Obituaries

Charles Blanton Folsom

Charles Blanton Folsom

Jun 25, 2011

Charles B. "Chuck" Folsom, 83, of Ocean Springs, MS, went home to his Heavenly Father, Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Biloxi. Mr. Folsom was born in Glennville, GA and was a graduate of Glennville High School. He had been a resident of the Gulf Coast since 1969 and an active member of First Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. He was...

Matthew Paul Hollinger

Matthew Paul Hollinger

Jun 25, 2011

Matthew Paul Hollinger, 26, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Saturday, June 25, 2011 in Ocean Springs. Matthew was born in Pascagoula and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a concrete finisher in the construction business. Matthew, while you were with us you touched so many of our lives with love and joy. These memories will be shared...

Ruth E. McCraney

Ruth E. McCraney

Jun 24, 2011

Ruth E. McCraney, age 85 of Picayune, MS died June 24, 2011 in Biloxi, MS. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Charles and Carrie Marie Moran McCraney; daughters Sandra Darling and Kelly Windom; three brothers and four sisters. She is survived by her daughter, Dora Manton of Slidell, LA; son, Jesse Necaise of MS; brothers, Paul Louis...

Catherine Cannon Schnell

Catherine Cannon Schnell

Jun 24, 2011

Catherine Cannon Schnell, 92, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, June 24, 2011, in Biloxi. Mrs. Schnell was a native Biloxian and a lifelong communicant of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer where she was active in St. Mary's and St. Agnes Guilds. She retired from Keesler Air Force Base after twenty three and a half years of federal service. She...

Blair Deal

Blair Deal

Jun 23, 2011

Valerie Blair Deal of Gautier, MS went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ Thursday June 23, 2011 at her home after a four year battle with cancer. She was born June 24, 1985 in Pascagoula, MS to John Blair Deal and Beverly Ann Deal of Gautier, MS. Blair was a strong fighter, a devoted mother, and loving daughter, and...

Lynne Atkinson

Lynne Atkinson

Jun 23, 2011

Mrs. Lynne Atkinson, age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, June 23, 2011, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Atkinson was a member of NAME (National Association of Minature Enthusiasts) for forty years. and collected minature dolls and doll houses. She loved wildlife, enjoyed feeding wild animals in her back yard, in particular feeding racoons on the porch at night. She...

Darryl Todd Woodsmall

Darryl Todd Woodsmall

Jun 22, 2011

Darryl T. Woodsmall, 47, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Pascagoula. Mr. Woodsmall was born in Burlington, Iowa and had been a resident of the coast for the past 20 years. He was employed with casino industry as a dealer. Mr. Woodsmall was preceded in death by his parents, Willis "Deke" and Frances Myers Woodsmall. Survivors include...

Jackson Douglas Boone

Jackson Douglas Boone

Jun 22, 2011

Jackson Douglas Boone of Gulfport, Mississippi died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Bozeman, Montana. Jackson was born November 16, 1986. He was the son of Raymond and Lisa Boone of Gulfport, Mississippi. Jackson graduated from Saint Stanislaus College in 2005 and attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at both the Perkinston and Jefferson Davis campuses. He then enrolled in Montana...

Kenneth Floyd Smith

Kenneth Floyd Smith

Jun 22, 2011

Kenneth Floyd Smith, 71, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on June 22, 2011. Ken was born on July 18, 1939 to K. B. and Helen Pyles Smith in Sullivan, IN. He was preceded in death by his parents. Before moving to Ocean Springs he worked in Sullivan with his family business and spent time on Anna Marie Island, FL...

Robert L. (Bob) "Paw Paw" Grimes

Robert L. (Bob) "Paw Paw" Grimes

Jun 21, 2011

Robert L. (Bob) "Paw Paw" Grimes, 73, of Biloxi, MS died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. He was a loving husband and father and will be dearly missed by many. Mr. Grimes was a native of Sioux City, IA and longtime resident of D'Iberville, MS. He was retired from the United States Air Force and the...

Edward Odom

Edward Odom

Jun 21, 2011

Mr. Edward N. Odom, 54, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Mr. Odom was born in Alabama and was a resident of the coast since 1973. He was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School in 1975, was a former welder and was employed as a carpenter/roofer. He was of the Lutheran faith. He was preceded in...

Marge A. Daly Smith

Marge A. Daly Smith

Jun 20, 2011

Marge Daly Smith, 90, wife of the late retired Army Captain, Lowell H. Smith, died Monday, June 20, 2011 in Gulfport. Mrs. Smith was born in Pass Christian on March 12, 1921 and has been a resident of Long Beach since 1971. She is survived by three daughters; Mary Hancock of Long Beach, Linda Schefferstein of Houma, LA, and Lori...

Ann Frere Ward

Ann Frere Ward

Jun 20, 2011

Ann Frere Ward, 69, passed away Monday, June 20, at her home in Gulfport. Born May 20, 1942, in Leonardtown, Md., she was the daughter of Bartlett and Mathilda Frere. She graduated from Towson State University in 1964. She moved to the Mississippi Coast in 1976 and became a licensed Realtor in Mississippi in February 1978. She was a member...

Margaret Mondick

Margaret Mondick

Jun 20, 2011

Margaret Mehalacki Mondick, 89, of Ocean Springs (formerly of Johnstown, Pennsylvania), MS died Monday, June 20, 2011 at her home at the Villa Maria Apartments in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born March 31, 1922 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Milnarchik Mehalacki. Margaret raised three children in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. After the passing...

EMC Frederick J. Kitch

EMC Frederick J. Kitch

Jun 19, 2011

EMC Frederick J. Kitch, U.S. Navy Retired, age 84, of Ocean Springs, MS., went to be with the Lord, on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Mr. Kitch was born in Mowequa, Il. He served proudly in the U.S. Navy during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He settled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after his retirement from the Navy. He was a member...

Martin Sidney "Sid" Sundstrom

Martin Sidney "Sid" Sundstrom

Jun 19, 2011

Martin Sidney "Sid" Sundstrom, age 84, of Ocean Springs, MS. died early Sunday, June 19, 2011, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, from complications of cardiac surgery. Sidney Sundstrom was a warm and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends and the Ocean Springs community. Sid was born on June...

Jenny Trebotich Woodrum

Jenny Trebotich Woodrum

Jun 18, 2011

Jenny Trebotich Woodrum, 60, of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Ocean Springs. Jenny was a longtime resident of the coast and was a former preschool teacher at Holy Angels and The Little Ranch. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Steve and Helen Wardy Trebotich; sister,...

Barbara Ann Cuevas

Barbara Ann Cuevas

Jun 18, 2011

Barbara Ann Cuevas, 69, of Kiln, MS, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, in Kiln. Mrs. Cuevas was born in Pass Christian and remained a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was employed with the ammunition plant in the Kiln for a number of years. She will be missed by her family and all who knew her as she was...

Margaret Julia Miller

Margaret Julia Miller

Jun 18, 2011

Margaret Julia Boehm Miller, 87, of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Ocean Springs. Margaret was born in Indianapolis, IN on August 10, 1923. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Harold E. Miller. Survivors include her two sons, Thomas A. Miller and Deacon Gregory E. (Margaret) Miller; five grandchildren, Lindsay S. (Troy) Trigg,...

Allison Powell Shoemaker

Allison Powell Shoemaker

Jun 17, 2011

Allison Powell Shoemaker, III. With adoration and in remembrance, we announce the passing of Mister Allison Powell Shoemaker, III, of Gautier, Mississippi. Born in Biloxi on the 9th of May, 1945, to Frances Marion Ramsay Shoemaker and A.P. Shoemaker, Jr., Powell left this earth Friday the 17th of June surrounded by his loving family. Powell, who was an incredibly loving...