Obituaries
Anthony "Tony" Victor Polovich
Jan 28, 2019
Anthony “Tony” Victor Polovich, aged 96, passed away Monday, January 28, 2019 in Gulfport, MS. Tony was born and raised on Point Cadet in Biloxi before settling in D’Iberville. He was a member of the US Coast Guard from 1942-1945 when he was honorably discharged. He also worked various jobs during his lifetime but is best known as the owner/operator...
Marjorie V Priester
Jan 26, 2019
Marjorie V. Priester, age 93, of Pass Christian passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Gulfport. She was a receptionist at Villa Maria for 33 years and a member of First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Freeman W. Priester; and her parents, Arthur Green and Mattie Barnes Hegwood. She is survived by...
Mendi Marie Smith Epperson
Jan 26, 2019
Mendi Marie Smith Epperson, age 45, of Biloxi, MS passed away on January 26, 2019 in Somerton, AZ. Private services were held with burial at Biloxi City Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Elie Japlin Hebert
Jan 26, 2019
Elie Japlin Hebert, 86, of Biloxi, died Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hebert was born in Gueydan, LA, and had been a longtime resident of Biloxi. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years as a medic and worked at the Biloxi VA for 25 years. Mr. Hebert was a huge LSU Tigers fan, whom...
William J. "Billy Joe" Queen
Jan 25, 2019
Billy Joe Queen, age 57, passed away Friday, January 25, 2019, in Lubbock, Texas. He was born in Clovis, NM and was a graduate of Incirlik High School in Adana, Turkey where he was an avid athelete. Billy Joe worked in the hospitality industry. He was an artist who enjoyed music and cooking. Most of all he loved his family...
Jody Larry Jones
Jan 25, 2019
Jody Larry Jones, age 70, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019 in Biloxi. Mr. Jones was a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a Marine veteran and served in the Vietnam war. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather and will be missed by all that knew him. Mr. Jones is...
Jane F. Bickel
Jan 25, 2019
Jane F. Bickel, age 86, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 25, 2019 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She was born on April 22, 1932 in Syracuse, New York to Earnest C. and Frances M. Alletzhouser Grant. Jane was a loving mother and grandmother and in her active days she enjoyed golfing and bowling. Jane is preceded in death by her...
Sue Ellen Britt
Jan 24, 2019
Sue Ellen Britt, age 79, passed away Thursday, January 24, 2019, in Gulfport. Mrs. Britt was born in Central, SC and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a member of Cedar Lake Christian Assembly for 47 years and devoted her life to her family, raising four generations. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, making arts and...
Gladys M. Schmierer
Jan 24, 2019
Gladys M. Schmierer, age 84, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at her residence in Ocean Springs, MS. She was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. Gladys was a longtime member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and loved music, singing, and playing piano. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be missed by all her...
Charles Floyd Martin
Jan 23, 2019
Charles Floyd Martin, age 88 of Biloxi, passed away on January 23, 2019. Charles was born on October 31, 1930 in Pike County, Ohio to Leslie and Jessie Martin. He served in the Air Force for 24 years. Charles then transitioned to “civilian” life first as a teacher in the Biloxi Public School System and then as an instructor at...
Josefina Barbara Gill
Jan 23, 2019
Mrs. Josefina Gill, age 47, of Gautier, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Mrs. Gill was a native of San Diego, CA and a longtime resident of the coast. She was a central office school official and an English language translator/ELL Coordinator for the Pascagoula School System. Her hobbies including painting, going to the beach, traveling and spending...
Thomas Franklin "Frankie" Johnson
Jan 22, 2019
Thomas Franklin "Frankie" Johnson, 89, of Long Beach, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in Pass Christian. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and Adele Johnson; brothers, John, Dempsey, Lorene, Bobby and James "Choo Choo"; and sisters, Margie and Marie. He is survived by his son, Mike and daughters Wanda Pender and Donna Baker (Jeremey); grandchildren, Jessica Burrill...
Dolores H. Parker
Jan 22, 2019
Dolores Hormanski Parker, age 89, passed away on January 22, 2019, in Wiggins, MS. Mrs. Parker was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and was of the Catholic faith. She was born on August 26, 1929 in Biloxi and spent her childhood on Point Cadet. She was affectionately known as Doe to her childhood friends and Dee Dee to her family....
Mark James Strak, Sr.
Jan 22, 2019
Mark James Strak, Sr., age 60, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Strak was born December 30, 1958 in Green Bay, WI to John and Sharon Grube Strak. He retired from Mississippi Power Company after 32 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents. Mr. Strak’s survivors include...
Caroline Jones
Jan 21, 2019
Caroline Jones (69) originally from Bristol, VA and resident of Saucier, MS received her angel wings on January 21st, 2019 while recovering from a long battle with lung cancer and a recent lung surgery. She is survived by her loving husband, Donald Brinkley; two daughters Cynthia Casey of Gulfport, MS and Robin (Steve) Brown of Moore, OK; three grand children,...
Joseph Charles Hosli
Jan 21, 2019
Joseph Charles Hosli, 85, of Biloxi, MS passed away Monday, January 21, 2019 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hosli was born in Jackson County, MS and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Hosli enjoyed fishing and was an avid beekeeper. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oakley...
Esther Marie von Schlieder
Jan 19, 2019
Esther Marie von Schlieder, 69, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019 in Ocean Springs. Esther was a native Californian and spent the last twenty years of her life enjoying the area of Gulf Coast Mississippi. She was born in Long Beach, CA, but as an Air Force brat, traveled throughout the south and southwest U.S.,...
Joseph "Fabian" Taranto
Jan 19, 2019
Joseph “Fabian” Taranto, 90 years old, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on January 19th, 2019, in the arms of loved ones in his daughter’s home. Fabian was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi, MS. He graduated from Biloxi High School, served in the US Army, and was a Veteran of the Korean War. He owned and operated Taranto Amusement,...
Johnny Hozey
Jan 19, 2019
John Laurence Hozey Sr. entered into eternal rest Saturday, January 19 th, 2019 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Memorial Services will be held Sunday, January 27, 2019, at 3:30 PM at Seashore Mission, Biloxi, Mississippi, with Reverend Judy Hearn Cottrell officiating. Johnny Hozey was born in Laurel, Mississippi on August 14 t , 1953 to Suzi Bergner and Ira Hozey. At an...
Nancy Knox Morris
Jan 18, 2019
Nancy Knox Morris, 70, passed away at her home in Biloxi, Mississippi on Friday, January 18, 2019. She was born in Humbolt, Tennessee to Repps Knox and Mary Elizabeth Richards Knox on July 7, 1948. She grew up and graduated high school in Trenton, Tennessee. She graduated from The University of Mississippi in 1970 with a Bachelors in Sociology, Psychology...
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