Obituaries

Charles Cecil Martin, Jr.

Charles Cecil Martin, Jr.

Dec 17, 2007

Charles Cecil Martin, Jr., age 74, of Gulfport, died Monday, December 17, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Martin was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of Burton Memorial United Methodist Church where he was a choir member, Sunday school teacher, President of United Methodist Men's Club, and Chairman of the Administrative Board. He was preceded...

Richard Seldon Saunders, Sr.

Richard Seldon Saunders, Sr.

Dec 17, 2007

Richard Sheldon Saunders, Sr., 77, of Saucier died Monday, December 17, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Saunders was a past master Mason and member of Masonic Lodge #422. He was a retired Navy Seabee. He was a member of Ramsay Memorial United Methodist Church and was a scout master with Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Saunders was preceded in death by...

Beverly Ann Zumo-Buch

Beverly Ann Zumo-Buch

Dec 17, 2007

Beverly (Zumo) Buch, age 61, of Ocean Springs, died on Monday, December 17, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Buch was preceded in death by her husband of 16 months, Yorgin A. Buch; her parents, Carl and Beatrice Zumo; sister, Teresa Zumo and brother, Jimmy Zumo. Survivors include nephew, A.J. Kennedy; nieces, Crystal Kennedy, Serenity Kennedy, Anastasia Kennedy and Aonesty Dedeaux...

Louis Wayne Rapp

Louis Wayne Rapp

Dec 17, 2007

Louis Wayne Rapp, age 65, of Long Beach, died Monday, December 17, 2007 in Gulfport. Sixty-five years ago a wonderful father, husband, and friend entered this world. On the day of December 17, 2007 God called him home. Our hearts will never beat the same. At his side was his life long love, Gloria Cryer Rapp. Louis led an extordinary...

Marie "Ione" Kelly Trascher

Marie "Ione" Kelly Trascher

Dec 16, 2007

Marie Ione Kelly Trascher, 93 years young, born in Biloxi in 1914 and a life-long resident of Biloxi and New Orleans, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 7:24 p.m. in Gulfport, shortly after receiving final blessings from Father Patrick Mockler. At her side were her daughter, Patricia Gloria Trascher, son, John Edward Trascher and family. Ione led an...

Inez Martinez-Pitalo

Inez Martinez-Pitalo

Dec 15, 2007

Mrs. Inez Martinez Pitalo, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, December 15, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Pitalo was a native of Gary, Indiana, and a former longtime resident of Buffalo, New York. She was a coast resident since 1948 and was formerly employed with the American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C. She was also a member of...

Edward T. Baumann

Edward T. Baumann

Dec 15, 2007

Edward Thomas Baumann, age 59, died Saturday December15, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Baumann was a native of Rock Island, IL and was a longtime resident of Gulfport. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and worked as a crane operator in the oil industry. Mr. Baumann was a member of Faith Baptist Church where he served as...

Rebecca Diane Elder Ball

Rebecca Diane Elder Ball

Dec 13, 2007

Mrs. Rebecca Elder Ball, 51, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Ball was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a 1972 graduate of Biloxi High School and the University of Southern Mississippi, class of 1976. She was employed with Hancock Bank as Supervisor of the Mortgage Department and retired after 20...

Ruth Mary Huls Hunt

Ruth Mary Huls Hunt

Dec 12, 2007

Mrs. Ruth Mary Huls Hunt, 89, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Hunt was born October 4, 1918, in Chicago, IL. She was a 1938 graduate of Biloxi High School and earned a degree at Morgan Park College. As a member of the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi, she served as Bible School Director and...

Stephen Alan McMillan

Stephen Alan McMillan

Dec 12, 2007

Stephen Alan McMillan, 56, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 in Biloxi. Stephen was a native of Dallas, TX, a resident of the Gulf Coast for 13 years, an avid motorcycle rider and was loved by all who knew him. Survivors include his wife, Kay McMillan, soulmate, Sue Wright of Biloxi, son, Mac Neal McMillan, sister, Ruth Ann Fine...

Jan Allan

Jan Allan

Dec 12, 2007

Janis Ferguson "Jan" Allan, age 89, of Gulfport died Wednesday, December 12, in Gulfport. She was a native of Dayton, TX and was a longtime resident of Gulfport. Jan was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mosie Ferguson, her husband, D.W. "Pete" Allan and a sister Lady Nan LaCour. She is survived by her sister, Leila Frazier of...

Christine Elizabeth Park

Christine Elizabeth Park

Dec 11, 2007

Mrs. Christine Elizabeth (Battise) Park, age 43, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, December 11, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Park was a lifelong resident of the coast. She sang in the choir at Big Ridge Baptist Church in D'Iberville where she was also a nursery worker. She was a member of the D'Iberville Moose Lodge #332 and the Scorpions...

Shirley Blackbourn

Shirley Blackbourn

Dec 11, 2007

Shirley Marie Blackbourn (nee Smith), age 70 of Gautier passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at her home. Mrs. Blackbourn was born on August 2, 1937 and was a resident of the coastal community and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, her brother, her sister, her daughter, a great-grandson, and a step-granddaughter. She is survived...

Olga Bertha Moran

Olga Bertha Moran

Dec 11, 2007

Olga Fournier Moran, 95, of D'Iberville died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in D'Iberville. Ms. Moran was a native and lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in D'Iberville. Ms. Moran was preceded in death by her husband, George M. Moran, her parents, Raymond and Clementine Fountain Fournier, son, Matt Moran, daughter, Barbara...

Sharon Kane-Neirynck

Sharon Kane-Neirynck

Dec 9, 2007

Sharon Kane Neirynck, age 70 of Ocean Springs passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Neirynck was born in Bloomington, Illinois and had been a resident of the Coast for over 40 years. She was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and the Biloxi Yacht Club. She was retired from Patterson's Pharmacy and St. Alphonsus...

Billy Joe Gilson, Jr.

Billy Joe Gilson, Jr.

Dec 9, 2007

Mr. Billy Joe Gilson, Jr., 43, of Vancleave, MS, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Gilson was born in Greenville, MS and had been a resident of the coast for the past 25 years. He was an accomplished artist who drew cartoon characters. He was an avid fisherman who loved to cook his catch. He loved his...

Peter Fortune Guidry

Peter Fortune Guidry

Dec 7, 2007

Mr. Peter Fortune Guidry, 70, of Pass Christian, MS, died Friday, December 7, 2007, in Jackson County. Mr. Guidry was born in Utica, NY and had been a resident of the coast for over 30 years. He was a member of St. Joseph The Worker Parish Catholic Church on the Seabee Base in Gulfport and the Knights of Columbus. A...

Curtis James Higginbotham, Sr.

Curtis James Higginbotham, Sr.

Dec 7, 2007

Mr. Curtis James Higginbotham, Sr., age 85, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, December 7, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Higginbotham was a native of Youngsville, LA., and a lifelong resident of the coast. He was in the US Marine Corp and was a veteran of WWII and the Korean War. He was formerely employed at Ingalls Shipbuilding and retired...

Marlene Elizabeth Sylvest

Marlene Elizabeth Sylvest

Dec 7, 2007

Mrs. Marlene Wynn Sylvest, age 58, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, December 7, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Sylvest was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary in North Biloxi and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Eula Wynn and two...