Obituaries

Donald Dale Bratton

Donald Dale Bratton

Sep 14, 2007

Donald Dale Bratton, age 74, of Ocean Springs, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bratton was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and worked for Mississippi Power Co. for nineteen years. He retired from the Civil Engineering...

Patsy Ann Capps Lidgard

Patsy Ann Capps Lidgard

Sep 14, 2007

Patsy Ann Capps Lidgard, 71, of Ocean Springs MS passed to her final home with God on Sept. 14, 2007. Patsy was born in Mobile County on Dec.26, 1935. She lived in Whistler Al until she met her soon to be husband, Richard(Dick) Lidgard in 1955. She then became a military wife and traveled with him and their sons to...

JoAnn Gill

JoAnn Gill

Sep 13, 2007

Mrs. JoAnn Gill, 64, of Biloxi, MS., died Thursday, September 13, 2007, in Biloxi. A lifelong resident of Biloxi, she was a retired Teacher's Aide with the Biloxi School District, after 25 years of service. Mrs. Gill was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse T. and Grace Williams Thornton, and a son, Frank Warren Gill. Survivors include her husband...

Eves Vincent

Eves Vincent

Sep 13, 2007

Eves (Snookie) Vincent, Jr. 83, of Biloxi, died Thursday, September 13, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Vincent was a native of Biloxi, retired Chief in the U.S. Coast Guard, member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, member of Golden Age Club, and retired from Biloxi V.A. after 20 years as a nursing assistant. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred...

Daniel Arthur Kinsey

Daniel Arthur Kinsey

Sep 13, 2007

Daniel A. Kinsey, 66, a life long resident of the Gulf Coast passed away September 13, 2007. His life's work began with his father and brother in their Gollott and Kinsey Seafood Business. Mr. Kinsey ended his life's journey working beside his very special cousin Walley Gollott at Gulf Pride Seafood Industries. He was preceded in death by his mother,...

Herbert King

Herbert King

Sep 11, 2007

Herbert King, 81, of Biloxi, died September 11, 2007 in Biloxi. Herbert was a life long resident of the community. He loved to hunt and fish, was a brown belt in Karate, a U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, a chef at the Biloxi VA Medical Center and retired with 34 years of service. He is preceded in death by his parents,...

Margie Carleen Janssen

Margie Carleen Janssen

Sep 10, 2007

Mrs. Margie Carleen Janssen, 70, of Biloxi, MS, died Monday, September 10, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Janssen was a native of Decatur, AL, and a longtime resident of the coast. She was a registered nurse. She was preceded in death by her husband of 17 years, Howard Janssen, and her parents, Arthur and Annie Mae Smith. Survivors include her...

Evie Lou Barnett

Evie Lou Barnett

Sep 9, 2007

Evie Lou Barnett, age 89, of Biloxi, MS passed away Sunday, September 9, 2007. Mrs. Barnett was a native of the Bond community in Neshoba County. She was a long time resident of Biloxi and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Biloxi and a member of the Ann Grayson Chapter,...

Kenneth L. Huff

Kenneth L. Huff

Sep 9, 2007

Kenneth L. Huff, 47, tragically lost his life in a car accident on 9/9/07. Son of the late Christine Ellerman Huff and the late Newton Adolph Huff, he is survived by his loving wife and best friend of 17 years, Alice Leonard Huff, his adoring pets Tristan, Laurel and Hardy, his brother Douglas Huff of Houston, his cousins Vicki and...

Opal Gressett Dills

Opal Gressett Dills

Sep 8, 2007

Mrs. Opal Gressett Dills, age 73, of Vancleave, MS., died Saturday, September 8, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Survivors include two daughters, Yvonne Glenn and Rhonda Roberts, both of Vancleave, MS., a sister, Kathleen Gressett Fontaine of Pensacola, FL., a brother, Fred B. Gressett, Jr. of Meridian, MS., ten grandchildren and twenty seven great-grandchildren. Visitation will be on Tuesday, September 11,...

Heather Jean Lutz Seymour

Heather Jean Lutz Seymour

Sep 8, 2007

Mrs. Heather Lutz Seymour, 36, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Saturday, September 8, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Seymour was born in Connersville, Indiana and had been a longtime resident of the coast. Heather was a careing individual who enjoyed people and athletics. She was a loving mother who looked forward to seeing her children and was excited and looking forward...

Stephanie Rae Koll

Stephanie Rae Koll

Sep 8, 2007

Miss Stephanie Rae Koll, 22, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away Saturday, September 8, 2007, in Harrison County. Stephanie was born in Hayward, CA and was a longtime resident of Ocean Springs. She was very involved with Gulf Coast Bands and a member of P.E.T.A. She was a licensed cosmotologist and formerly employed with Todd Boswell Salon. Survivors include her...

Pamela Snyder

Pamela Snyder

Sep 8, 2007

Pamela Michelle Ward Snyder, 42, died Sat. 9/8/07 in Biloxi. Born 6/27/65, Baldwyn, MS, the daughter of William Lucian Ward and Gloria Ann Lucy Ward. She was a waitress, attended the Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, arts and crafts, sewing, crocheting, landscaping and loved her grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents, a grandchild, Cameron Lizana. Survivors: husband, Wilburt Snyder, daughters,...

Leona Boudoin Broussard

Leona Boudoin Broussard

Sep 7, 2007

Mrs. Leona Boudoin "Pushut" Broussard, 90, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, September 7, 2007, in Biloxi. Mrs. Broussard was born in Abbeville, LA to Charles and Alida Boudoin on January 3, 1917. She moved to Biloxi at the age of 14 and remained a lifelong resident. Mrs. Broussard worked many years in the seafood industry and later worked in the...

Elizabeth  A. Reicker

Elizabeth A. Reicker

Sep 5, 2007

Elizabeth A. Reicker, age 92, of Gulfport died Wednesday, September 5, 2007 in Gulfport. Miss Reicker was born in Gulfport on November 26, 1914. Employed at Kremer Marine for 35 years, she retired in 1975 as partner and office manager. She was a lifetime member of St. John Catholic Church in Gulfport and at the time of her death she...

Timothy Aaron O'Brien

Timothy Aaron O'Brien

Sep 4, 2007

Timothy Aaron O'Brien, age 58, formerly of Gulfport, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007 from heart failure in Madison, Nebraska. Tim was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and was a 1966 graduate of Gulfport High School. He attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College where he earned an Associate of Arts degree and furthered his education at the University of Southern Mississippi majoring...

Ross Winchell Allen

Ross Winchell Allen

Sep 4, 2007

Ross Winchell Allen, age 64, of Ocean Springs, died Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in Miami, FL. He was born May 2, 1943 in Leavenworth, Indiana. Ross served as a member of the Military Police in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea and St. Louis, MO. He received a bachelor degree from the University of Missouri where he was...

Christopher Pratt

Christopher Pratt

Sep 3, 2007

Mr. Christopher Wayne Pratt, 17, of Woolmarket, passed away in his sleep and joined his Nona in Heaven on Monday, September 3, 2007. Christopher was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on September 27, 1989 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. He was a member of the Cedar Lake United Methodist Church. Christopher loved to fish and hunt. He was a very talented...

Dr. Frank  G. Gruich, Sr.

Dr. Frank G. Gruich, Sr.

Sep 1, 2007

Dr. Frank G. Gruich, Sr. was born into this life on March 12, 1920, on Point Cadet, Biloxi. He was born through death into everlasting life on September 1, 2007 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Dr. Gruich surmounted huge challenges from working in his grass roots in the shrimp factories to launching his life’s love and passion for knowledge and...

Sandra Kay Barnes

Sandra Kay Barnes

Aug 31, 2007

Mrs. Sandra Kay Collins Barnes, 54, of Gulfport, MS, died Friday, August 31, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Barnes was a native of Danville, Arkansas and had been a resident of the coast for the past 40 years. She was a former real estate broker and co-owner of Barnes Wholesale Cars in Gulfport. She enjoyed her family, pets and gardening. Mrs....

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