Obituaries

Ruth  Duckworth Noble

Ruth Duckworth Noble

Jan 14, 2014

Ruth Catherine Peters Duckworth Noble, 88, former longtime resident of Biloxi passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Manhattan Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, MS. Mrs. Noble was a longtime member of the Church of the Redeemer in Biloxi and was very involved in Cursillo and the Daughters of the King. She had also been a member of...

Charles  Wilson Whittington

Charles Wilson Whittington

Jan 11, 2014

Charles Wilson Whittington, Sr., age 69, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. He was a retired Senior Master Sergeant with the United States Air Force and retired from the Federal Aviation Administration. Charles was a member of The Covenant of Peace Church. He was also a member of the Magnolia Lodge #120 AF & AM, Biloxi. He was a Shriner and...

Lillie Rose Martino Seymour

Lillie Rose Martino Seymour

Jan 10, 2014

Lillie Rose Martino Seymour, 87, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Friday, January 10, 2014 in D’Iberville. Mrs. Seymour was a lifelong resident of D’Iberville and a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was the Matriarch and homemaker of the Seymour family. Mrs. Seymour was very active for many years with the daily operations of Seymour and Sons...

Wilma  Batton Pierce

Wilma Batton Pierce

Jan 10, 2014

Wilma Batton Pierce, 81, of D’Iberville, MS died Friday, January 10, 2014 in Biloxi. Mrs. Pierce was a loving Christian woman who loved painting, gardening and especially her family. She was loved by all who knew her and will be dearly missed. Mrs. Pierce is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Maurice D. Pierce, Jr.; her parents,...

Clara  Seal Lopez D'aquilla

Clara Seal Lopez D'aquilla

Jan 9, 2014

Clara Seal Lopez Campbell D'aquilla, known to many as "Claire," passed away at noon on January 9, 2014. She was 77. Ms. D'aquilla was born November 13, 1936, in Biloxi, MS. She grew up in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and attended boarding school at the Sacred Heart Academy in New Orleans. As a child and teenager, she spent weekends and summers...

S.C. "Skipper" Palmer

S.C. "Skipper" Palmer

Jan 9, 2014

S.C. “Skipper” Palmer, Jr., 77, of Saucier, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Ocean Springs Hospital. Mr. Palmer was born on September 12, 1936 in Gulfport, MS to Schuyler C. and Edith Newman Palmer and raised in Fernwood. He was a retired electrician from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 903, and a member of White Plains United...

Mary Anna  Cameron Eleuterius

Mary Anna Cameron Eleuterius

Jan 9, 2014

Mary Anna Cameron Eleuterius, age 89, of Biloxi, died peacefully surrounded by her family Thursday, January 9, 2014. Mrs. Eleuterius was born in New Orleans, LA and has been a resident of Biloxi since 1948. She worked for many years with Kress’s Variety Store in Biloxi and later with the JL Scott Marine Education Center. She was a loving wife,...

Winfred  Gregory Ladner

Winfred Gregory Ladner

Jan 8, 2014

Mr. Winfred Gregory Ladner, our loving father, peacefully passed into the arms of his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, at the age of 77. Mr. Ladner was retired from a local sheet metal workers union. He was of the Catholic faith, a very devoted husband, father, grandfather and brother. He was always there to lend a hand to...

Edwin N. "Felix" DuBois

Edwin N. "Felix" DuBois

Jan 8, 2014

Edwin N. “Felix” DuBois, Jr., 64, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Felix was born and raised in Biloxi. He was known by all as “Felix the Cat” and spent many days at the Elk’s Lodge playing cards and playing pool at the Union Bar. He loved singing, listening to music and most of all, he loved his family. Felix...

Irene Collins Tucei

Irene Collins Tucei

Jan 8, 2014

Irene Collins Tucei of Biloxi passed away on Wednesday, January 08, 2014. She was 95 years of age. Mrs. Tucei was born January 10, 1918. She was in numerous carnival organizations, including the Krewe of Billikins and Gulf Coast Carnival Association. Mrs. Tucei was a lifelong member of The Nativity BVM Cathedral and spent many years as a member of...

Karen Lee Burns

Karen Lee Burns

Jan 8, 2014

Karen Lee Burns (DeVries), age 73, died Wednesday, December 8, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was born in Bemidji, Minnesota and was a graduate of Bemidji High School class of 1958. She went on to graduate from Bemidji State College with the class of 1960 earning a degree in Secretarial Science. She worked in Denver, CO where she met her husband,...

Kenneth L. "Tree Daddy" McClain

Kenneth L. "Tree Daddy" McClain

Jan 7, 2014

Mr. Kenneth L. "Tree Daddy" McClain, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, in Ocean Springs. Kenny was a native of Cleveland, MS and a resident of the coast since 1964. He was the owner and operator of McClains Tree Service, served on the Ocean Springs Tree Committee and was a former member of the Ocean...

Aimee Starks Blais

Aimee Starks Blais

Jan 7, 2014

Aimee Starks Blais, 88, died on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Born in Biloxi, she was the oldest of 10 children born to Jim Starks, founder of Starks Contracting Company, and Aimee Marie Faurie Starks. She graduated from Sacred Heart in 1943. In 1948, she married Dick Blais, an airman stationed at Keesler. They were happily married until his death in...

Nicholas Jon Newman

Nicholas Jon Newman

Jan 7, 2014

Nicholas Jon Newman of Biloxi, 35, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2014. Nick was born on September 16, 1978 and was of the Catholic faith. His passion was LSU football, the New Orleans Saints and being a member of the Uncle Wayne’s Biloxi Mardi Gras Krewe. He started his cooking, restaurant manager, and chef career at several local restaurants including...

Aaron McCormick

Aaron McCormick

Jan 5, 2014

Aaron McCormick, 43, of Gulfport, MS, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2014. He was born in Sikeston, MO and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1998. Aaron was preceded in death by his mother, Brenda Kay McCormick; sister, Jennifer Beth Hracek, and brother, Gregory Lyons. He is survived by his fiance, Garrah Pigford; three sons, Bradley McCormick, Steven McCormick...

Shirley Gibbs

Shirley Gibbs

Jan 5, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Gibbs, age 79, of Vancleave, MS, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, in Vancleave. Mrs. Gibbs was a native of California and a resident of the coast for 25 years. She loved animals and was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ward Gibbs. Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Christy and Donna Dyer, caregivers,...

Bobbie Jean Rosskopf

Bobbie Jean Rosskopf

Jan 5, 2014

Bobbie Jean Williams Rosskopf, 80, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at home. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 6, 2014 from 4-6 p.m. at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home on 15th Street in Gulfport. Visitation will also be held on Tuesday morning, January 7, 2014 at Handsboro Presbyterian Church at 10:00 a.m. followed by a memorial service at 11:00...

Dorothy  Marie Szymanski

Dorothy Marie Szymanski

Jan 4, 2014

Dorothy Marie Szymanski, 85, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2014 at her home in Gulfport. She had been a resident of Gulfport for most of her life and was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Robert Szymanski; her parents, Herrin and Rosa Davis Walters; siblings, Forrest,...

Eleanor Agnes Astorgia Phulps

Eleanor Agnes Astorgia Phulps

Jan 4, 2014

Eleanor Phulps was born in Sacramento, CA on April 17, 1913. She passed away from this life on Saturday, January 4, 2014 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Eva Astorgia; her brothers, Fred and Raymond; her sisters, Rosamond and Goldie; and her grandson, Dean R.Teston. Mrs. Phulps is survived by her daughter, Beverly and...

Gerald Cecil Husley

Gerald Cecil Husley

Jan 3, 2014

Gerald Cecil Husley, age 68, of Biloxi, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014. Gerald was a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a home builder, US Army Veteran and served in the Vietnam War. Survivors include his son, Gerald Husley (Tami); daughter, Rebecca Husley; sisters, Barbara Husley and Zola Matheau; and three grandchildren, Kayla Bunte, Breanne and...