Obituaries
Alba Nidia Colon-Barbosa
Dec 1, 2022
Alba Nidia Colon-Barbosa, 64 of Salinas, Puerto Rico passed away on December 1, 2022.
She was born on March 1, 1958. She was a native of Puerto Rico. She served as a Pentecostal Minister at the Iglesia de Jesucristo El Buen Samaritano in Salinas, PR. She was a retired third grade teacher. She attained a degree in Theology and Education.
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Charles Henry (Chuck) Nelson
Dec 1, 2022
Charles Henry (Chuck) Nelson, age 79, of Gautier, MS, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
Chuck was a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota and a longtime resident of Gautier. He attended the University of Minnesota and was a Veteran of the United States Army. While serving in the Army, he completed the Multi-Engine Tandem Rotor Helicopter repair course and received...
Richard James Dobbs, Sr.
Dec 1, 2022
Richard James Dobbs, Sr., age 77, of Gautier, passed away on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
Richard was born in Childersburg, Alabama. He served in the Army and upon discharge moved to Pascagoula where he began working at Ingalls Shipbuilding becoming a Master Shipbuilder; working for over 40 years. He was a member of Crossroads Church of the Nazarene in Ocean Springs...
Dorothy "Dot" Fairley Letort
Dec 1, 2022
Dorothy "Dot" Fairley Letort, 101, of St. Martin, MS peacefully passed away on December 1, 2022. She was born on November 5, 1921 in George County to Neil and Aquilla Fairley. After high school, Dot attended Perkinston Community College where she played basketball and earned her teaching degree. While teaching at St. Martin, she met the love of her...
Lynn "Sheryl" Read Brune
Nov 30, 2022
Lynn “Sheryl” Read Brune, 74, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
Sheryl was born March 21, 1948 in Bay Springs, MS to James Paul Read and Nobie Sims Read. She graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating she worked as a mathematics teacher for her career, later retiring from teaching from Ocean Springs...
Bruce David Dye
Nov 30, 2022
Bruce D. Dye 62, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, passed away on November 30th, 2022, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born to parents, Clifford and Norma Dye, on March 26th, 1960 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Dye graduated from Ocean Springs High School and served 26 years in the United States Air Force.He worked at Nellis...
Doris Jean Thielker
Nov 30, 2022
Doris Jean Thielker, age 85, of Gulfport, MS (previous resident of Ocean Springs) passed away peacefully on November 30, 2022 surrounded by her family at SRH Gulfport.
Doris was born April 24, 1937 in Claude, Texas where she graduated high school in 1955. She was married to the love of her life, David, for over sixty-one years. As a military...
Steven Troy Decausey
Nov 30, 2022
Steven Troy Decausey, age 57, of Vancleave, Mississippi passed away on November 30, 2022.
Steven was born on January 11, 1965 to Steve and Frances Decausey in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Ocean Springs High School in 1983. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army from 1987 to 1992.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Steven...
Minh Van Le
Nov 30, 2022
Minh Van Le, age 74, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 6th, Wednesday, December 7th,and Friday, December 9, 2022 at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 10, 2022...
James "Jimmy" Jerald Vanek
Nov 30, 2022
James “Jimmy” Jerald Vanek, age 62, of D'Iberville, MS passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at his home. He was born in Chicago, IL and was a long-time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was employed at the Golden Nugget Casino as a Security Officer. Jimmy loved life, music trivia and especially his New Orleans Saints and the...
James Charles "Jimpaw" Rushing
Nov 30, 2022
James Charles “Jimpaw” Rushing, 94, of Woolmarket, MS passed away on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at the Collins State Veterans Home in Collins, MS.
Mr. Rushing was born in Biloxi, MS on December 21, 1927 to Charles William and Ina Campbell Rushing. He worked hard raising his children, goats, Bassett Hounds and Christmas trees. Mr. Rushing was employed with the...
Sandra Kaye Fuller Saul
Nov 30, 2022
Sandra Kaye Fuller Saul, 69, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on November 30, 2022 in Ocean Springs, MS.
She was born in Flint, Michigan on September 20, 1953, the daughter of James Cecil Fuller and Elizabeth Kathryn Fuller. Sandra was raised in Tuscumbia and Florence, AL where she graduated from Bradshaw High School in 1971 and St. Vincent's School...
June Elsie Dee Barger Green
Nov 30, 2022
Mrs. June Elsie Dee Barger Green, 91 of Ocean Springs, MS went home to her Lord on November 30, 2022.
Mrs. Green was born in Belleville, IL to Edwin and Clara Barger. She spent over twenty years employed by civil service as a finance clerk, later becoming a pay clerk for the 403rd Hurricane Hunters at Keesler AFB in Biloxi,...
Jack Shannon Lane
Nov 29, 2022
Jack Shannon Lane, 96, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at SRH in Ocean Springs.
Jack was born August 23, 1926 in Lorena, MS to Robert “Otis” and Bonnie (Parker) Lane. He was a Navy veteran and served in WWII. He graduated from Burns High School in 1944 and earned his BA degree from the...
Elsa Wallace
Nov 29, 2022
Elsa Wallace was born Elsa Wittchen in Whatcheer, Alberta, Canada on February 6, 1930. She died November 29, 2022 at her home in Ocean Springs at the age of 92.
Known for her red hair, witty humor, and spunky spirit, Elsa was the daughter of a school teacher, Gottfred Wittchen, and homemaker, Eliza Hass Wittchen, who immigrated from Kulm, Romaniato the...
Betty Ann Bellande-Toland
Nov 29, 2022
Betty Ann Bellande-Toland came into the world on October 4, 1946, the third child of Alton L. Bellande and Hazel Marie Bonnette. Like most Biloxi natives of her generation, her nascence was celebrated at the 1929 Biloxi Hospital opposite Deer Island. She passed on November 29, 2022 at Merit Health Biloxi following a severe brain injury resulting from a...
Joshua David Baker
Nov 28, 2022
In loving memory of Joshua David Baker. Josh, age 38, of Ocean Springs, MS was born on June 20, 1984 at Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia.
He is survived by his grandmother, Vesta Baker; parents, Diane Renee Drummond (Paul), David Wayne Baker, and Leia D. Pinko; sisters, Courtanay R. Frost and Marina L. Baker, his Aunt Tamara and Uncle Frank...
Christopher "Chris" Coty Hensley
Nov 28, 2022
Christopher “Chris” Coty Hensley, 42, of Biloxi, MS, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022. Christopher was born in Huntsville, AL, to Robert and Trenna Hensley on March 23, 1980.
Christopher was a long-time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, attended d’Iberville High School, and was formerly employed by AT&T. Christopher was a lover of the horror genre and was...
Sherman "Rock" Sekul
Nov 28, 2022
Sherman "Rock" Sekul died peacefully Monday, November 28, 2022 at his home in Ocean Springs, MS surrounded by his family, a week before his 84th birthday.
Rock was born on December 5, 1938 in Biloxi, MS. He was proud of his Yugoslav heritage and of being a “Boy from Point Cadet.” Growing up on The Point, he enjoyed playing baseball,...
Joe "Giz" Miller
Nov 27, 2022
Joe “Giz” Miller, 70, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022 in Biloxi.
Mr. Miller was born in Biloxi, MS on February 16, 1952 to Joseph “Sammy” and Edna Miller. He was a graduate of D’Iberville High School. Mr. Miller worked in construction for most of his life until he joined the Grand Casino as the...
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