Obituaries

Lamar Liddell White

Lamar Liddell White

Mar 23, 2007

Lamar Liddell White, 80, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007 at his home in Gulfport after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A devoted husband of 58 years, a loving father and grandfather, Liddell will be remembered as someone with a very generous and compassionate heart who lived life to the fullest. Family and friends will remember him as...

Danny David Bledsoe

Danny David Bledsoe

Mar 23, 2007

Mr. Danny David Bledsoe, 57, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007, at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Danny was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of First Baptist Church of Biloxi. He was the original owner of Biloxi Rod and Tackle. Danny was preceded in death by his father, Dan Bledsoe of Biloxi. He leaves behind...

Lorraine May Duffel Ellzey

Lorraine May Duffel Ellzey

Mar 22, 2007

Mrs. Lorraine May Duffel Ellzey, 88, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Ellzey was a native of New Orleans, LA and had been a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was the co-owner/operator of Ellzey's Hardware in Biloxi and a member of Nativity B.V. M. Catholic Cathedral. She was an avid gardner and a member of...

Dr. Judith Benvenutti

Dr. Judith Benvenutti

Mar 21, 2007

aduated from Concord High School and continued her education in nursing at Greenfield Community College, and the University of Massachusetts. She received her Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine from Tulane University in New Orleans. Dr. Benvenutti received her PHD from the University of Southern Mississippi and satisfied PHD degree requirements in Andragogy, Educational Administration and Research and Statistics....

Joseph "Joe" Brosh, Jr.

Joseph "Joe" Brosh, Jr.

Mar 21, 2007

Mr. Joseph F. Brosh, Jr., 81, of Biloxi, MS., died Wednesday, March 21, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Brosh was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He worked in the seafood factories for Mr. Roy Rosalis prior to entering the Navy at 17 years old in 1942. He entered the Navy as the reigning Middle Weight Boxing Champ of the Coast...

Robert (Bobby) Butiro

Robert (Bobby) Butiro

Mar 20, 2007

Robert (Bobby) Maurice Webb Butiro, 63, of D'Iberville died Tuesday, March 20, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Butiro, Catholic in faith, was born in New Orleans but was a life long resident of the coast. He graduated from St. Martin High School where he excelled in basketball with the Yellow Jackets. He was an avid sports fan; his biggest love was...

William Wood Abbott, III

William Wood Abbott, III

Mar 20, 2007

Mr. William Wood Abbott, III, 21, of Gulfport, MS, died March 20, 2007, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Abbott was a native of Flowood, MS and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a Catholic and attended St. Stanislus Academy. He enjoyed helping his father rebuild his home and the outdoors, especially fishing, and working on his...

Viola Louise Mason

Viola Louise Mason

Mar 19, 2007

Viola L. Mason died Monday, March 19, 2007 in Gulfport. She was born August 17, 1922 in Mechlanburg County, VA - the fourth child of Henry Thomas and Mary Harding Mason. She grew up on the family cotton/tobacco farm which also had a popular lake for swimming where Ola frequently acted as a life-guard. After attending Strayer College in Washington,...

Charles Anderson

Charles Anderson

Mar 18, 2007

Mr. Charlie "Pus" Anderson, 92, of Biloxi died Sunday, March 18, 2007 . Mr. Anderson was a native of Arkansas and later moved to the coast in the early 1950's. He worked with his sister and brother-in-law Mary and Jim Myers at the Friendship House. Charlie owned the Ship-n-Shore, Charlie's Hideaway and The Tic Toc Club. He also ran the...

Col. Charles Lee Thompson

Col. Charles Lee Thompson

Mar 18, 2007

Retired USAR Colonel, Charles Lee Thompson, Sr., 60, died Sunday, March 18, 2007. Charles was born in Hattiesburg, MS, moved to Biloxi as a teenager, and was an alumnus of Biloxi High School. A gifted athlete, he played both football and baseball in high school. He earned a B.S. in English and an M.S. in Urban Regional Planning from the...

Larry Jones

Larry Jones

Mar 17, 2007

Mr. Larry Jones, Sr., 57, of Woolmarket, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Gulfport of heart failure. Mr. Jones was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a street rod enthusiast and participated in the annual "Cruisin The Coast". He loved to dine out with his wife and friends and devoted his final years to the activities...

Darrin Louis Cannette

Darrin Louis Cannette

Mar 17, 2007

Mr. Darrin L. Cannette, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Mobile. Mr. Cannette was a native of Biloxi and lifelong resident of D'Iberville. He was a 1983 graduate of D'Iberville High School and a U. S. Navy Veteran with 13 years of service. He was a member of IBEW #733 and employed as an electrician with...

Kelly Leigh Ennett

Kelly Leigh Ennett

Mar 17, 2007

Kelly L. Ennett, age 21, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Kelly was born on January 1, 1986, in Somers Point, N.J. She was a former longtime resident of Bullhead City, AZ., and had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1999. She was a 2004 graduate of Ocean Springs High School. and was...

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...