Obituaries
Stephanie Rae Koll
Sep 8, 2007
Miss Stephanie Rae Koll, 22, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007, in Harrison County. Stephanie was born in Hayward, CA and was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs. She was very involved with Gulf Coast Bands and a member of P.E.T.A. She was a licensed cosmotologist and formerly employed with Todd Boswell Salon. Survivors include her...

Pamela Snyder
Sep 8, 2007
Pamela Michelle Ward Snyder, 42, died Sat. 9/8/07 in Biloxi. Born 6/27/65, Baldwyn, MS, the daughter of William Lucian Ward and Gloria Ann Lucy Ward. She was a waitress, attended the Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, arts and crafts, sewing, crocheting, landscaping and loved her grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, a grandchild, Cameron Lizana. Survivors: husband, Wilburt Snyder, daughters,...
Leona Boudoin Broussard
Sep 7, 2007
Mrs. Leona Boudoin "Pushut" Broussard, 90, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, September 7, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Broussard was born in Abbeville, LA to Charles and Alida Boudoin on January 3, 1917. She moved to Biloxi at the age of 14 and remained a lifelong resident. Mrs. Broussard worked many years in the seafood industry and later worked in the...

Elizabeth A. Reicker
Sep 5, 2007
Elizabeth A. Reicker, age 92, of Gulfport died Wednesday, September 5, 2007 in Gulfport. Miss Reicker was born in Gulfport on November 26, 1914. Employed at Kremer Marine for 35 years, she retired in 1975 as partner and office manager. She was a lifetime member of St. John Catholic Church in Gulfport and at the time of her death she...

Timothy Aaron O'Brien
Sep 4, 2007
Timothy Aaron O'Brien, age 58, formerly of Gulfport, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007 from heart failure in Madison, Nebraska. Tim was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and was a 1966 graduate of Gulfport High School. He attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College where he earned an Associate of Arts degree and furthered his education at the University of Southern Mississippi majoring...

Ross Winchell Allen
Sep 4, 2007
Ross Winchell Allen, age 64, of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in Miami, FL. He was born May 2, 1943 in Leavenworth, Indiana. Ross served as a member of the Military Police in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea and St. Louis, MO. He received a bachelor degree from the University of Missouri where he was...
Christopher Pratt
Sep 3, 2007
Mr. Christopher Wayne Pratt, 17, of Woolmarket, passed away in his sleep and joined his Nona in Heaven on Monday, September 3, 2007. Christopher was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on September 27, 1989 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. He was a member of the Cedar Lake United Methodist Church. Christopher loved to fish and hunt. He was a very talented...
Dr. Frank G. Gruich, Sr.
Sep 1, 2007
Dr. Frank G. Gruich, Sr. was born into this life on March 12, 1920, on Point Cadet, Biloxi. He was born through death into everlasting life on September 1, 2007 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Dr. Gruich surmounted huge challenges from working in his grass roots in the shrimp factories to launching his life’s love and passion for knowledge and...
Sandra Kay Barnes
Aug 31, 2007
Mrs. Sandra Kay Collins Barnes, 54, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, August 31, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Barnes was a native of Danville, Arkansas and had been a resident of the coast for the past 40 years. She was a former real estate broker and co-owner of Barnes Wholesale Cars in Gulfport. She enjoyed her family, pets and gardening. Mrs....
Audrey Holliman Owen
Aug 30, 2007
Audrey Holliman Owen, 88, of Biloxi, died Thursday, August 30, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Owen was born in Biloxi, MS on January 31, 1919. She retired from Keesler Air Force Base and was a member of the Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame for basketball. Mrs. Owen was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Earl D. Owen,...
Lexi Marie Sherwood
Aug 30, 2007
Infant Lexi Marie Sherwood, nine months, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 30, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Lexi was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Karen Sherwood. Survivors include her parents, Brandon and Melissa Sherwood of Ocean Springs, paternal grandfather, Blair Sherwood also of Ocean Springs, maternal grandparents, Rusty and...

Dennis Arthur McGrury, Sr.
Aug 30, 2007
Mr. Dennis A. McGrury, Sr., age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 30, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. McGrury was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1972. He served in Vietnam in the U.S. Air Force and retired after twenty years of service. He also retired from UPS after twenty years, was a member of the VFW and...

Jerry W. Bell
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Jerry W. Bell, age 74, of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bell was a resident of the community for fifty one years and was very active on various church committees at the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi. He loved woodworking, was a charter member of the Fort Bayou Volunteer Fire Department, a...
Lee Charles Morris, Jr.
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Lee Charles Morris, Jr., 82, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Morris was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran of WW II and the Korean Conflict and retired from South Central Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Morris was a member of Nativity...

Carl C. "Kelly" Kellermann, Jr.
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Carl "Kelly" Kellermann, Jr., 54, of Gautier, MS, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Gautier. Mr. Kellermann was born in St. Paul, MN and had been a resident of the coast for the past 30 years. He was chief engineer with McAllister Brothers and a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. He was of the Catholic faith. Mr....

Hortense "Tonsie" Lapeyrouse Gaude'
Aug 26, 2007
Hortense "Tonsie" Lapeyrouse Gaude' was born May 4, 1903 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. One of eleven children born to David Louis Lapeyrouse and Marie Bourgeois Lapeyrouse, she lived in Thibodaux until her marriage to Robert P. Gaude' of Biloxi in 1925. She was a resident of Biloxi for the remainder of her life. Tonsie had three children: Robert, Jr., Shirley, and...

Bobby Harris Lott
Aug 24, 2007
Mr. Bobby Harris Lott, 76, of Vancleave, MS died Friday, August 24, 2007, in Vancleave. Bobby was a resident of the Gulf Coast for 47 years. He recently converted to the Catholic Faith and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Gulfport. He supported the Knights of Columbus in Columbia, MS. Bobby loved his family and friends. He...

Margaret Evelyn Heise
Aug 23, 2007
Evelyn Heise, 80, of Biloxi, MS died Thursday, August 23, 2007 in Biloxi. Margaret was a resident of Biloxi for the past 54 years. She has worked as a secretary for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Baptist Association. She also worked for 13 years as a medical secretary at Keesler A.F.B. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Biloxi...

William Lloyd Witham, Sr.
Aug 21, 2007
William L. Witham, Sr., Lt. Col. U.S.A.F. Retired, 85, of Ocean Springs, MS. died August 21, 2007 in Ocean Springs. He served 20 years in the United States Air Force retiring in 1963. As a pilot he flew many types of aircraft, including B-24's, B-25's and C-54's. He retired from the Civil Service in 1983 after 20 years where he...

Tommie Germany McCaleb
Aug 20, 2007
Tommie Germany McCaleb, age 89, of Broussard, LA, died Monday, August 20, 2007 in Broussard. She was born in Neshoba County, Ms and was a longtime resident of Gulfport having moved to Layfayette following Hurricane Katrina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Stewart McCaleb; a sister, Oletta Stoner Belk; and a brother, Chester Germany. Mrs. McCaleb is...
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