Obituaries
Brandon Charles Breal
Oct 1, 2006
Mr. Brandon Charles Breal, 24, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Latimer. Brandon was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 2000 graduate of Mercy Cross where he lettered in soccer and baseball. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Brandon...
Benjamin Edsel Ruddiman
Sep 30, 2006
Mr. Benjamin Edsel Ruddiman, 89, of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, September 30, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Ruddiman was born on January 10, 1917, in Dearborn, Michigan. He moved to Ocean Springs in 1963 after retiring as a mechanical engineer for Ford Motor Company in Michigan. He began a second career at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula as a fuel engineer,...
Jo Shirk
Sep 30, 2006
Mrs. Jo Shirk, 60, of Biloxi, died Saturday, September 30, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Shirk was born in Butler, Alabama on April 8, 1946 and had been a longtime resident of the Coast. She attended Huntian College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jeff Davis Campus and was employed at the Biloxi VA Center for over twenty years. She was...
John McNabb
Sep 29, 2006
Mr. John "Chris" McNabb, 28, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, September 29, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Chris was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 1996 graduate of Ocean Springs High School and was employed as a licensed insurance agent with Liberty National Life Insurance Co. Survivors include his wife, Dawn Burke McNabb, of Ocean...

Margaret St. John
Sep 29, 2006
Mrs. Margaret St. John, age 89, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Friday, September 29, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. St. John was born on May 9, 1917, in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, and spent most of her adult life in Ocean Springs. In her earlier years she was active in the Catholic Church's Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and gave numerous...
Brendon Timothy Parrott
Sep 28, 2006
Mr. Brendon Timothy Parrott, age 19, of Vancleave, MS., died Thursday, September 28, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Brendon was a lifelong resident of the community. He was a 2005 graduate of Vancleave High School and was attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier. Brendon was a member of Cedar Lake Christian Assembly in North Biloxi. He was preceded in...
Regina Mary Disbury
Sep 28, 2006
Mrs. Regina Mary "Granny" Disbury, age 93, of Ocean Springs, MS, died peacefully on Thursday, September 28, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Granny was born on January 4, 1913 in the Bronx, NY. She became a resident of the Coast 15 years ago living with her daughter, Linda Driver-Rich. Granny was a member of Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs....

Judson W. Harney
Sep 28, 2006
Judson W. Harney, age 57, died peacefully on September 28, 2006 of cancer. Judd was born on April 11, 1949 in Somerset, New Jersey and was raised in Pasadena, California. Judd became a Southerner by choice in 1976 when he moved to Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Betty Harney; brothers, David and Garth; and...

Oscar E. Heffner, Jr.
Sep 27, 2006
Mr. Oscar E. Heffner, Jr., age 82, of Louisville, KY., passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in Louisville, at Summerfield Manor Nursing Center. Mr. Heffner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Being a native of Tulsa, OK., a resident of Ocean Springs, MS., for several years, Mr. Heffner and his family came to Louisville, KY., in February, 1952. He was...

Gregory Wayne Mitchell
Sep 27, 2006
Mr. Gregory "Greg" Wayne Mitchell, age 23, of Vancleave, MS., died Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Greg was a lifelong resident of Vancleave and a former student of Virginia College. He was an electrical apprentice and an avid writer and artist. Greg loved all sports, especially weightlifting, basketball and football, and then coming home to a ribeye soaked...
Glenda Lew Thomas Coggin
Sep 27, 2006
Mrs. Glenda Thomas Coggin, 68 of Biloxi, died Wednesday, September 27, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Coggin was a native and a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a Charter member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and she worked at Keesler Air Force Base Exchange. She was a longtime member of St. John (Blessed Seelos) Catholic Church. She was a loving...

Henry C. Kirk
Sep 26, 2006
Henry Carter Kirk of Pass Christian died peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 26th. He was 88. Mr. Kirk was born on September 6, 1918 in Hillside, New Jersey. Following graduation from Rutgers University, he proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1940 until 1945 during World War II. He was in the first wave of the landing...
Jean C. Redmond
Sep 26, 2006
Jean C. Redmond, age 63, of Saucier, died Tuesday. September 26, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Redmond was born in Savannah, GA and had been a resident of the Coast for thirty years. She was a realtor for the Coast and was the proprietor of the Real Estate School of Mississippi. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was...
Theodore Girouard
Sep 26, 2006
Mr. Theodore "Junior" Girouard, Jr., 79, of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in Biloxi. Mr. Girouard was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council # 1244, Elks Lodge # 606, Fleur de Lis Society, D'Iberville Community Club, St. Vincent de Paul Society, and a Eucharistic Minister at Christ the King Catholic Church. He was also owner of...
Ronnie Lee Deshields
Sep 25, 2006
Mr. Ronnie L. Deshields, age 47, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, September 25, 2006, in Gautier, MS. Mr. Deshields was a resident of the community since 1976. He was a member of the Gulf Coast Hot Rod Association. Survivors include his wife, Candy Deshields, daughter, Renee Hyde, two sons, Jesse Deshields and Billy Holt, all of Ocean Springs, MS.,...

Augusta Frentz Beaumont
Sep 24, 2006
Mrs. Augusta Beaumont, age 86, of Biloxi, MS., died on Sunday, September 24, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Beaumont was a lifelong resident of the Coast and an active member of First United Methodist Church in Biloxi. She was loved and will be missed by family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Edgar Beaumont;...
Nancy Alley Burton
Sep 24, 2006
Mrs. Nancy Alley Burton, 74, of D'Iberville, died Sunday, September 24, 2006,in Gautier. Mrs. Burton was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, the Sacred Heart Benevolent Committee and the Alter Society. She was associated with the D'Iberville Headstart Program and the Moore Community House for over 20 years. Mrs....
Edward Francis Burdine, Sr.
Sep 23, 2006
Mr. Edward Francis Burdine, Sr., 54, of Biloxi, MS died Saturday, September 23, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Burdine was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral Parish and a U. S. Army Veteran. He was a graduate of Biloxi High School and Jeff Davis Campus of MS Gulf Coast Community College....
Mary Margaret Previto
Sep 23, 2006
Mrs. Mary Margaret Stanovich Previto, 88, of Biloxi, died Saturday, September 23, 2006 in Palmdale, California. Mrs. Previto was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She graduated from Biloxi High School in 1937 and retired after 40 years from Austin's Dress Store. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church. Mrs. Previto was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony...

Harold V. "Hal" Davis
Sep 23, 2006
Harold V. "Hal" Davis, age 56, of Gulfport, died Saturday, September 23, 2006 in Gulfport. He was a resident of the Gulf Coast for thirty years. Mr. Davis was a graduate of Hattiesburg High School and a music major at the University of Southern Mississippi. He spent his entire life in the music industry, the last 18 years along the...
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