Obituaries
Kenneth Wayne Jacobs
Oct 6, 2009
Kenneth Wayne "Kenny" Jacobs, age 37, of Long Beach, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in Gulfport. He was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of Long Beach. He was a graduate of Long Beach High School and was an outside machinist. He was a member of Biloxi River Baptist Church, Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his...
Alice Lee Berry
Oct 6, 2009
Alice "Teancie" Berry, 96, of Biloxi, MS died on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Mrs. Berry was a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Biloxi. She excelled in tennis and basketball and was a member of the Biloxi High School Regional Girls Basketball Team Champs of 1930. Mrs. Berry is preceded in death...
Dale L. Holm
Oct 6, 2009
Mr. Dale L. Holm, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Holm was born on July 25, 1925, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Mr. Enoch Holm and Iva Stansbury Holm, both deceased. He served in the United States Army and was decorated a World War II veteran. He earned his living as...
John Patrick Ryan
Oct 6, 2009
Mr. John Patrick Ryan, 77, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, October 6, 2009, in Pascagoula. Mr. Ryan was born in Chester, PA, and had been a resident of the coast for the past 37 years. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran and a paratrooper with the U. S. Army Rangers in the Korean War. After retiring from...
Robert Anthony Webb, Sr.
Oct 6, 2009
Robert Anthony Webb, Sr., age 76, of Lizana died Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in Gulfport. He was a 1953 graduate of Woolmarket High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served on the Honors Team. He retired as a master electrician from Jacobs Engineering in Pearlington, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and...
Dr. Thomas H. Snell
Oct 5, 2009
Dr. Thomas H. Snell, 89 years old of Gulfport, danced his way into eternity on Monday, October 05, 2009. Born in Newcastle, Australia on December 28, 1919, “Doc,” a World War II veteran, enjoyed a life of service after receiving a Doctor of Chiropractic from Texas Chiropractic College in 1947. He pursued a Post Graduate Philosopher of Chiropractic degree and...
Edith Angeline Owens
Oct 4, 2009
Mrs. Edith Angeline Owens, age 83, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, October 4, 2009, in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd C. Owens and her parents, Theodore R. Prine and Ellon Prine. Survivors include a daughter, Ms. Sandra Cheryl Owens of Ocean Springs, MS., two sisters, Laverne Holmes of Gautier, MS. and Gladys (Harvey)...
F. D. Frederick
Oct 4, 2009
Mr. F.D. "Fred" Frederick, 73, of Wiggins, MS died on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Mr. Frederick was a native of Hackleburg, AL and resident of the Coast for the past 50 years. He was formerly employed with Johnson Marine Service. Mr. Frederick was a US Army Veteran. He will be missed by all who knew him. Mr. Frederick is preceded...
Randell J. Breeding
Oct 4, 2009
Mr. Randell J. Breeding, age 82, passed away at his home in Ocean Springs on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Randell was born in Louisville, KY on May 31, 1927, and was a WWII U.S. Army veteran. He retired from International Harvester and went on to receive a degree from Ivy Tech College in Air Conditioning and Heating Repair. He was...
Clara Mae Cottrell Oehms
Oct 4, 2009
Clara Mae Cottrell Oehms of Biloxi passed away Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the age of 85. Her family surrounded her, and her husband of 68 years held tight to her hand. She was born January 23, 1924. Clara, a lifelong resident of Biloxi, met her husband Clinton at a Lutheran Church social on Back Bay and married him on...
Donald Christopher Leggett
Oct 4, 2009
Mr. Donald Christopher Leggett, age 48, a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loved ones, on Sunday, October 4, 2009, after a courageous battle with cancer. Donald grew up in Ocean Springs, MS., where he graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1979. He was an all around athlete who...
Jessica Williams King
Oct 3, 2009
Mrs. Jessica Williams King, age 31, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, October 3, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. King was a native of Slidell, LA. and a resident of the coast for 12 years. She was the General Manager and a partner in the Sonic Drive Inn on Cowan/Lorraine Road in Gulfport. Survivors include her husband, Noel S. King,...
Margaret Kremer- Bond
Oct 2, 2009
Margaret Kremer-Bond, 96, of D'Iberville, MS passed away on Friday, October 2, 2009. She was born in Chicago, IL. She was a Captain in the Army Nurses Corps in WW II and served in North Africa, Italy and France. Margaret settled in Gulfport, MS after her marriage to Marcel Kremer in 1945. He preceded her in death as did her...
Robert Gordon Cossey
Oct 2, 2009
Mr. Robert Gordon Cossey, 90, of Vancleave, MS died Friday, October 2, 2009, in Vancleave. Mr. Cossey was a native of Staten Island, NY and has been a resident of Vancleave for the past 65 years. He was a musician and a band leader in the Big Band Era. He attended Tulane University and enjoyed a 50 year career as...
Carmela Elizabeth Karacand
Oct 1, 2009
Carmela “Millie” O. Karacand, 90, passed into God’s loving arms Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born on April 28, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York and made her home on the Coast for the last 49 years. “Mom” was a loving wife and mother who always had a twinkle in her eye, a quick smile, and...
Benjamin Neal Moats
Oct 1, 2009
Mr. Benjamin "Ben" Neal Moats, Sr., age 67, of Vancleave, MS, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2009, at Oschsner's Hospital in New Orleans, LA. Ben was born December 14, 1941, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He served his country in the U. S. Air Force, serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. He was transferred to Keesler AFB in 1970 and...
David Lawrence Mellen, Sr.
Oct 1, 2009
David Lawrence Mellen, Sr. 57, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2009. Born October 14, 1951 in Gulfport, Ms, David was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. His love of anything to do with being on the water guided his life, working as an overseas ship captain or fishing the rigs at home. David is survived by his father, S....
James Bernard Coffren
Sep 30, 2009
James (Jim) B. Coffren, age 76, Ret. TSGT of the US Air Force, after 21 years of service and a long standing member of the VFW Post 2434, died peacefully in his home on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 with his two daughters and his brother by his side. He is survived by his three daughters, Vicky Smith, Bonnie Grayson and...
Patricia Florence Drake
Sep 30, 2009
Mrs. Patricia Florence Drake, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, September 30, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Drake was born in West Ham, London, England, and was a coast resident since 1966. She was an avid bowler, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mrs. Drake was also a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian...
Robert Joseph Kneib
Sep 29, 2009
Mr. Robert Joseph Kneib, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, September 29, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Kneib attended Daytona Beach Community College in Daytona, Fl and was a former police officer there. He was a member of Moose Lodge #842, a veteran of the United States Navy and served in the Florida Army National Guard, 265th Artillery...
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