Obituaries
Jessie Floyd Welch
Jun 9, 2010
Jessie Floyd Welch went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. He leaves his wife, Merredithe, daughter, Teresa Magee, sons, Shannon Favre, Donald Koonce, Charles Welch, Robert Welch, Johnny Welch, and many loving grandchildren; great grandchildren; and friends. Jessie was raised in Uriah, AL, moving to the Gulf Coast in the sixties where he learned the...
Frank L. Verner
Jun 8, 2010
Frank L. Verner 83, known to all as “Capt Frank” passed away June 8th at his home after a brief illness. He spent 40 years at sea commanding small vessels to ocean going cargo and passenger vessels. His ship was toured by President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Roslyn while in port in Africa. He retired from Delta Lines in...
Mary Ann Harrison Warren
Jun 8, 2010
Mary Ann Harrison Warren, age 73, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010 in Gulfport. She was a native and long time resident of Gulfport. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport, the Woodglen Garden Club, and Revelers Carnival Association. Mrs. Warren was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.Pat Harrison, Jr. She is...
Leona Simmons Farrell
Jun 6, 2010
Leona Simmons Farrell, 81, of D'Iberville, MS passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, June 6, 2010. Mrs. Farrell was born in Vancleave and remained a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She is preceded in death by her parents, McKinley Simmons and Annie Forehand Simmons; two sisters, Margaret Wallace and Rosa Babuchna; two brothers, Roy Simmons and Paul Simmons....
Woodrow James Melton
Jun 6, 2010
Woodrow James Melton, 62, of Lizana, died Sunday, June 6, 2010 in Gulfport. He was born in Gulfport and was a life long resident of Lizana where he was a member of the First Baptist Church. He was a retired plumber. He was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow Melton; and a brother, Larry Melton. He is survived by...
Patricia Ann Bousqueto Johns
Jun 6, 2010
Patricia Bousqueto Johns, age 73, passed away peacefully, in her home, on Sunday, June 6th, 2010. “Pat” was born in Biloxi, MS, where she attended Our Mother of Sorrows School and Church. She graduated from Xavier Prep. Catholic School and Xavier Univ., both of New Orleans. She retired from the Department of Defense in Ft. Meade, MD. Pat was preceded...
Armstead "Doc" Brodnax
Jun 6, 2010
Mr. "Doc" Armstead Brodnax, age 73, of the Larue Community, died peacefully on Sunday, June 6, 2010, in Latimer, in the home he grew up in. Doc was a resident of the Larue community and was formerly employed with Litton Industries in Pascagoula. He loved the outdoors and loved to fish and hunt and was a local Historian He was...
Ruth Newport Carlisle
Jun 5, 2010
Mrs. Ruth Newport Carlisle, age 102, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Ocean Springs. She was born in Shawnee, OK., was a longtime resident of Zachary, LA. and a coast resident for fifteen years. Mrs. Carlisle, along with her husband, Reverend Robert Lee Carlisle, Jr., was a retired Southern Baptist Missionary, serving in Montevideo, Uruguay, for...
William "Bill" Lindsey
Jun 5, 2010
William "Bill" Lindsey , 66, of Biloxi, died Saturday, June 5, 2010 in Biloxi. He was retired from Dupont and previously served in the National Guard. He was a current member of the Joe Graham American Legion Post 119 and had served as 2nd Vice Commander, 3rd Vice Commander and on the Executive Board. He was a member of the...
Robert T. Conner
Jun 5, 2010
Mr. Robert T. Conner, age 78, of Moss Point, MS., died Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Pascagoula. Mr. Conner was a resident of Mississippi for the past 60 years. He owned and operated Top Notch Auto Sales and Quality Wholesale in Ocean Springs on Highway 90. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Jean Creel Conner, and his...
A. Mike Desmond, MSgt USAF Retired
Jun 4, 2010
A. Mike Desmond, MSgt USAF Retired, 65, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, June 4, 2010, in Gulfport. He was born in Geneva, New York and had been a resident of the coast over 20 years. He retired as Master Sergeant from the U. S. Air Force with over 24 years of service. He was a Vietnam Veteran and a member...
Debra Sanders
Jun 4, 2010
Mrs. Debra J. Sanders, age 58, of North Biloxi, MS., passed away on Friday, June 4, 2010, in Biloxi. Mrs. Sanders was born in Findly, OH, lived there until 1980, and then moved to Dallas, TX. Debra and her husband, the late Dempsey L. Sanders, resided in Dallas until his passing in 1997. She relocated to Biloxi, MS. and had...
Lester J. Thompson, Jr.
Jun 4, 2010
Mr. Lester J. Thompson, Jr. died Friday, June 4, 2010, surrounded by his family and friends after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Biloxi on June 2, 1941, he remained a lifelong resident and was preceded in death by his parents, Lester Sr. and Rosalie “Georgette” Wink Thompson; grandparents, George B. and Marguerite Stanovich Wink, C.A. and Laure...
James Stephen "Steve" Burnett
Jun 4, 2010
James Stephen "Steve" Burnett, TSgt USAF Retired, 54, of Saucier, MS, died Friday, June 4, 2010, in Mobile, AL. He was born in Memphis, TN and had been a resident of the coast since 1991. He retired from the U. S. Air Force in 1994 as a TSgt after 20 years of service. He was a veteran of Desert Storm...
Ruth Kathleen Phillips Winn
Jun 3, 2010
Mrs. Ruth Kathleen Phillips Winn, 66, of Long Beach, MS, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Winn was born in Laurel, MS and had been a resident of the coast since 1955. She attended the Assembly of God Church in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Clifton Phillips and Virgie Lena Moore Phillips; a...
Rose Marie Blanchard
Jun 3, 2010
Mrs. Rose Marie Blanchard, 73, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Blanchard was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She enjoyed riding the city buses and her three wheel bike. She was loved by all who knew her and she never met a stranger. She had been a...
Joseph "Owl" DeLozier
Jun 3, 2010
Joseph "Owl" DeLozier, 30, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Biloxi. Mr. Delozier was born in Stutgart, Germany and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He is survived by his son, Jakob A. DeLozier; mother, Anita Brown; father, John W. DeLozier; brother, Steven King and his wife, Shelly; niece, Faith King, and nephew, Kenneth King....
Harold J. Senseney
Jun 3, 2010
Harold J. Senseney, age 89, of Gautier, MS died Thursday, June 3, 2010 in Gautier, MS. Mr. Senseney was a native of Biloxi and a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding after twenty-six years of service as a pipefitter. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Gail Haines; sister, Mable Ross and parents, Frank...
Gilda Ervin Saunders
Jun 2, 2010
Gilda Ervin Saunders, age 65, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi., died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Settler's Point Personal Care Home, in Ocean Springs. Gilda was born, April 17, 1945, in Cleveland, Mississippi, to the late Viola C. and Fred H. Ervin. She graduated from Cleveland High School, in June, 1963. She attended Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississsippi, where she earned...
Joseph Williams, Jr.
Jun 2, 2010
Mr. Joseph Williams, Jr., age 83, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Williams was born in Ocean Springs, MS., and remained a lifelong resident. He was a veteran of the US Navy and the US Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding as a maintenance pipefitter....
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