Obituaries
Alton "Buddy" Edgar Byrd, Sr.
Jul 29, 2018
Alton "Buddy" Edgar Byrd, Sr., born 1933, died peacefully at age 85 on Sunday, July 29, 2018 surrounded by his family. He graduated from Bay High School in Panama City, FL where he was the captain of the football team and also played center-field for their baseball team. After graduating, he joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War,...
Peggy Mae Huckaby Dean
Jul 28, 2018
Mrs. Peggy Dean, age 85, passed away July 28, 2018, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Dean was born in Forest City, NC and had been a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. As the wife of an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, she traveled extensively and was retired from AAFES at Keesler AFB as a customer service clerk. She served as...
Elisabeth Francois
Jul 28, 2018
Elisabeth Francois, 92, died Saturday, July 28, 2018 in the home she shared with her sister in Ocean Springs. Miss Francois was born February 21, 1926 in Brussels, Belgium. She moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1990, finally settling in Ocean Springs in 2005. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Robertine Francois of Brussels, Belgium...
Charles Thomas "Manny" LeBatard, Jr.
Jul 27, 2018
On Friday, July 27, 2018, a golden heart stopped beating after 92 years of life. Charles Thomas LeBatard, Jr., known as “Manny” to family and friends, was born in Biloxi on March 19, 1926 to Charles and Florence (Lamey) LeBatard. Manny was a humble man, who loved his God, family and country. He was a World War II veteran who...
Charles L Brueck
Jul 27, 2018
Charles L. Brueck, Jr, age 92, of Gulfport died Friday, July 27, 2018. He was born in Gloster, MS and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1969, having previously lived in Forest, Jackson, McComb and Brookhaven. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Gulfport where he was an Elder Emeritus and had taught Sunday School for many years....
Mary Anne Testerman White
Jul 27, 2018
Mrs. Mary Anne Testerman White, age 71, a longtime resident of Virginia and Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, July 27, 2018. Mary Anne was born on August 24, 1946 in Arlington, Virginia to Edward Lee Testerman and Dorothy Mae Stanton Testerman. She attended school through the 11th grade and completed her GED in 1982. Mary Anne was baptized at Hillcrest...
Ronald "Ron" Lee Colegrove
Jul 27, 2018
Ronald “Ron” Lee Colegrove, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Friday, July 27th, 2018 in Ocean Springs. Ron was born May 19, 1942 in Milford, MI to Albert Lee and Louise Fern Colegrove. He attended Milford High School in Milford, MI. Ron was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1970 and he served as a Deacon at the...
Jenny Janelle
Jul 26, 2018
Jenny Janelle, age 77, of Ocean Springs, passed away at home on Thursday, July 26, 2018 after a short battle with cancer. Jenny was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs. She was employed at Alpha Optics and recently retired from the Ocean Springs Family Medical Clinic after 28 years. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister and will be...
Johanna "Lynn" Bui
Jul 26, 2018
Johanna “Lynn” Bui, age 55, of Biloxi passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 in Ocean Springs, MS. Lynn was born on July 2, 1963 in Biloxi, MS. She was a woman of many things. She was a very loving mother, grandmother daughter and sister. She was the kind of person to give you the shirt off her back if...
Cameron Leigh "Thor" Braa
Jul 26, 2018
Cameron Leigh “Thor” Braa, age 24, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2018 of an apparent suicide. He was a loving son, brother, father, uncle and friend to many. He had the most beautiful smile, kindest heart, twisted sense of humor and infectious laugh. He was a gentle soul and would do anything for anyone. He...
Rosalie Knost Ambler
Jul 26, 2018
Rosalie's youthful spirit left this world on July 26---she was celebrated by her Cenacle Sisters with a Funeral Mass in Chicago on July 30. Sister Rosalie Knost Ambler was 93. Her life will again be celebrated by family and friends with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Pauls Chapel in her hometown of Pass Christian, Mississippi on Friday August...
Jay Zabala Lorenzo
Jul 25, 2018
Retired Petty Officer First Class Jay Zabala Lorenzo, 69, of Gulfport, was born on April 19, 1949 and died on July 25, 2018 in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, Philippines. He proudly served in the US Navy for 22 years, during which he was awarded various medals for service to our country: the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the National Defense Service Medal,...
Ivy Carolyn Johnson Palmer
Jul 25, 2018
Ivy Carolyn Johnson Palmer, 79, of Saucier passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Ivy was a lifelong resident of the White Plains Community and was a member of White Plains United Methodist Church. She retired from the Harrison County School System where she was a bus driver for 26 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Skipper...
Gerald "Jerry" Guy Ross
Jul 25, 2018
Gerald “Jerry” Guy Ross, Sr., age 84, of Biloxi, MS passed away on July 25, 2018 in Gulfport, MS. Jerry was born on October 30, 1933 in Biloxi, MS. He was a member of Ramsey Creek Baptist Church and a charter member of MS Coast Jazz Society. He worked as a jazz musician and a painter. He enjoyed fishing and...
Donald Knowlton
Jul 24, 2018
Donald Knowlton, Jr., age 54, passed away on July 24, 2018. He was transferred to Williams Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Brewton, AL. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
Sharon Martin
Jul 24, 2018
Sharon Martin passed away peacefully on July 24, in her home in Biloxi, in the midst of her loving family. Sharon was born in Chicago, IL, attended parochial schools and graduated from Valparaiso University. With a career in teaching, she taught for over forty years in Illinois, New York, Texas, and, finally, in the Biloxi Public Schools where she was...
Wilma Lunsford Hogan
Jul 23, 2018
Wilma Lunsford Hogan, age 85, of Vancleave, passed peacefully on Monday July 23, 2018. Mrs. Hogan was a transplant to the coast from Charlotte, NC. She was a graduate of West Knoxville High School in Tennessee. She enjoyed her time at home, gardening, spending time with her family, and her little Prince. She was loved and will truly be missed....
Joseph Cecil Montgomery, Sr.
Jul 23, 2018
Joseph Cecil Montgomery Sr., age 93, died Monday morning, July 23, 2018 at Lemoyne Place in St. Martin, where he resided for the last three months. Mr. Montgomery was born in Biloxi on September 9, 1924 and remained a lifelong resident of our coastal community. He began his career as a public servant joining the Navy to serve our country...
Gladys R Raymond
Jul 23, 2018
July 23, 2018. Mrs. Raymond was born December 16, 1929, in Wahoo, NE. She married her husband of 45 years, Reverend Sidney J. Raymond, in 1948 and they spent their married years ministering to congregations in Arkansas, California, Kansas, and Nebraska before retiring to Rockport, TX in 1993. Mrs. Raymond graduated from Benson High School (Omaha, NE); attended Parsons College;...
Joseph Raynor
Jul 23, 2018
Joseph Raynor, passed away on July 23, 2018. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, was honored to help serve this family.
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