Obituaries
Carol Ann Elvin
Jul 28, 2023
We lost our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, great aunt and friend Carol Elvin, this day, Friday, July 28, 2023. She died peacefully at home with her caregiver granddaughter, Cathryn Guider Downs (pictured above) and medical support. At the age of ninety-four and a half years young, Carol had a long and memorable life providing all of us with...
Ken Murray Collins
Jul 28, 2023
Ken Murray Collins, 69, better known as “Uncle Ken” to many and Mayor of Morrison Avenue, passed away Friday, July 28, 2023 in Biloxi due to complications from cancer with some of his family by his bedside. We say “some of his family” because none of us had a home large enough to hold all those he considered his...
Joseph "Joe" William Aultman
Jul 28, 2023
Joseph “Joe” William Aultman, 78, of Gulfport, MS passed away Friday, July 28, 2023. Joe was born June 30, 1945 in Pearl River, MS to Rachel Johnson and Floyd “Red” Aultman.
Joe served in the United States Army. In his free time, he enjoyed having a beer while watching western movies.
He is preceded in death by his parents,...
Earnest Harold Rogers Jr.
Jul 28, 2023
Earnest Harold Rogers, 78, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, July 28th in Oceanside, California where he was currently residing with his daughter.
Mr. Rogers was born in Chicago, IL, grew up in Knoxville, TN and had been a long-time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Known by “Butch”, “Rog”, “Ernie”, “Dad”, “Pops” and “Pepa”; he was loved by everyone he...
Jo Ann Hall Williams
Jul 28, 2023
Jo Ann Hall Williams, 78, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Friday, July 28, 2023 in Ocean Springs.
Mrs. Williams was a native of Mobile, AL and a lifelong resident of North Biloxi. She was a longtime member of Big Ridge Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Williams; her parents, William and Lillie Hall;...
Carrie Jane Roberts
Jul 27, 2023
Carrie Jane Roberts, 69 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on July 27, 2023 at her residence.
She was born on August 5, 1953 in Biloxi, MS to Tillie and Charles Roberts Jr. She attended Southern Mississippi. She worked as a Medical Laboratory Technologist at Jefferson Hospital. After her career in the medical field, Carrie became an avid writer. She...
Eleonore Elisabeth Jensen
Jul 25, 2023
Mrs. Eleonore Elisabeth Trautwein Jensen, age 87, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Mrs. Jensen was born on November 5, 1935 in Kaufbeuren, Germany. She was a residence of Biloxi since 1957 and was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Biloxi. She sang in the Gulf Coast Messiah Chorus for over 40...
My Van Le
Jul 25, 2023
My Van Le, 82, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 in Biloxi.
Visitation will be held at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home on Thursday, August 3, 2023 and Friday, August 4, 2023 from 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 11:00...
Julian Hayman
Jul 24, 2023
Julian Ernest Hayman, 74 of Vancleave, MS, passed away on July 24, 2023 at Ocean Springs Hospital.
He was born on July 5, 1949 in Jacksonville, FL to Archie Hayman and Virginia Lairsey. He graduated from Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, FL. He was employed as a welder, entrepreneur, and contract safety and quality control officer and served in the...
Ronald Thomas Kenworthy
Jul 23, 2023
Ronald T. “Ron” Kenworthy, 78, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023 in Gulfport.
Ron was born on March 21, 1945 in Columbia, LA to J.T. and Lena Dell Kenworthy. He graduated from Grayson High School in 1965 and served in the US Air Force from 1966-1969. He later joined his father in the logging business in Grayson,...
Jerry A. Walters Sr.
Jul 23, 2023
Jerry A. Walters Sr., 83, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Sunday, July 23, 2023. Jerry was born January 18, 1940 to Orvil and Garnet Walters.
Jerry was a native of Laurel, MS and a long-time resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He retired from the United States Army and later from Huntington Ingalls Shipyard as a Sup Ship....
Marsha McLendon
Jul 23, 2023
Mrs. Marsha Maria McLendon, age 67 of Biloxi, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023 in New Orleans, LA.
Mrs. McLendon was born in Biloxi on March 7, 1956 to Ralph and Daisy Seymour. She graduated from D’Iberville High School and received an Associates of Arts degree from Jefferson Davis Community College. She was employed with Mississippi State Department...
Bernice "Meme" Beck
Jul 23, 2023
Bernice “Meme” Beck, 97 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023 peacefully and quietly in her home with family at her side.
She was born on January 22, 1926 in Bolling, AL to Joseph and Ollie Pope of Robertsdale, AL. she worked in the local school cafeterias for many years and was famous for her delicious...
Helen S. Mallett
Jul 22, 2023
Helen Souza Mallett, 75 of Vancleave, MS, a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away on Saturday July 22, 2023 at Specialty Select Hospital in Gulfport, MS.
Helen was born on August 17,1947 in Norwich, CT but became a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She worked for over 20 years at PRM, Inc, Gulfport, MS until retirement. ...
Mary Margaret Braswell Fairbanks
Jul 22, 2023
Mary Margaret Braswell Fairbanks, age 63, passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2023.
Mary left this world too soon. She was a loving daughter, mother, and dedicated nurse who graduated from the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama and received her Master’s degree from Liberty University. She devoted 30 years to helping veterans through care in the...
Paul Eugene Leslie
Jul 21, 2023
Paul Eugene Leslie, age 96, of Ocean Springs, passed away peacefully at his home on July 21, 2023.
Paul was born on November 9, 1926, in Logansport, IN to Merle and Helen Leslie. He was a WWII Army Veteran. He was also a lifelong member of the Elks Lodge and a Freemason.
He was preceded in death by...
Vernon "Vern" Peyregne
Jul 19, 2023
Vernon Neil “Vern” Peyregne, 87, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Ocean Springs.
Vern was born in Bayou La Batre, AL. He lived his whole life to provide for his family until his last breath. His ministry and sharing the Word of God with others made his life complete. Vern was an ordained minister...
Joan Alsup Lee
Jul 19, 2023
Joan Alsup Lee, age 92, of Ocean Springs, MS passed on to her Lord on July 19, 2023 in Ridgeland, MS. She was born March 26, 1931 in Vicksburg, MS as the only child of Jessie Robert Alsup and Rena Olivia Elliott of Utica, MS.
Joan graduated from Utica High School in 1949. Later she attended The Diploma School...
Dianne Kostmayer
Jul 19, 2023
Dianne Massey Kostmayer, 77, of Vancleave, MS passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Dianne was born on February 24, 1946 to Walter Ray Massey and Marjorie Cox. Private services will be held. Dianne wishes to be remembered as you knew her.
Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Dianne Massey Kostmayer.
Edith Nell Coleman
Jul 19, 2023
Edith Nell Coleman, age 82, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
Nell was born on August 21, 1940, to the late Everett Lee Lewis and Laura Beatrice Haley Lewis. She graduated from Central High School and Jackson Commercial College. Nell retired from Watkins and Eager where she worked as a legal secretary. She was...
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