Obituaries

Lt. Earl Frederick Dietz, Sr.

Lt. Earl Frederick Dietz, Sr.

Sep 4, 2010

Earl Frederick Dietz, Sr., 62, of D'Iberville, MS, died Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dietz was born in Charleroi, PA and had been a resident of the coast since 1994. He was a retired U. S. Navy Veteran with 24 years of service. He served 13 years as a Commissioned Officer and received numerous medals...

Martha Mary Pinto

Martha Mary Pinto

Sep 3, 2010

Mrs. Martha Smith Pinto, 80, was welcomed home to her heavenly Father Friday, September 3, 2010, at home with her loving family in Ocean Springs. Martha was born December 10, 1929 in Biloxi on a day that was said to have had foot long icicles hanging down from the roof. a Biloxi native, she lived on the Point Cadet and...

Opal Rebecca Seymour

Opal Rebecca Seymour

Sep 2, 2010

Opal Rebecca Seymour, age 69, of Vancleave, MS., died Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Vancleave. Ms. Seymour was a life long resident of the Gulf Coast and was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Carlia Seymour; father, C.G. Gibson; mother, Bessie Quave Gibson; and two brothers, Larkin Gibson and Eldon...

Morris L. Robertson

Morris L. Robertson

Sep 1, 2010

Morris L. (Robbie) Robertson passed away September 1, 2010, at his home with his wife and family. Morris was born February 23, 1936 to Houston Robertson and Minnie Bobo Robertson. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Elaine Mahaffee. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Robertson; his daughters, Pamela McGill and Renee Priddy and husband,...

George L. Clemenes

George L. Clemenes

Sep 1, 2010

George Leroy Clemenes, 59, of Ocean Springs, MS died Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Mr. Clemenes was a life long resident of Biloxi. He was a 1970 graduate of Biloxi High School. Mr. Clemenes was retired from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. He was a member and Past Master of Magnolia Masonic Lodge in Biloxi. He was a member...

Lawrence E. "Pop" Lawson

Lawrence E. "Pop" Lawson

Sep 1, 2010

Mr. Lawrence E. "Pop" Lawson, age 49, of Long Beach died Wednesday, September 1, 2010 in Biloxi. He was born May 30, 1961 in Grand Bay, Alabama to Ms. Beatrice Rogers from Long Beach, MS and the late James Herren Burks, Sr. of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama. He graduated from Long Beach High School in 1979 and joined the Army in...

Mildred  Lucille Childs

Mildred Lucille Childs

Sep 1, 2010

Mildred Lucille Childs, age 90, of Warm Springs, GA., died Wednesday, September 1, 2010 in Georgia. Mrs. Childs was born in Helena, Oklahoma. She was a resident of the Gulf Coast for twenty-two years and was a member of the Ocean Springs Church of Christ. She was a resident of Warm Springs, Georgia for the last three years. Mrs. Childs...

Wanda Rowan Bullock

Wanda Rowan Bullock

Aug 31, 2010

Wanda Rowan Bullock, age 59, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, August 31, 2010. Wanda was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother. After marrying her sweetheart, Allen Bullock, she was the mother of three sons, Dwayne, Jason and Eric Bullock all of St. Martin; and the grandmother of Eleanor Rigby Reynolds Bullock. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Elsie Ruth Weems

Elsie Ruth Weems

Aug 30, 2010

Mrs. Elsie Ruth Weems, age 75, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, August 30, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Weems was a housewife and of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mae McKinzie Hinton and Austal Evandar Hinton. Survivors include her husband, Maddison Weems, daughter, Susan Weems, both of Ocean Springs, MS., two sons, Gary...

Braydon Kenneth Study

Braydon Kenneth Study

Aug 30, 2010

Braydon Kenneth Study, age 23 months, of Gulfport died Monday, August 30, 2010 in Gulfport. He was born September 11, 2008 in Biloxi. He is preceded in death by an uncle, Clyde Kenneth Study, III; great-grandfather, John C. Kralicek, Jr.; and great-grandparents, Clyde K. and Laura Study. He is survived by his mother, Cynthia Kay McCorkle and father, Brandon Kenneth...

Edward L. Scott

Edward L. Scott

Aug 29, 2010

Edward L. Scott, age 68, of Gautier, passed away in his home August 29, 2010. Edward was born in Chillicothe, MO on August 22, 1942 and moved to the Gulf Coast with his wife in 1991, after a 25 year career in retail management with American Stores, Inc. He owned and operated Photos Your Way in Ocean Springs, MS for...

Frances Turner Stroud

Frances Turner Stroud

Aug 29, 2010

Frances Turner Stroud, 74, of Biloxi, MS died Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Canon Hospice in Gulfport, MS. Frances was born in Chatom, Washington County, Alabama, to her father, John Halron Stroud and her mother, Mary Binion Turner Stroud. She later moved to Biloxi, MS and worked at Keesler Air Force Base until her retirement. She had many close friends...

Irene Emil

Irene Emil

Aug 27, 2010

Mrs. Irene H. Emil, 90, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, August 27, 2010, in Biloxi. Mrs. Emil was born in Brooklyn, NY August 1, 1920, to Helen and Herman Hoffer. Her father was a member of the U. S. Marine Corps and her mother was one of the first women in the U. S. Marine Women's Corps. She was an...

Marsby John Jumonville

Marsby John Jumonville

Aug 27, 2010

Marsby John "Buddy" Jumonville, 81, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Friday, August 27, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Jumonville was born in Biloxi and a lifelong resident of the coast. He attended Notre Dame and Biloxi High Schools where he was a star athlete. He went on to play semi-pro football with the "Galloping Gales". A well known businessman...

Robbie Jean Benthien

Robbie Jean Benthien

Aug 26, 2010

Mrs. Robbie Benthien, age 86, of Ocean Springs, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Benthien was born in Jackson, MS. and had been a resident of the coast for the past 58 years. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Gautier, a den mother for the Cub Scouts and was involved with...

Harold Ernest DeGrasse

Harold Ernest DeGrasse

Aug 26, 2010

Harold Ernest DeGrasse, 88, of Biloxi, MS, formerly of Brewer, ME, died Thursday, August 26, 2010. Mr. DeGrasse was born August 18, 1922 in Orrington, ME. He was a self-taught electrician, working many years for Eastern Fine Paper and IMC of Brewer, ME, retiring in 1980. He was a 32nd Degree Mason in the Ralph J. Pollard Lodge in Bangor,...

Trent Lloyd Romero

Trent Lloyd Romero

Aug 26, 2010

Trent Lloyd Romero, 16, of Vancleave, MS, died Thursday, August 26, 2010, in Mobile, Alabama. Trent is survived by his mother, Tina Romero of Vancleave; father, Doyle Romero of Latimer; grandmother, Mary Romero; Paw Paw, Tommy Murphy; Paw Paw, Red Senseney; sister, Felicia Romero; brother, Jacob Romero; nephew, Jayden Romero; many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Funeral services will be...

Miriam Rice Bourgeois

Miriam Rice Bourgeois

Aug 26, 2010

Miriam Rice Bourgeois, age 95, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 26, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Ms. Bourgeois was born in Neshoba County and traveled to Columbus, Ohio where she worked with Curtis Wright Aviation as part of the War Effort. She later resided in California working in aviation; then moved to Miami and later to the coast in...

Roberta Marie Ramsay Tonner

Roberta Marie Ramsay Tonner

Aug 26, 2010

Roberta Marie Ramsay Tonner, age 70, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 26, 2010 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Tonner was a lifelong resident of the coast and was a graduate of St. Martin High School, Class of 1957. She was employed and retired from the Biloxi V.A. Medical Center. She was a member of NARFE, National Association of Retired...

Turner Rufus Hill, Sr.

Turner Rufus Hill, Sr.

Aug 23, 2010

Turner Rufus Hill, Sr., 70, of George County, went to be with our Lord Monday, August 23, 2010. He was born and raised in Biloxi, MS and attended Biloxi Schools. He retired from the City of Biloxi and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mr. Hill is preceded in death by his parents, David and Matilda Hill; two...