Obituaries
Ila Leo Orrell Cummings
Jan 9, 2013
Mrs. Ila Leo Orrell Cummings, age 83 of the Latimer Community, passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at Biloxi Regional Hospital after a long battle with Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease. Mrs. Cummings was a lifetime resident of the Latimer Community, except for a two year period when she and her husband were stationed at Itazuke AFB,...
Joseph T. "Sam" Miller,
Jan 8, 2013
Joseph T. “Sam” Miller, Sr., 88, of D’Iberville, MS, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in Biloxi. Sam was born in Gulfport, MS and he was a longtime resident of Biloxi and D’Iberville. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. Sam was a retired fisherman and carpenter and he reigned as Shrimp King in 1996. He is preceded in death...
Joseph Patrick Arsenault
Jan 8, 2013
Joseph Patrick Arsenault, 75, of D’Iberville, MS died on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Joseph was born on March 17, 1937 in Rockwood, Maine. He was retired from the US Air Force and was a member of the Moose Lodge, Chapter 528 in D’Iberville. Joseph leaves behind two daughters, Mrs. Rosemary (Robert) Gammon and Ms. Patricia “Petunia” Delacruz (Chris Lopez); one...
Maggie Vee Mallette
Jan 8, 2013
Maggie Vee Mallette, 83, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Maggie Vee was born on April 9th, 1929 to Johnnie and Mamie Fairley in Vancleave. She lived out her life in the Vancleave area spending the last 55 years in the Fort Bayou Community. Maggie Vee loved the outdoors and being able to enjoy a great...
Kenneth Marie
Jan 8, 2013
Kenneth Marie, age 75, of Long Beach, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in Gulfport. He was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and was retired from the home building industry. He was an avid fisherman, a fan of the Saints and Notre Dame. He was preceded...
Jacquelyn Ann Gonsalves
Jan 7, 2013
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Ann Gonsalves 56 formerly of Swansea, Ma. went to heaven on the wings of angels to be with Jesus her Lord and Savior on January 7th, 2013 Jackie was born in Fall River, Ma. on April 6th,1956. She has resided on the Ms. Gulf Coast since 1970. She was preceded in death by her brother Louis Gonsalves Jr.,...
Paul Thomas "Tom" Wall
Jan 7, 2013
Paul Thomas "Tom" Wall died Jan. 7, 2013, one day short of his 74th birthday, at Ocean Springs Hospital, leaving behind many friends and a life of work to better his adopted home, the Mississippi Gulf Coast. From the moment he drove down the front beach in 1976 his mind was set. "This is it," his wife and sons remember...
Bobbie Jean King
Jan 7, 2013
Bobbie Jean King, 79, of Biloxi, MS died on Friday, January 7, 2013. Mrs. King was the head cashier at KAFB Exchange and a member of First Assembly of God in Gulfport. She is preceded in death by her husband, Garland D. King. Mrs. King is survived by her daughter, Kathy Lynn (Roosevelt) Wilson; sons, Darryl (Beverly) Elliott and Steven...
Tina R. Thrash
Jan 7, 2013
Tina R. Thrash, born October 6, 1920, age 92 of Saucier passed away Monday, January 7, 2013 in Wiggins, MS. She was preceded in death by her father, Cicro Hanson; mother, Annie Hanson; husband, Edwin W. Thrash; and grandson, Kai Thrash. She is survived by three sons, Gary (Betty) Lary (Bonnie) and Bary (Kathy); seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She...
Marilyn J. Balsan
Jan 7, 2013
Marilyn J. Balsan, 79, of Ocean Springs, MS went to meet her father in heaven on Monday, January 7, 2013. Mrs. Balsan had been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past twelve years. She was married to Mr. Robert Balsan for four years. Mrs. Balsan was the former President of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Chapter in Sterling,...
James Milton Parks
Jan 7, 2013
2/24/30 TO 1/7/13 James Milton Parks, 82, died Monday, January 7, 2013 at Gulfport Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Mr. Parks was born February 24, 1930, in Pueblo, Colorado, to George Dewey and Francis (Cash) Parks. Most of his early years were in Colorado. In the early 1950’s, the family moved to Clearfield UT where he graduated from Davis...
Tommy Glenn Stubbs
Jan 7, 2013
Tommy Glenn Stubbs, 59, of Biloxi, MS died on Monday, January 7, 2013. Mr. Stubbs was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a US Navy Veteran and was employed as a roofer for Saucier Brothers Roofing Co. Mr. Stubbs was of the Baptist faith. He is preceded in death by his father, Hollis Edwin Stubbs. Mr. Stubbs...
Livida Revels
Jan 7, 2013
Livida Revels, 83, of Ocean Springs, died Monday, January 7, 2013. Livida was a longtime time resident of the MS Gulf Coast and a member of Pentecostals of Gulf Coast Church. She worked at Keesler for 29 years at Officers Club as a hostess and cashier. She is preceded in death by parents and eight siblings. Her survivors include her...
Maria "Ria" Gensert
Jan 7, 2013
Ria Gensert, age 89, of Biloxi, died Monday, January 7, 2013. Ria was born in Munich, Germany and lived there until 1953 when she moved to the Gulf Coast with her husband and daughter. In 1965 she and her husband became owner and operator of Popps Ferry Fish Camp where she delighted patrons for over 40 years. She is most...
Thomas William Barnes
Jan 6, 2013
CWO 4 Thomas W. Barnes Jr. [US ARMY RETIRED] passed away in Biloxi, MS on January 6, 2013. Mr. Barnes was born in Peoria, IL on August 09, 1934 to Thomas W. Barnes Sr. and Violet I Hellberg. He grew up in Chicago, IL and graduated from Bowen High School in 1952. He enlisted into the US Army in 1954,...
Sheila Broun Castanedo
Jan 6, 2013
Sheila Broun Castanedo, 84, was called home Sunday, January 6, 2013 in Long Beach. She was born in Jackson and had been a resident in her home in Long Beach for most of her life. She loved playing Bunco, gardening, collecting butterflies and loved sewing and making quilts for all of her grandchildren. She was much loved and will be...
James Webster Wilson
Jan 5, 2013
"We must love them both, those whose opinions we share, and those whose opinions we reject. For both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it." - St. Thomas Aquinas James Webster Wilson, age 72, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on January 5, 2013, after a dignified and courageous battle with cancer....
Marjorie Fay Higgins
Jan 5, 2013
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, Marjorie Fay (Arnold) Higgins, 84, passed from this life, into her Heavenly Fathers’ arms January 5, 2013 at 12:50 a.m. in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Marjorie was born in Normandy, Tennessee, on December 11, 1928 to Jay Gould Arnold and Annie Lee (Sharrock) Arnold. She was preceded in death by her husband, Denzle H....
Tim Pitalo
Jan 4, 2013
Tim Pitalo, 63, died Friday, January 4, 2013 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents, Zell and Nick; brother, Billy; and nephew, Brett. Survivors include two daughters, Sarah (Cameron) Fournier and Mariah (Steven) Bayhi; three sisters, Theresa, Gloria, and Patti; three brothers, Wayne, Donald, and John Nick; and five grandchildren, Ethan, Lilah Grace, Madelyn, Makaelyn, and Alayna...
Eiko Mitsushima Brown
Jan 4, 2013
Eiko Mitsushima Brown, age 79, of Biloxi, died Friday, January 4, 2013. Eiko is preceded in death by her parents, Genja and Mitsue Mitsushima. Her survivors include her loving husband of 54 years, Ralph Brown, Jr.; daughter, Laura Lee House (Rick); sister, Yoshiko Tabata; grandsons, Adam and Christopher Dunnells; and numerous aunts and nieces. In lieu of flowers the family...
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