Obituaries
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...
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...
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