Obituaries

Floyd Eugene Pinkerton

Floyd Eugene Pinkerton

Mar 16, 2007

MSgt. Floyd E. Pinkerton, USAF, Ret., age 73, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, March 16, 2007, in Biloxi. MSgt. Pinkerton was a resident of Biloxi for twenty five years. He retired from the Air Force and from civil service. He was preceded in death by his parents and three grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Nancy, of Biloxi, MS., daughters, Janice...

Frederick Ryan Bradford

Frederick Ryan Bradford

Mar 16, 2007

Mr. Frederick R. Bradford, age 53, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, March 16, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bradford was a native and lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School and later became employed at Ocean Springs Hospital as an orderly, then as a registered nurse and later in the computer department....

Robert Lee Bosarge

Robert Lee Bosarge

Mar 14, 2007

Mr. Robert L. "Bobby" Bosarge, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bosarge was a lifelong resident of the community and loved fishing, painting, and music. He was a Navy veteran and retired from Ingalls after thirty years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julius and Mary Bosarge, two...

Charles D. Bilbo

Charles D. Bilbo

Mar 14, 2007

Retired Msgt. Charles D. Bilbo, 68, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Bilbo was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1938 and was a longtime resident of Biloxi. He was a Vietnam Veteran having served his country in the United States Air Force for over twenty years. He also worked for the Civil Service at Keesler...

CPO James M. Gentry, U. S. Navy, Ret.

CPO James M. Gentry, U. S. Navy, Ret.

Mar 13, 2007

Chief Petty Officer James M. Gentry, U. S. Navy, Retired, 64, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Gentry (Jimmy) was born October 30, 1942, in Dallas, TX. He was a 1960 graduate of Biloxi High School and a longtime resident of San Jose, CA. He was a Vietnam Veteran, having proudly served his country...

Wanda Gail Barthel

Wanda Gail Barthel

Mar 13, 2007

Wanda Gail Barthel, 54, died peacefully March 13, 2007 at her home. She was born December 18th, 1952, in Cleveland, MS where she spent most of her childhood. While attending high school in Shaw, MS; Wanda was a football cheerleader and known for her involvement in numerous school activities until she graduated in 1970. Following high school, she continued her...

Grace Dailey Bovard

Grace Dailey Bovard

Mar 13, 2007

Mrs. Grace Dailey Bovard, age 90, of Vancleave, MS., died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Bovard was a resident of the community since 2001. She was a native and longtime resident of Pittsburgh, PA. She was also a former Executive Secretary to the Vice President of Labor Relations for the U.S. Steel Corporation. She was preceded in death...

Shirley Irene Quave

Shirley Irene Quave

Mar 12, 2007

Mrs. Shirley Irene Quave, age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Monday, March 12, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Quave was a member of the community for forty years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty eight years, Thomas "Jerry" Quave, parents, Lewis and Ollie Mae Hendrix, sister,...

Phyllis Mallette Dees

Phyllis Mallette Dees

Mar 11, 2007

Mrs. Phyllis Mallette Dees, age 79, of Vancleave, MS., died Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Dees was a lifelong resident of the community and was a member of Vancleave United Methodist Church. She loved flowers and the outdoors and was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Hattie Mallette,...

Morris Morgan

Morris Morgan

Mar 11, 2007

Mr. Morris L. Morgan, 81, of D'Iberville, Mississippi died Sunday, March 11, 2007. He was born June 10, 1925 in Covington County, Mississippi. Mr. Morgan served in the United States Army and was a retired fireman from the Keesler Air Force Base Fire Department. He was a member of Big Ridge Baptist Church, Big Ridge Road, D'Iberville, MS 39540. Mr....

Joseph Brian Reeves

Joseph Brian Reeves

Mar 11, 2007

Mr. Joseph "Joe" Brian Reeves, age 44, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Joe was born on October 6, 1962, in Houston, Texas, and was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, MS. He graduated from Vancleave High School in 1981. He was loved by everyone, did not know a stranger and would do anything...

Rodney Anthony "Big Rod" Mattina

Rodney Anthony "Big Rod" Mattina

Mar 10, 2007

Mr. Rodney Anthony Mattina, Sr., a Biloxi native and dedicated family man, "Big Rod" Mattina, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a lengthy, yet valiant battle with cancer. He was 64. Rodney will be remembered by many as a devout Catholic and a proud patriarch of his loving family. He will be remembered by all as a cherished friend....

Felix Louis Farrington, Jr.

Felix Louis Farrington, Jr.

Mar 10, 2007

Mr. Felix L. "Chef Felix" Farrington, Jr., 53, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Farrington was a native of New Orleans, LA, but considered Biloxi his home. He was an award winning chef and member of the American Culinary Federation and the World Association of Cooks Societies. Chef Felix participated in many competions in Louisiana,...

Jerry Reid Walton

Jerry Reid Walton

Mar 9, 2007

Mr. Jerry R. Walton, age 73, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Friday, March 9, 2007, in Ocean Springs. After proudly serving twenty years in the U.S. Navy as a Submariner, he retired as a Chief Quartermaster in 1969. He continued to work for the Navy until 1997, and received many honorable service awards. Mr. Walton was preceded in...

Uelda J. Ross Butler

Uelda J. Ross Butler

Mar 9, 2007

Uelda J. Ross Butler, 80, passed away Friday, March 9, 2007 in Lilburn, Georgia Mrs. Butler was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi until Hurricane Katrina, when she left to be cared for by her daughter and son-in-law Mary and Grady Womble. Mrs. Butler's great grand parents came to the Gulf Coast from Germany in the 1800s and were...

Phillip Arval Parker

Phillip Arval Parker

Mar 8, 2007

Mr. Phillip A. Parker, age 47, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Ocean Springs , Mr. Parker lived on the coast most of his life and was a retired contractor. He was also an excellent artist. He was preceded in death by his father, George A. Parker, mother-in-law and father-in-law, Bea and George McGrevey, and stepfather,...

Margaret Tremmel

Margaret Tremmel

Mar 6, 2007

Margaret "Peg" Roberts Tremmel, 100, of Biloxi, MS, passed away March 6, 2007. She was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and a resident of Biloxi for over seventy-five years. Mrs. Tremmel received her First Communion at St. Mary's Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. She attended Georgetown Visitation High School in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Gulf Park Junior...

Jesse Keebler

Jesse Keebler

Mar 5, 2007

Mr. Jesse Keebler, age 83, of Vancleave, MS., died Monday, March 5, 2007, in Lucedale, MS. Mr. Keebler was a native of Ocean Springs and worked as a welder for many years with Ingalls Shipbuilding and Graham Boat Yard. He moved to Vancleave in 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents, Burt Richard and Myriam Faulk Keebler, three...

Major General Leo Bond Jones

Major General Leo Bond Jones

Mar 5, 2007

Major General Leo Bond (Buck) Jones, U.S. Army, Retired, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Monday, March 5, 2007, in Ocean Springs. He was born in Stuart, Iowa, on March 28, 1918. He was graduated from high school in Stuart in 1935 and from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa as a distinguished military graduate in 1941. He was...

James E. Bramlett

James E. Bramlett

Mar 4, 2007

James "Jim" E. Bramlett, age 81, of Gulfport died Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Gulfport. He was a native of Helena, Arkansas and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. H e served in the Navy and Marines during World War II and served in the Army Air Corp as an air traffic controller for the Berlin Air Lift...