Obituaries
Patricia Gartman Williams
Jan 3, 2024
Patricia Gartman Williams, 90 years old of Biloxi, MS, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024, in Ocean Springs, MS.
She was born August 25, 1933, in Biloxi, MS, to Lehwmon Gartman and Thelma A. Thornton. Patricia graduated from Biloxi High School and worked at Cost Accountant at Ingalls. She enjoyed painting, sewing and making ceramics and was a loving mother,...
Thomas Moreno Jones
Jan 3, 2024
Thomas Moreno Jones, 85 of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024, in Ocean Springs, MS.
He was born November 22, 1938, in Biloxi, MS, to John Calvin Jones and Winnie Louise Jones. Moreno was a graduate of Biloxi High School and the University of Southern Mississippi. He worked at Ocean Springs State Bank, Hancock Whitney Bank and...
Mary Kindra Cruz
Jan 2, 2024
Mary Kindra Cruz, age 49, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 in Gulfport.
Mary was born in Dallas, OR on August 12, 1974. She attended Long Beach High School and earned an Associates of Applied Science at The University of Southern Mississippi. Mary was a server trainer and former employee training coordinator at Cracker Barrel. She enjoyed spending...
Billie Jewel Magee
Jan 2, 2024
Mrs. Billie Jewel Magee, age 94, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Biloxi City Cemetery.
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Billie Jewel Magee.
Etna Rosa Crowell
Jan 2, 2024
Etna Rosa Crowell, age 92, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
She was born on November 1, 1931, in Panama to Torribio José de Lora Puche and Rosalina Albarracín de Lora. She attended Balboa High School and received the Penmanship Award. Etna was a devoted United States Air Force wife, serving in both foreign and domestic assignments. She also worked as a wrapper...
Patricia Carolyn Anderson Bozzetti
Jan 1, 2024
Patricia Carolyn Anderson Bozzetti passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024 at 1:30 am at the age of 77 after a year-long struggle with cancer. Carolyn was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on April 24, 1946 to Barney S. and Stina Shannon Anderson.Carolyn grew up in Gulfport and many of her friends traveled through their school years with her from first...
Brenda Myers Mareno
Jan 1, 2024
Our beloved mother, Brenda Myers Mareno, sadly left us on January 1, 2024 at the age of 83.
She was an active member of the Nativity BVM congregation as well as a cantor and choir member.
She enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren. If one us said, "let's go" there was a good chance she was waiting in...
David Lee James
Dec 31, 2023
David Lee James, age 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 31, 2023, surrounded by his family.
From frying chicken for Six Flags Over Georgia to working for the Mississippi Rating Bureau and Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens, & Cannada, David most enjoyed helping people through his work. Collecting numerous Key Manager awards with Allstate Insurance Company as an Agency Manager,...
Lucille Ethel Frances Brown
Dec 31, 2023
Lucille Ethel Frances Brown, age 85, of Diamondhead passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2023 in Gulfport.
Lucille was born on November 22, 1938 in New Orleans, LA. She enjoyed exercising, gardening, doing puzzles, and playing games.
Lucille was preceded in death by her life partner, Bill West; parents, Henry William Brown and Ethel Brown Estopinal.
Survivors include her...
John Edwin Kirkland
Dec 31, 2023
John Edwin Kirkland, 67, of Biloxi, Mississippi, went to God on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at 1:12 pm surrounded by his family.
John was born to Fred and Jean Kirkland on March 2, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi. He grew up and spent his life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where he served the State of Mississippi in his career in law enforcement. In his later years he enjoyed a career working for the...
Robert "Big Bobby" T. Watts, Sr.
Dec 30, 2023
Robert "Big Bobby" T. Watts Sr., 91, of Biloxi passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, December 30, 2023.
Не was born in Seminary, MS on March 26, 1932 to John Robert Watts and Helen Lott Watts.
He graduated from Purvis High School in 1949 before starting at Mississippi State University where he began studying Electrical Engineering.
Big Bobby was in the...
Louis Reddin Faircloth
Dec 29, 2023
MSgt. Louis Reddin Faircloth, USAF (Ret.) passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023 in Ocean Springs at the age of 86, surrounded by family.
After high school, he joined the Air Force and served as an aircraft and missile maintainer for over 20 years. He and his family retired in Burgaw, NC where he worked in instrumentation for Diamond Shamrock....
Daniel Joseph Toncrey
Dec 29, 2023
Sadly, Daniel J. Toncrey, 40 passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023. Daniel was a life-long resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a kind and thoughtful person who proudly served his country in the Army National Guard. As a child, Daniel was an easy-going peacemaker. He was an accomplished automotive painter, most notably at his father’s body shop in...
George "Tom" Thomas Copeland
Dec 29, 2023
George Thomas (Tom) Copeland of Ocean Springs, MS passed away comfortably on December 29, 2023, at 90 years old.
He was born March 22, 1933, to Clarence and Clara Copeland in Fulton, KY. Tom’s life journey was shared with Nancy Faye Copeland, his loving wife of 68 years. He also devoted 20 years to serving his country in the US...
Sharon Joy Harris
Dec 29, 2023
Sharon Joy Harris, 64, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, December 29, 2023, in Ocean Springs, MS.
Sharon was born on October 30, 1959, in Chicago, Il. She lived most of her life in the Great Smoky Mountains and called Sevierville, TN her home. In 2019, she suffered a stroke that left her unable to live independently, so...
Hayden Drake Bonta
Dec 29, 2023
Hayden Drake Bonta, 17, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023.
Hayden is preceded in death by his grandparents, Luray and Bernice Gasaway; aunt, Connie Gieger Windham; cousin, Jessica Windham; and uncle, Aaron Asher.
Survivors include his parents, Troy and Angela Bonta; grandparents, Wilford and Jane Gieger; sisters, Marissa Brooke Bonta (Big Sis) and Ashlynn Reese...
Cora M. Taylor
Dec 28, 2023
Cora M. Taylor, also known as “MeMe” and “Ma”, 52, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2023 in Ocean Springs.
Mrs. Taylor was born in Montpelier, OH on March 18, 1972 to Melinda Webb. She graduated from Readings High School and was employed with the Ocean Springs Middle School cafeteria. Mrs. Taylor loved being around her grandchildren....
Keith Fiorenza
Dec 28, 2023
Keith Luigi Fiorenza, 66, passed away Thursday, December 28, 2023, in Lake City, Florida.
He was born November 14, 1957, in Springfield, Illinois to Luigi C. Fiorenza and Hilda Stewart Fiorenza. He graduated from Notre Dame High School, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, and Machinist School. While in high school he worked at the family furniture business, Merchiston Hall Galleries,...
Martha Vance Hopkins Feldman
Dec 26, 2023
Martha Vance Hopkins Feldman passed away peacefully at her home in Pass Christian, MS on Tuesday December 26, 2023 at the age of 72.
Martha attended Louise S. McGehee School and graduated from Isidore Newman School, graduated Phi Beta Kappa in three years at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS), and received her MBA in quantitative analytics...
Dennis Ray Lancaster
Dec 26, 2023
Dennis Ray Lancaster, age 74, of Waveland passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
Dennis was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 5, 1949.
Services are pending at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport.
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