Obituaries

Thomas Lee Arnold

Thomas Lee Arnold

Dec 9, 2009

Mr.Thomas Lee Arnold went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. He was a resident of Ocean Springs, MS for the past 60 years and was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He then joined the Army and later retired from the US Air Force. He served during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He was employed...

George Lenon Jordan

George Lenon Jordan

Dec 8, 2009

Mr. George L. Jordan, 59, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Jordan was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He served with the Biloxi City Fire Department 20 years and retired in 1993. He worked as a shrimper most of his life and also a carpenter, and enjoyed hunting, fishing and football. He will...

George Lenon Jordan

George Lenon Jordan

Dec 8, 2009

Mr. George L. Jordan, 59, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Jordan was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He served with the Biloxi City Fire Department 20 years and retired in 1993. He worked as a shrimper most of his life and also a carpenter, and enjoyed hunting, fishing and football. He will...

Antoinette M. Gouin

Antoinette M. Gouin

Dec 8, 2009

Mrs. Antoinette Gouin, 103, of Gulfport, MS died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 in Gulfport. Mrs. Gouin was a native of St. Charles-Borromee, Joliette, PQ, Canada, a resident of Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada for 5 years, a resident of International Falls, MN for 35 years and a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1989. Mrs. Gouin was a homemaker and...

David Fountain Shivers, Jr.

David Fountain Shivers, Jr.

Dec 7, 2009

David Fountain Shivers, Jr. 29, of Gulfport, died Monday, December 7, 2009 in Gulfport. He was born in Pascagoula and had been a resident of Gulfport for twenty-seven years. He enjoyed playing guitar, keyboard and singing for the Lord. He also loved fishing and doing things with his children and family. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Fountain...

Teri Marie Wilson

Teri Marie Wilson

Dec 7, 2009

Teri Marie Wilson was granted her angel wings on December 7, 2009. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends, which Teri had touched in some way throughout her very memorable journey through life. Teri's life would seem too short to many, but those who were touched by her understood that the quality of existence far exceeds the...

Stella Marie Harkin

Stella Marie Harkin

Dec 7, 2009

Mrs. Stella Marie Harkin, 78, Pass Christian, died Monday morning December 7, 2009 at home in Pass Christian. Mrs. Harkin was born Stella Marie Durand in Spooner, Wisconsin as the middle of seven children of Felix A. and Anna Jean Durand (Fontaine). She married John Lewis Harkin on June 10, 1950 and they lived in Sarasota, Florida from 1955 to...

Lyle Bonge

Lyle Bonge

Dec 7, 2009

Mr. Lyle Bonge, 80, of Biloxi, MS, died Monday, 12-7-09. Memorial services will be held at a later date. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE Funeral Home (228-374-5650), Biloxi is in charge of arrangements.

June L. Cutrer, Sr.

June L. Cutrer, Sr.

Dec 6, 2009

Mr. June L. Cutrer, Sr., 80, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Cutrer was born in Hattiesburg, MS and had been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past 4 years. He enjoyed working in construction and loved hunting, fishing and bluegrass music. He was an avid gardener and a fan of LSU...

Marlin  "Red" Carr

Marlin "Red" Carr

Dec 5, 2009

Mr. Marlin "Red" Carr, 82, of Gulfport, MS, joined our Father in Heaven on Saturday, December 5, 2009. Marlin was born in Blue Mountain, Tippah County, Mississippi on March 20, 1927. Marlin married his wife, Ruby Gay Burns, of Burns, Mississippi, in 1947 and soon after moved to the coast to raise a family. Marlin worked for the City of...

Joyce A. Turner

Joyce A. Turner

Dec 5, 2009

Mrs. Joyce A. Turner, 79, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, in Gulfport. Mrs. Turner was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She and her husband, Lloyd Turner, were owners/operators of TNT Hardware in Biloxi. She was a charter member of Beauvoir United Methodist Church and a member the Order of The Eastern Star, Joppa Shrine. She...

Lila Marie Mallette

Lila Marie Mallette

Dec 5, 2009

Mrs. Lila Etherton Mallette, 86, of Vancleave, MS, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, in Vancleave. Mrs. Mallette was a native of Biloxi and a longtime resident of the Ft. Bayou Community. She was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Vancleave and the Ft. Bayou Home Demonstration Club for 50 years. She was an avid supporter of all her...

William (Bill) Jerald Stringer

William (Bill) Jerald Stringer

Dec 5, 2009

William (Bill) Jerald Stringer, 78, born December 8, 1930, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2009. Bill was a lifelong resident of D'Iberville, a veteran of the Army and retired owner of Stringer Auto Air. He loved to fish. He was a former member of Pride of the South Bass Club, where he was "Mr. Bass of the Year" several times....

Kathy A. Peterman

Kathy A. Peterman

Dec 5, 2009

Kathy S. Peterman, 50, of Saucier, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, in Gulfport. Mrs. Peterman was born in Snyder, TX and had been a resident of Saucier for 29 years. She was a Baptist. Mrs. Peterman was the loving mother of Beth Peterman, Brian Matheny (wife, Shannon), Josh Peterman and Gentry Peterman. She is also survived by a sister, Glenda...

Mittie Ladner Husley

Mittie Ladner Husley

Dec 4, 2009

Mrs. Mittie L. Husley, 92, of Woolmarket, died Friday, December 4, 2009, in Gulfport. Mrs. Husley was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a lifelong member of Coalville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Husley was preceded in death by her husband, Orin W. Husley, Sr.; son, Orin W. "Mack" Husley, Jr.; parents, Emerson and Amelia Ladner; step-mother,...

Chloe Rashelle Wells

Chloe Rashelle Wells

Dec 1, 2009

Infant Chloe Rashelle Wells, 3 1/2 weeks old was sent to Heaven on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, to join her great-grandfathers, Lionel Tillman and Jack Hull and a cousin, Xavier Wells. She leaves behind to love and cherish her memories her parents, Crystal and Robert Wells; sisters, Mary Wells, Layla Stallworth, Robbin Wells; maternal grandparents, Roxanne and Randy Seidule, Kenneth...

Juanita Marie Rose

Juanita Marie Rose

Nov 30, 2009

Juanita Marie Rose, age 85, of Gulfport, died Monday, November 30, 2009 at her home in Gulfport. She was born in Pleasanton, NE and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1951. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred V. Rose in 1969, killed in Hurricane Camille,...

Alva Malton Basque

Alva Malton Basque

Nov 30, 2009

Mr. Alva Malton Basque, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, November 30, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Basque was a lifelong resident of the coast and served in the U.S. Navy for twenty years. He won several awards for excellence in the food service industry, was a tender-hearted man who contributed to charities for many years and was...

Ruby Lee Woods Lindsey

Ruby Lee Woods Lindsey

Nov 29, 2009

Ruby Lee (Woods) Lindsey On November 29, 2009 the Lord opened his arms and welcomed Ruby Lee (Woods) Lindsey into his bosom. She was born September 16, 1943 in Gulfport where she spent her life and 47 years of marriage. She was a homemaker until her children grew up and then she opened Ruby's Book Corner. After receiving a kidney...

David Ray Gavins

David Ray Gavins

Nov 29, 2009

David Ray Gavins, 57, of Biloxi, MS died unexpectedly in his sleep Monday, November 30, 2009. Dave was a bass guitarist and a licensed building contractor. He is survived by his father, Ray Gavins of Biloxi; his mother, Joyce Vegely of D'Iberville; sons; Tommy Gavins of D'Iberville, Billy Goff of New York; daughters, Ashley and Sariah McLain of Richton, MS....