Obituaries

Alvah Earl "Al" Foretich

Alvah Earl "Al" Foretich

Mar 14, 2010

Mr. Alvah E. "Al" Foretich, Jr., 78, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Foretich was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident. He was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic parish and a U. S. Navy Veteran of Korea. Mr. Foretich was retired from Northrup-Grumann as senior designer. He was a lifetime member...

Frances Ann Gorman Fegley

Frances Ann Gorman Fegley

Mar 14, 2010

Mrs. Frances Ann Gorman Fegley, 96, of Gulfport, MS, died Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Fegley was born January 13, 1914, in Medford, MA. She was adoped at four years of age by John Porter Gorman and Agnes Cecelia McGuire Gorman. Her father died when she was 12 in 1926 and her mother passed away on the same...

William T. "Tommy" Scull

William T. "Tommy" Scull

Mar 13, 2010

William T. "Tommy" Scull, 61, of D'Iberville, MS went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Tommy was born in Mobile, AL and had been a resident of D'Iberville for the past 22 years. He was employed with Northrop Grumman for 25 years. Tommy attended D'Iberville Christian Assembly. He is preceded in death by his father, William...

Ernest Dale Hinchman, Jr.

Ernest Dale Hinchman, Jr.

Mar 13, 2010

Mr. Ernest Dale Hinchman, Jr., 47, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Biloxi. Mr. Hinchman was born in Elkins, West Virginia and had been a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a diesel mechanic. Mr. Hinchman was preceded in death by his father, F. D. Frederick, and sister, Ruby E. Hinchman. He is survived...

Rene' Wiedermann

Rene' Wiedermann

Mar 13, 2010

Mrs. Rene' Dawn Wiedermann, 34, of Panama City, FL, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Panama City. Mrs. Wiedermann was born February 28, 1976, in Belle Fontaine, Ohio. On April 27, 1996, she married her loving husband, Timothy B. Wiedermann. She was employed as a medical records clerk with Dr. Mohammed K. Raza. She is survived by her husband,...

Joanne Melton Palmer

Joanne Melton Palmer

Mar 13, 2010

Joanne Melton Palmer, 82, of Gulfport, MS died Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Palmer was born October 2, 1927, in Shaw, MS, to John Martin Melton and Wawice Dean Melton. She graduated from Shaw High School as salutatorian and attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia. While attending the University of Mississippi, she met her husband of fifty-one years,...

Mary Evelyn Lawson

Mary Evelyn Lawson

Mar 13, 2010

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Lawson, age 94, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Lawson was born in Sweetwater, Alabama and was a resident of the coast for over 25 years. She owned and operated several businesses over the years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woody Earl Lawson and a son, William...

Nancy Kay Barron

Nancy Kay Barron

Mar 13, 2010

Nancy Kay Barron 40, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2010 while she slept, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ took her quietly home. She is preceeded in death by her maternal grandfather Keith Karnes, uncles Sam and Jim Karnes. She is survived by her mother and stepfather, Janet and Ronnie Patton, maternal grandmother Retha Karnes, (Gpt) paternal grandparents, Billy and...

Frances Skrnich Mason

Frances Skrnich Mason

Mar 12, 2010

Frances Skrnich Mason, lifelong resident of Biloxi, passed away Friday, March, 12, 2010. She was 84. Mrs. Mason was a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church. Mrs. Mason was a loving and devoted mother, wife, sister, aunt and friend. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband, Larry Mason, in running Mason’s Watch Repair and Jewelers until his retirement from...

Daniel Scott Tidwell

Daniel Scott Tidwell

Mar 12, 2010

Daniel Scott Tidwell, age 33, of Biloxi, MS, died March 12, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Visit: Wed., Mar. 17, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. with 10:00 a.m. chapel service, all at Ocean Springs Bradford O'Keefe.

Francis Thomas "Frank" O'Born

Francis Thomas "Frank" O'Born

Mar 12, 2010

Mr. Frank O'Born, 96, of Saucier, MS, died Friday, March 12, 2010, in Biloxi. Mr. O'Born was born in New York, NY and had been a longtime resident of Saucier. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and a retired volunteer fireman from the Long Island, NY Fire Department. Mr. O'Born is survived by his wife, Charlotte O'Born; daughter, Eileen...

Lena Qwren Dunn

Lena Qwren Dunn

Mar 11, 2010

Mrs. Lena Owren Dunn, 94, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Dunn was born in New Boston, Texas and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a dedicated teacher for 35 years in Holley, Texas and Windgate, Texas. She was a Methodist and a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs....

Patricia  L. Rigney

Patricia L. Rigney

Mar 11, 2010

Patricia Lynn Rigney, 41, was called to heaven on March 11, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on February 4, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi and grew up in Lyman. Patricia graduated from William Carey College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art. She resided in Waveland and was a long time employee of...

Gail Senseney Haines

Gail Senseney Haines

Mar 10, 2010

Gail Senseney Haines, 56, of Vancleave, MS died on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Mrs. Haines was a native of Biloxi and spent her early life in Fountainbleu, MS. She had been a resident of Vancleave for the past 20 years. She was a Christian. Mrs. Haines is survived by her husband, David Haines of Vancleave; parents, Harold J. "Jack" and...

Thomas Richard Curtis

Thomas Richard Curtis

Mar 9, 2010

Thomas "Dick" Curtis, 63, of Biloxi, MS went to be with his heavenly Father on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Mr. Curtis was born in Biloxi where he remained a lifelong resident. He was employed with Caffey Inc. for 22 years and served as their Project Manager. He was a faithful supporter of mission work in Honduras and Guatemala. He loved...

Elizabeth Gollott-Skermetta

Elizabeth Gollott-Skermetta

Mar 9, 2010

Elizabeth "Betty" Gollott Skermetta, age 77, of Biloxi, MS passed away on March 9, 2010 in Biloxi, MS. A long time resident of the coast. She worked in many restaurants, Mary's Drive-In, Popps Ferry Restaurant, Sea & Sirloin, and the Sun & Sand, later she owned and operated the Seafood Hut (Now known as Port of Call) in North Biloxi....

Corazon "Cora Shannon

Corazon "Cora Shannon

Mar 9, 2010

Corazon U. Shannon, 65, of Biloxi, MS died Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Biloxi Regional Hospital. Mrs. Shannon is survived by her husband, Samuel L. Shannon; three sons, Eddie L. Shannon and wife, Tammy, Sonny L. Shannon, Steve L. Shannon and wife, Katie; two daughters, Jennifer L. Pumphrey and husband, Steve, Sierra M. Shobe and husband, Zack; ten grandchildren, Christina,...

Mary Jo Williams

Mary Jo Williams

Mar 9, 2010

Mary Jo Williams, age 89, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Mrs. Williams was a native of Tuscaloosa, AL and was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs. She was a Founding Member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church. She is preceded in death by her husband Glen J. Williams. Survivors include her son Duane Williams and wife, Edith,...

Sidney Paul Tisdale

Sidney Paul Tisdale

Mar 8, 2010

Sidney Paul Tisdale, age 56, of Gulfport, died Monday, March 8, 2010 in Bay St. Louis. He was born in Laurel and was a resident of Coldwater for twenty years before returning to the Gulf Coast one year ago. He was Baptist and was employed by Homestead Development, LLC as property manager. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Mary Frey

Mary Frey

Mar 8, 2010

Mary Frey, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS, died, Monday, March 8, 2010. Mrs. Frey was a resident of the Coast since 1991. She was a member of the Order Of The Eastern Star, East Central #394 in Wade and an organist at Spring Hill Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charley and Jencie Hartley Sauls,...