Obituaries
Billy Bane Braswell
Oct 15, 2009
Billy Bane Braswell of Kennesaw, GA was born in Leland, MS on December 15, 1928. He was the son of George P. and Eva Braswell of Clarksdale, MS, both deceased. He lived in Clarksdale , Ms and graduated from Mississippi State University where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He retired from Smith, Kline and Beecham in 1987....
Thomas Glover Roberts
Oct 15, 2009
Thomas Glover Roberts III of Gulfport, age 68, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2009 in Gulfport. He was born September 14, 1941 at the old Kings Daughters Hospital in Gulfport. Mr. Roberts was preceded in death by his parents, William Booth Roberts and Dorothy Peets Roberts, both of Gulfport. Glover is survived Laura Wilcox Roberts his wife of 40...
Elmarita Mary Saucier
Oct 15, 2009
Mrs. Elmarita M. Trochesset Saucier, 69, of D'Iberville, MS, passed into the loving arms of our Blessed Lord Thursday, October 15, 2009, in Biloxi, after a short battle with cancer. Elmarita was born January 5, 1940 in Biloxi and grew up in the Biloxi-D'Iberville area. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the D'Iberville Community Club where...
James Henry Comer
Oct 14, 2009
James H. "Jim" Comer, 70, of D'Iberville, MS died on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Mr. Comer served his country in the US Air Force. Upon departure, he worked for the Air Force Exchange for nearly 20 years. He was also the executive chef for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum and Ingalls Shipyard. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting, camping and...
Blodwyn Lett Pritchard
Oct 14, 2009
Blodwyn Lett Pritchard, 86, was delivered by God's Holy Angels to our Lord, October 14, 2009. Resolute and intrepid to the end, she was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 1981and a registered nurse retired from Memorial Hospital at Gulfport. Mrs. Pritchard maintained an active lifestyle for many years. Her travels took her overseas to France and other...
Bernice Davis
Oct 13, 2009
Bernice Davis, age 97, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2009. She was the widow of Fred Enoch Davis, both longtime residents of the Gulf Coast and both Jehovah's Witnesses. Surviving family members total 93, spanning four generations. She will be missed by those of her own flesh and blood, as well as her spirital family in the congregation and her...
Elwood M. Graham
Oct 12, 2009
Mr. Elwood M. Graham, age 89, of Ocean Springs, MS., formerly of Minneapolis, MN., died Monday, October 12, 2009. Graham was preceded in death by his parents, Maurice H. and Palma S. (Albertson) Graham, his twin brother, Maurice W. Graham, and granddaughter, Lauren Leigh Hill. Survivors include his wife, Anne, of Ocean Springs, MS., sons, Scott Graham and Blake (Teri)...
Infant Marc Mathius Hayes
Oct 12, 2009
Marc was born October 12th, 2009, and died eight short minutes later. He was the son of Kristy Marie Mizell and Mark Mabry Hayes Jr., and was survived by various relatives in Mississippi and Michigan. Visitation: Friday, October 23, from 12 Noon - 1 PM, with a 1 PM chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe....
Doris Mae Howard
Oct 12, 2009
Mrs. Doris Mae Ladnier Howard, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Monday, October 12, 2009, sleeping comfortably in the company of her son and granddaughter. Mrs. Howard was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Eugene Ladnier and Ida Wilson Ladnier,...
Ken A. Whittington
Oct 12, 2009
Mr. Ken A. Whittington, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Monday, October 12, 2009. Mr. Whittington was born in the Ramsey Springs Community and had been a lifelong resident of Jackson County. He was a longtime member of the Jackson County Fair Board, was an avid hunter and fisherman...
Robert Walter Lowery
Oct 11, 2009
Mr. Robert W. Lowery, 61, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, October 11, 2009, in Biloxi. Mr. Lowery was born in Laurel, MS and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Air Force Veteran of Vietnam and a former Biloxi Police Officer. He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Gautier and the...
Oral Harper
Oct 11, 2009
Mr. Oral Harper, age 84, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, October 11, 2009, in Pascagoula. Mr. Harper was born in West Virginia and lived most of his life in Centerburg, Ohio, and had lived in Ocean Springs for the past twenty eight years. He served in the Army during WWII spending most of his time at Pearl Harbor. He...
Douglas Hall
Oct 10, 2009
Mr. Douglas Hall, 82, of Vancleave, MS, died Saturday, October 10, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hall was born in Quitman, MS and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a WW II Veteran of the U. S. Navy and retired U. S. Air Force MSgt. having served in Vietnam. He was a faithful attender of Bonnie...
John James Read, Jr.
Oct 10, 2009
John James Read, Jr., 76, died Saturday October 10, 2009, at the VA Hospital in Houston, Texas, following complications from lung surgery. Mr. Read was born in Picayune, Mississippi on October 17, 1932, to John Read Sr. and Vivian Mykleby Read. He graduated from high school in New Orleans and later received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University....
Dominic Paul DeNicola
Oct 9, 2009
Mr. Dominic Paul DeNicola (Nick) age 89, of Gulfport, MS died Friday, October 9, 2009 in Gulfport. Nick was born in Gulfport, MS on January 7, 1920, to Salvatora Trippe DeNicola and Andrea (Henry) DeNicola, and he was one of nine children. Dominic DeNicola graduated from Gulfport High School class of 1937. Nick entered the Army Air Force in 1942...
Terry Jones
Oct 9, 2009
Mr. Terry Jones, 64, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, October 9, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Jones was born in Rome, Georgia and had been a resident of the coast about 12 years. He was employed at Champion Chrysler and was a former football and wrestling coach in Rome, GA Survivors include a son, Jeff S. Jones of Woodstock, GA; a...
Josephine "Jo" Pierson Rountree
Oct 9, 2009
Josephine “Jo” Pierson O’Brien Rountree, age 69, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, October 09, 2009, in Ocean Springs after a very courageous battle with cancer. Josephine was the first baby born on January 1, 1940, in Montgomery, AL. She retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2000 and she was very proud of her military life. Josephine is preceded...
Helen Lovett Hunter
Oct 8, 2009
Mrs. Helen Lovett Hunter, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, October 8, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Hunter was a resident of the community since 1969 and attended North Gautier Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty years, Worth Williamson and her husband of twenty years, Leo Hunter, two sons, Worth Williamson, Jr.,...
Richard Henry Boehmer
Oct 8, 2009
Richard H. Boehmer, 83, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Mr. Boehmer was a native of New Orleans and attended Texas A & M University before he was inducted into the US Army. He served during World War II in the South Pacific on Leyte and Luzon in the Phillippines and with the first occupation forces...
James Alton Pylate, Jr.
Oct 8, 2009
Mr. James Alton "Buster" Pylate, Jr., age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, October 8, 2009, as he requested. Born in Biloxi, MS., on January 13, 1938, the Gulf Coast was his home, having served in retail management throughout his career. He was a member of Cedar Lake Christian Assembly in Biloxi. He...
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