Obituaries
John "Steve" Laufketter
May 9, 2007
Mr. John Stephen "Steve" Laufketter, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, in Ocean Springs, MS. after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on August 3, 1953, and was raised in St. Louis County, MO. where he graduated from Ritenour School District in 1971. He was a dispatcher for the St. Louis County Police Department prior to his enlistment...
Robert James "Bobby" Bailey
May 8, 2007
Robert James “Bobby” Bailey, 60, of Gulfport died Tuesday, May 8, in Gulfport. Mr. Bailey was born December 19, 1946, to James Elliott “Buddy” Bailey, Jr. and his wife Billie Jean. Mr. Bailey grew up with a deep love of history. After graduation from Gulfport High School in 1965, Mr. Bailey studied at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he...
Hilbert S. Stepro, Sr.
May 7, 2007
Hilbert S. Stepro, Sr., 66, of Biloxi, MS died Monday, May 7, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Stepro was born in W. Virginia. He was a resident of the coast for 42 years, a U.S. Army Veteran, and a retired painter. His nick names were "POPS" and "7-11 ". Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Mary Ann Stepro, two...
Shelby Lee Strickland
May 6, 2007
Shelby Lee Strickland, age 51, of the Success Community died Sunday, May 6, 2007 in Newton, MS. He was born in Gulfport, raised in Woolmarket and since 1983 had resided in the Success Community. He was a member of Coalville United Methodist Church in Woolmarket. He previously served in the Army National Guard and was employed with International Paper Company...
Michelle Lynn Burke
May 5, 2007
Mrs. Michelle Lynn Burke, 26, of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Gulfport. She was born in Peru, Indiana and was a longtime resident of the coast. She was a member of the New Life Family Church in Biloxi and a U. S. Air Force Veteran. Michelle was a loving mother and friend to all. She loved life...
Grace Pavolini Craig
May 5, 2007
Mrs. Grace Pavolini Craig, 51, of Gulfport, MS, died Saturday, May 5, 2007, in Gulfport. Mrs. Craig was born in Gulfport and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She was of the Catholic Faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Felix Peter and Julia Marie Pavolini, and a brother, Joe Pavolini. Survivors include her...
Norma Alline Savage
May 4, 2007
Mrs. Norma Alline Morgan Savage, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Savage was a native of Kentucky and a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Richard Savage of Ocean Springs, MS., two daughters, Linda Savage (Don) Regan of Slidell, LA.,...
George Joseph Wescovich
May 4, 2007
Mr. George Joseph Wescovich, age 64, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Wescovich was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He retired from the Mississippi Power Company at the Plant Watson Power Plant. He was a Catholic. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Penny Sue Wescovich, his parents, Edna Chatham Braun...
Lida Jane Stronsky
May 3, 2007
Mrs. Lida Jane Stronsky, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed into the loving arms of the Lord on Thursday, May 3, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Jane was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 30, 1920. In 1984, Jane moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to help care for her growing family. In 2000, she once again moved to be with...
Myron Douglas Sunde, Jr.
May 2, 2007
Mr. Myron "Doug" Sunde, Jr., age 75, of Gulfport, MS., died Wednesday, May 2, 2007, in Gulfport. Mr. Sunde was a resident of the coast for thirty years and was a member of the American Legion Post # 1992. He loved to work with wood and had a wonderful sense of humor. He was preceded in death by a daughter,...
Jennifer Lynn Neumann Robbins
May 2, 2007
Jennifer Lynn Neumann Robbins, 22, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 in Huntsville, AL. Jennifer was born January 29, 1985 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi and was a former Ocean Springs resident, but made her home in Starkville, MS, where she was a student at Mississippi State University in Software Engineering. She also worked for United Space Alliance in Huntsville,...
Eleanor Cooper Seymore
May 1, 2007
Eleanor Cooper Seymore, 82, of Gulfport died Tuesday, May 1, 2007 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents Sarah and Finis Ewing Cooper; grandchildren Michael Zupko and Amity McCabe; brothers and sisters Jim Cooper, Leo Cooper, Eva Walker, Mildred Bristow, and Edward Sammons; and brother-in-law, James W. Riley. Mrs. Seymore is survived by her husband of 64...
Jeffrey A. Burgess
May 1, 2007
Jeffrey A. Burgess, 39, of Long Beach Mississippi passed away in Hershey Pennsylvania on Tuesday, May 1st 2007, after a battle with cancer. He will be lovingly remembered as a wonderful husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Jeff lived a full life with the short time he had. He enjoyed skydiving, rollerblading, kayaking, windsurfing, and especially skiing. His ashes...
Maryann Paula Skrmetti Cummings
Apr 30, 2007
Mrs. Maryann Paula Skrmetti Cummings, 77, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Monday, April 30, 2007, in Biloxi. Maryann was a caregiver to us all. Throughout her life she watched over all her family and helped anyone in need. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother. She had two daughters, Athaline Byrd Clark, deceased, and Laura Lea Cummings. She...
Don B. Swain
Apr 30, 2007
Don B. Swain, 71, of River Ridge, LA, died Monday, April 30, 2007 in Ocean Springs, MS. Don was a native of River Ridge, LA, for over 60 years, and has lived in Ocean Springs, MS for the past 7 years. He was a graduate of Kenner High School, Class of 1954. He attended L.S.U. for 2 years. He was...
Barbara “Sue” Amie
Apr 30, 2007
Barbara “Sue” Amie, 66, of Biloxi, passed into the arms of the Lord on April 30, 2007 in Biloxi. She was a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast for 42 years and a member of Bay Vista Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her father Ray Day, her father and mother-in-law Joe and Zula Amie and granddaughter Gabrielle...
Emily Campbell Guthrie
Apr 29, 2007
Emily Campbell Guthrie, born in Inverness, Alabama March 15, 1917 to Fletcher and Estelle Campbell. She was married to George Guthrie, of Inverness Alabama, for forty years, taught school for twenty years and was a member of East Lake Methodist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama where she taught Sunday school for thirty years. She wrote and published a book on the...
Joseph John Baragona
Apr 28, 2007
Mr. Joseph John Baragona, 79, of Biloxi, MS, died April 28, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Baragona was a native of Grenada, MS and had been a resident of Biloxi since 1990 and operated the Golden Turtle Lounge in Biloxi until Hurricane Katrina. He was the owner of Baragona Oil Company and Sav-Mor Drugs in Grenada. In his younger years he...
Billy D. Martin
Apr 28, 2007
Mr. Billy D. Martin, 74, of Biloxi, died Saturday, April 28, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Martin was born in Talladega, Alabama and had been a resident of the coast since 1981. He was a retired Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force and a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife of...
Hazel Garner Bosarge
Apr 28, 2007
Mrs. Hazel Garner Bosarge, 85, of Woolmarket, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, in Biloxi. Her life was full of joy because of her children, grand children and family. Mrs. Bosarge was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Bosarge, Sr.; daughters, Montie Malone and Connie Simmons; son, Raudy Bosarge, and a brother, Benny Garner. She is survived by her daughters,...
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