Obituaries

Donald Ray Waltman, Sr.

Donald Ray Waltman, Sr.

Jun 30, 2010

Mr. Donald Ray Waltman, Sr., age 44, of Vancleave, MS., died Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Waltman was born on August 16, 1965, in Biloxi, MS. and was a lifelong resident of Vancleave. He was a former employee of Walters Diving and Marine in Pascagoula, and was currently employed with Cheyenne Steel out of Mobile, AL....

Emma Jean Page

Emma Jean Page

Jun 30, 2010

Mrs. Emma "Jean" Page, 78, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Page was a native of New Orleans, LA, and had been a resident of Biloxi since 1970. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and a very loving and caring wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Page was preceded in death...

Jimmie Lee Rogers

Jimmie Lee Rogers

Jun 30, 2010

Mr. Jimmie Lee Rogers, 78, of Ocean Springs, MS, died June 30, 2010, in Bangor, ME. Mr. Rogers was a native of Biloxi and a former resident of Chicago, IL. He retired from the U. S. Postal Service as a mail handler and returned to Biloxi in 2001. He was a graduate of Perkinston Jr. College in 1951 and a...

Robert "Bobby" Lee Hankins, Sr.

Robert "Bobby" Lee Hankins, Sr.

Jun 30, 2010

Robert "Bobby" Lee Hankins, Sr., 63, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Mr. Hankins was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a plumber for Biloxi Plumbing and avid NASCAR fan and pool player. Mr. Hankins was also a wonderful cook. He is preceded in death by his father, Simmie R. Hankins. Mr. Hankins is survived...

Mary Mildred Biglan Reece

Mary Mildred Biglan Reece

Jun 29, 2010

Mary Mildred Biglan Reece, 85, of Biloxi, MS went to be with her heavenly father, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. She had a strong Christian faith. Mary was a loving wife, devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She retired from ER Moore in the 1980's. Mary overcame many health challenges in her lifetime. She endured much with a positive attitude, beautiful smile,...

Everette LaFaun Waits, Sr.

Everette LaFaun Waits, Sr.

Jun 28, 2010

Everette LaFaun Waits, Sr., of Long Beach, beloved husband, devoted father, left this frail existence and laid this mortal by, and returned to the loving embrace of his Heavenly Father on June 28, 2010. He was 76. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on September 10, 1933, Mr. Waits was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Upon graduating d'Iberville High...

Braun Marshall Powell

Braun Marshall Powell

Jun 28, 2010

Braun Marshall Powell, age 20, of Tampa, FL, died Monday, June 28, 2010 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Ora B. Powell. He is survived by his mother Patricia Christine-Powell-Foreman and her husband, Reese Foreman; his father, Roger Lee Powell, Jr. and his wife, Marie Rose Powell; two sisters, Katie M. Powell and Amie M....

Oliver Clayton Hunnings

Oliver Clayton Hunnings

Jun 28, 2010

Oliver “Clayton” Hunnings, of Pascagoula, Mississippi passed away on Monday, June 28, 2010 in Pascagoula He was born in Beaufort, North Carolina on May 29, 1940, and moved to Pascagoula in 1958. Mr. Hunnings was preceded in death by his parents, Oliver and Pearl Hunnings, of Beaufort, NC; and his son, David Clayton Hunnings. He is survived by his wife...

Elvin Andrew Asher

Elvin Andrew Asher

Jun 27, 2010

Elvin Andrew Asher, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS died Sunday, June 27, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Asher was a native of Mississippi City and spent all his life on the Coast. He served as a MSgt. in the Infantry during WWII and later was employed with L&N Railroad/CSX Transportation, where he retired after 43 years. He was a...

Tom Thuan Nguyen

Tom Thuan Nguyen

Jun 27, 2010

Tom Thuan Nguyen, age 72, of Ocean Springs, MS died Sunday, June 27, 2010. Mr. Nguyen was a resident of the Coast for thirty-five years and was a member of Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church. He is survived by his wife, Phin Bui; four daughters, Thuan Thi Nguyen of Ocean Springs, MS., Thumai Kim Upton and Kim Tuyet Ortiz both of...

James Partin

James Partin

Jun 26, 2010

James "Wine" Partin, age 76, of Gulfport died Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents Sullivan and Fanny Bullock Partin; siblings, J.W. Partin and Patsy Petermen; and children, Gene Partin, James Damon Partin, and Mark Stabler. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy J. Partin; sister, Eloise Helms; and children, Jamie Partin Troutman,...

Charles J. Barnes, Jr.

Charles J. Barnes, Jr.

Jun 26, 2010

Mr. Charles J. Barnes, 92, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Gulfport. Mr. Barnes was born in New Orleans, LA and was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He served in the U. S. Army during WW II. He was in the restaurant business many years with his family and owned and operated Barnes' Drive-In on the beach...

Warren E. Balius

Warren E. Balius

Jun 24, 2010

Warren Balius, 72, of Perkinston, MS died on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Mr. Balius was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He retired from Northrop Grumman after working 42 years. Mr. Balius loved hunting, fishing and being outdoors. Mr. Balius is preceded in death by his parents, Rudolph E. and Mildred E. Demoruelle Balius....

Leona J. Vaughan

Leona J. Vaughan

Jun 24, 2010

Mrs. Leona J. Vaughan, age 86, passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2010. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixty years, William E. Vaughan, Sr. in 2002; her parents, Wallace Jakins and Adele Catchot VanCourt; brothers, George Jakins, Bud Jakins; sisters, Laura Dubuisson, Alice Tanner and Marie Mathieu....

Mary M. Wade

Mary M. Wade

Jun 24, 2010

Mary M. Wade, died on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the age of 100. Mary was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Wade, her parents, James L. Mooney and Julia A. O'Neill Mooney; four brothers, Frank (Marge), James (Jeanne), William (Rosemary) and Phil (Mary) and one sister, Julia A. Mooney. Born and raised in Chicago, Mary had a lifelong...

Glen Wood

Glen Wood

Jun 23, 2010

Glen Wood, age 82, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Wood was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding after forty-five years as a Pipe Supervisor. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and was a member of Belle Fountain Baptist Church. He is preceded in death...

Mrs. Ginger Schreffler Mitchell

Mrs. Ginger Schreffler Mitchell

Jun 23, 2010

Mrs. Ginger Schreffler Mitchell, age 65, a resident of Gautier, MS., died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Ginger was born in Houston, TX., on February 23, 1945. She was a 1963 graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Biloxi, and a 1966 graduate of Providence School of Nursing in Mobile, AL. She was a retired registered nurse of...

Louis Chairez Villalpando

Louis Chairez Villalpando

Jun 23, 2010

Louis C. Villalpando "Mr. Vee", our father, a 30 year retired AF Veteran, sadly passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Our father was a brilliant man, known as, Mr. Vee or Louie, was one of the last underage WW II vets, along with being part of the Berlin Airlift, Korean war and three tours in Vietnam. Mr. Vee was an...

Lillian Bernice "Bea" Allen

Lillian Bernice "Bea" Allen

Jun 22, 2010

Lillian Bernice "Bea" Allen, age 87, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 22, 2010, in Ocean Springs. She was born in Walker, LA, became a military wife and traveled extensively, eventually settling in Ocean Springs, MS. Throughout her life she was an avid fisherman, enjoyed boating and time with friends. She served her community through the...

Leslea Reid Seay

Leslea Reid Seay

Jun 22, 2010

Leslea Reid-Seay, age 29, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010 in Gulfport. She was born in Jackson and had been a resident of Gulfport since 2001. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of William Carey in 2008. As a child she loved gymnastics, had a love for all animals, and loved to travel. She is loved and will...

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