Obituaries
Kathryn "Kay" Miller
Aug 9, 2010
Mrs. Kathryn (Kay) Alexander Miller, 70, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on August 9, 2010. She was a long time resident of Ocean Springs and a faithful member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Mrs. Miller was born September 27, 1939 in Harrison County, MS to Hubert Leon Alexander and Flora Gene O’Neal Alexander Breland. She graduated from Wiggins...
Donald Gene Stevenson
Aug 8, 2010
Mr. Donald "Scotty" Stevenson, 79, of Latimer, passed away January 8, 2010, in Gulfport. Scotty was born September 2, 1930, in Clovis, New Mexico and raised in Oklahoma City. He joined the U. S. Navy where he served 24 years before retiring to the Gulf Coast. Scotty was preceded in death by his mother, Lula Snyder; and father-in-law, Erie Cruthirds....
Joan McCorkindale Armstrong
Aug 7, 2010
Joan McCorkindale Armstrong, aged 80 years, died on August 7, 2010. Born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada in 1929, Joan graduated from the Nursing Program of the prestigious Sick Children’s Hospital of Toronto, Canada. While serving as a nurse in Sacramento, CA, Joan met her husband of 49 years, the late Lt. Col. James King Armstrong. A resident of Ocean Springs...
Basil Lee Kittell, Sr.
Aug 7, 2010
Basil Lee Kittell, Sr., 63, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Saturday, August 7, 2010. Basil was known as a "giver" with a good heart. As the owner/operator of Bandit Light Company, and a member of Professional Kennel Club, he could always be counted on to sponsor the youth programs, St. Jude and Shriners benefit hunts. Basil enjoyed coon hunting...
Rosa Mae Gurganus
Aug 6, 2010
Mrs. Rosa M. Gurganus, 78, of Biloxi, MS, passed away, Friday, August 6, 2010, in Biloxi. Mrs. Gurganus was born in Chicod, North Carolina and had been a resident of Biloxi for the past 57 years. She was formerly employed with McVadon's Photography Studio for 30 years. She was an avid golfer and a member of Sunkist Country Club for...
Donald Edwin Hunt
Aug 4, 2010
Donald E. Hunt SMSgt (Ret.), 62, of Ocean Springs, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. Don was born in Bogalusa, LA and has been a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1971. Don heard the call of his country and joined the US Army in 1968 and served until 1971 during which he...
Elaine Mary Bosarge
Aug 3, 2010
Elaine Mary Bosarge, 84, of Biloxi, MS died on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Mrs. Bosarge was a native of New Orleans, LA and was raised in Ocean Springs but lived the majority of her life in Biloxi. She was a seamstress for ER Moore and a cafeteria worker for Biloxi School District. Mrs. Bosarge is preceded in death by her...
Ethleen B. Pinson
Aug 3, 2010
Mrs. Ethleen B. Pinson, beloved wife and mother, age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Ethleen was born on August 21, 1930, in Gastonia, NC, but had been a resident of Ocean Springs for approximately 40 years. She served with her husband in an Air Force career in civil service at...
Troy Anthony Garriga, Sr.
Aug 3, 2010
Mr. Troy A. Garriga of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Mr. Garriga had lived a wonderful and interesting life. His family will always remember his quick wit and beautiful smile. He was largely self taught and quite proud of learning computer skills late in life. Mr. Garriga will always be remembered for his great generosity to...
Eunice Dolores Jones
Aug 3, 2010
Eunice Dolores Jones, age 74 of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 in Ocean Springs where she had lived for 42 years. She was a wife and mother and retired as an administrative secretary at Keesler. She was preceded in death by husband, Lawrence T. Jones in 1976 and son, Michael D. Jones in 2009. Survivors include daughters, Barbara...
Troy Anthony Garriga, Sr.
Aug 3, 2010
Mr. Troy Anthony Garriga, Sr., 73, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Garriga was born on February 18, 1937. The son of a notorious moonshiner, Troy was forced to forego school to work as his father's coal boy, hauling bags of sugar and tending the still. At fifteen, he was warned by a...
Ray Spencer, EQCM USN, Retired
Aug 2, 2010
Ray Spencer, EQCM USN Retired, age 76 of Gulfport, died Monday, August 2, 2010 in Gulfport. Mr. Spencer was born in Beck, Kentucky and had been a resident of Gulfport for the past thirty years. He served in the U.S. Navy for thirty-one years, retiring in 1985 as a Master Chief. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam...
Melba Darlene Macri
Aug 2, 2010
Mrs. Melba Darlene Macri, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., went to be with her Lord on Monday, August 2, 2010. Mrs. Macri was a resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 58 years. She was a loving and devoted mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Truman Stanley and Bernard Macri and her parents,...
Lois R. Wagner
Aug 2, 2010
Mrs. Lois R. Wagner, 73, of Biloxi, MS, died Monday, August 2, 2010, in Ocean Springs. She was born in Saucier and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She was a loving wife and mother and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Wagner was preceded in death by her husband, John Wilbert Wagner, Sr.; daughter, Lynn Minton; parents, George S....
Katherine G. Cardwell
Aug 1, 2010
Katherine G. Cardwell, 85, of Biloxi, MS died on Sunday, August 1, 2010. Katherine was a longtime resident of Biloxi and was of the Methodist faith. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Rosey Haley Ward. Katherine is survived by her daughter, Cheryl (Robert) Stanford of Opelousas, LA; sons, Eric Reeves of Atlanta, GA and Michael D....
Karen McCarthy Barber
Aug 1, 2010
Karen McCarthy Barber, age 50, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2010, in the loving company of family and friends. Karen worked in the medical field as an MRI and Cat Scan Specialist. Her hobbies were pottery making and glass work. She loved children and dogs and although she did not get her desire to have...
Joyce Marie Hassler
Jul 31, 2010
Joyce Marie Hassler, 75, of Gulfport, a loving wife, mother and friend passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Woodland Village Nursing Center in Diamondhead, Ms. She was born on December 7, 1934 in Biloxi . Joyce enjoyed spending time with her loving family and friends while serving in ministry with her husband, Reverend Eugene Hassler for over fifty years....
Paul S. Kelly
Jul 30, 2010
Paul S. Kelly, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Gulfport on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:09 p.m. A wonderful husband, son, father, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, will be sadly missed by his family and friends. Paul was born March 2, 1924 in Davenport, Iowa. He was the second child of the late Sam and Esther Kelly....
Raymond Clinton Schankin
Jul 29, 2010
Mr. Raymond Clinton Schankin, 45 of Gulfport, MS, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Gulfport. Mr. Schankin was born in McKees Rocks, PA and spent most of his life on the Gulf Coast. He was a 1982 graduate of D'Iberville High School and USM class of 1987. Raymond was in corporate sales at Gulf Coast...
Jeremy Christan Williams
Jul 29, 2010
Chef Jeremy Williams, age 35 of Biloxi, MS., died Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Jeremy was raised in Hattiesburg, MS and was a resident of Biloxi for the past ten years. He was the former Head Chef at Minions Restaurant in the Palace Casino and current Chef de'Cuisine at Restaurant "32" in the IP Casino. He was the...
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