Obituaries

Velma F. Boutwell

Velma F. Boutwell

Apr 9, 2017

Mrs. Velma Boutwell, age 91, died Sunday, April 9, 2017. She was born in Kingsley, Iowa where she graduated from Kingsley High School. She moved to Sioux City where she went to business school and was a secretary. While in Sioux City, she met and married the love of her life, William A. Boutwell in 1946. They had two daughters,...

Julian "Jay" Holtorf

Julian "Jay" Holtorf

Apr 9, 2017

Julian "Jay" Douglas Holtorf, age 75, passed away Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017. Jay was born November 13, 1941 in Carroll, Iowa to Julius Otto and Violet Pauline Wilkerson Holtorf. He was a graduate of Carroll High School in Carroll, Iowa. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration at Park College. He was also a member of...

Esther "Pattie" Perhoic-Toncrey Ladner

Esther "Pattie" Perhoic-Toncrey Ladner

Apr 9, 2017

Esther "Pattie" Perhoic-Toncrey Ladner, age 61, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017. Pattie was born in Pennsylvania and a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a graduate of St. Martin and was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church in Saucier. Pattie was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, and wonderful grandmother. Pattie is preceded in death by...

Chester Hershel Blalock

Chester Hershel Blalock

Apr 9, 2017

Chester Hershel Blalock, age 90, of Gautier, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017, after a lengthy illness. Chester received his Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and completed post-graduate work at the University of South Alabama. He was elected class president at USM in 1951 and named "Who's Who?" in American Universities and...

Lucille Womack Thurman

Lucille Womack Thurman

Apr 9, 2017

Mrs. Lucille Odelia Womack Thurman, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2017. Mrs. Thurman was born in Chase, Virginia. She traveled to New York City as a teenager where she met Bill Thurman, a sailor, during the war and they later married. She lived in Missouri and Washington D.C. for a while and settled...

Tommy Luther Underwood

Tommy Luther Underwood

Apr 7, 2017

Tommy Luther Underwood, 59, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017 in Gulfport. Tommy was a native of Gainesville, GA. He was stationed at many different military bases before calling D’Iberville his home. He retired as a Captain from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service and from the State of Mississippi as a psychologist...

Marjorie Boleware Albrycht

Marjorie Boleware Albrycht

Apr 5, 2017

Marjorie Boleware Albrycht, 81, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. She was born September 24, 1935 in Greenwood, MS to Mayfred and Dewey Boleware. Marjorie married John Albrycht in Biloxi, MS on October 27, 1957. John survives his wife, residing in the home they built in Gulf Hills over 51 years ago. Also surviving are her...

Margaret Dolores Jones-Richardson

Margaret Dolores Jones-Richardson

Apr 5, 2017

Margaret Dolores Jones-Richardson, age 75, of Gulfport died Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Margaret was born in Senath, Missouri but raised in Memphis, Tennessee with her mother and brother. She attended Drones Business College before moving to the Mississippi Gulf Coast to begin her family and had an early retirement with South Central Bell as a telephone operator. Her family was...

Beulah Richard

Beulah Richard

Apr 5, 2017

Beulah Richard, 89, of Saucier, MS was reunited with her husband, the love of her life, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mrs. Richard was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. Her life was centered around her family and her faith. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Jerald Richard, Sr.; her son, Jerald Richard, Jr.;...

Wanda Brown Kahler

Wanda Brown Kahler

Apr 4, 2017

Wanda Brown Kahler, age 63, of Gulfport passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2017 in Gulfport. She was born in Gulfport and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Gulfport. Mrs. Kahler was preceded in death by her parents, William and Lydia Brown; and a son, Andrew Kahler. She is survived by...

Hugh  Bryant Albritton

Hugh Bryant Albritton

Apr 4, 2017

Hugh Bryant Albritton, Jr., age 76, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Hugh was a Vietnam Veteran and served as a Seabee for 25 years. He also retired from Biloxi V.A. after 20 years in the maintenance department. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing, traveling, gambling, movies and good food. He is preceded in his death by his loving wife...

Fairie  Lyn  Carter

Fairie Lyn Carter

Apr 4, 2017

Ms. Fairie Lyn Carter, age 90, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 in Biloxi, MS. She was born October 1, 1926 in Biloxi where her family operated Carter's Hat Shop. Fairie Lyn was preceded in death by her parents, William Raymond Carter, Jr. and Velma C. Carter; sister, Velma Fern Carter; and her brother, William Prentiss Carter. In 1944 Fairie Lyn...

Nancy H.  Byers

Nancy H. Byers

Apr 3, 2017

Nancy H. Byers, age 81, joined her husband on Monday, April 3, 2017. Nancy was a resident of Gautier since 1974. She was the Director of Nursing for Professional Home Health and retired from there in 1998. She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church in Pascagoula. Nancy was devoted to her family and was a loving wife, mother,...

Margaret Covacevich Jumonville

Margaret Covacevich Jumonville

Apr 3, 2017

Margaret Covacevich Jumonville, age 85, died Monday, April 3, 2017. A Back Bay Biloxi Native, she grew up playing in the shipyard owned by her father A.W. “Tony Jack” Covacevich and her mother, Emma Nadlich Covacevich. She graduated from Biloxi High School where she was a cheerleader and Homecoming Queen. Having very strong work ideals when her children left the...

Marshall Lee Bittinger

Marshall Lee Bittinger

Apr 2, 2017

Mr. Marshall Lee Bittinger, age 72, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Marshall was a native of Ohio and was a longtime resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He retired as a Master Sergeant from the United States Air Force. He was a member of the V.F.W. and the Moose Lodge. Marshall is preceded in death by his loving...

Waldo "Wally"  Hartel

Waldo "Wally" Hartel

Apr 2, 2017

Waldo “Wally” Hartel, passed away at Merit Health Hospital in Biloxi on Sunday, April 2, 2017. He was born on November 17, 1927, in Biloxi, MS. He married his wife of 67 years on June 5, 1949. Mr. Hartel was an airline agent, a pilot and a heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed boating and fishing trips to Louisiana. One of...

Steve Dyess

Steve Dyess

Apr 2, 2017

Steve Dyess, 70, of Ocean Springs, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 2, 2017. “Brother Steve,” as he was known by many, was a humble and faithful Christian all of his life. He was born on March 16, 1947 in Robertsdale, AL and was a graduate of Vancleave High School. There, he served...

Stephen Lee Howell

Stephen Lee Howell

Apr 1, 2017

Stephen Lee Howell, a long-time resident of Ocean Springs, died at his home on April 1, 2017. A native of Biloxi, he was born on August 21, 1942. Mr. Howell was a graduate of Biloxi High School in 1960. After serving four years in the US Navy, he was an employee of Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula for thirty-three years. Mr....

Carolyn June "CJ" Boernge

Carolyn June "CJ" Boernge

Apr 1, 2017

Carolyn June “CJ” (Reynolds) Boernge, 78, of Gulfport died Saturday, April 1, 2017 in Gulfport. Mrs. Boernge was born in Meridian, Mississippi. She lived in Colorado for 20-years where she was a volunteer for the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Aquarium. Known as CJ, she also was an amateur artist. She and her husband returned to Gulfport in 2007,...

Roy Nicholas Mattina

Roy Nicholas Mattina

Apr 1, 2017

Roy Nicholas Mattina, Sr., age 92, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017. Roy was born on February 10, 1925 to Sidonia Fayard and Joseph Mattina. He received an Honorary Diploma from Biloxi High School and a National Top Hatter Award for Ford Motor Company. Roy worked as a salesman at Radio Shack and was also self-employed at Roy's News &...