Helen Granberry O'Keefe

Helen Granberry O’Keefe, 54 of Ocean Springs, passed away on Friday, November18,2011.Helen was born in Jackson, MS on October 25, 1957. She graduated from USM in 1978 and did an internship at Watauga Area Mental Health Centers where she graduated fromthere in 1981. She received her masters in 1982 from USM and was only a few hoursshort from getting her PHD. She has received numerous awards through the GulfportSchool District. Helen worked in special education for 28 years. She was instrumentalin the creation of the Admiral’s Galley at Gulfport High School in remembrance of herhusband Jerry O’Keefe Jr. IV. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jerry O’Keefe Jr. IV; her parents, HenryGranberry and Lona Parsons Granberry of Jackson, MS. She is survived by her brother, Mr. Henry Granberry (Amy); her niece Mary MilamGranberry both of Nashville, TN; her first husband, Scott Lewis and her dearest friends,Donna Ransdell, Nancy Mills and Regina O’Brian. A memorial service will be held on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Porter Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs, where friends may visit from 1:00p.m. until service time.