Obituaries
Alvin Austin LeDuke, III
Apr 22, 2007
Mr. Alvin Austin LeDuke, III, 58, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, April 22, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mr. LeDuke was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a 1966 graduate of Biloxi High School where he was a member of the "Pride of Biloxi" Marching Band and a graduate of the Perkinston Campus of the Mississippi Gulf Coast...
Elizabeth Blom
Apr 20, 2007
Mrs. Elizabeth Blom, born in Wayne, Pennsylvania and a longtime resident of Huntington, NY, died April 20, 2007, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Blom had been a resident of Biloxi since 1996. She was an office manager and bookkeeper for a number of businesses in Huntington, NY, retiring from the billing department of Huntington Hospital in 1992. Her family wishes to...
Mary E. Frost
Apr 19, 2007
Mrs. Mary E. Frost, 86, of Biloxi, MS, was called home Thursday, April 19, 2007. She will be remembered by all that love her as a woman who never met a stranger. Mrs. Frost was born July 4, 1920 in Norman, Oklahoma and was a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a member of J. T. Leggett Memorial United Methodist...
Louise Aline Sanchez Nolte
Apr 19, 2007
Mrs. Louise Aline Sanchez Nolte, 88, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2007. Affectionately known as "Gran", she will be remembered for her devotion to her Catholic faith and love of family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gregory N. Nolte, Sr.; parents, John and Katherine Sanchez; siblings, John, Edward, Robert, Thomas, Richard, Mary...
Mildred Mae Bourn
Apr 19, 2007
Mrs. Mildred "Bibbie" Holland Bourn, 84, of Biloxi, MS died Thursday, April 19, 2007 in Biloxi. Mrs. Bourn was a lifelong Apostolic Pentecostal member of the First Penecostal Church of Biloxi. She is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Joe F. Bourn, two sons, Rev. Charles Bourn, Rev. Joel Bourn and a daughter, Deta Bourn Bourriague, as...
ALTHEA PARKER RODRIGUEZ
Apr 19, 2007
Althea Mary Parker Rodriguez, born December 8, 1912, died April 19, 2007. She was born on Croesus Street in Biloxi, MS. Althea is preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Nettie Parker, her husband of 44 years, Daniel Rodriguez, her siblings R.J. Parker, Ida Mae Florence, Julius Parker, Mary Swetman, Jack Parker, her daughter Patricia Hurlbert, her grandsons Bobby...
Gerald "Boo-Boo" Broussard
Apr 17, 2007
Mr. Gerald "Boo-Boo" Broussard, 73, of Biloxi, died in the early morning hours on Monday, April 17, 2007. A lifelong resident of Biloxi, he was the epitome of Biloxi "Cajun", and was born and lived his life on Point Cadet, working 60 years of his life doing what he loved best, fishing the local waters of the Mississippi Sound. During...
Carole Murrell Jones
Apr 17, 2007
Mrs. Carole M. "Carole Jo" Jones, age 62, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, April 17, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Jones was a lifelong resident of the community and loved to be around her friends. She had a very outgoing personality and loved life. She was preceded in death by her father, Lionel Murrell. Survivors include two daughters, Tiffany...
James Holcombe
Apr 16, 2007
James Malcolm Holcombe, 85, died April 16, 2007 in Ocean Springs. He was a native Biloxian, born in the shadow of the Lighthouse. Having been born in 1922 just northwest of it on property then owned by his grandparents, John L. and Isabella Fayard Lestrade. It was the same parcel of Land Grant #5 granted to his great, great, great...
Suzanne Strangi
Apr 16, 2007
Miss. Suzanne Strangi, 46, of Biloxi, MS, and formerly of Jacksonville, FL, died Monday, April 16, 2007, at her family home in Biloxi. She was born September 29, 1960 and graduated from Biloxi High School. Miss. Strangi is survived by her mother, Suzanne "Sue" Strangi; her sisters, Lee Ann Dubaz and her husband, Gary, Mary Beth Broussard and her husband,...
Henry Chester Fortner, Jr.
Apr 16, 2007
Mr. Henry Charles Fortner, Jr. passed away on Monday, April 16, 2007 after a long illness. Mr. Fortner was born on September 5, 1957. Rusty as he was known by all, was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a commercial fisherman. He was preceeded in death by his father, Henry Charles Fortner and Ella Tauzin Fortner. He was also...
Charles George Rumsey
Apr 15, 2007
Mr. Charles George Rumsey of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, April 15, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Rumsey was a native of Cicero, Illinois and had been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past 47 years. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps as a B-29 pilot during WW II. He was a member of St. Alphonsus...
Wilbur Trahan
Apr 14, 2007
Wilbur “Willie” Trahan, 64, passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at Memorial Hospital , Gulfport, MS. He was born in Welsh, Louisiana and was a long time resident of Gulfport. He will be deeply remembered as a devoted American citizen and protector of democracy, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and good friend to many of "his" Veterans. As a...
Lartha Anglin Marroy
Apr 14, 2007
Mrs. Lartha Anglin Marroy, 61, of Long Beach, MS, passed away Saturday, April 14, 2007. She will be remembered by all that love and miss her as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother (“Granny”), sister, aunt, “Nanny”, and a wonderful friend to many. Mrs. Marroy was born on September 16, 1945 in Panama City, FL. She is a longtime resident of...
JOAN KATHLEEN WILSON
Apr 13, 2007
Mrs. Joan Kathleen Valerie Wilson, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, April 13, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wilson was a native of London, England. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, the Scottish Society, and the VFW Auxiliary. She was also a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and the Christus...
Charlotte "Dean" Young McCarty
Apr 13, 2007
Charlotte "Dean" Young McCarty, 48, of Gulfport died Friday, April 13, 2007 in Biloxi. Mrs. McCarty was born in Gulfport and has been a resident of Evansville, Indiana until four months ago when she moved back home to Gulfport. Mrs. McCarty is preceded in death by her father, Henry D. Young, her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rube Salters, and...
Raymond L. Hamel
Apr 12, 2007
Mr. Raymond L. Hamel, Sr., 69, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Hamel was born October 19, 1937, in Bangor, Maine. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1975, The Biloxi Police Department in 1984, and the Air National Guard in 1998. During his career, Ray was stationed at Keesler AFB, MS,...
Marie Higginbotham
Apr 11, 2007
Mrs. Marie Higginbotham, 84, of Ocean Springs died Wednesday April 11, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Higginbotham was a native of Kaplin, LA. and has been a resident of Biloxi since 1941. She was a member of Blessed Seelos Catholic Church ( St. John Catholic Church 910 Lemeuse St. Biloxi ). She was a member of the Fleur de lis...
Alton Sidney Wescovich, Sr.
Apr 11, 2007
Mr. Alton Sidney "Son" Wescovich, Sr., age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Pascagoula, MS. Mr. Wescovich was a lifelong resident of the coast and was a member of the Elks Lodge #606 in Biloxi, MS., He formerly owned Coastwide Security, served in the Coast Guard Reserve and worked for the Biloxi Police Department for...
Charles Raymond "Bill" Cunningham
Apr 11, 2007
Charles Raymond "Bill" Cunningham, age 88, of Gulfport died Wednesday, April 11, 2007 in Gulfport. He was born in Scircleville, Indiana and was a resident of Gulfport for 23 years. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church, where he served as an usher for 20 years. Mr. Cunningham served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and...
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