Vancleave, MS, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015 in Vancleave. Mr. Waltman was a native and lifelong resident of Vancleave. He was a retired welder from Ingalls. Mr. Waltman enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is preceded in death by his parents, John “Boyd” and Cornelia Waltman; his wife, Eva Bang Waltman; his sons, Donald Ray Waltman...
James Lamar "Jim" Posey
May 12, 2015
James Lamar “Jim” Posey, 65, of Woolmarket, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Jim was preceded in death by his, father, Emmett Posey. He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Donna Lucas Posey; mother, Nettie Posey, of Brookhaven; three children, James Posey, Jared (Jeni) Posey and Bridget (Andrew) Mudgett; step-son, Randall (Jeanne) Gray; and four grandchildren, Meredyth,...
Mary Francis Lewis
May 12, 2015
Mary Francis Lewis, age 78, 631 Peyton Dr., Biloxi, Ms., died Tuesday, May 12, 2015. She was a member of Jehovah’s Witness. She attended Biloxi Colored School and M.F. Nichols High School, and became a Nursing Assistant in San Francisco, CA. She is preceded in death by parents, Janie Lewis “Lucy Jane Dukes” and John Lewis; brothers, Herbert Hugger, John...
Motsie Jo Creel
May 12, 2015
Motsie Jo Creel, age 55, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Motsie was a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She was former Queen Ixolib for Gulf Coast Carnival Association. She is preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Evelyn Peresich Creel. Survivors include her husband, James Brooks Senter; caregiver, Billy Stauber; and brother, Lynn Creel. In...
Frank W. Rosskopf
May 12, 2015
Frank Winston Rosskopf, 85, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at home. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from 5-7 p.m. at Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Home on 15th Street in Gulfport. Visitation will also be held on Thursday morning, May 14, 2015 at Handsboro Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m. followed by a memorial service at 11:00...
Nora Barnes Williams
May 11, 2015
Nora Barnes Williams, aged 92, a long-time resident of Ocean Springs, MS, was born in Tupelo, MS, on March 12, 1923 and died on May 11, 2015, surrounded by love. She was preceded in death by her parents Dennis Theodore Barnes and Nora Ellen Moore; her infant twin brother Dennis Theodore Barnes; her sisters Regena Barnes Trimble and Dovie Louise...
Bernard D. Basque, Sr.
May 10, 2015
Bernard D. Basque, Sr., 93, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Basque was born in Jackson County, MS and he was a lifelong resident of the coast. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Mr. Basque retired from Civil Service at Keesler Air Force Base after 27 years of service....
Douglas "Doug" Paul Wolverton
May 10, 2015
Douglas “Doug” Paul Wolverton, 61, of Saucier, passed away, Sunday, May 10, 2015 at his home. He was preceded in death by his son, Matthew Wolverton. Doug is survived by his wife Susan of 43 years; daughters Stacy Wolverton, and Annie Hughes; son Paul Wolverton; parents Donald and Marcella Wolverton; three sisters, Cindy Norris, Gayla Passmore, and Linda Williams; nine...
Christopher A. Traver
May 10, 2015
Christopher A. Traver, 33, of Gulfport died Saturday, May 9, 2015 in Gulfport. Private services. BRADFORD-O’KEEFE FUNERAL HOME, 15th St, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements
Oscar Russell
May 9, 2015
Oscar Leroy Russell, age 91, and a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the V.A. Hospice in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Russell was the third of three sons born to John and Vadie Russell of Lucien, MS. Oscar was born in Lucien on November 28, 1923 where he attended elementary school. After attending high school in...
Eddie DeWayne Covey
May 9, 2015
Eddie DeWayne Covey, 53, of Vancleave MS, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015, in Wiggins, MS. He was born September 16, 1961 in Paul's Valley, OK. He is preceded in death by his mother, Shirley Ann Moe of Vancleave, MS; Paternal grandparents, Ruble and Myrtle Moe of Vancleave, MS; Maternal grandparents, JD and Gertie West of Paul's Valley, OK. He...
Chance Brocklyn Graves
May 9, 2015
Chance Brocklyn Graves, 35, went to be with our Lord and Savior on May 9, 2015. He is survived by his loving, caring parents, Rio and Miriam Graves, who were also his best friends, his sister and brother in law, Amity and Josh Gipson and his niece Breanna Gipson who was the apple of his eye, his Papaw Basil Blackwell,...
Larry Cruz
May 9, 2015
Mr. Larry Cruz, age 62, of D’Iberville, died Saturday, May 9, 2015. Larry was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast for 24 years and worked in the gaming industry for 37 years. He was an avid baseball player, softball player and golfer. He was a huge fan of music. He was in the U.S. Coast Guard. He had a...
Leslie Elizabeth Monier Budz
May 8, 2015
Leslie Elizabeth Monier Budz, 54, died after a brief struggle with cancer on Friday, May 08, 2015 in Biloxi, MS. She was born on February 3, 1961 in San Diego, CA to Philip and Norma Monier. In 1990, she married George Budz and together they raised their sons, George and Paul. Elizabeth worked as a nurse for her entire adult...
Vadis Perkins
May 7, 2015
“I believe there are angels among us, Sent down to us, from somewhere up above. They come to you and me, in our darkest hours, To show us how to live, to teach us how to give, To guide us with the light of love.” The group Alabama recorded the song from which those lyrics come in 1993 and it...
Joseph A. Kamont
May 7, 2015
Mr. Joseph A. Kamont, age 69, died Thursday, May 7, 2015 in Gulfport. Mr. Kamont was born in New Jersey and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran with 20 years of service and was also retired from civil service at Keesler Air Force Base. Mr. Kamont was preceded...
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