Obituaries
Paul James Reinhardt
May 12, 2014
Paul James Reinhardt, 64, died Monday, May 12, 2014, in Gulfport. Paul was born on March 6, 1950. He resided for the last five years at Driftwood Nursing Center, Broad Ave, Gulfport. Paul spent all of his adult life in the Biloxi area and was a long-time member of the Knights of Columbus of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in D’Iberville....
Glenn Everett Stapp
May 11, 2014
Dr. Glenn Everett Stapp, age 92 and a resident of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, May 11, 2014. Dr. Stapp was a native of Indianapolis, IN and a Mississippi Coast resident since 1968. Dr. Stapp served during WWII in United States 8th Army Air Corps as a P-51 pilot (1st Lt.). After completing his military service, he went to Marshall University...
Michael A Gauthier
May 11, 2014
Michael A. Gauthier, age 73, of Biloxi died Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Biloxi. He was born in New Orleans and had been a resident of the coast since 1995. He retired from Union Carbide in 1995 and then worked for Wackenhut at Stennis. He previously served in the U.S. Army in Germany. He was Catholic. He is survived by...
Jewel Blake Elder
May 11, 2014
Mrs. Jewel Blake Elder, 94, of Kingwood, TX, and formerly of Biloxi, passed into the Lord’s loving arms on Mothers’ Day, Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi, spending her last ten years in Kingwood with her loving daughter’s Texas family. Mrs. Elder was a member of Nativity parish, while in Biloxi, and more...
Walter Everett Crump
May 11, 2014
Walter E. Crump, 93, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2014 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Crump was a resident of the Gulf Coast for over fifty years. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and retired from Civil Service at Keesler Air Force Base. Mr. Crump was a devoted Husband and Father and dedicated...
Gaynell R. Leachman
May 10, 2014
Mrs. Gaynell R. Leachman, age 75, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014, in Lucedale, MS. Mrs. Leachman was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. She was a Registered Nurse and started her career at Gulf Coast Community Medical Center. She also worked at Biloxi Regional, the Veterans...
Carlyn Causey Creel
May 10, 2014
Carlyn Causey Creel, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, May 10 at the Ocean Springs Hospital, with family members at her side. Her death followed a series of health issues. Carlyn was born in Alexander City, Alabama, and lived most of her life in the cities of Talladega, Anniston and Weaver, Alabama. She was a graduate of Talladega...
Robert Webb
May 10, 2014
Robert Webb, age 76, of Ocean Springs, passed surrounded by his family in the comfort of his home on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Robert was a lifelong resident of St. Martin. He enjoyed being outside working in the yard, sports, being on the water, fishing, fish fries and Mardi Gras. Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Roy Webb,...
Richard Oliver Mayfield
May 10, 2014
Richard Oliver Mayfield, 61, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, May 10, 2014 in Pascagoula. Mr. Mayfield was a native and former resident of Ocean Springs. He resided in Houston, TX for the last 27 years. He attended Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Elementary School, Notre Dame High School and graduated from Ocean Springs High School. He graduated from Grambling...
Anne Looney Graham
May 9, 2014
Mrs. Anne Looney Graham, age 90, of Ocean Springs (Gulf Hills), MS, formerly of Minneapolis, MN, died Friday, May 9, 2014. Mrs. Graham was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Betty (Temple) Looney; husband, Elwood; and her granddaughter, Lauren Leigh Hill. Survivors include her daughter, Holly (Frank) Hill; son, Blake (Teri) Graham; and son, Scott Graham; brother, Temple...
Joseph "Joe" Westerburg
May 8, 2014
Joe Westerburg passed away at his home in Biloxi on May 8, 2014 at the age of 86. Joe was born in Winnsboro, LA on December 4, 1927. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Miller Westerburg; parents, William B. and Minnie Mae Martin Westerburg; his brothers, William, Louis, and Harmon; and his sister Louise Miller; and...
Whittney Dean Kaldon
May 8, 2014
Whittney Dean Kaldon, Age 46, died Thursday May 8, 2014. He was a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Whittney is a US Army Veteran. Whittney is survived by his parents, Richard and Margret Kaldon; stepmother, Margie Kaldon; sister, Carrie Walker and brother, Jamie Kaldon all of Brandon, MS. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials be sent...
Willempje "Willie" Engle
May 7, 2014
Mrs. Willempje Ruitenburg Engle, age 79, passed away in Gulfport, MS on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. She was born in Amsterdam, Holland on November 29, 1934 to Joris and Willempje Longendyke. Having been a WW II survivor, Willie was a strong, loving and spirited woman. She married the love of her life, Carl Engle on May 22, 1958 in Holland...
Brenda Higginbotham LeGrone
May 7, 2014
Mrs. Brenda Higginbotham LeGrone, age 72, of Gautier, MS, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. LeGrone was a lifelong resident of the coast. She graduated from Biloxi High School in 1959 where she was a cheerleader. She was very active and involved in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gautier and was also a Lector and...
Gregory "Greg" Simmons
May 7, 2014
Gregory “Greg” Simmons of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 at the age of 51. He is preceded in death by his parents, Eunice and Roy Simmons of Moss Point. He is survived by his sister, Deborah Winstead Creel (Larry); brother, Joseph Roy Simmons; and aunts, Mary Parker, Rosie Hall and Eva Hayden. Greg also is...
John "Jack" OConnor
May 7, 2014
John A. "Jack" O'Connor, 85, passed away at his home in Biloxi on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. He was surrounded by his three children at the time of his passing, along with his devoted hospice nurse, Elizabeth Morrison, RN. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Sylvester J. O'Connor and Kathryn Renauld O'Connor; his brother, William J. O'Connor; his...
Florine "Mamma Flo" VanBuskirk
May 5, 2014
Florine “Mama Flo” VanBuskirk, 78, of Biloxi, MS died peacefully at home on Monday, May 5, 2014. Floie, also known as “Mama Flo”, was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 6, 1936 at which time a mold was truly broken. She lived in St. Clair, MI most of her adult life until moving to Biloxi in 2002 after the death...
Gretchen Potin Mortimer
May 5, 2014
Gretchen Potin Mortimer died, Monday, May 5, 2014. She was 82 years of age. Mrs. Mortimer was born February 9, 1932 in New Orleans to James Bernard and Elizabeth Joachim Potin. She lived in that city until her marriage to Wyndham George Mortimer in 1970. Mrs. Mortimer was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Church, where she supported and...
Doris Frazier
May 3, 2014
Doris Frazier, 83, of Biloxi, MS died Saturday, May 3, 2014 at her home. Doris was born and raised in Biloxi where she lived to dance, fish and was known for her fabulous cooking. She will be missed. She leaves behind her children, Don Jones (Angie), Johnny Jones (Fran), Scott Frazier (Denise), Vicki Frazier and Tammy Frazier; eight grandchildren; and...
Andrew Cvitanovich
May 3, 2014
Andrew Cvitanovich, the quiet but meticulous majordomo of Mary Mahoney’s Old French House Restaurant, peacefully passed away Saturday, May 3, 2014, just days shy of the 50th anniversary of the business to which he devoted a lifetime. Andrew succumbed from a lingering illness that disrupted his decades-long routine of seven-day work weeks overseeing operations at the iconic restaurant, long a...
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