Obituaries

Leonidas Dimitri Demetrakopoulos

Leonidas Dimitri Demetrakopoulos

Oct 18, 2007

Leonidas Dimitri Demetrakopoulos, 75, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Biloxi. Leonidas was a resident of the Gulf Coast for 10 years. He spent 23 years in New Orleans. Leonidas was an electrician and worked 20 years for Geo Source Corporation in New Orleans. He spent the last 10 years working in construction with his brother on the coast. He...

Ava Mae Felsher

Ava Mae Felsher

Oct 18, 2007

Ava "Mamie" Fayard Felsher, 95, of Woolmarket, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Biloxi. Mamie was a native and lifelong resident of Woolmarket. Mamie was a 1931 graduate of Woolmarket School and a member of Coalville United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by husband, Cliff "C.A." Felsher, parents, Wash and Etha Fayard, daughter, Brenda Sibley, son, Leroy Felsher,...

Susan Darnell Landrum

Susan Darnell Landrum

Oct 16, 2007

Mrs. Susan Darnell Brossett Landrum, 50, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Landrum was a native and longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her son, Gary Ray Shane Landrum, and her father, William E. Brossett. Survivors include her sons, Blaine Landrum and Brandon Landrum of Orlando, FL,...

Thomas Jefferson Craig

Thomas Jefferson Craig

Oct 16, 2007

Thomas J. Craig, age 88, of Ocean Springs, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Craig was born on November 29, 1918 in McEwen, Tennessee. He was a World War II Veteran who served in England and was discharged at Keesler Air Force Base. He continued to work at Keesler as a civilian employee for a...

Arne Griffin

Arne Griffin

Oct 16, 2007

Arne "Grit" McRae Griffin died unexpectedly in his sleep at the age of 58 on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. He was born on October 28, 1948 in Moss Point, MS. to the late Forest McRae Griffin and Cathleen Celma Cross Griffin. He attended grade school in Moss Point and graduated from Ocean Springs High in 1966....

Willene Dunaway Friar

Willene Dunaway Friar

Oct 15, 2007

Mrs. Willene Dunaway Friar, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS., went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 15, 2007. Mrs. Friar was born in Tylertown, MS. She had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1992, after living in Houston, TX., for 35 years, where she was actively involved in Sharpstown Baptist Church and the community. She was...

Sr. Mary Aimee Starks, R.S.M.

Sr. Mary Aimee Starks, R.S.M.

Oct 15, 2007

Sister Mary Aimee Starks, R.S.M., age 71, died Monday in Barling, AR. She was born in Biloxi and entered the Religious life in 1954 and spent 53 years as a Religious Sister of Mercy. Over the years she was a teacher and principal in Catholic parochial schools throughout the state of Mississippi and Arkansas. She was preceded in death by...

Mary Ann Clark

Mary Ann Clark

Oct 15, 2007

Mary Ann Clark, 83, passed away Monday, October 15, 2007 in Marietta, Georgia. Mary was born in Connecticut and lived in Ohio for 48 years. She was a resident of Biloxi for 25 years before relocating to Georgia 3 years ago.Mary was a WWII Women's Army Corps Veteran. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles W. Clark, Sr....

William Walter Vaughn David

William Walter Vaughn David

Oct 14, 2007

William Walter Vaughn David, age 57, a resident of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, October 14, 2007 in Smyth County, Virginia. He was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on February 19, 1950. Will retired in 1992 after serving 22 years as a Security Policeman in the United States Air Force. Thereafter, he made his home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, first in...

Dixie Saline Bowlin

Dixie Saline Bowlin

Oct 14, 2007

Dixie Saline Bowlin, 41, of D'Iberville died Sunday, October 14, 2007 in Biloxi. Dixie was a native of Olive Branch, MS. She was a graduate of Olive Branch High School, Class of 1984. Dixie was a resident of the Coast for the past 12 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Dixie...

Louis H. Teck

Louis H. Teck

Oct 14, 2007

Mr. Louis H. Teck, age 61, of Biloxi, MS., died Sunday, October 14, 2007, in Biloxi. He was born in Hattiesburg, MS., was formerly of Purvis, MS., and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. Mr. Teck was preceded in death by his parents, William and Sadie Teck. Survivors include two sisters, Martha Smith of Ocean Springs, MS., and...

Thomas  Clayton Timmons

Thomas Clayton Timmons

Oct 13, 2007

Mr. Thomas C. Timmons, 73 of D'Iberville, died Saturday, October 13, 2007 in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Timmons was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He retired after 20 years in the United States Air Force and after 25 years with the Harrison County Sheriff Office. He was a member of the...

Lonie Scarborough

Lonie Scarborough

Oct 12, 2007

Lonie “Faye” Phillips Scarborough, 68, of Saucier passed away Friday, October 12, 2007 in Saucier. Mrs. Scarborough was preceded in death by her husband, James “Jim” Scarborough; her father and mother, Ollie E. and Lillie L. B. Phillips, both of Raleigh; brothers D. W. Phillips, Curtis Phillips, A. W. Phillips, R. B. Phillips, J. W. Phillips, and sister Mary E....

Lou Bond

Lou Bond

Oct 12, 2007

Ms. Lou E. Bond, 89 of Biloxi, MS was called to be the Lord's angel on October 12, 2007. She was born on April 24, 1918. Ms. Lou E. Bond is preceded in death by her parents, William Wesley and Mary Forehand, her sisters, Gerturde Forehand and Ivon Hosli, her brother, Wilbur Forehand and her son Robert Wesley Hamm. Ms....

Laurence Viator

Laurence Viator

Oct 11, 2007

Mrs. Laurence Lachuassee Viator, 102, of D'Iberville, MS passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2007. Born in Erath, LA, she had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 75 years. Mrs. Viator was the former owner of Viator's grocery on Division St. in Biloxi. A former member of St. Louis Catholic Church and was currently a member...

John Mendon McMurrian

John Mendon McMurrian

Oct 9, 2007

John Mendon McMurrian, 69, of D'Iberville died October 9, 2007 in D'Iberville. John was a lifelong resident of D'Iberville. He was a graduate of D'Iberville High School where he played on the first football team. John was a graduate of Perkinston Jr. College. He was retired from Biloxi Police Department and The Department of Marine Resource Law Enforcement as a...

Jane Gaye Stallings

Jane Gaye Stallings

Oct 8, 2007

Jane Gaye Stallings, age 53, of Long Beach died Monday, October 8, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Stallings was born in Rolling Fork, and was a resident of Long Beach for 20 years. She was the co-owner of Coast Garage Door Company. She cherished her children and her granddaughter and was a wonderful wife to her husband. Gaye loved spending time...

Juliet Agnes Lamey Barnes

Juliet Agnes Lamey Barnes

Oct 7, 2007

Mrs. Juliet Agnes Lamey Barnes, 91, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, October 7, 2007, in D'Iberville. Mrs. Barnes was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a member of St. Louis and St. Johns Catholic Churches and the Senior Citizens Center for many years. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her former husbands,...

William Bradley Downs

William Bradley Downs

Oct 6, 2007

William Bradley Downs, age 21, of Saucier, died Saturday, October 6, 2007 in Saucier. He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Robert Camp; He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Downs, Jr. of Saucier; a sister, Cynthia Downs of Saucier; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Downs, Sr. of Bond, and Yvonne Andrews of...

Samantha Downs

Samantha Downs

Oct 6, 2007

Samantha "Sammy" Forehand Downs, age 19, of Saucier, died Saturday, October 6, 2007 in Saucier. She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Neil Richerson. She is survived by her mother, Michelle Kleiser and her husband, Jeffrey of Gulfport; her father, Bill Forehand of Gulfport; sisters, Tabetha Hartmann and husband Todd of Gulfport, Angel Young and husband, Donald of Pass...