Obituaries

Audrey Ann Winkelhake

Audrey Ann Winkelhake

Nov 27, 2012

Audrey Ann Winkelhake, age 81, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Audrey was a native of Iota, Louisiana and had been a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1968. She worked for the Biloxi Veterans Administration for over 22 years as a dietician supervisor. After retirement she worked for the Gulf Coast Pride Seafood Factory. Audrey is preceded...

Linda Ruth Bond

Linda Ruth Bond

Nov 27, 2012

Linda Ruth Bond of Biloxi and later Vancleave passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Born in Biloxi, Linda attended Biloxi High, while working summers and weekends as mate on her father’s charter boat, the Belvedere. She enjoyed fishing so much she continued to do it full time after graduating and became well known at Biloxi...

Mark Alberts

Mark Alberts

Nov 27, 2012

Mark Alberts, 87, of Gautier, MS died on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE Funeral Home, Ocean Springs is in charge of arrangements.

Helen  K.  Elmore

Helen K. Elmore

Nov 26, 2012

Helen K. Elmore, 80, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012. Helen was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Boyd Killingsworth; mother, Clyda Hiett Killingsworth; brothers, Tommy Killingsworth and Charles Killingsworth; husband, Alfred L. Elmore; and daughter, Deborah Elmore Nix. Helen is survived by her sister, Doris Killingsworth Mathews, husband, Carl Mathews, LaGrange, TX, children, Paul...

Gerald Francis (Jerry) Lamey

Gerald Francis (Jerry) Lamey

Nov 26, 2012

Gerald Francis Lamey, age 80, passed away Monday, November 26th in Biloxi, MS. He was a true Southern gentleman who was very much loved by his family and friends. Jerry always had a smile and handshake for everyone he met whether he knew them or not. He attended Biloxi Public Schools and then changed to Notre Dame High School where...

Nick George Pitalo

Nick George Pitalo

Nov 26, 2012

Nick George Pitalo, Jr., 85 of Gulfport died Monday, November 26, 2012 in Pass Christian. He was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Coast and a graduate of Gulfport High School. He was the owner of Pitalo’s TV and Appliances in Gulfport for many years. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Knights of...

Sadie P. Grimes

Sadie P. Grimes

Nov 26, 2012

Sadie P. Grimes, 44, of Vancleave passed away peacefully Monday, November 26, 2012 in her sleep at her home after a defiant 15 year struggle with R.S.D. Mrs. Grimes was born on May 27, 1968 in South Hampton Long Island, New York to William and Patricia Brickerd. Sadie was a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast most of her life....

Myra  Jeannette Moran  Parker

Myra Jeannette Moran Parker

Nov 25, 2012

Myra Jeannette Moran Parker, 70, of D’Iberville, Mississippi, died Sunday, November 25, 2012, in D’Iberville. Mrs. Parker was born in Biloxi on March 2, 1942. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School. Affectionately known as “Nutsie”, she was married for 40 years to her high school sweetheart, James Walter “Jimmy” Parker, Jr.. They lived in D’Iberville for 22...

Rebecca  "Becky"  Edwards

Rebecca "Becky" Edwards

Nov 25, 2012

Rebecca Edwards, 68, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at her home with family. She was a lifelong resident of Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was dearly loved by her family and friends and will be deeply missed. Rebecca is preceded in death by her parents, William and Leona Vaughn, Sr. of Ocean Springs. Her survivors include...

Mary Sidney Love

Mary Sidney Love

Nov 24, 2012

Mary Sidney Hall Love age 94 died Saturday morning, November 24, 2012 at her home in Saucier, MS. Mary was born in Meridian, MS on July 29, 1918, the fourth daughter of Thomas Sidney Hall and Virgie Mae Kitchens Hall Mary “Granny” Love was a resident of Meridian for 90 years and moved to the Coast in 2008 where she...

Bertie  Mae Culpepper Cochran

Bertie Mae Culpepper Cochran

Nov 24, 2012

Bertie Mae Culpepper Cochran, 75, of Gulfport, died Saturday, November 24, 2012. Bertie was preceded in death by her father and mother, Horace and Nola Mae Culpepper; and two brothers, Jackson Culpepper, Sr. and Jimmie Culpepper. Her survivors include her three daughters, Darlene Culpepper of Coden, AL, Annie (Ron) Angers of Escatawpa, MS and Janette Irene Ferrill of Gulfport, MS;...

James Gary Rutland

James Gary Rutland

Nov 23, 2012

James Gary Rutland, 58, of Gulfport died Friday, November 23, 2012 in Gulfport. He was born in Gulfport and had been a resident for most of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gulfport. He was preceded in death by a nephew, Ehron Rachuba. He is survived by his parents, Jimmy and Frances Rutland of...

Edith Kennedy Dellenger

Edith Kennedy Dellenger

Nov 22, 2012

Mrs. Edith Kennedy Dellenger, age 88, passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012 in Biloxi. Mrs. Dellenger was born March 18, 1924 to the late Louis and Loretta Harris Kennedy. She was a lifetime resident of Biloxi and a member of the Biloxi First United Methodist Church. She married her high school sweetheart, Philip Dellenger, in 1944. Mrs. Dellenger owned Edith...

Mary Carroll Hudson

Mary Carroll Hudson

Nov 22, 2012

Mary Carroll Hudson, age 69, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, November 22, 2012, in Gulfport, MS. Mary was a native and lifelong resident of the Ocean Springs and Biloxi area. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother and attended Free Church of God in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roosevelt and Bessie Tanner...

Grace Irene Stenum

Grace Irene Stenum

Nov 22, 2012

Grace Irene Stenum, 85, of Biloxi passed away after a short battle with colon cancer on Thursday, November 22, 2012. Mrs. Stenum has been a resident of Biloxi since 1994 after retiring from Florida Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rockledge, FL. She was currently on the Board of Directors with Harpeth Hills Cemetery and Funeral Home in Nashville, TN. Mrs. Stenum...

Edith Salassi O'Brien

Edith Salassi O'Brien

Nov 22, 2012

Edith S. O’Brien, age 85, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport. Edith was born December 8, 1926 to Walter Washington Salassi and Ruby Lee Russell Salassi. She grew up in Vicksburg where she attended Jett Elementary School and graduated from Carr Central High School. Edith met her husband, Charles, after he returned from...

Philip St. George Ambler

Philip St. George Ambler

Nov 21, 2012

Major Philip St. George Ambler IV, 89, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, husband of Sarah Cleveland Pinckney Ambler died Wednesday night, November 21, 2012 after several months of illness. Maj. Ambler was born January 14, 1923 in Lynchburg, Virginia, to the late Philip S. Ambler, III. and Rose Knost Ambler. At an early age the family moved to Pass Christian,...

Darrell D. Stansberry, USAF Ret.

Darrell D. Stansberry, USAF Ret.

Nov 21, 2012

Lt. Col. Darrell D. Stansberry, USAF Retired, age 87, of D'Iberville, MS, died Wednesday, November 21, 2012, in Biloxi, MS. Col. Stansberry was born in Fairfield, Iowa and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran of WW II, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. Col. Stansberry was preceded in death by...

John Edward Rairigh

John Edward Rairigh

Nov 21, 2012

John Edward Rairigh was born September 4, 1917 in Allegeny County, Pennsylvania. He passed on to his eternal life on November 21, 2012 with his family by his side. John was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed family gatherings, traveling, camping, and just enjoying life and all it had to offer. John was an Air and Sea Rescue...

Harry  Joseph Joachim

Harry Joseph Joachim

Nov 21, 2012

Harry J. Joachim, known as the “Dean of Mississippi Real Estate” died Wednesday, November 21st in Gulfport. He was 92 years old. A native and lifelong resident of Biloxi, Joachim was a successful merchant and real estate professional and a noted civic leader. A devout Catholic, Harry was a lifelong member of the parish of the Cathedral of the Nativity...