Obituaries
Joan Barrett Roosa
Oct 30, 2007
Joan Barrett Roosa, age 73, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Roosa was born May 23, 1934, in Booneville, MS to Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Barrett. She was married to Col. Stuart A. Roosa, Apollo 14 astronaut. One of the many wonderful moments of her life was witnessing his mission to the moon in...
Frances Favre Larkin
Oct 29, 2007
Frances Favre Larkin, age 89, of Gulfport died Monday, October 29, 2007 in Biloxi. She was born May 18, 1918 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cora Batson Jordan and Thaddeus Warsaw Jordan; her husbands, Elkin B. "Spider" Favre, and William J. Larkin; a son, George E. Favre; two sisters, Maurine Jordan and Genevieve Behnke; and...
Carey John Hebert
Oct 26, 2007
Mr. Carey John Hebert, 65, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, October 26, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hebert was a native of Houma, LA and had been a resident of the coast for the past 20 years. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran of Vietnam with 27 years of service. He had a very distinguished career...
Michael J. Bever
Oct 25, 2007
Michael James Bever, Surveillance QA Supervisor of Supship Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, went to be with the Lord on October 25, 2007 in Pascagoula at the age of 50. The fourth and youngest child of Tom and Mary Bever, he was born April 23, 1957 in Cumberland, MD. At 18, he joined the United States Air Force; Mike was stationed...
Harriet Ella Breal
Oct 24, 2007
Harriet Ella Breal, 72, died Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in Lucedale. Harriet was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, MS. She was a business education teacher at Ocean Springs High School and Vo-Tech for over 25 years. She was a member of St. Michael Catholic Church. Harriet was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Ella Breal...
Hia Gech Ngo
Oct 24, 2007
Hia Gech Ngo, age 69, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 in Pascagoula, MS. Mrs. Ngo was born in Chauduc, Vietnam and was a resident of Ocean Springs for the last 7 years. She is survived by her husband, Lim T. Thai of Ocean Springs; two daughters, Hoa A. Thai of Mobile, AL and Brenda A. Thai of Gulfport, MS;...
Thelma Louise Scott
Oct 23, 2007
Thelma L. Scott passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at the age of 91. She will be deeply missed by those who were touched by her warmth, humor, wisdom and grace which never failed. Thelma was born in Tazwell, West Virginia to Sarah Parsons Scott and George R. Scott on February 4, 1916. She was a member of St. Paul's...
Shirley Marie Fountain
Oct 22, 2007
Shirley Marie Slater Fountain died October 22, 2007 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi on November 28, 1930, she was the daughter of Ethel and Hilliard Slater of Pascagoula, Mississippi. A graduate of Pascagoula High School, Ms. Fountain was an active member of Belle Fountain Baptist Church. She retired from the Ocean Springs School District, after 26 years...
James V. Lynam, Jr.
Oct 21, 2007
Mr. James V. "Jimmy" Lynam, Jr., 60, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, October 21, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Lynam had been a longtime resident of the coast and a member of White Plains United Methodist Church. He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and member and Past Master of Fellowship Masonic Lodge #631. Mr. Lyman was a member of...
Curtis Michael Seymour
Oct 21, 2007
Mr. Curtis M. Seymour, 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, October 21, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Seymour was a native and lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps in WW II in the Central South and Southwest Pacific Theaters and retired from civil service after 31 years. He received his Master Mason...
Judy Lynn Forehand
Oct 21, 2007
Judy Lynn Forehand, 60, of Biloxi, died Sunday, October 21, 2007 in Biloxi. Judy was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She retired from the Harrison County School System, was a member of First Baptist Church in D'Iberville. She loved to play Bingo. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Eula (Dobson) Wynn and a...
Deborah Ann Richard
Oct 19, 2007
Ms. Deborah DeSilvey Richard, 57, of bILOXI, MS, died Friday, October 19, 2007, in Jackson, MS at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ms. Richard was a native and lifelong resident of the coast and of the Catholic faith. She was the beloved mother of Angela Casler, Sherry Jo Barlow, Babette Richard, Monique Betting, and Desiree Richard; sister of Douglas...
Camille Joseph Foret
Oct 19, 2007
Mr. Camille J. Foret, 85, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, October 19, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Foret, a native of Thibodaux, LA, had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WW II and owner/operator of Foret's Grocery and Crawfish House. He was well known as "The Crawfish King of Biloxi" as...
Leonidas Dimitri Demetrakopoulos
Oct 18, 2007
Leonidas Dimitri Demetrakopoulos, 75, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Biloxi. Leonidas was a resident of the Gulf Coast for 10 years. He spent 23 years in New Orleans. Leonidas was an electrician and worked 20 years for Geo Source Corporation in New Orleans. He spent the last 10 years working in construction with his brother on the coast. He...
Ava Mae Felsher
Oct 18, 2007
Ava "Mamie" Fayard Felsher, 95, of Woolmarket, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Biloxi. Mamie was a native and lifelong resident of Woolmarket. Mamie was a 1931 graduate of Woolmarket School and a member of Coalville United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by husband, Cliff "C.A." Felsher, parents, Wash and Etha Fayard, daughter, Brenda Sibley, son, Leroy Felsher,...
Susan Darnell Landrum
Oct 16, 2007
Mrs. Susan Darnell Brossett Landrum, 50, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Landrum was a native and longtime resident of Biloxi. She was a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her son, Gary Ray Shane Landrum, and her father, William E. Brossett. Survivors include her sons, Blaine Landrum and Brandon Landrum of Orlando, FL,...
Thomas Jefferson Craig
Oct 16, 2007
Thomas J. Craig, age 88, of Ocean Springs, died on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Craig was born on November 29, 1918 in McEwen, Tennessee. He was a World War II Veteran who served in England and was discharged at Keesler Air Force Base. He continued to work at Keesler as a civilian employee for a...
Arne Griffin
Oct 16, 2007
Arne "Grit" McRae Griffin died unexpectedly in his sleep at the age of 58 on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. He was born on October 28, 1948 in Moss Point, MS. to the late Forest McRae Griffin and Cathleen Celma Cross Griffin. He attended grade school in Moss Point and graduated from Ocean Springs High in 1966....
Willene Dunaway Friar
Oct 15, 2007
Mrs. Willene Dunaway Friar, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS., went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 15, 2007. Mrs. Friar was born in Tylertown, MS. She had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1992, after living in Houston, TX., for 35 years, where she was actively involved in Sharpstown Baptist Church and the community. She was...
Sr. Mary Aimee Starks, R.S.M.
Oct 15, 2007
Sister Mary Aimee Starks, R.S.M., age 71, died Monday in Barling, AR. She was born in Biloxi and entered the Religious life in 1954 and spent 53 years as a Religious Sister of Mercy. Over the years she was a teacher and principal in Catholic parochial schools throughout the state of Mississippi and Arkansas. She was preceded in death by...
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