Obituaries
Thomas Gaetano Gargiulo
Sep 1, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gaetano Gargiulo, aged 85 years, loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and grandfather died September 1, 2013 in Gulfport where he has lived for forty years. Thomas was born in Naples, Italy on May 1, 1928 to Teresa and Antonio Gargiulo, and immigrated to the United States with his family when he was five years old. Thomas...
Myra Amelia Fletcher
Aug 31, 2013
Myra Amelia Fletcher, 69, died Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Ocean Springs. Myra was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs and Vancleave. She worked as a seamstress at E.R. Moore Company in Ocean Springs for 30 Years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Myra recently celebrated her 49 year anniversary with her husband...
Donald W. Jamison
Aug 30, 2013
Mr. Donald W. Jamison, age 70, of Saucier, MS died Friday, August 30, 2013, in Saucier, after a long hard battle with cancer. Mr. Jamison was born in Jackson County, MS and was a lifelong resident of the coast. He loved to spend time with his family, hunting and fishing. He never met a stranger and loved sitting on the...
Geneva Page Waltman
Aug 30, 2013
Mrs. Geneva Page Waltman, age 77, of Ocean Springs, MS went to be with her Lord on Friday, August 30, 2013. Geneva was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Shirley Waltman, parents, Samuel and Nellie Page, five brothers and three sisters. Geneva was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was a Godly...
Eula Mae Paul
Aug 29, 2013
Mrs. Eula Mae (Miller) Paul, a native of New Orleans, LA, a longtime resident of Gulfport, MS, and a resident of San Antonio, TX since 2006, passed away on the evening of Thursday, August 29, 2013, at North Central Baptist Hospital after a valiant and heroic efforts in her home by Bulverde TX paramedics. She died at the age of...
Gene Willis
Aug 29, 2013
Gene Willis (Magic), age 43, of Long Beach died Thursday, August 29, 2013 in Gulfport. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Debbie and Ken Cunningham; a brother, Jeffrey S. Willis all of Long Beach; a step-sister, Lisa Cunningham (Bill) of Guilford, CT; an aunt, Linda Holleman (Mike) of Morehead City, NC; an uncle, Bruce Bell of Newport, NC;...
John Ambrose Rietti,
Aug 28, 2013
Father John Ambrose Rietti Jr., 81, of Phenix City, AL died Wednesday, August 28, 2013 in Phenix City. He was born Oct.5th,1931 in Jackson, MS. He became a priest, graduating from the Seminary in 1958. He was a licensed pilot and a professor at Jackson State University and received his PhD at the University of Southern Mississippi. Better known as...
Yvonne Seymour Simms
Aug 27, 2013
Long-time Mississippi Coast resident Yvonne “Vonnie” E. Simms died on August 27 at age ninety-one. Mrs. Simms settled in Biloxi following World War II with her husband A. C. Simms, a founding partner of the accounting firm Piltz, Simms & Company operating today as Piltz, Williams, LaRosa & Company. She was displaced from her home in Gulf Hills by Hurricane...
Dorothy Rose
Aug 27, 2013
Dorothy Rose, 82, passed away August 27, 2013 following a brief illness. Born on May 18, 1931 in Lucedale, MS, she spent her childhood and adult life in Biloxi. Known as Dot to family and friends, she was a former member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the VFW. Mrs. Rose was well known for her sewing and knitting expertise and...
Steaven Bell
Aug 27, 2013
Steaven Bell, Jr., 52, of Long Beach died Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Gulfport. He was born in Gulfport and was a resident of Long Beach for the past four years. He was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Pass Christian and was a member of South Mississippi Racing Pigeon Club. Mr. Bell was preceded in death by his...
Richard Mark Wagner
Aug 26, 2013
Richard Mark Wagner, age 59, a resident of Pass Christian, MS, passed away on August 26, 2013 after a year- long battle with cancer, which he fought until the very end with family and friends who loved him. Mark is preceded in death by his grandparents Richard and Alice Wagner and Charles and Mary Lou Wellborn and his uncle Barclay...
Vera Kathleen "Kat" Patterson
Aug 25, 2013
Vera Kathleen (Saint) Patterson, age 88, passed away peacefully August 25, 2013. She was born in Lawrence Co, Alabama in 1925 and had been a resident of Biloxi since 1947. Kat was a member of the Order of Eastern Star for many years and a club mother for numerous activities her children were in. She was a member of First...
Col. Edwin Henry Cochran
Aug 25, 2013
Edwin Henry Cochran, Sr., 95, of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, August 25, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Cochran was born in Florence, Alabama and grew up near Gadsden, Alabama. He was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. He attended a local junior college in Alabama for 2 years and many years later completed his Bachelor’s Degree through Operation Bootstrap...
James Spears
Aug 25, 2013
James Allen Spears, age 43, died Sunday, August 25, 2013. He is survived by his mother, Nancy Johnson (Mark); his husband, Jerry “Boozer”; best friend, Timmy Hunter; sisters, Freida Pittman (Ricky), Lora Vreeland (Chris), and Angel Singley (Jamie); brother, Chrispher Limeberry “Boogie”; aunt, Dale Bassigner; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to...
Roland C. Tootle
Aug 25, 2013
Roland “Rocky” C. Tootle, Jr., 63, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Biloxi. Mr. Tootle lived his entire life on the Gulf Coast and was a retired Boat Captain and he enjoyed woodworking. He was an Army Veteran of Vietnam. Mr. Tootle was preceded in death by his wife, Anita Tootle and his father, Roland C. Tootle, Sr.. Survivors...
Lawrence "Larry" Glenn Dubaz,
Aug 24, 2013
Mr. Lawrence (Larry) Glenn Dubaz, Sr. entered into life eternal with his Heavenly Father on August 24, 2013. He was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi and a graduate of Biloxi High School. As a young man, he enjoyed spending time with his father, mother and uncles working at the family business, the Dubaz Brothers Seafood Factory. Larry joined...
Donald C. Lawrence
Aug 23, 2013
Donald C. Lawrence, age 82, a resident of Gulfport, died on Friday, August 23, 2013 in Gulfport. Mr. Lawrence was born on March 31, 1931 in Springfield, Vermont. He retired from the Mobile Construction Battalion 62, United States Navy in 1968 and retired from the Department of Defense in 1983. He enjoyed reading, camping, and traveling. He was a member...
Taylin Renee Gibbs
Aug 23, 2013
Infant Taylin Renee Gibbs, 13 days old, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013, in Birmingham, AL. She was a resident of Vancleave. Survivors include her parents, Haley Waldrop and Justin Gibbs, a twin brother, Talon Gibbs, all of Vancleave, maternal grandparents, Jennifer Feranda of Vancleave, and Bobby D. Waldrop Sr. of Biloxi, paternal grandparents, Billy and...
Judith "Judy" Ann Schmidt
Aug 22, 2013
Judith "Judy" Ann Schmidt, 70, of Vancleave, passed away Thursday, August 22nd, 2013. Judy was born in White Castle, LA, on May 18th, 1943. She grew up in Donaldsonville, LA until the age of 28 when she married Mr. James "Jimmy" Marvin Schmidt, Sr. The two happily resided on the St. Martin Bayou, surrounded by immediate family on all sides....
John Archie "Archie Balls" Rocco
Aug 22, 2013
John Archie Rocco was a lifetime native of Biloxi, MS. He passed away on August 22, 2013. John was a commercial fisherman and loved hunting and fishing. John is preceded in death by his first wife, Neldean Rocco; third wife, Patricia Rocco; daughters, Dianne Ross and Dean Waltman; and granddaughter, Heather Molina. He is survived by his brother, Lawrence “Uncle...
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