Obituaries
Jonnie Parkinson
Dec 2, 2006
Jonnie Louise Parkinson, 80, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, December 2, 2006, in Gulfport. Miss Parkinson was born in Durant, MS and was a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a graduate of Durant High School and attended nursing school at the University of Mississippi. Miss Jonnie had been labled the "First Lady" of the paving industry in the American...
Anna R. Hurlbert
Dec 1, 2006
Mrs. Anna R. Hurlbert, 77, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, December 1, 2006, in Gulfport. Mrs. Hurlbert was a native of Biloxi and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a homemaker and a member of St. James Catholic Church. She enjoyed her family dineing out, and playing bingo. Mrs. Hurlbert was preceded in death by her husband of 29...
Milton Gene Favre
Dec 1, 2006
Mr. Milton G. Favre, 74, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, December 1, 2006, in Gulfport. Mr. Favre was a native and lifelong resident of Gulfport. He was a graduate of Gulfport High School where he lettered in football. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and retired from the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport...
Barbara Elizabeth Irving
Dec 1, 2006
Barbara E. Irving, 86, of Gautier, MS passed away on Friday, December 01, 2006. She was born in Campbelton, New Brunswick, Canada in the 1920's to Harry St. Claire and Emma Louise Jellett. She grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; then met and married Melvin D. Irving in Honolulu, HI in 1955. Mrs. Irving was preceded in death by...
Marie McMurtray Sikora
Nov 30, 2006
Marie McMurtray Sikora, 84, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, died November 30, 2006 after a long illness. She is survived by five of her children. Mrs. Sikora was born December 31, 1921 in Silver City, Mississippi to James Allison McMurtray and Myrtle Dean Dora, the oldest of nine children. She was a graduate of Satartia High School and was...
Roy H. Parkinson, Sr.
Nov 28, 2006
Roy H. Parkinson, Sr., age 72, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in Gulfport. Mr. Parkinson was born in Durant, MS and was a longtime resident of Gulfport. He was a graduate of Durant High School and Holmes County Junior College which he attended on a football scholarship. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict....
James E. Duncan, Sr.
Nov 28, 2006
Mr. James E. Duncan, 76, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Duncan had been a resident of Biloxi since 1963. He retired fron the United States Air Force in 1971 and from Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Duncan was preceded in death by his wife, Sara E. “Beth” Duncan; a son,...
Harvey Lee Barnett
Nov 28, 2006
Mr. Harvey Lee Barnett, 69, of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Barnett was a longtime resident of the Coast. He enjoyed watching football, baseball, and other sports on T.V. He was a member of Larue Baptist Church. Mr. Barnett was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Drew Barnett. Mr. Barnett is...
Francis "Dolly" Bertha Pratt
Nov 27, 2006
Frances "Dolly" Bertha Pratt of Ocean Springs ~ Born February 29, 1924 in Saratoga Springs, NY went on to meet her Savior on Monday, November 27, 2006. She was a 1942 graduate of Saratoga High School and was married to Lawrence Pratt on February 19, 1947 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Saratoga Springs, NY. Mrs. Pratt was preceded in...
Jamie Hengen
Nov 26, 2006
Mrs. Jamie Waddell Hengen, a true Southern Lady of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, November 26, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Hengen was born May 1, 1919, in Erwin, Tennessee, and had been a resident of Louisville, Kentucky. She spent most of her childhood growing up Fairhope, Alabama before moving to Biloxi. She was a 1939 graduate of Biloxi High School and...
Storm Jerome Kerr
Nov 26, 2006
Mr. Storm J. Kerr, 52, of New Orleans, LA, died Sunday, November 26, 2006, in New Orleans. Mr. Kerr was a native of Hammond, Indiana and had been a longtime resident of New Orleans. He graduated from high school in New Orleans and attended the University of New Orleans. He retired from Inland Steel after many years of employment. Mr....
Rufus "Russell" Baygents
Nov 26, 2006
Mr. Rufus "Russell" Baygents, 63, of D'Iberville, MS, died Sunday, November 26, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Baygents was raised in Waynesboro, MS and had been a resident of the Coast for over 40 years. He was retired from B & S Construction Company. He was a loving family man and enjoyed cooking and visiting with his family and friends. He...
Joyce McDonnell Pisarich
Nov 25, 2006
Mrs. Joyce McDonnell Pisarich, 77, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, November 25, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Pisarich was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a lifetime member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral and a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy. She was a retired Civil Service secretary at Keesler Air Force Base. Mrs. Pisarich was preceded in death...
Homer Jackson Humphrey
Nov 24, 2006
Mr. H. J. Humphrey, 90, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, November 24, 2006, in Gulfport. Mr. Humphrey was a native of Aberdeen and a resident of the coast for more than 40 years. Originally trained in 1941 as an Army Air Corps radio operator, by 1944, Mr. Humphrey completed more than a score of combat missions as bombardier in the...
Mary "Big Nana" Pietrangelo
Nov 24, 2006
Mrs. Mary "Big Nana" Pietrangelo, 87, of Biloxi, MS, succombed Friday, November 24, 2006, after a long illness Big Nana, as she was affectionately called by her 94 living descendants, was born Maria Sardina in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later moved to Biloxi in 1946, where she resided for the past 60 years. She worked for the Biloxi Police Department as...
Col. Paul Sheldon Dodge, Jr.
Nov 24, 2006
Col. Paul Sheldon "Jack" Dodge, Jr. (U.S. Army Retired), 85, of Gulfport died Friday, November 24, in Gulfport. He was born September 1, 1921 in Gulfport , Harrison County, MS, the son of the late Rev. Paul Sheldon Dodge and Mae Elaine Edwards Dodge. He graduated from Gulfport High School in 1939, and from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary...
James" Jimmy " Gilson
Nov 23, 2006
Mr. James " Jimmy" Gilson Jr, 43 , died Thursday, November 23, 2006 in Ocean Springs. He was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi and has been a resident of the coast for the past 35 years. He attended D'Iberville High School and was co-owner of Gilson's Imports. Mr Gilson loved to hunt & fish. He was preceded in death by a...
Fred Herman Letort
Nov 23, 2006
On November 23, 2006, surrounded by his family, F. H., age 83, was taken home by God's angels. He was welcomed by his parents, Henry Fredrick Letort and Ellen Bullock Letort of St. Martin. He now joins his sisters, Priscilla Letort Brown, Audrey Letort Pownall, and brothers, Edwin Letort, Otis Letort, Lavern Letort, and Kenneth Letort, in a grand family...
Mr. Israel Shemper
Nov 22, 2006
Mr. Israel "Buddy" Shemper, 76, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006, in Biloxi. Buddy was born in Gulfport and later moved to Pascagoula where his family opened and operated an army surplus store. He graduated from Pascagoula High School where he was a member of the Panther Big Eight Championship Football Team. In 1954 Buddy started Shemper Seafood...
Marcia A. Brewer
Nov 22, 2006
Marcia A. Brewer, 58, 0f Gulfport, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006 in New Orleans, LA. She was a native and lifelong resident of Gulfport and attended Gulfport High School and Phillips College. Mrs. Brewer served in the U.S. Air Force for six years and retired from the V.A. Medical Center after ten years of service. She loved to crochet and...
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