Obituaries

Elizabeth Martin

Elizabeth Martin

Jul 25, 2005

Elizabeth Martin of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, died July 25, 2005 in Concord, Massachusetts at the age of 80. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 7, 1924 to the late Hamilton H. and Marion (Atwood) Sweet. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Martin. She graduated from Plainfield High School in Plainfield, New Jersey, and...

Willis "Doc" Hebert

Willis "Doc" Hebert

Jul 24, 2005

Willis "Doc" Hebert, 96, of Biloxi died Sunday, July 24, 2005 in Ocean Springs. He was born on September 27, 1908, in Abbeville, LA, and a resident of Biloxi for 82 years. During the 1930's, Hebert participated in the Great Schooner Races of that era and was a charter member of the Fleur De Lis Society. He was a member...

Dennis Craig Clements

Dennis Craig Clements

Jul 24, 2005

Dennis Craig Clements, 41, died July 24, 2005 in M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born at Warner Robbins, AFB, Georgia, and lived in Biloxi most of his life. He graduated from Biloxi High School and attended Jeff Davis College. He was employed at the Biloxi VA Hospital where he was a dedicated employee. He received many citations...

Dennis B. Godber

Dennis B. Godber

Jul 24, 2005

Mr. Dennis B. Godber, Sr., 58, of D'Iberville, MS, died Sunday, July 24, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Godber was a native of Norfolk, Virginia and had been a resident of the coast for the past 16 years. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran. Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Godber of D'Iberville; two daughters, Jacqueline Godber and Mandy...

Terry Osteen

Terry Osteen

Jul 24, 2005

Mr. Terry Osteen, 62, of Ocean Springs died Sunday, July 24, 2005. Mr. Osteen was a resident of the coast for the past 35 years. He served in the U. S. Army and was a member of the American Legion Emile Ladnier Post # 42 in Ocean Springs. He also owned Busy- "B" Cleaning and Lawn Service. He was of...

Wayne R. Morykwas

Wayne R. Morykwas

Jul 23, 2005

Wayne M. Morykwas: On Saturday, July 23, 2005 our good Lord called upon Wayne M. Morykwas to come home. He was 45 years young and will be sadly missed by all. He leaves behind two brothers, Gary S. Morykwas of Biloxi, MS and John J. Morykwas of Birmingham, AL. He was preceded in death by his Maternal Great Grandfather George...

Helen Cooper Havard

Helen Cooper Havard

Jul 23, 2005

Helen Cooper Havard died on Saturday, July 23, 2005, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, Murphy Edwin Cooper and Frances Ferguson Cooper of Wiggins, MS and her husband, Bert Havard, Jr. of Gulfport. Mrs. Havard graduated from Wiggins High School in 1936 and from Brenau College in Georgia in 1940 with a BA in History...

Rita Louise Braxton

Rita Louise Braxton

Jul 23, 2005

Ms. Rita Louise Braxton was born March 30, 1951 to the late Mr. Moses Hopkins and Mrs. Albertha L. Hopkins, of Amsterdam, New York. At an early age she received Christ. She attended and graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in 1970. After graduation, she attended Bryan Stratton Business Institute for Data Entry. On August 23, 1974, she united...

Sofia Collette

Sofia Collette

Jul 21, 2005

Sofia Collette, 82, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Collette was a native of Bystryca, Poland and a survivor of the holocaust. After WW II she met her air force husband, George. They moved to Biloxi 40 years ago. She was a devoted wife and a self-made, hardworking woman, possessed with great ingenuity. Sofia was...

Sherry Eddy Gavin

Sherry Eddy Gavin

Jul 21, 2005

Ms. Sherry Gavin Eddy, 58 years young, of Jackson, MS died in Jackson, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Ms. Eddy was a native of Biloxi and lived in Jackson for the past 15 years. She was employed with the MS State Tax Commission as a Processor. She was of the Lutheran Faith. Sherry loved life, her family and people in general...

Thomas Fortier

Thomas Fortier

Jul 21, 2005

Thomas R. Fortier, 71, of Biloxi, MS. died July 21, 2005 . Memorial Service will be on Sunday 2:00 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Biloxi, MS. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.

Fay R. Carlin

Fay R. Carlin

Jul 20, 2005

Mrs. Fay R. Carlin, 88, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in Biloxi. We are all so sad to have you leave us, but we know that you are back in the arms of Papa, who you have missed so much. Aunt Fay was born on Feburary 15, 1917 in Biloxi, where she resided all her life. She was...

Albert "Al" Lee Gilbreath

Albert "Al" Lee Gilbreath

Jul 20, 2005

Mr. Albert "Al" Lee Gilbreath, 72, of Biloxi died Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Mr. Gilbreath was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and an avid fisherman. He was of the Protestant faith. Mr. Gilbreath was preceded in death by his parents, William and Inez Gilbreath and three sisters Gladys Rungo, Christine Gilbreath and Ethelou Gilbreath. He is survived...

Infant Tristan Michael Chinn

Infant Tristan Michael Chinn

Jul 20, 2005

Infant Tristan Michael Chinn, two months, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in Mobile, AL. He is survived by his parents, Melanie and David M. Chinn and sister, Sarah Michelle Chinn, all of Ocean Springs, grandparents, Patricia and Carl Conrad of Ocean Springs, Roy Dubuisson of Biloxi, and Marco and Roxanne Chinn of Biloxi, great-grandparents, Michael Smith,...

Eloise Jones Scott

Eloise Jones Scott

Jul 19, 2005

Eloise Jones Scott, 92, of Gulfport died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in Gulfport. She was born August 20, 1912 in Whitsett, NC. She was a member of Springwood Presbyterian Church in Whitsett, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Denver R. Scott; her parents, Charles L. Jones, Sr. and Grace Ingle Jones; two sisters, Mary Jones Thompson...

Lillie Vay Goodson

Lillie Vay Goodson

Jul 19, 2005

Lillie Vay Goodson, 99, of Gulfport, died, Tuesday, July 19, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Goodson was born in Collins, MS and was a long time resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lyman, where she was the oldest member of the church. Mrs. Goodson was a homemaker. Mrs. Goodson was preceded in death...

Rosella Easter Collins

Rosella Easter Collins

Jul 17, 2005

Mrs. Rosella Easter Wolfe Collins, 89, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Collins was born to William and Etta Wolfe in Preston County, West Virginia on April 23, 1916, and had been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past 20 years. She was retired from the Bruceton Mills, West Virginia School system...

Veronica Magas Matulich

Veronica Magas Matulich

Jul 17, 2005

Mrs. Veronica Magas Matulich, age 99, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Matulich was born in Molat, Croatia, and was raised in Biloxi. She was a former longtime resident of Metairie, LA., and was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1996. Mrs. Matulich was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean...

William J. Selke

William J. Selke

Jul 17, 2005

Mr. William J. "Bill" Selke, 63, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Selke was a native of Chicago, Illinois and had been a resident of the coast since 1981. He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Air force with 22 years of service and a safety officer with the Biloxi V A...

Carey Higginbotham

Carey Higginbotham

Jul 16, 2005

Mr. Carey F. Higginbotham, 66, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Higginbotham was a lifelong resident of the coast and a graduate of Biloxi High School. He was employed at the Veterans Administration of Biloxi and served in the U. S. Army National Guard. Mr. Higginbotham was member of Gulf Hills Country club, and Biloxi...