Obituaries
Helen Gery Vickery
Nov 22, 2005
Helen Gery Vickery, 86, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Vickery was born in Montgomery County, Indiana and had been a resident of Gulfport for over sixty years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport and previously taught at East Ward Elementary School, Gulfport. She was a graduate of Gulf Park College and...
Bertha Erhard
Nov 20, 2005
Bertha Taylor Erhard went peacefully to our Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2005 while at Hospice House in Tampa, Florida. She had been living with her daughter, Susie since Katrina. She had survived Katrina and the loss of her family home but could not survive acute leukemia which took her to the loving arms of her husband, Val, within a...
SGT Dudley J. Vercher
Nov 20, 2005
SGT Dudley J. Vercher (Ret. USAF), 73, of Biloxi, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Vercher has been a member of the community since 1974. He was retired from the USAF as a Master Sergeant with 26 years of service including serving in Korea and Vietnam. He also retired from the MS Gulf Coast Coliseum with 24 years...
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson, 88, of Biloxi died Saturday, November 19, 2005 in Biloxi. Mrs. Patterson was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi, Perceptor Alpha Chapter and a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Mrs. Patterson was preceded in death by her husband, T.A. "Pat" Patterson; her parents, James and Marie Manning; and a sister, Inez Rogalski. She...
Nathan Richards
Nov 19, 2005
Mr. Nathan Richards, age 19, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Nathan was a lifelong resident of the community and attended St. Alphonsus Elementary School, Mercy Cross, and All Saints Episcopal School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dick N. Richards, Gene A. and Carolyn Sue Copeland, and an aunt, Melanie Copeland....
Ida Owen
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Ida Lou Owen, age 77, of Gautier, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Owen was a resident of the community for 34 years. She was employed as a bookkeeper for fifteen years with Delta Trousers in Okalona, MS., and was a former member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Owen was...
Joe Cecil Morton
Nov 18, 2005
Mr. Joe Cecil Morton, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, November 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Morton was a longtime resident. He was a gospel music promoter and the music director at the First Baptist Church of Windsor Park. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 23 years and also retired from Tele-dyne Allvac in Monroe,...
Carl Strickland
Nov 18, 2005
Carl Strickland, 51, of Lizana, died Friday, November 18, 2005. He was a native of Woolmarket and lived on the Gulf Coast his entire life. He was a graduate of Harrison Central and Ms Gulf Coast Community College. Mr. Strickland was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was a past President/Vice-President of Gulfport Industrial Softball League, a Sponsor of...
Dalton James Mattina
Nov 18, 2005
Mr. Dalton James Mattina, 83, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, November 18, 2005. Mr. Mattina was a life long resident of Biloxi. He served his country in WW II in the U. S. Navy CB's. After his military service he came home and worked in the seafood industry and later owned and operated his own shrimp boat. Dalton joined the...
Michael Allen Shackleton
Nov 17, 2005
Michael Allen Shackleton, 51, of Gulfport died Thursday, November 17, 2005 in Houston, TX. Mr. Shackleton was a resident of Gulfport since 1978. He attended MS. Gulf Coast Community College. Mr. Shackleton was an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, a member of the American Welding Society, and had been employeed by Washington Group International for 5 years. Mr. Shackleton is survived...
L/Cpl Roger Wayne Deeds
Nov 16, 2005
L/Cpl. Roger Wayne Deeds, 24, of Goldsboro, NC, was killed in action November 16, 2005, in Ubaydi, Iraq. L/Cpl. Deeds was a U. S. Marine in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was a graduate of Biloxi High School class of 2000 and a member of Jr. ROTC. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Sarah French Deeds,...
Mary Hall
Nov 16, 2005
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Sis) Hall, age 87, of Ocean Springs, MS., was called to be with our Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at the Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport. A lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, Sis was a Past Worthy Matron of Adah Chapter #49. Serving on many committees, she was most proud to serve as Grand Martha of...
Helen Louise "Sally'" Necaise
Nov 16, 2005
Helen Louise "Sally" Necaise, 73, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in Saucier. Ms. Necaise was born in Missouri and was a resident of the Coast most of her life. She was a member of the Catholic Faith. Ms. Necaise was preceded in death by her son, Joey Necaise and her granddaughter, Ashley Necaise. Survivors include 2 daughters, Linda...
Robert Baughker
Nov 16, 2005
Mr. Robert L. Baughker, III, age 56, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, November 16, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Baughker was a resident of the community since 1961. He was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Col. Robert L. Baughker, Jr., and Bessie Brown Baughker. He is survived by a...
Julie Ann Hixenbaugh
Nov 15, 2005
Julie Ann Hixenbaugh was born in Pascagoula, MS on April 27, 1973. She was a resident of Ocean Springs most of her life. Julie passed away November 15, 2005 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Julie attended Ocean Springs High School and MGCCC. She was an avid reader and one of her desires was to become a writer. She loved children,...
Mary Louise Storey
Nov 15, 2005
Mary Louise Storey, 65, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 in Gulfport. Ms. Storey was born in Pass Christian and life long resident of the Coast. Ms. Storey was preceded in death by her parents, John Edward and Ethel Mae Daily Storey, her sisters, Amelia Wescovich, Ramona McGowan, and Marie Moran, her brothers, John Storey and Irving Storey, and...
Donnie R. Bragg
Nov 14, 2005
Mr. Donnie Royce Bragg, age 63, of Vancleave, MS., died Monday, November 14, 2005, in Pascagoula. Mr. Bragg was born on April 28, 1942, in Kossuth, MS., and had been a coast resident for thirty four years. He was retired at the time of his death, but had been a thirty year employee of Bright Homes. He enjoyed keeping his...
Louis Harold Meaut, Jr.
Nov 14, 2005
Mr. Louis Harold Meaut, Jr., of St. Martin, died Monday, November 14, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Meaut was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was employed with DuPont for the past 25 years. He was a 1976 graduate of Ocean Springs High School where he was the starting quarterback. Louis was also a 1978 graduate of...
Dr. John C. Hanson Phd.
Nov 13, 2005
Dr. John C. Hanson Phd., 41, of Gulfport, MS died Sunday, November 13, 2005 in Gulfport. Dr. Hanson was a native of Gadsden, Alabama, a former longtime resident of Birmingham, Alabama and he had been a resident of the coast since 1991. Dr. Hanson graduated from Birmingham Southern College where he was a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity. He...
Thomas "Jerry" Quave
Nov 12, 2005
Mr. Thomas "Jerry" Quave, age 69 and a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, died Saturday November 12, 2005 in Ocean Springs Mr. Quave served two years in the U.S.Army, and was a police officer for many years with the Ocean Springs Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. He retired after 25 years with Blossman Gas Co. He was...
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