Obituaries

Grace Pavolini Craig

Grace Pavolini Craig

May 5, 2007

Mrs. Grace Pavolini Craig, 51, of Gulfport, MS, died Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Craig was born in Gulfport and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She was of the Catholic Faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix Peter and Julia Marie Pavolini, and a brother, Joe Pavolini. Survivors include her...

Norma Alline Savage

Norma Alline Savage

May 4, 2007

Mrs. Norma Alline Morgan Savage, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Savage was a native of Kentucky and a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Richard Savage of Ocean Springs, MS., two daughters, Linda Savage (Don) Regan of Slidell, LA.,...

George Joseph Wescovich

George Joseph Wescovich

May 4, 2007

Mr. George Joseph Wescovich, age 64, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Wescovich was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He retired from the Mississippi Power Company at the Plant Watson Power Plant. He was a Catholic. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Penny Sue Wescovich, his parents, Edna Chatham Braun...

Lida Jane Stronsky

Lida Jane Stronsky

May 3, 2007

Mrs. Lida Jane Stronsky, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed into the loving arms of the Lord on Thursday, May 3, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Jane was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, 1920. In 1984, Jane moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to help care for her growing family. In 2000, she once again moved to be with...

Myron Douglas Sunde, Jr.

Myron Douglas Sunde, Jr.

May 2, 2007

Mr. Myron "Doug" Sunde, Jr., age 75, of Gulfport, MS., died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in Gulfport. Mr. Sunde was a resident of the coast for thirty years and was a member of the American Legion Post # 1992. He loved to work with wood and had a wonderful sense of humor. He was preceded in death by a daughter,...

Jennifer Lynn Neumann Robbins

Jennifer Lynn Neumann Robbins

May 2, 2007

Jennifer Lynn Neumann Robbins, 22, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 in Huntsville, AL. Jennifer was born January 29, 1985 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi and was a former Ocean Springs resident, but made her home in Starkville, MS, where she was a student at Mississippi State University in Software Engineering. She also worked for United Space Alliance in Huntsville,...

Eleanor Cooper Seymore

Eleanor Cooper Seymore

May 1, 2007

Eleanor Cooper Seymore, 82, of Gulfport died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents Sarah and Finis Ewing Cooper; grandchildren Michael Zupko and Amity McCabe; brothers and sisters Jim Cooper, Leo Cooper, Eva Walker, Mildred Bristow, and Edward Sammons; and brother-in-law, James W. Riley. Mrs. Seymore is survived by her husband of 64...

Jeffrey A. Burgess

Jeffrey A. Burgess

May 1, 2007

Jeffrey A. Burgess, 39, of Long Beach Mississippi passed away in Hershey Pennsylvania on Tuesday, May 1st 2007, after a battle with cancer. He will be lovingly remembered as a wonderful husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Jeff lived a full life with the short time he had. He enjoyed skydiving, rollerblading, kayaking, windsurfing, and especially skiing. His ashes...

Maryann Paula Skrmetti Cummings

Maryann Paula Skrmetti Cummings

Apr 30, 2007

Mrs. Maryann Paula Skrmetti Cummings, 77, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Monday, April 30, 2007, in Biloxi. Maryann was a caregiver to us all. Throughout her life she watched over all her family and helped anyone in need. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had two daughters, Athaline Byrd Clark, deceased, and Laura Lea Cummings. She...

Don B. Swain

Don B. Swain

Apr 30, 2007

Don B. Swain, 71, of River Ridge, LA, died Monday, April 30, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. Don was a native of River Ridge, LA, for over 60 years, and has lived in Ocean Springs, MS for the past 7 years. He was a graduate of Kenner High School, Class of 1954. He attended L.S.U. for 2 years. He was...

Barbara “Sue” Amie

Barbara “Sue” Amie

Apr 30, 2007

Barbara “Sue” Amie, 66, of Biloxi, passed into the arms of the Lord on April 30, 2007 in Biloxi. She was a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast for 42 years and a member of Bay Vista Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her father Ray Day, her father and mother-in-law Joe and Zula Amie and granddaughter Gabrielle...

Emily Campbell Guthrie

Emily Campbell Guthrie

Apr 29, 2007

Emily Campbell Guthrie, born in Inverness, Alabama March 15, 1917 to Fletcher and Estelle Campbell. She was married to George Guthrie, of Inverness Alabama, for forty years, taught school for twenty years and was a member of East Lake Methodist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama where she taught Sunday school for thirty years. She wrote and published a book on the...

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...