Obituaries
Paul Bigot
May 23, 2005
Mr. Paul Bigot, age 83, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Bigot was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church and former member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Laurens, S.C., where he served in the fundraising activities. Mr. Bigot retired from the...
Sgt. Danny Varnado
May 23, 2005
Sgt. Danny Varnado was killed in Iraq on Monday, May 23rd 2005. He had been a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard unit 155th Infantry based in Biloxi, Ms since November of 2000. He was a graduate of Harrison Central High School in 1999. He played baseball throughout high school. Danny attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for two...
David "Dave" Thomas Ausborn
May 23, 2005
David "Dave" Thomas Ausborn died at his home in Biloxi on May 23, 2005, surrounded by his wife and children. He is probably best remembered as the owner-operator of the Biloxi Post Office Snack Bar of over 32 years. There, many people shared a cup of Dave's delicious coffee as well as the latest news around town. Dave later maintained...
Jo Ann Nodhturft
May 22, 2005
Jo Ann Nodhturft, 58, native of New York and coast resident of thirty years went home to be with our Lord on May 22,2005. She leaves behind her beloved husband and best friend of 40 years, Edward R. Nodhturft of Ocean Springs, MS and her six children: Nancy Wilson & Jodi Phipps of Pensacola, FL, Vicki Nodhturft & Dina Tiblier...
Jo Ann Nodhturft
May 22, 2005
Jo Ann Nodhturft, 58, native of New York and coast resident of thirty years went home to be with our Lord on May 22,2005. She leaves behind her beloved husband and best friend of 40 years, Edward R. Nodhturft of Ocean Springs, MS and her six children: Nancy Wilson & Jodi Phipps of Pensacola, FL, Vicki Nodhturft & Dina Tiblier...
Grace W. Carroll
May 22, 2005
Mrs. Grace W. Carroll, age 90, of Biloxi, MS., died Sunday, May 22, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Carroll was a native of Vancleave, MS. She was a member of the Vancleave Holiness Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and volunteered with visitation and ministries. Mrs. Carroll was preceded in death by her husband, Bizer Carroll, Sr., and...
Emile Frederick "Rip" Domning
May 21, 2005
Emile Frederick "Rip" Domning died May 21, 2005, in Burtonsville, Maryland, at the age of 98, after suffering a fall on May 2. He was born Jan. 20, 1907 in Ocean Springs, the oldest child of Benard Domning and Alphonsine Beaugez. His reminiscences of growing up in Ocean Springs were serialized in 2003 in the "Ocean Springs Record". He got...
Alice R. Pilutti
May 21, 2005
Mrs. Alice R. Pilutti, 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Saturday, May 21, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Pilutti was a native of Taylorsville, MS and had been a resident of Ocean Spring for the past forty eight years. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Mattie Yelverton, several...
Hazel Moran Seymour
May 19, 2005
Beloved Mother and Grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Moran Seymour, 83, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Seymour was born Ocitober 24, 1921 in D'Iberville to Harry and Lillie Blackwell Moran. She was a 1940 graduate of D'Iberville High School and she lived in D'Iberville all her life until moving to Biloxi in 2000. She worked for the American Red...
Dorothy Elizabeth Jenkins Lyons
May 19, 2005
Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Jenkins Lyons, age 85, of Biloxi, MS., died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Lyons was born on March 4, 1920, in Paulsboro, NJ. She was the female half of "The Graduating Grandparents" of 1973, graduating from the former Glassboro State College in New Jersey. She and her husband, James, graduated together at the age...
Billy R. Yarber
May 18, 2005
Mr. Billy R. Yarber, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Yarber was a resident of the community since 1977 and was a 27 year veteran of the US Air Force. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Chandler, his parents, George and Rena Yarber, sister, Maxine Yarber, and three...
Peggy E. Markasich
May 18, 2005
Mrs. Peggy E. Markasich, 81, of Gulfport, MS, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Markasich was a native of Amory, MS and was a former resident of Biloxi.. She resided in Gulfport for the past ten and a half years ago. She was a U. S. Army Veteran of WW II and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Markasich...
Ernestine Balius Bellande
May 18, 2005
Mrs. Ernestine Balius Bellande, age 98, of Biloxi, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Bellande was born in Biloxi, MS., on April 23, 1907. She lived in Flint, Michigan for six years during World War II and returned to Biloxi in 1946. Mrs. Bellande worked during the 1950's at "South Central Bell Attendant Center" at Keesler...
Jason Raymond Krohn
May 18, 2005
Mr. Jason Raymond Krohn, age 27, of Latimer, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Jason was born in Ocean Springs on July 25, 1977. He had resided in Latimer until his marriage when he moved to Vancleave. Jason was a quiet, reserved man, goal oriented, handsome and brave. He was a 1995 graduate of St. Martin High...
Charles Eugene Waltman
May 17, 2005
Mr. Charles Eugene Waltman, age 33, of Gulfport, MS., died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, in Gulfport. Mr. Waltman was a shrimper and a lifelong resident of the community. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Harrington. He is survived by two daughters, Tori Waltman and Mariah Waltman, former spouse, Deanna Waltman, his father, Jack...
Teddy Richards
May 17, 2005
Mrs. Arthur E. (Teddy) Richards, Jr., 87, died May 17, 2005 in Brandon, Mississippi. Teddy was born on 27 November 1917 in Harrison County and was a life long resident of the coast except during the period of her husband's service in World War II and during the last three years when she moved to Brandon to be near her...
Burma Stringer
May 16, 2005
Mrs. Burma Stringer, 72, of Gulfport, MS, died Monday, May 16, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Stringer was a native of Magee, MS and had been a resident of the coast since 1955. She was of the Baptist faith and a member of Handsboro Garden Club. She was formerly employed as an accountant with BFI. She was preceded in death by...
Ronald A. Zewicke
May 16, 2005
Mr. Ronald A. Zewicke, age 72, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, May 16, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Zewicke was born on January 22, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan, and was a coast resident for the past 46 years. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1968 and a Master of Arts in...
Regina Hines Ellison
May 16, 2005
Regina Hines Ellison, age 67, completed her life on Monday, May 16th 2005 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Ellison was a sweet wife and patient mother, a certified Genealogical Researcher, an author, and also loved her career as a journalist on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The first edition of her book “Ocean Springs, 1892” was published in 1979, the second in...
Richard "Dickie" Rogers
May 16, 2005
Mr. Richard "Dickie" Rogers, Sr., 54, of Ocean Springs, MS died Monday, May 16, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Rogers was a native of Biloxi and a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a carpenter and of the Catholic faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Ward Rogers, Sr. Survivors include his wife, Sherald Rogers; a daughter,...
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