Obituaries

Robert Lee Thompson, Jr.

Robert Lee Thompson, Jr.

May 14, 2008

Robert L. "Bob" Thompson, Jr., 64, of Biloxi died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Biloxi. Robert was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a former Biloxi Firefighter, who most recently was an instructor for a local gaming school. Robert was a member of B.P.O.E. # 606 in Biloxi and was Elk of the Year in 1991 - 1992. He...

Janet "Nanny" Sweet Mayer

Janet "Nanny" Sweet Mayer

May 14, 2008

Janet "Nanny" Sweet Mayer, age 80, of Saucier, died Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Saucier. Mrs. Mayer had been a resident of the Gulf Coast since 2004 and was a former resident of Mobile, AL and Fairhope, AL. She was the author of "Valiant Endeavour". She was Catholic, a homemaker and an accountant for the University of South Alabama. She...

Frances Louise Ziz

Frances Louise Ziz

May 14, 2008

Frances Norton Ziz, our mother, 79, of Biloxi went home to Jesus on May 14, 2008. Frances Ziz lived her life as a devoted mother and a devoted Catholic. She was a life long member of Sacred Heart Parish in D'Iberville. She spent her years raising her eleven children and worshiping God in the Church she loved. Her life of...

Phan Van Nguyen

Phan Van Nguyen

May 12, 2008

Phan Van Nguyen, 32, of Biloxi died Monday, May 12, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. Phan was born in Springfield, IL. He was a resident of the Gulf Coast for over 30 years. Phan attended Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church and the Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church. He was an employee of Saucier Brothers Roofing Company in Biloxi. Phan is...

James Marion "Butch" Knight

James Marion "Butch" Knight

May 12, 2008

James Marion “Butch” Knight, 65, passed away on May 12th in Columbus, GA. He was born in Vicksburg, MS, but had resided in Ocean Springs for over 30 years. He received his BS and Masters degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and completed further coursework on his doctorate. He was awarded the first NASA fellowship in science. After graduation,...

Annie Verniece Bullock

Annie Verniece Bullock

May 12, 2008

Mrs. Verniece Bullock, age 91, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away Monday, May 12, 2008, in Gautier, MS. Mrs. Bullock was born in Jackson County and remained a lifelong resident of Jackson County. She retired from the E.R. Moore Company in Ocean Springs and was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, also in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in...

Miriam (Sue) Glynn Meynier

Miriam (Sue) Glynn Meynier

May 11, 2008

Miriam (Sue) Glynn Meynier, 80, of Biloxi, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Lucedale, MS. Mrs. Meynier was born May 27, 1927, in New Orleans, LA and had been a resident of Biloxi since August 1947. Though she was raised in New Orleans, she always considered Biloxi her home. She retired from the Biloxi School System as a janitor. She...

Genevieve Celeste Peyregne

Genevieve Celeste Peyregne

May 11, 2008

Genevieve Celeste Peyregne, 70, of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Ocean Springs. Genevieve was born on September 2, 1937 in Jackson County. Throughout her life, she relocated and lived in numerous places around the country with her family. Genevieve was a loving wife and mother where she was perfect in every way. She was not only a...

Gaston Miguel Diaz-Cid

Gaston Miguel Diaz-Cid

May 10, 2008

Gaston Miguel Diaz-Cid passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Ocean Springs Hospital, surrounded by his close family after a lengthy illness. He was born December 27, 1926, in Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Mr. Diaz moved his family to New York City in 1964 and then after many cold winters to sunny Miami, FL. In 1997 he and...

Zelda Phelps

Zelda Phelps

May 10, 2008

Mrs. Zelda Phelps, 59, of Gulfport, MS, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, in Gulfport. Mrs. Phelps was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a homemaker and a Baptist She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Earl Phelps, Sr.; parents, Kevel and Effie Carol Shoemaker; grandson, James Chance Davis, and a great nephew, Kevel Matthew Felton....

Helen Leah Reames Bush

Helen Leah Reames Bush

May 9, 2008

Helen Leah Reames Bush , 94, of Gulfport died Friday, May 9, 2008 in Gulfport. Mrs. Bush was born March 7, 1914 in New Orleans and had been a resident of the coast since 1949. Helen was a graduate of Hotel Dieu Nursing School in New Orleans and was a surgurical nurse and public health department nurse throughout World War...

Dwight Mason

Dwight Mason

May 9, 2008

Mr. Dwight "Red" Mason, 73, of Woolmarket, went to be with the Lord Friday, May 9, 2008, in Ocean Springs. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. Mr. Mason was born in Arkansas and had been a lifelong resident of Woolmarket. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and an accomplished water well driller. He...

James Donald McKee

James Donald McKee

May 8, 2008

James Donald "Don" McKee, 68, of Gulfport died Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Gulfport. Mr. McKee was born in West Point, MS and had been a resident of Gulfport for about 40 years. He was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi. Mr. McKee served in the U.S. Air Force and was the owner of Coast...

Deanna K. Senseney

Deanna K. Senseney

May 7, 2008

Beloved Wife, Mother, Companion and Friend, Deanna "Dee" Senseney, passed away at the age of 45 years young today, Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in the presence of those she loved and held so dear to her heart. Dee was born on November 15, 1962, and had been a resident of Ocean Springs her entire life. She was a D'Iberville Peewee...

Roy E. Boone

Roy E. Boone

May 7, 2008

M/Sgt. USAF Retired Roy E. Boone, 71, of Ocean Springs, MS died on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 in Biloxi. He was a native of Jayess, MS but had lived on the Coast for the past 30 years. He joined the USAF at the age of 17 and served honorably for 24 years before retiring in 1977 as a M/Sgt. After...

Mary Kate Nielson Manuel

Mary Kate Nielson Manuel

May 6, 2008

Mrs. Mary Kate Nielson Manuel, 82, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Manuel was born December 31, 1925, in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She lived her young life in Biloxi, attending Gorenflo Elementary School and the Biloxi School System. Later she moved to the Latimer Community...

Jack Walter Curl, Sr.

Jack Walter Curl, Sr.

May 6, 2008

Mr. Jack Walter Curl, Sr., age 66, of Ocean Springs passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Curl had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1979. He was the owner/operator of J & B Sales and Service in Ocean Springs. Survivors include his wife 46 years, Betty Curl and their son, Jack Curl, Jr. of...

Susan Bond

Susan Bond

May 6, 2008

Mrs. Susan Brown Bond, age 53, of Gautier, MS., died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Warrior, AL. Mrs. Bond was a registered nurse for 34 years. She was a graduate of Ida Moffet School of Nursing-Samford University in Birmingham, AL, the University of Maryland, Lorretta Heights-Regis University in Denver, CO. All of her degrees were in Nursing. She was a...

Edward Daniel "Danny' Ross

Edward Daniel "Danny' Ross

May 6, 2008

Mr. Edward "Danny" Ross, 60, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, in Ocean Springs. Danny was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a loving family man to his wife and children, a devoted brother to his siblings and family, a dedicated worker and a loyal friend to all. He was raised and worked on...

Sherri Lynn Trochessett

Sherri Lynn Trochessett

May 5, 2008

Sherri Lynn Trochessett, 50, of Saucier, MS died on Monday, May 5, 2008 in Biloxi. Ms. Trochessett was a native and lifelong resident of the Coast. She was very devoted to her family and was a selfless person who always put others first even with her long battle with multiple sclerosis. She is preceded in death by her father, Earl...

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