Obituaries
Donald Joseph Meyerchick, Jr.
Apr 19, 2023
Donald Joseph Meyerchick, Jr., age 69, of Gulfport passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at his home.
Mr. Meyerchick was born on January 14, 1954 in Jacksonville, FL. He was a graduate of Hillcrest High School in County Club Hill, IL (class of 1972) and attended Mississippi State University from 1972 until 1976, on a football scholarship. His...
Warren J. Migues
Apr 19, 2023
Warren J. Migues, age 81, of Gulfport, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
Warren was born in Biloxi on June 15, 1941. He attended Biloxi High School and was Miss. State Amateur Softball Pitcher of the Year in 1968. Warren worked for Delchamps as a store manager and for Kraft as a sales representative. He enjoyed coaching the...
John Claiborne Mitchell, Jr.
Apr 18, 2023
John “Johnny” Claiborne Mitchell Jr., 78, of Ocean Springs passed away on April 18, 2023 at his home surrounded by family after a long battle with lung disease.
He was born on November 4, 1944 to the late John and Georgia Shell Mitchell in Biloxi. After John graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1963, he went on to study...
Josephine Mary Mihojevich
Apr 17, 2023
Josephine Mary T. Mihojevich, 83, of Ocean Springs passed away on April 17, 2023 in Ocean Springs, MS.
She was a native of Biloxi, MS and proud of her Yugoslavian heritage. She loved “The Point” and loved any and all seafood. She was employed by the Biloxi V.A. for thirty-six years as a dental hygienist. She was involved in her...
Mary Elizabeth "Sue" Newsom Papania
Apr 17, 2023
Mary Elizabeth “Sue” Newsom Papania of Gulfport, MS went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 17, 2023 at the age of 94.
Sue was born in Tarboro, NC on September 29, 1928, the second of four children. At the age of 17, she met the love of her life, Luke Papania. Sue and Luke were married...
Dut Van Nguyen
Apr 16, 2023
Dut Van Nguyen, 57, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2023 in Mobile, AL.
Visitation will be held at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 911 Porter Ave, Ocean Springs, MS, from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm on Thursday, April 27, 2023 and from 9:00 am until 11:15 am on Friday, April 28, 2023....
Manuel Ernesto Lepe
Apr 16, 2023
Manuel Ernesto Lepe Villafranca, age 67, departed this life on April 16, 2023 and is with Jesus Christ, seeing his faith become sight. For 20 years, through Evangelistic International Ministries (E.I.M), Manuel served as a Missionary Pastor, along with his wife Maira, meeting the physical needs of the Honduran people and sharing Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection in the place...
Joyce Ann Lockard Strait
Apr 15, 2023
Joyce, our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother left her earthly home for her Heavenly home April 15, 2023, surrounded by those she loved in Ocean Springs, MS. Joyce was 76 years old. Born and raised in Circleville, Ohio, Joyce always loved returning home for visits and attending the Circleville Pumpkin Show. Joyce loved spending time with family and friends, the Ohio...
Michael Ellis Moses III
Apr 15, 2023
Michael Ellis Moses, III passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the age of 30 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on June 14,1992 to Dr. Michael Ellis Moses, Jr. and Kelly Jaye Moses. Michael attended Nativity BVM Catholic Elementary School and St. Stanislaus Catholic High School and graduated from Diamond Ranch Academy in...
Gerald Jule Songe
Apr 14, 2023
Gerald Jule Songe, born July 31, 1940 in Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2023.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fletcher Adam Songe Jr and Bernice Broussard Songe; brother-in-law, Rayfield Wescovich; and step-daughter, Cindy Herman.
Survivors are his loving wife, Sylvia Sellers Songe; step-daughter, Heather Sellers; brother, Fetcher Songe Jr (Connie); sister, Lois Wescovich;...
Larry W. Rogers
Apr 13, 2023
Larry W. Rogers, Jr., age 73, of Long Beach, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Services will be held at a later date. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, 15th Street, Gulfport is honored to serve the Rogers family.
Angela Marie West Hughes
Apr 12, 2023
Angela Marie West Hughes, age 60, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.
Angela was a lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was born and raised in Biloxi, MS. Angela was a loving mother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend and grandmother. She will be greatly missed and remembered by all that knew her.
She is...
Sarah Louise Richardson
Apr 11, 2023
Sarah Louise Richardson, age 90, of Biloxi, Mississippi, passed away, quietly and peacefully, on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Sarah was born on May 26, 1932 in Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Omie Bourland; her brother, William A. Bourland; her sons, William O. Richardson and Robert A. Richardson; her husband of 68 years, Oliver...
Jeanne King Backstrom
Apr 11, 2023
Jeanne King Backstrom, age 97, of Gulfport, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Gulfport.
Mrs. Backstrom was born on September 21, 1925 in Gilmer, Mississippi and had been a resident of Gulfport for the past 76 years. She graduated high school in Hattiesburg, MS and received her B.S. and M. A. degrees at the University of Southern...
Joseph Paul McManus
Apr 11, 2023
Joseph Paul “Joe” McManus, Ph.D., 79, of Biloxi, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
Joe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 16, 1943 to parents, Henry and Mary McManus. He received his Undergraduate Degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and he continued his studies at the University of Cincinnati earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry. Joe was a...
Sandra Gail LaHatte
Apr 11, 2023
Sandra Gail Wells LaHatte, 76, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away April 11, 2023, with her family at her side. II Corinthians 5:8 NKJV “We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”
She was born September 17, 1946, to Ralph Lewis Wells and Opal Evans Wells in Vicksburg, MS. ...
Albert Bradford, Jr.
Apr 11, 2023
Albert Bradford, Jr., 61, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Gulfport.
He is survived by one daughter and two brothers, Mike and Robert Bradford.
There are no services scheduled at this time.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is honored to serve the Bradford family.
Son Ngoc Dang
Apr 9, 2023
Son Ngoc Dang, age 91, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 13, 2023 and Friday, April 14, 2023 at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi, from 2pm until 5pm.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 9am at Vietnamese...
Paul Evan Doerr
Apr 8, 2023
Paul Evan Doerr, age 66, of Biloxi, MS passed away on April 8, 2023.
There are no services scheduled at this time.
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Paul Doerr.
Susan Elizabeth Sigurnjak
Apr 8, 2023
Susan Elizabeth Sigurnjak, also known by those who love her as Momma, Nana, Sue, Sue Sig, 63, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023.
Susan was born January 3, 1960 in Biloxi, MS to Dalton & Barbara Gary. She graduated from Biloxi High School. After graduation she began working at The Peoples Bank. In her free time,...
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