Obituaries
Audrey Holliman Owen
Aug 30, 2007
Audrey Holliman Owen, 88, of Biloxi, died Thursday, August 30, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Owen was born in Biloxi, MS on January 31, 1919. She retired from Keesler Air Force Base and was a member of the Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame for basketball. Mrs. Owen was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Earl D. Owen,...
Lexi Marie Sherwood
Aug 30, 2007
Infant Lexi Marie Sherwood, nine months, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 30, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Lexi was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Karen Sherwood. Survivors include her parents, Brandon and Melissa Sherwood of Ocean Springs, paternal grandfather, Blair Sherwood also of Ocean Springs, maternal grandparents, Rusty and...
Dennis Arthur McGrury, Sr.
Aug 30, 2007
Mr. Dennis A. McGrury, Sr., age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 30, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. McGrury was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1972. He served in Vietnam in the U.S. Air Force and retired after twenty years of service. He also retired from UPS after twenty years, was a member of the VFW and...
Jerry W. Bell
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Jerry W. Bell, age 74, of Ocean Springs, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bell was a resident of the community for fifty one years and was very active on various church committees at the First United Methodist Church of Biloxi. He loved woodworking, was a charter member of the Fort Bayou Volunteer Fire Department, a...
Lee Charles Morris, Jr.
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Lee Charles Morris, Jr., 82, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Morris was born in Biloxi and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran of WW II and the Korean Conflict and retired from South Central Bell Telephone Company. Mr. Morris was a member of Nativity...
Carl C. "Kelly" Kellermann, Jr.
Aug 26, 2007
Mr. Carl "Kelly" Kellermann, Jr., 54, of Gautier, MS, died Sunday, August 26, 2007, in Gautier. Mr. Kellermann was born in St. Paul, MN and had been a resident of the coast for the past 30 years. He was chief engineer with McAllister Brothers and a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. He was of the Catholic faith. Mr....
Hortense "Tonsie" Lapeyrouse Gaude'
Aug 26, 2007
Hortense "Tonsie" Lapeyrouse Gaude' was born May 4, 1903 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. One of eleven children born to David Louis Lapeyrouse and Marie Bourgeois Lapeyrouse, she lived in Thibodaux until her marriage to Robert P. Gaude' of Biloxi in 1925. She was a resident of Biloxi for the remainder of her life. Tonsie had three children: Robert, Jr., Shirley, and...
Bobby Harris Lott
Aug 24, 2007
Mr. Bobby Harris Lott, 76, of Vancleave, MS died Friday, August 24, 2007, in Vancleave. Bobby was a resident of the Gulf Coast for 47 years. He recently converted to the Catholic Faith and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Gulfport. He supported the Knights of Columbus in Columbia, MS. Bobby loved his family and friends. He...
Margaret Evelyn Heise
Aug 23, 2007
Evelyn Heise, 80, of Biloxi, MS died Thursday, August 23, 2007 in Biloxi. Margaret was a resident of Biloxi for the past 54 years. She has worked as a secretary for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Baptist Association. She also worked for 13 years as a medical secretary at Keesler A.F.B. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Biloxi...
William Lloyd Witham, Sr.
Aug 21, 2007
William L. Witham, Sr., Lt. Col. U.S.A.F. Retired, 85, of Ocean Springs, MS. died August 21, 2007 in Ocean Springs. He served 20 years in the United States Air Force retiring in 1963. As a pilot he flew many types of aircraft, including B-24's, B-25's and C-54's. He retired from the Civil Service in 1983 after 20 years where he...
Tommie Germany McCaleb
Aug 20, 2007
Tommie Germany McCaleb, age 89, of Broussard, LA, died Monday, August 20, 2007 in Broussard. She was born in Neshoba County, Ms and was a longtime resident of Gulfport having moved to Layfayette following Hurricane Katrina. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Stewart McCaleb; a sister, Oletta Stoner Belk; and a brother, Chester Germany. Mrs. McCaleb is...
Joseph (Joe) Rosetti
Aug 20, 2007
Mr. Joseph (Joe) M. Rosetti, age 79, of Biloxi, MS, went to live in God's eternal garden on August 20, 2007. Mr. Rosetti, also known as "Rosy", was born September 6, 1927, at home on First Street, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Joe began working at age 13 as a shrimper alongside his father. He worked in the piping department at Ingall's...
DENNIS KEITH BROWN
Aug 20, 2007
Dennis Keith Brown, 69 of Biloxi passed away on Monday, August 20, 2007 in Biloxi. Dennis was born in Grand Rapids, MN in 1938 to the late Wendell Brown and Luverne Brown Welte. Dennis grew up in Marble, MN and graduated from Greenway High School in Coleraine, MN He served for four years in th U.S. Navy. He worked at...
Ann Taft Bosse'
Aug 19, 2007
Ann Taft Bosse', mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, born February 18, 1920, in California, Pennsylvania, died peacefully August 19, 2007 at G.C. Medical Center after complications related to hip surgery. She was 87. A 55 year resident of Biloxi, Ann medically retired from the Civil Service at Keesler Air Force Base Hospital in 1976 where she had worked as a Pathology Department...
Paul Allen Dennis
Aug 18, 2007
Retired M/Sgt. Paul Allen Dennis, 72, was born in Spencer, NC on November 23, 1934. He moved to Portsmouth, VA at the age of five where he attended local public schools. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1954. Paul served in the U. S. Army from 1957-1959. He joined the U. S. Air Force in 1961. During his...
Gerald Joseph Romero
Aug 17, 2007
Mr. Gerald Joseph Romero, 77, a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi, died August 17, 2007, at his home with his family after a four year battle with cancer. Mr. Romero was preceded in death by his mother, Agnes Savoy Rushing, his father, Dorthy Romero, and his son, Russell Joseph Romero. He is survived by his wife of 51 years,...
Constance Trahan Butterfield
Aug 17, 2007
Mrs. Connie Trahan Butterfield, age 73, of Navarre, FL., formerly of West Warwick, RI., passed away unexpectedly in Florida on August 17, 2007. Born in Mississippi, Mrs. Butterfield attended Biloxi High School. She met her future husband while he was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base. They married and moved north to Rhode Island where they raised their son and...
Catherine Clower Thornhill
Aug 16, 2007
Catherine Clower Thornhill, age 76, of Gulfport, died Thursday, August 16, 2007 in Columbia, MS. She was born in Gulfport and had been a resident for most of her life. Mrs. Thornhill was a graduate of Gulfport High School, Class of 1948, a graduate of Gulf Park College and University of Southern Mississippi where she was a member of Chi...
Floyd Harry Beaugez
Aug 13, 2007
Floyd Harry “Bud” Beaugez, 82, received his wings as Heaven opened up its pearly gates for a new angel on Monday, August 13, 2007. Waiting at the gates with a long awaited kiss was his first wife, Annetta, parents Mose and Esther, sister Patricia and brother, Francis. Floyd was born on July 4, 1925 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi and was...
Clyde W. "Buck" Jackson
Aug 12, 2007
Clyde "Buck" Jackson, age 78, of Saucier, died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in Saucier. He was born in Jones County, Ms and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for over forty years. Mr. Jackson proudly served in the U. S. Army as first Sargent for over 22 years and served in Korean and Vietnam Wars. He always had...
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