Obituaries
Gerald Ray Fortner
Aug 15, 2008
Gerald Ray Fortner, age 49, of Ocean Springs passed away on Friday, August 15, 2008 in Ocean Springs. Gerald loved to fish and was a truck driver because he loved to travel and visit different places. Survivors include his wife, Karen Fortner; daughter, Kristina Fortner-Goff; son, James Armstrong; two sisters, Angie Rader and April Sinclair; two brothers, Robert Fortner, Jr....
Mark Helmich
Aug 15, 2008
Mark Helmich,54, of Biloxi died Friday, August 15, 2008 in Biloxi. Mr. Helmich has been a resident of the Coast for 6 years and formerly resided in San Diego, CA. He was an avid surfer and was loved and will be greatly missed by all. He is preceded in death by his parents William F. and Joyce Helmich, Jr. He...
Cathrine Rose Zacharias
Aug 14, 2008
Mrs. Cathrine Rose Zacharias, 51, of Saucier, MS, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, in Saucier. Mrs. Zacharias was a native and lifelong resident of the Coast. She was a homemaker, retired cosmotologist and a christian who will be greatly missed by all. Mrs. Zacharias was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Andrew Zacharias; son, Frank Demetrios Zacharias; and parents,...
Frances Mary Kovacevich
Aug 13, 2008
Frances Mary Kovacevich, 86, of Biloxi, MS died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in Biloxi. She was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi and a lifetime member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and a member of the Altar Society. She was a founding member of the Slavic Benevolent Association Ladies Auxillary and instrumental in producing the Slavic Ladies cookbook....
Bobby Lee Williams
Aug 13, 2008
Bobby Lee Williams, 78, of Biloxi, MS died on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in Ocean Springs. He was born in Wilson, NC but made Biloxi, MS his lifetime resident's for 40 years, where he was a devoted member of First Baptist Church of Biloxi for 24 years. Bobby Lee Williams was a retired Master Sergeant. He served 22 years in...
Charles Guy Bates
Aug 13, 2008
Charles Guy Bates, 61, died unexpectedly on August 13, 2008 at his home in Biloxi, MS. He was born on March 21, 1947 to William and Evelyn (Cope) Bates, who preceded him in death in 1999. He was a graduate from Muskegon Senior High School in 1965, attended Muskegon Community College, graduated from Jefferson Davis College and was a veteran...
Stratigo Vlahos
Aug 13, 2008
Stratigo Koniditsiotis Vlahos, born October 23, 1912 in Sparta, Greece, lived in Biloxi, Mississippi for 70 years, prior to Katrina and was a proud citizen of the United States. She passed away peacefully at the age of 95, at the Mobile Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. She was the beloved wife for 53...
Janice Brackin Scott
Aug 11, 2008
Janice Brackin Scott, age 68, of Gulfport, died Monday, August 11, 2008 in Gulfport. She was born in Surrency, GA and had been a resident of Gulfport for eight years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Waunell Brackin. She is survived by her husband, William Scott of Gulfport; a daughter, Jennifer Brister, (Billy) of Denham Springs,...
Raymond Marek
Aug 11, 2008
Raymond "Generator Ray" Marek, Sr., age 75, of Gulfport, died Monday, August 11, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. He was born December 3, 1932 in Clearwater, MN. Raymond was stationed at Keesler AFB in the 1950's where he met his wife of 49 years, Barbara Marek. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp for two years during the Korean Conflict...
Chester Floyd Noble
Aug 11, 2008
Mr. Chester Floyd Noble, age 89, of Oceans Springs, MS, died at home on Monday, August 11, 2008. Mr. Noble was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He served in the United Sates Army in World War II from January, 1943 until April, 1946. Mr. Noble retired from the Ocean Springs School District, where he had worked as a school...
Leon Grady Capps
Aug 10, 2008
Leon Grady Capps, age 70, of Ocean Springs, died, Sunday, August 10, 2008. Arrangements are incomplete at BRADFORD-O'KEEFE FUNERAL HOMES, Ocean Springs Chapel, 228-875-1266.
George Thomas McGarry, Jr.
Aug 10, 2008
George T. McGarry, Jr., 67, of Biloxi, MS died on Sunday, August 10, 2008 in Jackson, MS. Mr. McGarry had been a residence of Biloxi since 1962. He was a life member of North Bay VFW #6731 and MS State Honor Guard. Mr. McGarry is preceded in death by his parents, George T., Sr. and Eva Marie Anderson McGarry; sister,...
Laura Marie Williams
Aug 10, 2008
Mrs. Laura Williams, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Williams was a resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 43 years. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death in by her husband, Jack C. Williams, Sr. Survivors include three daughters, Mary...
Joseph "Joe" Edward Strickland
Aug 10, 2008
Joseph "Joe" Strickland, 64, of Biloxi, MS died on Sunday, August 10, 2008 in Biloxi. Mr. Strickland was a lifetime resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a member of Bay Vista Baptist Church. He served in the US Navy, retired from AT&T and was a limo driver for the Grand Casino. Mr. Strickland is preceded in death by his...
Nunzio George Pollina
Aug 10, 2008
Nunzio George "Nino" Pollina, 72, passed away quietly, August 10, 2008 at his home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi after an extended illness. He was a resident of Ocean Springs for 44 years. Nino was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to Salvatore Pollina and Rosina Pagano Pollina. He graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy in 1956 and Florida Southern College in 1960....
Omar Thomas Chisholm
Aug 10, 2008
Omar Thomas Chisholm, Jr. age 70, of Gulfport, died Sunday, August 10, 2008 in Gulfport. He was born in Mobile, AL and had been a resident of the Coast most of his life. He previously served in the U.S. Navy and was a retired field engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was Catholic. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Michael Kevin Herring
Aug 8, 2008
Mr. Michael Kevin Herring, age 45, of Vancleave, MS., died Friday, August 8, 2008, at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. Mr. Herring was a resident of Jackson County for the past 35 years. He was a 1980 graduate of Ocean Springs High School and was employed with Northrop Grumman for the past eleven years. Survivors include his wife, Linda Fosby...
Darwin L. Hurt
Aug 8, 2008
Mr. Darwin L. Hurt, age 46, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, August 8, 2008, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hurt was a resident of the community since 1971. He loved music and was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his father, James Hurt, a brother, Damon Hurt, aunt, Carol Wooley, and grandparents, James and Ruby Weekley and Shiloh...
Norma Laing
Aug 8, 2008
Norma Laing passed away at the age of 93 on August 8, 2008. Norma was a long time Biloxi resident. She was born at Shoals, IN on April 3, 1915 and grew up in West Virginia. She came to Biloxi in 1942 where she met and married her husband. They moved to Biloxi in 1943 to 1944. She left to...
Susan Kendricks Martino
Aug 7, 2008
Mrs. Susan Kendricks Martino, age 55, of Lizana, died Thursday August 7, 2008 in Lizana. Mrs. Martino was born in Clovis, CA and had been a resident of the coast most of her life. She was a retired registered nurse, formerly working with Memorial Hospital at Gulfport and was also a traveling nurse. She was of the Baptist faith Mrs....
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