Obituaries
Brian Joseph Chatagnier
Jan 1, 2023
Brian Joseph Chatagnier, 36, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023 in Biloxi.
Brian was born to Susan and Lodgie Chatagnier, Jr. on January 9, 1986 in Biloxi, MS. He enjoyed being on the water and fishing, but enjoyed spending time with his family and friends more than anything.
He was preceded in death by his daughter,...
James "Jim" Sanfred Clauson, Jr.
Jan 1, 2023
James “Jim” Sanfred Clauson, Jr., 74, of Biloxi, MS passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023. Jim was born March 27, 1948 in Pennsylvania to James S. Clauson and Katherine McGrath.
Jim graduated from San Diego State before going on to military school. During his time in the service, Jim received many awards and recognitions, such as, The Bronze Star, The...
JoAnn Battaya
Jan 1, 2023
JoAnn Battaya, age 73, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023.
JoAnn was born in Biloxi and was a lifetime resident of the Coast. She got great satisfaction spending time with and taking care of her entire family. She enjoyed genealogy and loved finding out her family history. In her spare time, she enjoyed sitting on her...
Ompy Leigh "Beaver" Hudson III
Jan 1, 2023
Ompy Leigh “Beaver” Hudson III, 63, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Sunday, January 1st, 2023 surrounded by his loved ones. Ompy was born in Jackson, MS on May 12th, 1959.
Ompy served in the US Army as a young adult. He was a man of many talents, some of these included being a deckhand, construction worker, and fisherman. In...
David Gordon Burk
Dec 31, 2022
David Gordon Burk, age 82, of Gulfport passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022.
A private service will be held at a later date. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is honored to serve the Burk family.
Linda Louviere
Dec 31, 2022
Linda Louviere, 71, passed away peacefully with family by her side on December 31, 2022.
She was born on September 23, 1951, in Geneva, Wisconsin to Ervin Pearley Hanson and Dorothy Lillian Siemers. She married the love of her life, Clarence “Sooky” Louviere on June 28, 1970, who preceded her in death on October 5, 2013. Sooky and Linda are...
Jerrye Maxine Nix
Dec 30, 2022
Jerrye Maxine Nix, age 88, of Gulfport, passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022.
Ms. Nix, most knew her as Maxine, was a longtime resident of Gulfport. She received her Teaching Credentials and Master’s Degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and was a longtime teacher at Pass Road Elementary School. Maxine was member of Unity Church of Gulfport...
Julia Neely Nelson
Dec 30, 2022
Julia Neely Nelson, age 52, passed away on December 30, 2022.
Julie grew up in Ocean Springs and primarily lived on the coast throughout her life. She worked for Memorial Hospital at Gulfport for more than 10 years. She had a big heart and smile. Country music and 80’s rock were her favorite music. Known as “Juju” to her...
Michelle Lauren Hill
Dec 30, 2022
Michelle Laurèn Hill of Gulfport, MS passed away on Friday, December 30, 2022. She was born on July 26, 1975 and was adopted at three weeks old by Lawrence and Cindy Hill. She enjoyed long talks with her mother and was truly a daddy's girl. Michelle was a joyful child and played a mothering role to her younger sisters and...
James Sydney Fleming
Dec 29, 2022
James S. Fleming, 87, of Owensboro, KY passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022 while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. He was born in Sharon Grove, KY on October 1, 1935 to the late John Clem Fleming and Mary Etta Cook Fleming. Jim was a graduate of Todd County High School and studied at Western Kentucky...
Anthony Joseph Marciano
Dec 29, 2022
Anthony Joseph Marciano, age 69, of Biloxi passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022.
A private service will be held at a later date. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is honored to serve the Marciano family.
Hewitt P. Barton, Sr.
Dec 28, 2022
Hewitt P. Barton, Sr. “The Papa”, 84 of D’Iberville, MS passed away on December 28, 2022 in Gulfport, MS.
He was born on February 25, 1938 in Biloxi, MS to Ramsey and Edwina Barton. He was a college graduate. He was a Journeyman Wireman for the Local Union 903 IBEW for over 50 years. He served in the Army. He...
David Nelson Carr
Dec 28, 2022
David Nelson Carr, age 36 of Gulfport, joined our Father in Heaven peacefully at home on Wednesday morning, December 28, 2022.
David was born in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi on September 20, 1986. He was a graduate of Harrison Central High School in 2005 with high honors and was a member of the National Honor Society. David attended The University...
Perry J. Newman
Dec 28, 2022
Perry Joseph Newman, a resident of Biloxi, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 in Gulfport after a long and hard-fought battle against ALS. He was 72. He was born in Biloxi and was the youngest son of Herbert and Elenora Desporte Newman. He was a member of the Catholic faith and a graduate of Notre Dame High School.
Perry...
Byrd Austell Cassibry
Dec 27, 2022
Coast native Byrd Austell Cassibry left this mortal world on December 27th 2022 in Bay St
Louis, Mississippi. It was a life too soon ended. Born on May 17th 1954, she was the
daughter of the late Byrd Austell Thompson Cassibry and Napoleon LePointe Cassibry. Byrd
grew up in Gulfport, attending East Ward Elementary school and graduating from...
Judy Carol Estes Smith
Dec 27, 2022
Judy Carroll Estes Smith, at the age of 79, answered the call to heaven, directly after seeing her two sisters for the first time since covid and a six-year battle with Alzheimer's disease, on Tuesday Morning, December 27th 2022.
No stranger to disaster, Judy was raised in Guin, Alabama, the sight of an F5 tornado disaster. She moved to...
Neal Edward Bush Sr.
Dec 27, 2022
Neal Edward Bush, Sr. went to his Heavenly home on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. He was 81 years old. Neal was born in La Ceiba, Honduras on September 4, 1941, to Edward A. and Lois McNab Bush.
During high school, Neal transferred to French Camp Academy located in French Camp, MS where he excelled in his studies and was the...
Wendell Edward Pruitt
Dec 26, 2022
Wendell was born in Columbus, Mississippi to the late Vernon and Elizabeth Pruitt. He attended Biloxi public schools. After graduating, he went to both Mercer County Community College and the University of Maryland European Campus. He served in the U.S Army with the Pershing and Pershing II Missile Systems in the 56th Field Artillery Command, which was eliminated under...
Joan Annette Tobias Bufkin
Dec 26, 2022
Joan Annette Tobias Bufkin, age 78, passed away at home on Christmas Eve. She was born in Belleville, IL on November 21, 1944. She traveled the world as a child growing up in a military family. In 1959, the family of nine moved from Tripoli to Long Beach, MS when Joan was fifteen years old. Long Beach was an idyllic...
Delane Patterson Demoruelle
Dec 26, 2022
Mrs. Delane Demoruelle, 78, of Biloxi, Mississippi passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022 in Biloxi.
Mrs. Demoruelle was born in Moulton, Alabama and was a lifelong resident of the coast. She worked for Dr. Adkins for eighteen years. Mrs. Demoruelle was very involved in her children’s activities and her claim to fame was that all four of her...
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