Obituaries
Elizabeth W. Gill
Feb 19, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Gill, age 70, of Vancleave, MS, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017. Mrs. Gill was a resident of the coast since 1994. She was retired and a member of the First Baptist Church of Vancleave. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Wyndham and two brothers, Stiles "Arthur" Wyndham and Nelson Wyndham....
Betty Ellis Martin
Feb 19, 2017
Betty Ellis Martin, age 94, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017. Betty was born on August 29, 1922 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. She was the oldest daughter in a family of one son and seven daughters. She met her future husband, Kell Bailey Martin, of Vancleave, while he was stationed in England during WWII. She later married Kell, her...
John Hanson Miner
Feb 18, 2017
John Hanson Kennard Miner, PE/MBA, husband, father, World War II veteran, sailor, shipbuilder, and shopkeeper, with loved ones by his side, sailed off into the sunset from his beloved home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday February 18, 2017. John was born in Connecticut on June 28, 1925. He grew up in Arlington, VA and went to Western High School...
Carolyn Mae Pittenger
Feb 18, 2017
Carolyn Mae Pittenger, age 85, of Biloxi, MS, peacefully passed away with her loving son and daughter-in-law at her bedside on Saturday, February 18, 2017. Carolyn spent much of her life as a housewife and a babysitter for her neighbor’s children wherever she lived, and the places she and her family called home were many. From her birthplace of Islesboro,...
Gary Marvin Mitchell
Feb 18, 2017
Gary Marvin Mitchell, age 69, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017 in Biloxi. A Celebration of Life of Life Service will be held at the Biloxi Lighthouse Service Drive on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jesse Weldon Dobbins
Feb 17, 2017
Jesse Weldon “Deuce” Dobbins II, 36, was called home to be with the Lord Friday, February 17, 2017. During the weeks prior, Jesse was surrounded by family, friends, and brother Marines; a testament to the love, friendship, and respect he not only displayed but also inspired in others. Beloved gift, father, son, brother, and friend—he will be sorely missed. Jesse...
Mary Catherine Holliman
Feb 16, 2017
Mary Catherine Bertucci Holliman, age 92, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017. She was born in Biloxi on December 2, 1924 to John J. and Ada B. Ates Bertucci. Catherine was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast and a 1942 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy. During World War II she was one of the “Rosie the Riveters” working...
Colton "Batman" James O'Bryant
Feb 15, 2017
Colton "Batman" James O'Bryant flew home to heaven on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Colton will wait there for his mother, Kassandra Murray; his siblings, Kevin, Landon and Adyson; his grandparents, Cindy Murray and Steve Segari (Steve called him T-Rex); his great grandparents, Arthur and Susan Segari (Arthur referred to him as his little Buddie); his godparents, Mark and Shirley Canant;his...
Michael Brandon "Nub" Burns
Feb 14, 2017
Michael “Nub” Burns, age 24, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at his mother’s home in Fair Play, Missouri. He was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on July 24, 1992 and grew up on the Gulf Coast. Michael was a gentle, sensitive and caring young man with an affinity of nature and animals. He was sensitive to those less fortunate than...
Steven Oran Tillinghast
Feb 14, 2017
Steven "Steve" Oran Tillinghast, age 70, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Wiggins, Mississippi. Steve came from a pioneer Ocean Springs family and was born on May 26, 1946 in Biloxi to John Oran Tillinghast and Mary Alice Brumbaugh Tillinghast. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam where he received the Purple Heart. He...
James Joseph Rigaud
Feb 14, 2017
James Joseph Rigaud, age 71, of Gretna, LA died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 in Biloxi. The graveside service is Monday, February 27, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Biloxi National Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Rose Marie Thornton
Feb 13, 2017
Rose Marie Landry Thornton, Age 71, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017, in Gulfport. She was born on August 11, 1945, to Wilbert C. and Mary M. Landry. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister and loved by all. She was of the Catholic faith and a devoted prayer warrior with a beautiful and kind spirit. She was...
Bebe Ann Sutherland
Feb 12, 2017
Bebe Ann Sutherland, 68, of Gautier, MS passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017. Mrs. Sutherland, a Methodist, born in New Orleans, LA, was a long time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a member of The Gautier Garden Club, and the Mississippi Federation of Republican Women. She served as on the Pascagoula City Council for eight years and retired as...
Audrey Allen Breal
Feb 12, 2017
Audrey Allen Breal, age 91, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017, in Biloxi. Born on July 22, 1925, to George and Ethel Allen, she was a lifelong resident of Biloxi, a longtime member of St. Michael Catholic Church and the Altar Society. Mrs. Breal graduated from Biloxi High School. Her devotion was to her family, her church, her yard and...
Gary Wayne Michiels
Feb 11, 2017
Following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Biloxi businessman and long-time Mississippi Gulf Coast broadcaster Gary Michiels passed away peacefully the evening of February 11, 2017, at the Biloxi Veterans Administration Community Living Center. Michiels, 71, born in Alexandria, Louisiana, had been a Biloxi resident since first being stationed at Keesler Air Force Base as a young officer in the...
Margaret N. Marchelos
Feb 11, 2017
Margaret N. Marchelos, age 86, of Biloxi, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Margaret was born on September 17, 1930. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Rose C. Vanacore; husband, Charles Marchelos; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews of the Vanacore...
Kyong Ae Nadeau
Feb 10, 2017
Kyong Ae Nadeau, age 74, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gertrude Naomi Medlock
Feb 10, 2017
Gertrude Naomi Jalanivich Medlock, 92, of Ocean Springs went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, February 10, 2017. Gertrude was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on July 21, 1924, daughter of John Matthew Jalanivich and Gertrude Eve Trosclair Jalanivich. She was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs serving at Faith Christian Center as Pastor's wife, Sunday School Superintendent,...
Marilyn Louellen Fisher
Feb 10, 2017
Mrs. Marilyn Louellen Fisher, age 82, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017. Mrs. Fisher was a native and longtime resident of Indiana and a coast resident since 1975. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Gene Fisher. Survivors include a son, Mark Fisher and grandson, Brandon James Fisher. Visitation will be on Thursday,...
Sean Daniel Flynn
Feb 9, 2017
Sean Daniel Flynn, 52, passed away overnight on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at his home. Sean was born on June 2, 1964, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Sean settled in Pass Christian in 1993 and worked in construction most of his life. He is preceded in death by his father, Daniel Frederick Flynn, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Mary Catherine...
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