Obituaries

Joseph John Baragona

Joseph John Baragona

Apr 28, 2007

Mr. Joseph John Baragona, 79, of Biloxi, MS, died April 28, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Baragona was a native of Grenada, MS and had been a resident of Biloxi since 1990 and operated the Golden Turtle Lounge in Biloxi until Hurricane Katrina. He was the owner of Baragona Oil Company and Sav-Mor Drugs in Grenada. In his younger years he...

Billy D. Martin

Billy D. Martin

Apr 28, 2007

Mr. Billy D. Martin, 74, of Biloxi, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Martin was born in Talladega, Alabama and had been a resident of the coast since 1981. He was a retired Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force and a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife of...

Hazel Garner Bosarge

Hazel Garner Bosarge

Apr 28, 2007

Mrs. Hazel Garner Bosarge, 85, of Woolmarket, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, in Biloxi. Her life was full of joy because of her children, grand children and family. Mrs. Bosarge was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Bosarge, Sr.; daughters, Montie Malone and Connie Simmons; son, Raudy Bosarge, and a brother, Benny Garner. She is survived by her daughters,...

Jimmie Harlan Overstreet

Jimmie Harlan Overstreet

Apr 27, 2007

Mr. Jimmie H. Overstreet, 71, of Ocean Springs, MS died Friday, April 27, 2007 in Vancleave, MS. Mr. Overstreet was a longtime resident of Jackson County, a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was formerly employed as a weight operator with Pascagoula Grain Elevator. Survivors include a daugher, Faye Overstreet, son, George Earl Overstreet, a sister, Margaret Richards and two...

Alfred Clayton Kirby

Alfred Clayton Kirby

Apr 27, 2007

Mr. Alfred Clayton Kirby, 91, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, April 27, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Kirby was born May 27, 1915, in Mt. Liberty, Ohio. A resident of Ocean Springs, for the past 28 years, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs. Prior to the onset of World War II, he served with...

Pearlie Mae Whittington

Pearlie Mae Whittington

Apr 27, 2007

Pearlie Mae Whittington, 87, of Ocean Springs died Friday, April 27, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Whittington was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs and had been a resident at Villa Maria for the past 15 years. She was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Whittington; daughters Shelly Carrol and Nell V. James; sisters Viola, Martha, Melvina, and Ida; and...

John Ronald Fisk

John Ronald Fisk

Apr 26, 2007

John Ronald Fisk, Sr., age 66, of Gulfport, died Thursday, April 26, 2007 in Gulfport. He was a native of Rhode Island and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a retired construction worker. He is survived by a daughter, Jodie Bourguet of Gulfport; a son, Johnny Fisk, of St. Joseph, MO; two sisters, Alice Ray of...

Michael Steven Gibbs

Michael Steven Gibbs

Apr 25, 2007

Michael Steven Gibbs, 50, of Pensacola FL died on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Mr. Gibbs lived in the community for 15 years. He always loved to be on the water with his family and friends. Mr. Gibbs was preceded in death by his mother, Rose Ann Weber. Survivors include his father, Robert Gibbs of Biloxi and a brother, Donald Gibbs...

Shawn Sumrall

Shawn Sumrall

Apr 24, 2007

Mr. Shawn Edward Sumrall, age 21, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in Pascagoula. Mr. Sumrall was born in Mobile, AL., and a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He attended Ocean Springs schools and graduated in 2006. Mr. Sumrall was a member of the Lemoyne Baptist Church and was employed at Applebees Restaurant in Ocean...

Charles Jerry Williams

Charles Jerry Williams

Apr 24, 2007

Mr. Charles Jerry Williams was born Dec. 26, 1940 to Cephus and Classie Lee Williams in Silver Creek (Arms) Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his father, Mr. Cephus Williams, Sr., his mother, Classie Fortenberry Williams; wife, Sadie H. Williams; daughter, Jasper L. Williams; brother, Thomas Carol Williams and grandson, Randy R. Williams. Jerry confessed Christ at an early...

John Joseph Caranna

John Joseph Caranna

Apr 24, 2007

Mr. John Joseph Caranna of Biloxi died Tuesday, April 24, 2007, in Biloxi. He was born in Gulfport, MS on January 1, 1920. Mr. Caranna was a member of the First Naval Construction Battalion serving in the Pacific in WWII, but his broad background of experience ranged from teaching and public relations to business ownership and management. He spent twenty-five...

Henry Midell Simmons

Henry Midell Simmons

Apr 23, 2007

Henry Simmons, born in Moss Point on October 23, 1922, went to his Lord after a long battle with cancer at age 84. He was a long time resident of Ocean Springs. He was a 32 degree Mason, a member of McLeod Lodge in Ocean Springs for 56 years. A member of First Baptist Church. He loved his family and...

Mary Elaine Mabry

Mary Elaine Mabry

Apr 23, 2007

Mrs. Mary Elaine Mabry, age 83, of the Latimer Community, passed away on Monday, April 23, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Mabry was a veteran nurse at Howard Memorial Hospital and a long-standing member of St. John's Episcopal Church. She loved to garden and cook for her family and to play games and cards. Mrs. Mabry was preceded in death by...

Pam McClamma

Pam McClamma

Apr 23, 2007

Pam McClamma, age 49, of Pass Christian, died Monday, April 23, 2007 in Gulfport.She was born in Hamilton, Indiana and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for 25 years. She was employed with Memorial Hospital at Gulfport for over fourteen years. She was a member of Christ United Methodist Church of Long Beach. She was preceded in death...

Alvin Austin LeDuke, III

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

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

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

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

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

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...