Obituaries
Greta Alice Griffin
Jan 19, 2010
Greta Alice Griffin, age 82, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in Gulfport. She was born in Mars Hill, Maine and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast since 1974. She was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. She was retired from civil service and was formerly a receptionist at Lang Funeral Home. She was preceded in...
George E Switzer, Jr.
Jan 18, 2010
George E Switzer, Jr., 87, of Biloxi, MS died Monday, January 18, 2010. Mr. Switzer was born in Handsboro, MS, May 25, 1922. He enlisted in the US Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor. He served in the Pacific ending up on Okinawa and was there when the war ended. He was discharged from the Navy by Christmas of 1945. After...
Charles Edward Scabery
Jan 18, 2010
Charles Edward Scabery, born 1 August 1918, in West Chester, Iowa, died at home in Gulfport, 18 January 2010. Mr. Scabery was the youngest of three sons born to Charles Grover and Ina Mona Scott Scabery. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Jessie Anderson Scabery, and brothers Glenn Maxon and Earl Hansel Scabery. His survivors include his...
Samuel Dudley Nichols
Jan 15, 2010
Mr. Samuel Dudley Nichols, age 67, died Friday, January 15, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Nichols was a native of Magee, MS and retired from the U.S. Air Force where he was highly decorated for inventing a safety product that was later used by all the U.S. military. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard S. and Loree...
Elsie Virginia Benezue
Jan 14, 2010
Mrs. Elsie Virginia Rivers Benezue, age 91, of Vancleave, MS., died Thursday, January 14, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Benezue was born on February 12, 1918 in Noble, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward J. Benezue, Sr., parents, Odis Dee Rivers and Edith Pearl Rivers, two sisters and a brother. Survivors include seven children, Dixie (Lee)...
Velma Irene Dunnaway Forehand
Jan 14, 2010
Mrs. Velma Irene Dunaway-Forehand, 88, of D’Iberville went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 14, 2010, at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Forehand was born July 14, 1921, in Columbia, MS to the parents of Blair and Fannie Terrell. She was a resident of the Gulf Coast for most of her life. She was the oldest member of...
Hazel G. Smith
Jan 14, 2010
Hazel Graham Smith, 96, a lifelong resident of Gulfport, passed away Thursday, January 14, at Manhattan Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. Mrs. Smith was born in Gulfport on November 4, 1913. She graduated from Gulfport High School in 1932 and went on to graduate from the Port Arthur Business School in 1934. She served on the administrative staff for...
Mitchell Sevel, Jr.
Jan 13, 2010
Mitchell Sevel, Jr., age 87, of D'Iberville passed away at his home in D'Iberville, Wednesday, January 13, 2010. He was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a retired fisherman and owner of Family Seafood in Gulfport and manager of Boat Fresh Seafood in Gulfport. He was a veteran of World War II...
Cathrin M. Cumberland
Jan 13, 2010
Cathrin M. Cumberland, 84, of Saucier, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by a son, Ronny Cumberland; and her husband, Milford Cumberland; and her parents, Alvin Mordecai and Sarah Paxton. She is survived by a son, Milford "Sonny" Cumberland and his wife, Karen of Bay St. Louis; a sister, Ruby Lowry of Birmingham, AL...
Delores Lee Jones-Sartor
Jan 13, 2010
Delores Lee Jones-Sartor, 85, of Gulfport, MS died Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Mrs. Sartor was born and raised in Biloxi. She owned and operated Allied Personnel of Gulfport for 22 years. She was a very dynamic person and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Sartor was a true Southern Lady who was a very gracious person with an infectious...
Bruce Brannon Rogers
Jan 13, 2010
Mr. Bruce Brannon Rogers, 89, of Long Beach, MS, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Mr. Rogers was born in Thomas County, Georgia and moved to Greenville, MS in 1956 after his retirement as a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force. After retiring from the Air Force, he joined the State of MS as manager of the...
Louis Paul Gillespie
Jan 12, 2010
Louis Paul Gillespie, 78, of Biloxi, MS died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Mr. Gillespie served 27 years honorably in the US Army and US Air Force, which included the Korean Conflict and two tours of duty in the Vietnam War. After retiring from the service, he taught electronics in Saudi Arabia to their officers. Mr. Gillespie was a member of...
Rosie Agnes Broussard Prevost
Jan 11, 2010
Mrs. Rosie Broussard Prevost, 91, of Vancleave, MS, died Monday, January 11, 2010, in Gautier. God called her name to be with her parents, Louis and Cecile Hollier Broussard; brothers, Bruce, P'Nut and T. Jean Broussard; and sisters, Lillie and Enolia Broussard, Paula Trebotich, Margaret Savoy, Inez West and Mazie Wescovich. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Adam C. O'Keefe
Jan 11, 2010
Adam C. O'Keefe, 29, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, January 11, 2010. Adam was born on June 30, 1980 in Biloxi, MS. He graduated from St. Martin High School in 1998 and went on to receive his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2005. While in school, Adam developed an interest in (MMA)...
Samuel Phillips
Jan 10, 2010
Mr. Samuel Joseph Phillips, age 47, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Phillips was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs and a graduate of St. Martin High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, James "Jimmy" Phillips and Joeanne Hannah O'Bryant Phillips, and a brother, Mark A. Phillips. Survivors include a...
Fannie M. Dunnam
Jan 10, 2010
Fannie M. Dunnam, 93, of Ocean Springs, MS died Sunday, January 10, 2010. Mrs. Dunnam was a very faithful member of D'Iberville Christian Assembly. She is preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, William "Dewey" Dunnam; son, Frank Dunnam and parents, Arnet and Florence Bedwell Daughtry; two brothers, Edgar and Allen Daughtry; two sisters, Ida Lee Miller and...
Joeanne Phillips
Jan 10, 2010
Mrs. Joeanne Hannah O'Bryant Phillips, age 75, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Phillips was a devoted housewife and companion to her family and husband and was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, James "Jimmy" Phillips and two sons. Survivors include a...
Coy Casey Quesenberry, Sr.
Jan 10, 2010
Mr. Coy Casey Quesenberry, Sr., age 81, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, January 10, 2010. Coy was born on November 11, 1928, to Glen and Zella Quesenberry in Rossmore, West Virginia. He served his country in the United States Navy and then retired after 38 years working as a Nursing Assistant and...
Marjorie Donovan Lopez
Jan 10, 2010
Mrs. Marjorie Donovan Lopez, 99, of Ocean Springs, MS, died peacefully Sunday, January 10, 2010, In Gulfport. Mrs. Lopez was born November 4, 1910 in Shreveport, LA. She will be remembered by her extended family with love and laughter as an avid gardener and music lover as well as resident philosoper, advisor, family historian and mentor. Mrs. Lopez was preceded...
Lucille Ann Marie Foreman
Jan 10, 2010
Mrs. Lucille B. Foreman, 95, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Foreman was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Foreman; son, Jimbo Foreman; an infant daughter; two sisters and six brothers. Survivors include four daughters, Sylvia Smith...
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