Obituaries
Ferrell Louis "Tack" Bang
Mar 30, 2013
Mr. Ferrell "Tack" Bang, 55, of Gulfport, MS passed away Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Gulfport. Mr. Bang was born in Vancleave and had been a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a big time fisherman and supporter of the soaps. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and would always go out of his way for others....
Wallace David Carpenter
Mar 29, 2013
Mr. Wallace D. Carpenter, 76, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, March 29, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Carpenter was born in Chicago, IL and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and retired from the I C Railroad as senior executive in management after 42 years of employment. He was...
Evelyn C. Coble
Mar 29, 2013
Mrs. Evelyn C. Coble, age 94, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, March 29, 2013, in Ocean Springs. She was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs and previously worked at the Sun Times Newspaper in Chicago, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cameron Coble, parents, James Stacey and Rhoda Kennedy Stacey, and three brothers, Ernest Gray, Ralph...
Jimmie Charles Wright
Mar 28, 2013
Mr. Jimmie Charles Wright, age 59, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Thursday, March 28, 2013, in LaGrange, Georgia. Jimmie was born in Fort Rucker, Alabama and was a coast resident for several years. He was a self-employed truck driver for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Billy Charles Wright and Mary Magdaline Wilson Wright. Survivors include...
Dana Marie Sanders Porche'
Mar 26, 2013
Dana Marie Sanders Porche’, 49 of Jackson died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Flowood. She was born in New Orleans, LA was a former resident of Gulfport and had been a resident of Jackson for ten years. She was Catholic and was employed as a supervisor at Sam’s Club in Jackson. She enjoyed cooking, music, dancing and spending time with...
William Frank Moser
Mar 26, 2013
William Frank Moser, 83, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Biloxi. Graveside services will be held at Biloxi National Cemetery on Friday, March 29, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A. J. Pierce
Mar 25, 2013
Albert James Pierce, “A Jay”, Jr. passed away Monday, March 25, 2013 at Memorial Hospital, Gulfport. As soon as A.J. turned 17, he quit high school to join the Navy during World War, II. He served as a fireman aboard an Air Craft Carrier. After the war he served 14 years in the Navy Reserves. AJ worked at The Daily...
Henry F. "Hank" Corwin, Jr.
Mar 25, 2013
Henry F. “Hank” Corwin, Jr., 73, of D’Iberville, MS, died Monday, March 25, 2013 in Gulfport. Mr. Corwin was a native of New York State, living many years in Nashville, TN. As a musician he played with numerous artists at the Grand Ole Opry and he was the first steel guitar player to appear on stage in Russia. Mr. Corwin...
James R. Christine
Mar 25, 2013
Mr. James R. Christine, age 80, of Ocean Springs, MS died Monday, March 25, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Christine was a longtime resident of the coast. He served in U.S. Air Forceand retired after 25 years of service. He also was employed retired, ater 20 years, from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jackson County Campus, as an electrical...
Kenneth Paul Goff
Mar 25, 2013
Mr. Kenneth Paul Goff, Sr., age 72, of Vancleave, MS died Monday, March 25, 2013 at his residence in Vancleave. Ken was born in Biloxi, MS and had resided in Vancleave for forty years. He graduated from Biloxi High School in 1958 and served in the U. S. Navy. He was a union electrician with IBEW Local Union 903 and...
Chad A. Bang
Mar 25, 2013
Mr. Chad A. Bang, age 37, of Gautier, MS, died Monday, March 25, 2013, in Gautier. Chad was a lifelong resident of Gautier, worked as a shipfitter at Huntington Ingalls and owned his own brick masonry business, Bang Masonry. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and loved to spend time with his children. He was preceded in death by...
William D. Potter
Mar 24, 2013
r. William Daniel Potter, III, 84, of Gulfport, MS, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, in Gulfport. Dr. Potter was born in Clinton, MS and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a graduate of Mississippi College and a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he earned his Medical Degree. He practiced medicine in Mississippi,...
J. "Burleigh" Harwood
Mar 24, 2013
Mr. J. "Burleigh" Harwood III, age 83, of Ocean Springs, MS died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at his home. He was a longtime resident of the coast since 1970. He was employed with Ingalls Shipbuilding for 23 years and with the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock for 23 years. Mr. Harwood was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Ocean...
Captain Joseph E. Fountain, Sr.
Mar 22, 2013
Captain Joseph E. Fountain, Sr. went fishing in God’s Heavenly Ocean on his beloved Baja 31 on Friday, March 22, 2013. Captain Joe was an amazing man full of life, strong, wise, compassionate and hard -working. He was definitely a character that was beloved from New Orleans to Pascagoula. He was outspoken about his beliefs and would tell you his...
Doris R. Franko
Mar 22, 2013
Mrs. Doris R. Franko, age 89, of North Biloxi, MS, died Friday, March 22, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Doris was born in Biloxi, MS on October 11, 1923. She worked for Southern Bell/AT&T Telephone Company for 38 years until her retirement from South Central Bell in 1981 and was active with the Telephone Pioneers of Mississippi. She served as the...
Joseph Kent Olsen
Mar 21, 2013
Mr. Joseph Kent Olsen, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Biloxi. Mr. Olsen was born on February 1, 1923, in Baker, Oregon, where he was raised. He had a Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State College and retired from Chevron Corp. in 1978 after 29 1/2 years. Five of...
Michael Paul Flatz
Mar 21, 2013
Michael Paul Flatz, age 65, of Biloxi, MS died Thursday, March 21, 2013 in Biloxi. He served in the U.S.Army. He is survived by a daughter, Tonya Troy of Burns Harbor,Indiana; three brothers, Jerry, Stephen, Jr., and James Flatz; and three grandchildren. The Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima...
Laura Mae Robinson Jordan
Mar 21, 2013
Mrs. Laura Mae Robinson Jordan, 76, of Biloxi, MS, went to be with her Heavenly Father, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Gulfport. Mrs. Jordan loved her faith, her family and her friends. She was an avid gardener and cook and enjoyed sharing her many blessings with those who crossed her path in life or were fortunate enough to call her...
Sharon Marie Diaz Balius
Mar 20, 2013
Jesus called Marie to dance with Him in heaven for all eternity on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Marie was born in Biloxi on July 14, 1939, the youngest of three to Elinor Trochesset Diaz and Joe Diaz, sister of Adrienne Diaz Spear and Roland Diaz. Marie was preceded in death by her Husband, Joseph Balius and survived by her daughters...
Joan Haines
Mar 19, 2013
Joan Patricia (Quick) Haines, age 89, Biloxi resident since 1970, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by her loving family on March 19, 2013. She was born on March 9, 1924 in Kingston, NY. She was of Catholic faith and was a long time member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi. Joan graduated Kingston High School, Kingston,...
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