Obituaries
Elizabeth Lorus "Beth" Davis
Apr 21, 2024
Elizabeth Lorus “Beth” Davis, 50, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024 in Gulfport.
Beth was born in Champaign, IL on July 12, 1973. She attended D’Iberville High School. Beth was employed with Waffle House for 20 years and Love’s Travel Stop for 5 years.
She was preceded in death by her fathers, Robert J. Davis and Rodger D....
Marvin Lester
Apr 21, 2024
Marvin E. Lester, age 91, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024.There are no services scheduled at this time. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Marvin E. Lester.
Betty Jo Windham
Apr 21, 2024
Mrs. Betty Jo Windham, age 85, of Latimer, MS passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024 in Ocean Springs, MS.
Mrs. Windham was born on August 20, 1938 in Butler, GA. She was a volunteer for Dixie Youth Baseball. She loved bowling and she had a green thumb when it came to growing plants, but it was no comparison to the...
George Thomas Hults
Apr 20, 2024
George Hults of Ocean Springs passed away on April 20, 2024.
George was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 29, 1931. He was an inspiration to everyone that he met, because of his charismatic personality, endless jokes, and his intensely active lifestyle.
As a young man, he competed in dance roller-skating competitions and calf roping. He was inducted into the US...
Walter Olen Motes
Apr 20, 2024
Walter “Walt” Olen Motes, born January 4, 1969 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi passed away on April 20, 2024.
Walter was a lifelong resident of Vancleave, MS and graduated from Vancleave High School. He loved playing sports, mainly baseball and football, while in school. Walter was employed with Fred Fayard Inc. working with heavy machinery under the supervision of Tommy Tootle Jr....
Stanley Martin Hansen, Sr.
Apr 20, 2024
Stanley Martin Hansen, Sr. of Long Beach, MS passed away Saturday, April 20, 2024, at the age of 79.
He was born July 28, 1944, in Gulfport, MS to William Alexander Hansen, Sr. and Mary Dauro Hansen. Stanley attended Perkinston Junior College, worked for South Central Bell (AT&T) for 31 years and was a member of the Air National Guard (1962)....
Carlene Allen Davis
Apr 20, 2024
Carlene Allen Davis, 86, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Saturday, April 20, 2024 with her family by her side.
Carlene was born and raised in Biloxi and graduated from Sacred Heart High School. She was a member of the Sacred Heart All-Girl Band for four years. Carlene was band captain in her senior year. She was a devoted member of...
Steven Richard Tolodxi
Apr 18, 2024
Mr. Steven R. Tolodxi, age 78, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Mr. Tolodxi was born on April 4, 1946 in Rockford, IL to the late William and Adeline Tolodxi. He was a 1964 high school graduate of East High. He served in U.S. Navy from 1964 until 1966 on the U.S.S. San Pablo. He began a...
Carlton Thomas Hendrickson
Apr 18, 2024
Mr. Carlton Thomas Hendrickson, age 71, of Biloxi, passed away on Thursday, April 18th, 2024.Mr. Hendrickson was born in New York, but he was a longtime resident of Sarasota, Florida. He and his wife semi-retired to Biloxi, MS in 2022 which was his favorite vacation spot. Carl was a member of the Widow Sons. His greatest achievement was coaching girls...
Helen Hancock
Apr 18, 2024
The beloved Mom, Grammie, sister, aunt, friend and community servant, Helen Hancock of Ocean Springs, MS unexpectedly passed away on April 18, 2024 at the age of 72.
Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Robert "Bob" C. Hancock; her father and mother, Andrew and Anne Adamchik; and her faithful dog, Radar. She is survived by her sons, Zeke (Shannon)...
John Cecil Burch
Apr 17, 2024
It is with much sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved father, John Cecil Burch, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
Dad was born on August 19, 1932 in Muskegon, Michigan to Cecil Jarmin and Eleanor Tischler Burch. Life with Cecil and Eleanor was not always easy, but it did have its adventures. Like the time the family spent the...
Charity "Mae Mae" Heathcoe
Apr 17, 2024
Charity “Mae Mae” Heathcoe, 48, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
Charity was born in Angola, IN on December 20, 1975. She attended Stone High School. Charity enjoyed painting, wood working, arts and crafts, interior decorating and most of all, spending time with her fiancé and grandbabies.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Cleo Demorest; and her...
Greta Renee Self
Apr 17, 2024
Mrs. Greta Renee Self, age 55, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Vancleave.
Greta was a native of Marks, MS and a resident of Vancleave for 31 years. She was also a member of Magnolia Baptist Church in Vancleave. Greta was a former office manager and enjoyed boating, arts and crafts and animals.
She was preceded in...
Richard Clyde Conant
Apr 17, 2024
Dick Conant, age 84, of Ocean Springs, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
Dick spent a remarkable career in the Air Force, had a hobby job being a lawyer, but claimed his real job was playing golf. Dick was born on Halloween to Clyde and Clara (Aichele) Conant on October 31, 1939, in East Peoria, IL. After graduating from East Peoria Community...
Evelyn Elizabeth Schaefer
Apr 16, 2024
Evelyn Elizabeth Schaefer, born February 6,1931 in Belleville, Illinois passed away on April 16, 2024 after a long illness. She died peacefully at The Healthcare Center at Buck Creek in Alabaster, Alabama. Although born in Belleville, Illinois, home became Ocean Springs, Mississippi in 1959 when her husband Don was transferred to Keesler Air Force Base. Evelyn was a mother and housewife...
Francis Joseph Joachim
Apr 16, 2024
Francis Joseph Joachim, 82, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 in Gulfport.
Mr. Joachim was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He retired from Bell South in 1991. Mr. Joachim enjoyed classic cars and Cruisin’ the Coast. During his retirement, he worked at Barry’s You Pull It.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John...
Ernest "Moochie" Cox
Apr 15, 2024
Ernest Bernard “Moochie” Cox, 89, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024 surrounded by family.
Moochie was born on October 26, 1934 to Harold & Elise Ryan Cox in Ocean Springs. Moochie attended St. Alphonsus Catholic School and graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1954. Moochie went on to enlist in the military in which he played on the...
Jack McGrew
Apr 14, 2024
Jack McGrew was called to a higher plane on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the age of 78. He was a devoted husband, daddy, granddaddy and great grandfather. He served this country proudly for thirty-six years and loved every minute of it. His greatest pleasure while in the military was when he became a Loadmaster on the C130 at Keebler...
Marilee Turner Madison
Apr 14, 2024
Marilee Turner Madison, age 94, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Born outside of McEwen, TN, in 1930, Marilee moved to Mississippi in 1951. She was a graduate of Delta State University, in Cleveland, MS, where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in history education. In 1971 she moved to Biloxi with her family...
Susan Elaine Grantham
Apr 14, 2024
Susan Grantham, age 68, of Gulfport passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Susan was born in Chincoteague, VA. She was a 1974 graduate of Long Beach High School and attended Jeff Davis Junior College. Susan was a member of St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Gulfport, where she served on the altar guild for many years. She worked for Interchecks...
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