Obituaries

Ronald Harry Hooke

Ronald Harry Hooke

Nov 22, 2009

Ronald Harry Hooke, age 72, of Biloxi, MS. died Sunday, November 22, 2009, in Biloxi. Mr. Hooke was a native of Boston, Massachusetts and was a coast resident for 51 years. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He drove for the Yellow Cab Company for over 20 years and worked as a security guard...

Louis Barlow II

Louis Barlow II

Nov 22, 2009

Louis "Bill" Barlow, 56, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2009 after his battle with cancer came to an end. Bill was born and raised in Biloxi and attended local schools until his sophomore year of high school. After moving to McComb, MS, he graduated from Gibson High School with the class of 1970 and attended Southwest...

John (Tommy) Thomas Munro

John (Tommy) Thomas Munro

Nov 20, 2009

John (Tommy) Thomas Munro, born in New Orleans, LA, April 19, 1931 died November 20, 2009. He is the son of the late Jack and Lucille Munro and had been a long standing resident of Biloxi since 1940. He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1953 with a Bachelor Science. He became president of Munro Oil and Paint...

Pierce "Hedge" Hedgecoth

Pierce "Hedge" Hedgecoth

Nov 19, 2009

Pierce "Hedge" Hedgecoth, 74, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Thursday, November 19, 2009. Mr. Hedgecoth was a native of Crossville, TN and had been a resident of the Coast for over 50 years. He was a member of the "Ole Biloxi Marching Club", a USAF Veteran, employed with Civil Service at KAFB as an instructor. Mr. Hedgecoth also worked...

Carl Fred Wilson

Carl Fred Wilson

Nov 17, 2009

Mr. Carl Fred Wilson, age 90, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Wilson was a native of Monticello, MS., and a coast resident since 1968. He was a retired M/Sgt in the US Air Force, a decorated veteran of WWII serving as a Bombardnier on a B-17 crew. He was a Mason, a...

Richard Philip Conley

Richard Philip Conley

Nov 16, 2009

Richard Philip Conley, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on November 16, 2009 at home. Richard was born on September 13, 1931 in Portland, Maine to Thomas and Catherine Conley. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Tom and Don Conley and a sister Jean Cornicelli. Richard served four years in the U.S. Air Force....

Betty Elaine Tague

Betty Elaine Tague

Nov 15, 2009

Mrs. Betty Elaine Tague, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, November 15, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Tague was a native of Iowa and a resident of the coast since 1957. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin Tague and a daughter, Kimberly Tague. Survivors include a daughter, Malia M. McGowan, three sons, Steven J. (Mary)...

A. F. May

A. F. May

Nov 15, 2009

Mr. A. F. May, 83, of Woolmarket, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, in Biloxi. Mr. May was born in Mendenhall, MS, and had been a resident of Woolmarket since 1988. He was a retired welder and a member of Biloxi River Baptist Church. Mr. May is survived by his wife, Edith Edwards May of Woolmarket; daughter, Lynda (James) Griffin of...

Annabelle K. Hilbert

Annabelle K. Hilbert

Nov 15, 2009

Annabelle K. Hilbert, age 91, died peacefully at her home in Gulfport on the morning of November 15, 2009. Mrs. Hilbert was born May 1, 1918 in Philadelphia. PA. She graduated from Olney High School in 1935 and from Temple University in 1939. After teaching high school in Clayton, NJ for three years, she married the love of her life,...

Evelyn Dianne Allen

Evelyn Dianne Allen

Nov 15, 2009

Evelyn Dianne Allen, age 58, of Gulfport, died November 15, 2009 at her home in Biloxi. Born Dianne Fruges on June 17, 1951 in Gulfport, she attended Gulfport Holiness Church. Dianne is survived by Don Allen, her husband, who shared 30 years of heartfelt memories. Also survived by two sons, Andrew (Becky) Page of Gulfport; Samuel (Tammy) Page of Biloxi...

Anthony "Tony" J. Gagliano

Anthony "Tony" J. Gagliano

Nov 15, 2009

Anthony J. (Tony) (A. J.) Gagliano, Jr., 54, took the hand of our Lord late Sunday afternoon, November 15, 2009. He was surrounded by his family and friends at his home in Ocean Springs, Ms. Tony was born on June 28, 1955, at Luke AFB in Arizona. He was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School Class of 1973 and...

Phillip Drake Johnson

Phillip Drake Johnson

Nov 14, 2009

Infant Phillip Drake Johnson, 6 weeks old, of Moss Point, MS, died Saturday, November 14, 2009, in Vancleave. Phillip was born in Mobile, AL. He is survived by his parents, Phillip Johnson and Jessica Shumock of Moss Point; sisters, Allysan Shumock and Brooklyn Johnson; maternal grandparents, Jerry Shumock and Sherri Sellers of Moss Point and step-grandfather, Robert Roberts of Moss...

Rose Marie Hansen Franko

Rose Marie Hansen Franko

Nov 14, 2009

Mrs. Rose Marie "Mutsy" Hansen Franko, 74, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Franko was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and her spouse. She is survived by her daughters, Deborah Nagy, Rita Knotts, and Tammy Davenport; son, Curtis Wright; sisters,...

Helen Wilder Skelton

Helen Wilder Skelton

Nov 13, 2009

Mrs. Helen Wilder Skelton, 77, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Skelton was born September 29, 1932, in Biloxi. She was the daughter of Benjamin David Wilder and Irma Daniels Wilder. Members of her family came to Biloxi in the 1800s, and she was a resident of Biloxi all her life. Graduating...

William Bernard Quinn

William Bernard Quinn

Nov 12, 2009

William B. Quinn, 81, of Ocean Springs, MS died November 12, 2009 in Ocean Springs, MS surrounded by family. William was born December 24, 1927 in Faribault, Minnesota. He attended High School in Hackensack, MN then enlisted in the Navy in May of 1945. He attended college at Community Colleges in Minneapolis, MN and later at Bemidji State University in...

Charles Wayne Wallace

Charles Wayne Wallace

Nov 11, 2009

Mr. Charles Wayne Wallace, 61, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in Biloxi. Mr. Wallace was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of The Redeemer and formerly employed with the Biloxi Fire Department. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of Vietnam and retired from Biloxi V. A. Medical...

Ramona Thompson Eleuterius Scruggs

Ramona Thompson Eleuterius Scruggs

Nov 10, 2009

Ramona "Skinny" Thompson Eleuterius Scruggs, 80, of Biloxi, MS died Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Skinny was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. She retired from Bell South after 37 years. She was a member of Bell South Pioneers, active in Mardi Gras and a long-standing member of a pokeno club. Her friends and family were her life and she...

Helen L. Stringer Wade

Helen L. Stringer Wade

Nov 10, 2009

Mrs. Helen L. Stringer Wade, age 83, of the St. Martin Community, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wade was a longtime resident of the coast and with her husband, Jeff Wade, was the owner and operator of Wade Tile Company in Ocean Springs for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jeff Wade,...

Harvey Vincent Saujon

Harvey Vincent Saujon

Nov 10, 2009

Harvey V. Saujon, 95, of D'Iberville, MS died Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Saujon was born in D'Ibverville, MS on November 6, 1914. He worked for Bordens Milk Co. and was a boat captain for Western Geographic. He also worked for Global Marine. Mr. Saujon was a member of D'Iberville Historial Society. He enjoyed cooking for others...

Peggy Joyce Lanford

Peggy Joyce Lanford

Nov 10, 2009

Peggy Joyce Lanford, 62, of Grand Bay, AL died on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Lanford is preceded in death by her husband, Chester Lanford; son, Jerry Perkins; father, J. B. Sullivan and brother, James Sullivan. She is survived by her children, Gary Perkins, Ocean Springs, MS, Daryl Perkins, Macon, GA, Shelia Lanford and Sheri Johnson...

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