Obituaries

George  P Merwin

George P Merwin

Feb 12, 2019

George P. Merwin, age 69, died Tuesday, February 12. 2019 in Gulfport. Private service. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is in charge.

Dave Meyers

Dave Meyers

Feb 11, 2019

Dave Meyers, 96, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Meyers was born December 12, 1922 in Erath, LA. He was a longtime resident of the Coast and owner and operator of a laundry business. He was a U.S. Air Force WWII Veteran and a member of Blessed Seelos Catholic Church. “My Father,...

Harry Lee Steinwinder

Harry Lee Steinwinder

Feb 11, 2019

Harry Lee Steinwinder, our loving brother and uncle, peacefully passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father in his home on Monday, February 11, 2019 at the age of 84. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and attended Sacred Heart Academy and Biloxi High School. In 1952, Mr. Steinwinder attended Seminary College in St. Benedict, Louisiana for two years and...

Danny W. Middleton

Danny W. Middleton

Feb 11, 2019

Danny W. Middleton, age 77, passed away Monday, February 11, 2019, in Biloxi. He was born in Shreveport, LA and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. Mr. Middleton was retired from the U. S. Coast Guard, the U. S. Navy Reserves and Bell South where he was an engineer. He was a member of Keesler AFB...

Bobby Gene Shehorn

Bobby Gene Shehorn

Feb 11, 2019

Bobby Gene Shehorn, age 58, of Gautier, MS passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019. Mr. Shehorn was born on March 29, 1960 in Hutchinson, KS to Floyd Victor and Wanda June Shehorn. He retired from the Pass Christian Walmart. Mr. Shehorn enjoyed church, reading his Bible, praising God, Facebooking, and spending time with his family. He was preceded in...

Debra O'Nita Handy Robinson

Debra O'Nita Handy Robinson

Feb 11, 2019

Age 60, passed away, Mon, Feb 11 2019. Memorial Service is 1:00 p m Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at The Isiah Fredericks Community Center, 3312 Martin Luther King Boulevard, in Gulfport. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, in Biloxi is in charge of services.

Michelle  DeAnn Jacquet

Michelle DeAnn Jacquet

Feb 10, 2019

Michelle DeAnn Jacquet (née Sonnier), age 53, peacefully transitioned from this Earth at 5:22 am on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Ocean Springs Hospital, Ocean Springs, MS. Born to Mitchell and Nancy Sonnier in Kaplan, Louisiana on July 20, 1965; she was a native of Vinton, Louisiana, and a longtime resident of Biloxi, MS. She graduated from Vinton High School,...

James L. Landry

James L. Landry

Feb 10, 2019

James L. Landry, 61, of Biloxi, MS passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019 in St. Martin. Mr. Landry was born January 5, 1958 in Biloxi, MS. He was a member of the VFW, the Eagles and the American Legion. Mr. Landry served 23 years in the US Marines, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. He enjoyed golfing. He was...

Marcela  Diane Barrilleaux Ainsworth

Marcela Diane Barrilleaux Ainsworth

Feb 10, 2019

Marcela Diane Barrilleaux Ainsworth, age 58, of Biloxi passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019. Marcela was born on December 20, 1960 in Bogata, Columbia. She was a graduate of D’Iberville High School and volunteered for Biloxi Regional Hospital. She was a photographer and loved music. Marcela was very caring, thoughtful, funny and the light of her family’s lives. She...

Paul Orey Galle Sr.

Paul Orey Galle Sr.

Feb 9, 2019

Mr. Paul Orey Galle, Sr., age 73, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019. Mr. Galle was born on December 2, 1945 in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He served on a river patrol boat in Vietnam. He retired from the postal service as a clerk for 35 years. Mr. Galle was...

MSgt (Ret) Bobby Donnell Steele

MSgt (Ret) Bobby Donnell Steele

Feb 9, 2019

Bobby Donnell Steele, age 74, of Biloxi, passed from this life on Saturday, February 9, 2019 after a lengthy illness. A native of Charlotte, NC, Bobby graduated from Second Ward High School where he was an active music and band student and Piedmont Community College before enlisting in the USAF in 1965. Retiring in May 1991, after serving 26 years...

Ivan Ernest Miles

Ivan Ernest Miles

Feb 8, 2019

Mr. Ivan Ernest Miles, Jr., aged 74, of Gulfport, died at home on Friday, February 8th, 2019. He was born February 11, 1944 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Dr. and Mrs. Ivan Ernest Miles, Sr. He graduated from Starkville High School and then the University of Mississippi in 1966. After a distinguished career as a pharmaceutical sales representative/manager, working for...

Thomas  Edward Bounds, III

Thomas Edward Bounds, III

Feb 8, 2019

Thomas Edward Bounds, III, peacefully passed away on February 8, 2019 in Cape Coral, FL. Tom was born in Gulfport, MS, in 1944 to Thomas Edward Bounds, Jr. and Mildred Switzer Bounds. He grew up in the Fernwood Community and graduated from Biloxi High School in 1962. After graduation, he attended Southern Mississippi College (USM) before serving 6 months active...

Oren  C. Haddock

Oren C. Haddock

Feb 8, 2019

Oren Clifford Haddock, born November 6th, 1941 of Fernandina Beach Florida and passed away on February 8, 2019. He is survived by sisters Gloria Guest and Linda Ridgeway; his daughter, Paige Haddock Wallace and her husband John; his son Mark Haddock and his wife Stacey; and son Brian Haddock; and 4 grandchildren, Will and Sam Wallace, Lucy and Daisy Haddock...

Kenneth Cunningham

Kenneth Cunningham

Feb 7, 2019

Kenneth A. Cunningham passed away on February 7, 2019 at age 79. He was born in 1939 in Middletown, CT, to Kenneth and Helen Cunningham. Ken has been a resident of Long Beach for 28 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth and Helen; son, Douglas, and stepson, Gene Willis Jr. He is survived by his loving...

William Carl DeMalade

William Carl DeMalade

Feb 7, 2019

Retired Tech Sergeant William Carl DeMalade, 77, long-time resident of Ocean Springs, Mississippi passed away on February 7, 2019. He was born May 8, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Otto William and Daisy Wood DeMalade. Bill graduated from Roy Miller High School, Corpus Christi Texas. He then served in the United States Air Force for 20 years,...

Janis Fairley Pittman

Janis Fairley Pittman

Feb 7, 2019

Janis Fairley Pittman died peacefully at her home in Gulfport, MS on Thursday February 7th after a brief struggle with cancer. Janis was born in Gulfport on May 18, 1939 to Richard and Pat Fairley. Janis grew up in Orange Grove and lived most of her adult life in Gulfport. She worked in real estate beginning in the mid-1970’s eventually...

Doris J. Marbury

Doris J. Marbury

Feb 6, 2019

Doris J. Marbury passed peacefully on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 and into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ. She founded the Total Child Learning Center (TLC) in 1980 and remained as Director until her retirement in 2014. The number of children impacted by her love and education throughout the years is considerable. Mrs Marbury was preceded in death by...

Raymond Eugene Stanley

Raymond Eugene Stanley

Feb 6, 2019

Mr. Raymond Eugene “Stan” Stanley, 95, long time resident of Gulfport Mississippi passed away on February 6, 2019. He was born October 21, 1923 in Haleburg, Alabama to John and Nancy Stanley. Mr. Stanley graduated from Miller County High School. He served overseas in the United States Army during World War II, assigned to HQ 373rd Engineers Regiment 45. He...

Alfreda Hanson Pardee

Alfreda Hanson Pardee

Feb 5, 2019

Mrs. Alfreda Hansen Pardee, age 80, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Mrs. Pardee was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and an adopted mother to any child she came in contact with. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hans and Beulah Hansen, sister,...