Obituaries

Nina Marie Gaines Brown

Nina Marie Gaines Brown

Jan 23, 2012

Nina Marie Gaines Brown (aka “9-uh”) Nina Marie Gaines Brown of Gulfport, entered eternal rest on Monday, January 23, 2012 at the age of 83. Born in Shreveport, LA on July 1, 1928, Nina was the daughter of Kathryne Foster Gaines (Corley) and Edward Pendleton Gaines, Jr. Nina attended North Texas State University for Women and Southern Methodist University where...

Maj. Walter J. Harenski, Jr., USAF Ret.

Maj. Walter J. Harenski, Jr., USAF Ret.

Jan 23, 2012

Maj. Walter J. Harenski, Jr., USAF Ret., age 79, of Biloxi, MS, died Monday, January 23, 2012, in Biloxi. Maj. Harenski was born in Pittsburg, PA and had been a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran with 20 years of service including two tours of Vietnam. He was the recipient...

James Leroy Lebo

James Leroy Lebo

Jan 23, 2012

James Leroy Lebo, Jim to friends and loved ones, age 82, passed on last Monday following a brief serious illness. He touched many through his love, caring and generosity and will be deeply missed by family and friends alike. Born in Decatur, Illinois and growing up in South Bend, Indiana, Jim earned his bachelor’s degree at Indiana’s Tri-State University after...

Peter Ronald Perez

Peter Ronald Perez

Jan 23, 2012

Peter Ronald Perez, 74, died Monday, January 23, 2012, at Biloxi Regional Hospital. A lifelong resident of Biloxi, Mr. Perez was a 1955 graduate of Notre Dame High School, attended MGCCC Perkinston Campus, and was retired from Keesler Air Force Base Civil Service. He is preceded in death by his parents, Peter Herbert and Louise Theriot Perez. Mr. Perez is...

Isabell Ely

Isabell Ely

Jan 23, 2012

Isabell,"Kitty" Ely, age 55, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, January 23, 2012, in Ocean Springs. Kitty was a longtime resident of the community. She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Ely and her parents, Thomas Lon Pettie and Ingrid Binsack. Survivors include two sisters, Sandra Jackson and Petra McLaughlin and three brothers, Thomas, Mark and Edward Pettie...

Mary Elizabeth Carter Harloe

Mary Elizabeth Carter Harloe

Jan 23, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Carter Harloe, a native of Yanceyville, NC, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012. In 1962, Lib and her family moved to Biloxi to open GEICO’s third branch office. Her interests included bridge, reading, crossword puzzles and her church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Archie Mathews Harloe Jr. and her son, Donn Carter Harloe. She...

Verna Lee Wester

Verna Lee Wester

Jan 23, 2012

Verna Lee Wester, of Biloxi, died Monday, January 23, 2012. Mr. Lee was born in Centre, AL. He was a veteran of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard, where he served in the Auxiliary for 10 years. He graduated from Common Wealth College and was a highly respected funeral service professional. He served approximately 20 years with Bradford-O'Keefe...

Jerry Wayne Golden

Jerry Wayne Golden

Jan 22, 2012

Mr. Jerry Wayne Golden, age 61, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2012, in Quincy, Florida. Jerry was born in Hattiesburg, MS on November 15, 1950, and graduated from Hattiesburg High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 37 years, retiring as a Major. After retiring, he moved...

Donald A. Howell

Donald A. Howell

Jan 22, 2012

Donald A. Howell, 77, of Biloxi, MS died Sunday, January 22, 2012 in Biloxi. Donald served in the Navy from 1954-1958 as a medical corpsman to include duty in Korea. He was a 1952 graduate of Biloxi High School and he was a member of the Demolay Organization and the marching band and concert band. He graduated from Mississippi College...

Vicky Sue Grimsley Koval

Vicky Sue Grimsley Koval

Jan 21, 2012

Mrs. Vicky "Susie" Grimsley Koval, age 50, of D'Iberville, MS. died Saturday, January 21, 2012, in Biloxi. Mrs. Koval was born on April 5, 1961, in Gulfport, MS and will be remembered by all who met her as a kind and generous person. She will be loved always and never forgotten. She was preceded in death by her husband of...

Brett Thibodeau, Sr.

Brett Thibodeau, Sr.

Jan 21, 2012

Mr. Brett Thibodeau, Sr., age 31, of D'Iberville, MS., died on Saturday, January 21, 2012, in D'Iberville. Brett was born in Pensacola, FL on January 14, 1981, and was a resident of the coast since 1993. He was a car upholster, avid gamer who loved online games and spending time with his family and friends. He was a joy and...

Oduse "Dago" Trahan

Oduse "Dago" Trahan

Jan 21, 2012

Oduse "Dago" Trahan, age 100, died January 21, 2012 in Gulf Breeze Florida, at Bay Breeze Retirement and Nursing Facility. He was born January 14, 1912, in Abbeville, Louisiana, one of nine children, born to Augustin Trahan and Constance Faulk. He was a member of St. Michaels church, on the point, then later, Sacred Heart Church, D'Iberville. He was a...

Christopher "CC" Chambliss

Christopher "CC" Chambliss

Jan 21, 2012

Christopher “CC” Chambliss, 83, of Vancleave, MS died on Saturday, January 21, 2012. Mr. Chambliss was a longtime resident of California before moving to the Gulf Coast. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Mr. Chambliss is preceded in death by his parents, Christopher “Nag” and Nina Chambliss and many brothers and sisters. He is survived by sisters, Sybil and...

Mary Frances Loftis Stafford

Mary Frances Loftis Stafford

Jan 21, 2012

Mary Frances Loftis Stafford, age 82, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 21, 2012. Frances was born in Meridian, MS. to Emma and W.T. Loftis Sr. and was a resident of Biloxi for 47 years. She was a very loving mother and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Biloxi. She served her community in many ways...

Jessie Rogers Faulk

Jessie Rogers Faulk

Jan 21, 2012

Jessie R. Faulk, 73, of Gulfport, died Saturday, January 21, 2012 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Samuel Faulk; a son, Chuck Faulk; a brother, Lester Rogers; and her parents, Walter E. Rogers and Ruby Dobson Rogers Mrs, Faulk is survived by two daughters, Arienda Cox (Ricky) Sr. and Theresa Faulk, all of Gulfport; a...

Charles Edward Gilbert, Sr.

Charles Edward Gilbert, Sr.

Jan 21, 2012

Charles Edward Gilbert, Sr., “Charlie”, “Daddy”, "Papa”, “Big Pop” left the trials and tribulations of this world to rest eternally in the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, January 21, 2012, at his residence in Gautier, MS from complications following a stroke, at the age of 84,. Born in Biloxi, MS, on October 14, 1927, he...

Betty Lou Simmerman

Betty Lou Simmerman

Jan 20, 2012

Betty Lou Simmerman, 80, of Biloxi, died on Friday, January 20, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Betty was a caregiver/nutritionist and loved helping people. She always came with a gift in her hands. She was a cook for Redemptorist Retirement Home. She was an active member of Cedar Lake Assembly of God, a mother of three, and a lover...

OnaLee Noble Dunbar

OnaLee Noble Dunbar

Jan 20, 2012

OnaLee Noble Dunbar, 89, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Friday, January 20, 2012. Mrs. Dunbar was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast and she was of the Baptist faith. She is preceded in death by her husband, William M. Dunbar; parents, Morris and Jane Davis Noble; sisters, Eunice Seymour, Naomi Noble; brother, Chester Noble. Mrs. Dunbar is...

Garland Lee Hardison

Garland Lee Hardison

Jan 20, 2012

Garland Lee Hardison went to be with the Lord his savior on January 20, 2012, in Clearwater, Florida, with loving family members beside his bedside. Garland was born in Williamston, North Carolina to the parents of immigrant sharecroppers on June 3, 1931. Upon graduation from Williamston High School in 1950, he enlisted with the U.S. Air Force and completed a...

Mary Theresa Ladnier Bosarge

Mary Theresa Ladnier Bosarge

Jan 19, 2012

Mrs. Mary Theresa Ladnier Bosarge, age 77, of Ocean Springs, MS. passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Bosarge was a lifelong resident of St. Martin and Ocean Springs. She was known to many as "Miss Mary" and was a very loving and caring person to all. She taught her family all about love above all,...