Obituaries
Beverly Ann Balius Barlow
Dec 2, 2012
Mrs. Beverly Ann Balius Barlow died Saturday, December 2, 2012, in Picayune, MS. Beverly lived in California, Texas, and Japan and traveled in the far East before finally retiring to Biloxi, MS. She was an intelligent woman with great sense of humor, organizational abilities and a wonderful sense of style. She dearly loved her grandchildren and cherished her time with...
Virgie Mae Thibodeaux Verheeck
Dec 2, 2012
Mrs. Virgie Mae Thibodeaux Verheeck, age 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 2, 2012, in Snellville, Georgia. Mrs. Verheeck, affectionately called "Te Mae" by her friends and family, was born in Biloxi, MS. She met her husband, S/Sgt. Prosper Verheeck, at a dance and they married in 1954 after he completed his last tour of duty. After her marriage,...
Roy Alva Little
Dec 2, 2012
Roy Alva Little, age 89, of Gulfport, died Sunday, December 2, 2012. Roy was born in Alabama and was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a former Merchant Marine Veteran of WWII. He retired from the US Forest Service and was a member of Morris Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Roy is preceded in death by his...
Versie May Smith
Dec 2, 2012
Mrs. Versie Malley Smith, 83, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012, in Biloxi. She was born in Poplarville, MS and remained a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She enjoyed going to Treasure Bay Casino and considered the employees her extended family. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Verna Pearson; son,...
Mary June Neumaier
Dec 1, 2012
Mary grew up in Cohasset, MN and graduated from Grand Rapids Senior High in 1936. After high school, she worked Civil Service for the Veterans Administration in Milwaukee, WI. She relocated to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1950 when she married her husband of 46 years, Roman Neumaier. An avid faithful and committed Catholic, Mary was one of the founding...
William Harry "Bill" Hodges
Dec 1, 2012
William Harry “Bill” Hodges, Sr., 86, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012, in Gulfport. Mr. Hodges was born on September 12, 1926, on Lovers Lane in Ocean Springs to the late Calvin Dickson Hodges and Sadie Catchot Hodges. Following graduation from Ocean Springs High School, he attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he was initiated in the first pledge...
Charles L. Baker
Nov 30, 2012
Charles L. Baker, Sr., age 83, of Gulfport, passed away peacefully on November 30, 2012. Mr. Baker was born in Meridian, MS and moved to the Coast in 1940. He graduated from Gulfport High School and went on to serve in the United States Marine Air Corp during the Korean War. After his military service he entered the finance business...
Barbara Ann Thedy Hester
Nov 30, 2012
Barbara Thedy Hester, 60, of Gulfport died Friday, November 30, 2012 in Gulfport. Barbara was born and grew up in New Orleans, LA. She graduated from high school at Mount Carmel Academy and earned a BA degree in English at the University of New Orleans. She taught at St. Edward the Confessor Grammar School for several years before moving to...
Bentley Lee Cruthirds
Nov 29, 2012
Mr. Bentley Lee Cruthirds, Sr, age 79, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, November 29, 2012, in Biloxi. Bentley was a native and lifelong resident of Latimer and retired from MDOT as a heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed hunting and horseback riding. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Jean Barnett Cruthirds, parents Herman and Annie Husley Cruthirds and...
Richard D Young
Nov 29, 2012
Richard Douglas “Rick” Young, 67 died Thursday, November 29, 2012 in Statesboro, GA. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Avondale, GA and Statesboro, Ga. He served as a medic in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. Mr. Young’s childhood was spent in Arlington, VA. He was discharged from the...
Kenneth Lee Jones
Nov 28, 2012
Kenneth Lee Jones, 59, of Biloxi died Wed. 11/28/12 in Biloxi. He was sent from BRADFORD-O'KEEFE, 15th St., Gulfport to Foggie-Holloway Funeral Home, Anderson, SC.
Guy R. Dye
Nov 28, 2012
Guy R. Dye, 65, of Long Beach and formerly of Picayune, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 in Biloxi. Mr. Dye was a U. S. Army Veteran with eleven years of service. He was the former owner of Guy's Brake and Alignment in Bay St. Louis. He was retired from the construction business and is survived by a host of family...
Audrey Ann Winkelhake
Nov 27, 2012
Audrey Ann Winkelhake, age 81, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Audrey was a native of Iota, Louisiana and had been a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1968. She worked for the Biloxi Veterans Administration for over 22 years as a dietician supervisor. After retirement she worked for the Gulf Coast Pride Seafood Factory. Audrey is preceded...
Linda Ruth Bond
Nov 27, 2012
Linda Ruth Bond of Biloxi and later Vancleave passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. Born in Biloxi, Linda attended Biloxi High, while working summers and weekends as mate on her father’s charter boat, the Belvedere. She enjoyed fishing so much she continued to do it full time after graduating and became well known at Biloxi...
Mark Alberts
Nov 27, 2012
Mark Alberts, 87, of Gautier, MS died on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. BRADFORD-O'KEEFE Funeral Home, Ocean Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Helen K. Elmore
Nov 26, 2012
Helen K. Elmore, 80, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012. Helen was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Boyd Killingsworth; mother, Clyda Hiett Killingsworth; brothers, Tommy Killingsworth and Charles Killingsworth; husband, Alfred L. Elmore; and daughter, Deborah Elmore Nix. Helen is survived by her sister, Doris Killingsworth Mathews, husband, Carl Mathews, LaGrange, TX, children, Paul...
Gerald Francis (Jerry) Lamey
Nov 26, 2012
Gerald Francis Lamey, age 80, passed away Monday, November 26th in Biloxi, MS. He was a true Southern gentleman who was very much loved by his family and friends. Jerry always had a smile and handshake for everyone he met whether he knew them or not. He attended Biloxi Public Schools and then changed to Notre Dame High School where...
Nick George Pitalo
Nov 26, 2012
Nick George Pitalo, Jr., 85 of Gulfport died Monday, November 26, 2012 in Pass Christian. He was born in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident of the Coast and a graduate of Gulfport High School. He was the owner of Pitalo’s TV and Appliances in Gulfport for many years. He was a member of St. John Catholic Church, Knights of...
Sadie P. Grimes
Nov 26, 2012
Sadie P. Grimes, 44, of Vancleave passed away peacefully Monday, November 26, 2012 in her sleep at her home after a defiant 15 year struggle with R.S.D. Mrs. Grimes was born on May 27, 1968 in South Hampton Long Island, New York to William and Patricia Brickerd. Sadie was a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast most of her life....
Myra Jeannette Moran Parker
Nov 25, 2012
Myra Jeannette Moran Parker, 70, of D’Iberville, Mississippi, died Sunday, November 25, 2012, in D’Iberville. Mrs. Parker was born in Biloxi on March 2, 1942. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School. Affectionately known as “Nutsie”, she was married for 40 years to her high school sweetheart, James Walter “Jimmy” Parker, Jr.. They lived in D’Iberville for 22...
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