Obituaries

Velma Marie Adams Hebert

Velma Marie Adams Hebert

Aug 25, 2009

Velma Marie Adams Hebert, 85, died Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Velma was a native of Lockport, LA and a resident of Biloxi. Velma was a great homemaker and took care of all her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Adam Joseph Hebert, parents, Clailborne Joseph and Lucy Adams, brother, Esnaire Adams, sisters,...

Rhonda Murphy Ford

Rhonda Murphy Ford

Aug 24, 2009

Rhonda Murphy Ford, age 47, of Gulfport, died Monday, August 24, 2009 in Gulfport. She was a native and lifelong resident of Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her father, Herbert B. Murphy, Sr.; her step-father, Jack Frieze; her sister, Brandi Frieze and Brandi's infant daughter, Selina. She is survived by her mother, Mildred Frieze of Gulfport; two sisters,...

Helen Maria Borrego

Helen Maria Borrego

Aug 24, 2009

Helen Maria Dasis Borrego, 71, of Ocean Springs, died Monday, August 24, 2009 in Ocean Springs. Ms. Borrego was born on October 18, 1936, to Arthur and Angelina Dasis. She was a resident of Ocean Springs. She was kind to homeless people and never denied anybody a place to stay. She was a loving person that will be greatly missed....

Jacob Davis Guice

Jacob Davis Guice

Aug 23, 2009

Jacob Davis Guice, 93, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, in his home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Mr. Guice was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 18, 1915 to William Lee Guice and Lee Dicks Guice and was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Jacob Guice was a native Biloxian who graduated from Biloxi High School as Valedictorian of...

Joyce Loretta Wieck O'Dell

Joyce Loretta Wieck O'Dell

Aug 23, 2009

Mrs. Joyce Loretta "Mullet Mom" Wieck O'Dell, mom, beloved mother, faithful wife, loving grandmother, caring sister and aunt, has peacefully joined her Heavenly Father, husband, Lee O'Dell and son, Timothy Lee O'Dell, in the Kindom of Heaven on Sunday, August 23, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Glen Wieck, Sr. and son-in-law, Gene Stracher. She is...

Frank George Hilt

Frank George Hilt

Aug 23, 2009

Mr. Frank George Hilt, age 91, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, August 23, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hilt was a native of Linton, North Dakota, a resident of the coast since 1968, and was a retired tool and dye maker with the M.H. Graham Corporation in Biloxi, MS. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp and was...

Julius Pavolini

Julius Pavolini

Aug 23, 2009

Julius Pavolini, 71, of Pass Christian, died Sunday August 23, 2009 in Gulfport. He was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He was preceded in death by his parents, Simon Pierre and Lucina Ladnier Pavolini; a sister, Margaret Lassabe, and two brothers, Red Pavolini and Burnell Pavolini. He is survived by a daughter, Patricia Havens of Pass Christian; a...

Stanley Fabian Cox, Jr.

Stanley Fabian Cox, Jr.

Aug 22, 2009

Mr. Stanley Fabian Cox, Jr., age 57, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, August 22, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Cox was a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a former member of the Ocean Springs Fire Department and served six years in the Mississippi National Guard. He was a self-employed heavy equipment operator and enjoyed dirt track racing,...

Lester A. Taylor

Lester A. Taylor

Aug 22, 2009

Mr. Lester A. Taylor, 95, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, August 22, 2009, in Biloxi. Mr. Taylor was born in Milton, FL and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Biloxi and a former member of Biloxi Elks Lodge #606. He was past king of Les Cavaliers. Mr. Taylor...

Christopher "Chris" Wayne Webb

Christopher "Chris" Wayne Webb

Aug 22, 2009

Christopher "Chris" Webb, 24, of D'Iberville, MS died on Saturday, August 22, 2009. Chris was a native of Biloxi and a resident of D'Iberville. He graduated from D'Iberville High School, Class of 2004. Chris enjoyed boating, motorcycles, race cars and fishing. He also enjoyed his time he spent with his stepson, Kailer and was anticipating the arrival of a newborn...

Holden Matthew Fox

Holden Matthew Fox

Aug 22, 2009

Infant Holden Matthew Fox, of Biloxi, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center in Biloxi. Private memorial services will be held at a later date. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 675 Howard Avenue, Biloxi (228) 374-5650 is in charge of arrangements.

Doris Madeline Wicklund Mason

Doris Madeline Wicklund Mason

Aug 21, 2009

Doris Madeline Wicklund Mason, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, August 21, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Ms. Mason was a resident of the coast for ten years and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. She loved to fly with her father and enjoyed raising and loving her family. She was an inspirational mother who...

Hilda Faye Ross

Hilda Faye Ross

Aug 20, 2009

Mrs. Hilda Faye Ross, age 66, of North Biloxi, MS., joined her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, when she passed away on August 20, 2009. Mrs. Ross was born in Whitley City, Kentucky, on April 17, 1943. She was a member of Cedar Lake Christian Assembly. She was preceded in death by her parents, James "Gib" Wilson and Gladys "Dean"...

Janie Elaine Miller Lassere

Janie Elaine Miller Lassere

Aug 19, 2009

Janie Elaine Miller Lassere, 53, of Biloxi, passed away Wednesday, August. 19, 2009 in Biloxi. Mrs. Lassere's survivors include her husband Joe Lassere; daughters, Tasha Marie Berry and Cherish Walker; and sisters Rose Miller, Ruth A. Bullock, Barbara Cooley, Debbie June Miller; 6 grand children and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Memorial service will be Monday, August 24, 2009, 7...

Eleanor Rollins Nevels

Eleanor Rollins Nevels

Aug 19, 2009

Mrs. Eleanor Rollins Nevels, age 82, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Nevels was a native of Meridian, MS. and a longtime resident of the coast. She was a longtime Avon representative and co-owner of Hometown Furniture in Ocean Springs. She was also a past member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She was...

Joseph "Joe" Gregory Williams

Joseph "Joe" Gregory Williams

Aug 18, 2009

Mr. Joseph "Joe" Gregory Williams, age 30, of St. Martin, MS., died Tuesday, August 18, 2009, in Tuscaloosa, AL. Joe graduated from St. Martin High School in 1997, where he excelled in baseball and football. After high school, Joe joined the United States Army and served his country in Iraq during Operation Freedom. After returning home from Iraq, he settled...

William L. Hardaman

William L. Hardaman

Aug 18, 2009

William L. "Bill" Hardaman, 84, of Gulfport died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in Gulfport. He was born August 29, 1924 in Sylacauga, AL. In 1925 the family moved to Miami, FL and he attended Miami Edison High School. At age 17 he quit school and went to work with a neighbor on a tow boat on the Mississippi River working...

Mary Louise LeBlanc

Mary Louise LeBlanc

Aug 18, 2009

Mary Louise LeBlanc, 88, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. LeBlanc was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was the owner and operator of Flippers Harbor I and Flippers Harbor II Restaurants, Biloxi. She was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral and a member of the American Legion Auxilary in Gulfport. She was...

Robert  Henry Szymanski

Robert Henry Szymanski

Aug 17, 2009

Robert Henry Szymanski, age 89, of Gulfport, died Monday, August 17, 2009 in the home where he was born. He had been a resident of Gulfport for most of his life. He was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Gulfport. Mr. Szymanski was a retired shift supervisor for Mississippi Power Company where he was employed for over 34...

Michael Keith Dronet

Michael Keith Dronet

Aug 17, 2009

Michael Keith Dronet, 60, of Biloxi, died Monday, August 17, 2009 in Biloxi. Michael was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a chief engineer with L & M Botruck and was of the Catholic faith. Preceded in death by his mother, Mary Ellen Ziz Dronet and sister, Kathy Marie Pauley. Survivors include his father, Harry Paul Dronet, daughters, Angela...