Obituaries
Patricia Efferson DeLaune
Mar 27, 2014
Patricia Efferson DeLaune, age 67, of Ocean Springs, went to be with the Lord Thursday, March 27, 2014. Ms. DeLaune was a native of Baton Rouge and a resident of the MS Gulf Coast for 16 years. She retired from the Louisiana State Department of Health and Human Services. She was a kind, compassionate, soft and loving mother, grandmother and...
Hughes R. Michael
Mar 26, 2014
Hughes R. Michael, 96, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at River Chase Village in Gautier, MS from a sudden illness. Hughes was born in Atlanta, GA to Florence Sherwood Michael and Edith Brown Michael, nee Rogers. His early life began in Baxley, GA. As a young man, Hughes excelled in painting and art. He entered...
Welton Joseph Ladner
Mar 25, 2014
Welton Joseph Ladner, Jr., 77, of Gulfport, passed away March 25, 2014. Welton was born January 8, 1937 in Bay Saint Louis, MS, to the late Welton and Hylda Ladner. He graduated from St. John High School in 1955 and was a parishioner at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. He served his country in the United States Army before...
Esperanza Itzel Vargas
Mar 25, 2014
Esperanza Itzel Vargas passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. She is survived by her parents, Josue and Elizabeth Vargas; her siblings, Sabastian Fuller, Mersadez-Ann Fuller, Jade Fuller, Candace Fuller, Eliud Vargas, Josue Ricardo Vargas, Ma Esther Vargas, Dromit Vargas. Services will be held on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport where...
Maureen Lomax Day
Mar 25, 2014
Maureen Lomax Day, 53, of Mobile, AL, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Maureen was a longtime resident of Mobile. She was born and raised in Ocean Springs, MS, where her family still resides. Maureen was an avid gardener who loved springtime, planting, weeding and working in her Koi Pond. She was a devoted mother,...
Sibyl Marie Wescovich
Mar 25, 2014
Sibyl Marie Wescovich, age 70, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014. She has been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast since 1980. Sibyl was preceded in death by her parents, Dorman O. and Sibyl I. Rolland Tucker; and her brother, Roger Tucker. She is survived by her husband, Wayne D. Wesocvich; son, Mitchell (Marie) Bean; grandchildren, Mallory Bean, Madalynn Bean...
Bowen Gayle McDaniel
Mar 25, 2014
Mr. Bowen Gayle McDaniel, age 83, of Vancleave, MS, departed on this day Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. McDaniel was born on January 7, 1931, in Sandersville, MS. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sandersville and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Mr. McDaniel was a Master Mason of R.P. Bowen Lodge,...
Rodney C. Ferguson
Mar 24, 2014
Mr. Rodney C. Ferguson, age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS died Monday, March 24, 2014, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Ferguson was a lifelong resident of the coast. He retired from the National Guard after 38 years, from Ingalls Shipbuilding after 35 years and was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Conard...
Margaret "Peggy" Eckert
Mar 24, 2014
Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Eckert, age 73, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Monday, March 24, 2014, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Eckert was a member of Lemoyne Boulevard Baptist Church and the Golden Age Club. She was a volunteer for Hospice and the Gulf Coast Women’s Center for Non Violence. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry E. Eckert and...
Jack Dean Mullenger
Mar 24, 2014
Mr. Jack Dean Mullenger, age 76, son of Robert T. and Ruth Mullenger passed away on Monday, March 24, 2014, in Ocean Springs, MS. He was born September 27, 1937 in Hamlin, IA. Jack graduated from Audubon High School in 1956. He joined the Army National Guard in Audubon, IA, then enlisted in the United States Air Force and had...
James E. Bush, US Army Retired
Mar 23, 2014
Major James E. Bush III, age 57, of Gautier, MS, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 23, 2014. Major Bush was born in Fort McClellan, Alabama, and was a resident of Gautier for 17 years. He served in the U.S. Army, was a veteran of Desert Storm and received the Legion of Merit. He attended First Baptist...
Dorothy Ellinor Files Carrubba
Mar 23, 2014
Dorothy Ellinor Files Carrubba of Long Beach passed away suddenly on March 23 from complications of a stroke. She was born in Fulton, MS on Easter Day of 1930, April 20th and would have celebrated her birthday again on Easter next month. She graduated high school in Red Bay, AL and attended Florence State as a sixteen year old freshman....
Judith E. Lea
Mar 23, 2014
Judith E. Lea, age 65, of Gulfport, died Sunday, March 23, 2014. Judith was born Wichita, KS and she worked at KAFB. Survivors include her sons, Justin and Jesse Small; grandson, Gage Elwood; siblings, Stephanie and Charles Lea. Memorial services will be held at Larcher Chapel on KAFB on Monday, March 31, 2014 at 3pm. Bradford-O’Keefe is in charge of...
Edna V. Cuevas Moran
Mar 22, 2014
Mrs. Edna V. Cuevas Moran, age 92, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014. She was born on November 6, 1921 in the Vidalia Community in Hancock County. She was a resident of West Lyman, Gulfport, since April of 1962. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Lizana and was a devote Christian. She was also a...
Leroy Duvall
Mar 22, 2014
Mr. Leroy Duvall Sr., age 70, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, March 22, 2014. Mr. Duvall was a lifelong resident of the coast, past president and member of the Fleur De Lis Society in Biloxi and former Shrimp King in the Blessing of the Fleet in 1992. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in...
Alexandra Cossifis Peters
Mar 20, 2014
Alexandra Cossifis Peters, 87, of Ocean Springs, MS died Thursday, March 20, 2014 in Biloxi. Mrs. Peters was born November 23, 1926 in Skopelos, Greece. She emigrated from Skopelos in 1948 with her husband and moved to Clarksdale, MS where she lived for fifty-one years before relocating to Ocean Springs, MS. While in Clarksdale, she was a member of the...
Donald Edward Theriot
Mar 20, 2014
Donald Edward Theriot died Thursday, March 20th at home in Pass Christian, Mississippi, as a result of injuries received in a traffic accident in April 2013. An attorney and investor, historian and traveler, he was passionate about leading his family and many friends in energetic and enthusiastic discoveries in geography, history, sport, political debate and personal development. He was a...
Evelyn Marie Olsen
Mar 19, 2014
Evelyn Marie Olsen, age 82, of Vancleave, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Mrs. Olsen was a longtime member of Community of Christ Church in Vancleave, MS and a member of V.F.W. Auxiliary. She liked to bowl, fish, dance, listen to music, and felt a special pride for all her grandchildren. Mrs. Olsen is preceded in death by her parents,...
Richard J. Panasuk
Mar 19, 2014
Richard John Panasuk, 94 died Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Services will be Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Arlington National Cemetery. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is in charge or arrangements.
Barbara Ann Parson
Mar 19, 2014
Barbara Ann Parson, 75, passed away peacefully at Biloxi Regional Hospital on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Barbara was born in Whittier, California where she grew up and went to school. She later the moved on to live in Alaska, Washington and then spent the last 38 years of her life in Mississippi. Barbara loved to laugh and was a conversationalist....
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