Obituaries

Lyston "Pete" Hollingshead

Lyston "Pete" Hollingshead

Sep 28, 2007

Mr. Lyston E. "Pete" Hollingshead, Jr., age 55, of Biloxi, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in Mobile, AL. Mr. Hollingshead was a native of Lucedale, MS. and a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and worked in security at Northrup Grumman. He was a member of the Ghost Riders. He was preceded...

Margaret Theresa LaMarca Webster

Margaret Theresa LaMarca Webster

Sep 28, 2007

Mrs. Margaret LaMarca Webster, 90, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, September 28, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Webster was a native of New Orleans, LA and had been a longtime resident of Biloxi. Margaret was an active member of Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral Parish where she served as a member of the altar society, hope and consolation committee, Parish Life Committee, and...

Ralph Armand Marchitto

Ralph Armand Marchitto

Sep 28, 2007

Mr. Ralph Armand Marchitto, age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, September 28, 2007, in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Marchitto was born in Patterson, N.J., and was a resident of Ocean Springs for 34 years. He retired from the US Navy Civil Service at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church. He was preceded in...

Marjorie Davis Hatton

Marjorie Davis Hatton

Sep 26, 2007

Marjorie Davis Hatton, age 88, widow of Joseph Hatton, passed away quietly in her sleep on September 26, 2007, at the Grand Bay Convalescent Home in Grand Bay, Alabama. She was born in Rochester, New Hampshire on February 13, 1919, the daughter of the late Clifford Keith and Carrie Mae Chick Davis. She was a graduate of Rochester High School...

Xavier Lionel Wells

Xavier Lionel Wells

Sep 26, 2007

Infant Xavier Lionel Wells, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Xavier is loved and will be missed by his parents, Tiffany and Bobby Wells of Biloxi; maternal grandparents, Lionel McCoy of Biloxi and Debra McCoy of Virginia; aunt, Star McCoy of Biloxi; paternal grandparents, Elizabeth Ann Merrick of Biloxi, Robert Dennis Wells of TX, and great...

Paul Harry Winston, Jr.

Paul Harry Winston, Jr.

Sep 24, 2007

Mr. Paul H. Winston, Jr., 22, of D'Iberville, MS, died Monday, September 24, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Winston was a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a very resilient young man who had a very charismatic personality. The room seemed to light up when he came in with his infectious smile and bright eyes. He is survived by his...

Jewell Higginbotham

Jewell Higginbotham

Sep 24, 2007

Jewell Higginbotham, 82, of Biloxi, died Monday, September 24, 2007 at Ocean Springs Hospital. Mrs. Jewell was born February 21, 1925 in Bayou La Batre, AL but spent most of her life in Biloxi, MS. She was the daughter of John Franklin Krohn and Ada Krohn Mims. Jewell was a loving wife for 66 years, a devoted mother, grandmother and...

Kenneth Lee Strunk

Kenneth Lee Strunk

Sep 21, 2007

Mr. Kenneth Lee Strunk, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., went peacefully to the Lord on Friday, September 21, 2007. Mr. Strunk was a resident of the Gulf Coast since 1975. He was a veteran of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, serving first in the Marine Corps and then eighteen years in the Navy on submarines which...

Mary Dale Blanchard

Mary Dale Blanchard

Sep 21, 2007

Mary Dale Blanchard, 74, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Friday, September 21, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mary will be remembered for her gift of making everyone around her laugh. She was born in West Point, MS and had been a resident of Ocean Springs for 38 years. Mary will be in our hearts forever. Mrs. Blanchard was preceded in...

Robert E. Heinrich

Robert E. Heinrich

Sep 21, 2007

Mr. Robert Edwin "Sonny" Heinrich died Friday, September 21, 2007. He served four years in the air force, retired from civil service at Keesler AFB, and was a Deacon at Lemoyne Boulevard Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Iris Orr Heinrich; daughter, Stacey Netto; sons, Bobby Heinrich, Ricky Heinrich and Timmy Heinrich, and nine grandchildren. Visitation: 6 - 9 p...

David Bernard Mock

David Bernard Mock

Sep 21, 2007

Mr. David Bernard Mock, 81, retired M/Sgt., USMC, of Ocean Springs died Friday, September 21, 2007 at his residence. David joined the United States Marine Corps in 1944. He was currently a member of the B.P.O.E. #2501 of Ocean Springs. David is the son of the late Lawrence Eugene Mock and Kathryn David Rau of Albany, Georgia. He is preceded...

Marilyn Sue Scott Alt

Marilyn Sue Scott Alt

Sep 19, 2007

Marilyn Sue Scott Alt, 62, of Ocean Springs, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 in Gulfport. Marilyn was a long time resident of the Gulf Coast. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer Scott and Betty Brown, a brother, Dennis Scott. Survivors include her husband, Tom R. Alt of Ocean Springs, sons, Nick Alt of Mandeville, LA and Chris...

Charles Eugene Yates, Sr.

Charles Eugene Yates, Sr.

Sep 18, 2007

Charles Eugene "Sam" Yates, Sr. 75, of Biloxi passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia but was a long time resident of his beloved Gulf Coast. He retired from the United States Air Force as a TSGT having served in the Korean Conflict and in Vietnam. Mr....

Aurelia Elaine Zitko

Aurelia Elaine Zitko

Sep 16, 2007

Mrs. Aurelia E. Zitko, age 76, of Vancleave, MS., died Sunday, September 16, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Zitko was a resident of the community for five years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norman and Lucille Feb and a brother, Norman Feb. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, George...

Clement Dellenger

Clement Dellenger

Sep 16, 2007

Clement (Clem) R. Dellenger, Jr., age 65, of Saucier, died Sunday September 16, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Dellenger was born in Biloxi and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a 1960 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Biloxi where he was an outstanding three-sport letterman and a graduate of Tulane University where he was an...

Scott Vincent Pescherine

Scott Vincent Pescherine

Sep 16, 2007

Mr. Scott Pescherine, age 47, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, September 16, 2007, in Vancleave. Mr. Pescherine was a resident of the community for two years. He was an avid four wheeler and loved the Miami Dolphins, Dale, Jr., and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was a loving husband and father. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and...

Idell Bates Shavers

Idell Bates Shavers

Sep 15, 2007

Mrs. Idell B. Shavers of Saucier, MS, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007, in Wiggins. Mrs. Shavers was a lifelong resident of Saucier and a member of the Missionary Baptist Church in Saucier. She was a member of the Order of The Easter Star, Perkinston Lodge, and the Joppa Shriner's Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Shavers was preceded in death by her...

Thelma Ellen Kirby

Thelma Ellen Kirby

Sep 15, 2007

Thelma E. Kirby, 82 formely of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, September 15, 2007 in Clinton, LA. Ms. Kirby is precded in death by her parents Rubin Burnham and Sarah Bates, sisters; Merlene Springle, Meda Lou Stokley, brothers; Willy Lee Burnham, Luther Burnham, Brooks Burnham SR., and Melvin Burnham. Mrs. Kirby is survived by her husband Frank Kirby of Clinton,...

Kevin Anthony Pellegrino

Kevin Anthony Pellegrino

Sep 14, 2007

Mr. Kevin A. Pellegrino, 51, of Daphne, AL, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, in Daphne. Mr. Pellegrino, formerly of Mobile, was a native and longtime resident of Biloxi. He attended Mississippi gulf Coast Community College, Jefferson Davis Campus. He was preceded in death by his father, Frank J. Pellegrino, Sr., brother, Mark Edward Pellegrino and his grandparents, Dalton and Delphine...

Linda Anne Ellzey

Linda Anne Ellzey

Sep 14, 2007

Mrs. Linda Anne Ellzey, 64, of Bendale, MS, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, in Bendale. She was a former resident of Biloxi and a volunteer worker with the Animal Welfare Society. Mrs. Ellzey was preceded in death by her parents, James A. and Billie Jean Nichols; sister, Gay Walker, and grandmother, Mrs. Chuck Parks. Survivors include her son, James C....

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