Obituaries

Paula  Fallo

Paula Fallo

Feb 16, 2013

Born in Biloxi on September 8, 1929, Paula Fallo went to be with the Lord on February 16, 2013. Paula lived in Biloxi for the first 35 years of her life, graduating from Sacred Heart Girls School. She spent the rest of her years in Ocean Springs raising her family and helping her husband run the family business Fallo Dry...

Lillian  Marie Elliot Brunow

Lillian Marie Elliot Brunow

Feb 15, 2013

Lillian Marie Elliot Brunow, 77, of Biloxi passed away peacefully with family by her side on Friday, February 15, 2013 in Biloxi. Mrs. Brunow was a resident of Biloxi since 1959. She was a certified nurse’s assistant and a homemaker. Lillian loved life and enjoyed her music and friends and she never met a stranger. Lillian was a great wife,...

Jerry Delano Jones

Jerry Delano Jones

Feb 15, 2013

Jerry Delano Jones of Biloxi passed away on February 15, 2013 at the age of 73 due to respiratory complications. Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jones was born on August 9, 1939 in Greenville, TX. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1984 after 23 years of service and had lived in Biloxi since 1980. After retirement from the Air...

Marie  Jarrell

Marie Jarrell

Feb 15, 2013

Marie Jarrell, age 68, of North Biloxi, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 15, 2013. Marie was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of Gulf Coast. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was very devoted to her family. Marie is preceded in death by her parents, Ivy and hazel...

Edna P Hall

Edna P Hall

Feb 14, 2013

Edna P. Hall, 89, of Gulfport died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Gulfport. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church. She, and her late husband, Thomas L. Hall were owners of Carrousel Lighting in Gulfport. In 1957 she won national and international lighting awards. She was an honorary member of the...

Sharon D.  Strak

Sharon D. Strak

Feb 14, 2013

Sharon D. Strak, 78, of Ocean Springs passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Biloxi. Mrs. Strak was born in Sheboygan, WI and graduated from North High School in 1952. She resided in Portsmouth, RI for 20 years and has been a resident of Ocean Springs, MS for the past 33 years. Mrs. Strak worked for Blossman Gas for over...

Michael Charles Cottom

Michael Charles Cottom

Feb 14, 2013

Mr. Michael Charles Cottom, age 60, of Ocean Springs, MS died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Ocean Springs. Michael was born on February 21, 1952, in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended Delgado College. He served in the U.S. Army and was a civilian employee of the Coast Guard in New Orleans and then for the Supervisor of Shipbuilding in Pascagoula...

Timothy  W.  Mitchell

Timothy W. Mitchell

Feb 13, 2013

Timothy W. Mitchell. age 48, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013. He was born in Tazewell, Virginia and currently resided in Madison, Mississippi. He considered the Mississippi Gulf Coast a very special place and maintained a residence in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tim is preceded in death by his father, Powell Mitchell; his grandfather, George H. Brown; and his special aunt, Gaye...

Joseph Alfred Stella

Joseph Alfred Stella

Feb 13, 2013

Mr. Joseph Alfred Stella, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Wednesday, February 13, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Stella was born and raised in Rockville Center, NY, on Long Island and served his country in the U.S. Army for four years. He was a Real Estate Broker living in Virginia and Florida for several years before coming to Mississippi....

Donnie and Marge  Gum

Donnie and Marge Gum

Feb 13, 2013

Donnie and Marge Gum of Gautier, MS formerly of Ocean Springs, MS passed away February 13th, 2013. They were longtime residents of Ocean Springs and members of the Local 2501 the Elks Lodge. Marge served as queen in 2001 and Donnie served as king in 2007. They were also members of the Poor Man’s Yacht Club. Donnie was born November...

Inez Teresa Guidry King

Inez Teresa Guidry King

Feb 12, 2013

Mrs. Inez King was born on July 23, 1932, in Biloxi, MS, and on February 12, 2013, was called back to her Heavenly home. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church since the formation of the Parish in 1953 and was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Biloxi. Inez and her late husband, Pat, devoted...

Mary Magdalen Wade

Mary Magdalen Wade

Feb 12, 2013

Mary Magdalen Boden Wade, 79, of D’Iberville died Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in D’Iberville. Mary was born March 25, 1933 in Belleville, IL to Luke and Margaret Boden. She attended St. Henry’s Grade School and graduated from the Academy of Notre Dame in 1951. Mary was an organist at St. Henry’s Catholic Church for eight years and at Sacred Heart...

Joseph Anthony Carroll

Joseph Anthony Carroll

Feb 12, 2013

Mr. Joseph Anthony Carroll, age 74, of North Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Carroll enjoyed playing softball, bowling, horseshoes and shooting pool. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was preceded in death by six brothers and five sisters. Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Henrietta Carroll, daughter, Rhonda (Kenny)...

Curtis  Hubert  Spear

Curtis Hubert Spear

Feb 10, 2013

Curtis Hubert Spear, 91, of Biloxi, passed away at Biloxi Regional Medical Center on Sunday, February 10, 2013 after a brief illness. Mr. Spear was born on July 12, 1921 in Verbena, AL to Joseph and Callie Spear. His family later moved to Montgomery, AL where he lived until joining the U.S. Air Force in September 1942 and married Estelle...

Ronald  "Ronnie" Roberts

Ronald "Ronnie" Roberts

Feb 9, 2013

Ronald “Ronnie” Roberts, age 70, of Biloxi, went to be with the Lord, February 9, 2013. Ronnie retired from Ingalls after 33 years as an electrician. He was of the Catholic faith and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church for many years. Ronnie’s greatest joy came from fishing and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a graduate of Norte Dame...

Mary  Frances Dodson

Mary Frances Dodson

Feb 8, 2013

Mary Dodson died at her home in Long Beach, Mississippi on Friday, February 8th at age 90. She was an extraordinary woman of good character and strong will. Born to a Tennessee tobacco farmer, who died in a curing fire when she was six leaving his wife and six children to the charity of relatives. After graduating from high school,...

Arthur "Billy" Levins, Jr.

Arthur "Billy" Levins, Jr.

Feb 8, 2013

Arthur “Billy” Levins, Jr., age 80, of D’Iberville died Friday, February 8, 2013 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Levins was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He enjoyed carpentry and woodworking and mechanics. Mr. Levins worked for Keesler Air Force Base in maintenance. He enjoyed hunting and being in...

Henry  H. Ladnier

Henry H. Ladnier

Feb 8, 2013

Mr. Henry H. Ladnier, age 64, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away in Ocean Springs Hospital on February 8, 2013, after a year battle with cancer. Henry was a life-long resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was the owner and operator of Henry's Bar and Grill in D'Iberville and Henry's Avenue Lounge in Biloxi. When not at work he...

Lois  Montelle Rayborn  Schwierjohn

Lois Montelle Rayborn Schwierjohn

Feb 7, 2013

Mrs. Lois Montelle Rayborn Schwierjohn, age 89, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, February 7, 2013, in Biloxi. Mrs. Schwierjohn loved life which consisted of many friends. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a devout Catholic. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wilbur Howard Rich, Henry Eugene Davidson and Theodore Christopher Schwierjohn, son, Wilbur...

Earleen Marie Sigworth

Earleen Marie Sigworth

Feb 7, 2013

Earleen Marie Lepre Sigworth, age 84, of Gulfport died Thursday, February 7, 2013 in Gulfport. She was a loving mother, grandmother and sister. Earleen was born in D’Iberville, MS on December 30, 1928. She was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a sales clerk for many years at Art’s Army Surplus Store in Biloxi and also worked...