Obituaries

Jerry Reid Walton

Jerry Reid Walton

Mar 9, 2007

Mr. Jerry R. Walton, age 73, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Friday, March 9, 2007, in Ocean Springs. After proudly serving twenty years in the U.S. Navy as a Submariner, he retired as a Chief Quartermaster in 1969. He continued to work for the Navy until 1997, and received many honorable service awards. Mr. Walton was preceded in...

Uelda J. Ross Butler

Uelda J. Ross Butler

Mar 9, 2007

Uelda J. Ross Butler, 80, passed away Friday, March 9, 2007 in Lilburn, Georgia Mrs. Butler was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi until Hurricane Katrina, when she left to be cared for by her daughter and son-in-law Mary and Grady Womble. Mrs. Butler's great grand parents came to the Gulf Coast from Germany in the 1800s and were...

Phillip Arval Parker

Phillip Arval Parker

Mar 8, 2007

Mr. Phillip A. Parker, age 47, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, March 8, 2007, in Ocean Springs , Mr. Parker lived on the coast most of his life and was a retired contractor. He was also an excellent artist. He was preceded in death by his father, George A. Parker, mother-in-law and father-in-law, Bea and George McGrevey, and stepfather,...

Margaret Tremmel

Margaret Tremmel

Mar 6, 2007

Margaret "Peg" Roberts Tremmel, 100, of Biloxi, MS, passed away March 6, 2007. She was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and a resident of Biloxi for over seventy-five years. Mrs. Tremmel received her First Communion at St. Mary's Notre Dame in South Bend, IN. She attended Georgetown Visitation High School in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Gulf Park Junior...

Jesse Keebler

Jesse Keebler

Mar 5, 2007

Mr. Jesse Keebler, age 83, of Vancleave, MS., died Monday, March 5, 2007, in Lucedale, MS. Mr. Keebler was a native of Ocean Springs and worked as a welder for many years with Ingalls Shipbuilding and Graham Boat Yard. He moved to Vancleave in 1952. He was preceded in death by his parents, Burt Richard and Myriam Faulk Keebler, three...

Major General Leo Bond Jones

Major General Leo Bond Jones

Mar 5, 2007

Major General Leo Bond (Buck) Jones, U.S. Army, Retired, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Monday, March 5, 2007, in Ocean Springs. He was born in Stuart, Iowa, on March 28, 1918. He was graduated from high school in Stuart in 1935 and from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa as a distinguished military graduate in 1941. He was...

James E. Bramlett

James E. Bramlett

Mar 4, 2007

James "Jim" E. Bramlett, age 81, of Gulfport died Sunday, March 4, 2007 in Gulfport. He was a native of Helena, Arkansas and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. H e served in the Navy and Marines during World War II and served in the Army Air Corp as an air traffic controller for the Berlin Air Lift...

Lisa Jackson

Lisa Jackson

Mar 3, 2007

Mrs. Lisa Jackson, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 3, 2007, in Germany. Mrs. Jackson was a resident of Ocean Springs for forty years and a member of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Jackson, and parents, Elly Hobbie and Ernst Dietrich Hobbie. Survivors include three children, Thomas E....

Sara Kirkpatrick Lemon Anderson

Sara Kirkpatrick Lemon Anderson

Mar 3, 2007

Mrs. Sara Kirkpatrick Lemon Anderson, 96, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away peacefully at the home of her eldest daughter in Arlington, Texas, on March 3, 2007, surrounded by family. She had been ill since a few days after Christmas. Sara was evacuated from Ocean Springs to Arlington, after Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home of sixty years, built by her...

Mary Ann St. Amant

Mary Ann St. Amant

Mar 3, 2007

Mary Ann St. Amant, 96, of Biloxi, MS. died Saturday, March 3, 2007. Mary Ann was a longtime resident of Biloxi and a member Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral where she served with the Altar Society. She was also a member of the Biloxi Lions Club, Biloxi Yacht Club, Metropolitan Dinner Club LesMasque Carnival Krewe, Gulf Coast Opra Club, Gulf Coast...

Frederick Erwin Jansky, Sr.

Frederick Erwin Jansky, Sr.

Mar 3, 2007

Mr. Frederick Erwin Jansky, Sr., age 62, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 3, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Jansky was born in Bayshore, New York, was a former resident of Port St. Lucie, FL., and a coast resident for two years. He was formerly employed with Grumman Aerospace as an engineer. He was preceded in death by his...

Judson L. Nunnally, Jr.

Judson L. Nunnally, Jr.

Mar 2, 2007

Judson "Jud" L. Nunnally, Jr., 42, of Long Beach died Friday, March 2, 2007 in Long Beach. Mr. Nunnally was a resident of the coast for over 20 years and was a member of Klein Road Church of God. Mr. Nunnally is survived by his wife Tammy Nunnally; daughter Elizabeth and son Kyle all of Long Beach; parents Judson and...

Olive Knapps

Olive Knapps

Mar 1, 2007

Mrs. Olive C. (Warden) Knapps, 34, of Lucedale, MS., died Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Knapps was a lifelong resident in this community. She loved to do crafts. And was a stay - at - home mom with various activities with her children. She loved to shop til she dropped to bring home surprises for her family....

Alexander Colby Callender

Alexander Colby Callender

Mar 1, 2007

Alexander Colby "Alex" Callender, 6, of Pass Christian passed away March 1, 2007 in Gulfport, MS. He was a student at Lizana Elementary School in Harrison County, MS. Alex is survived by his mother, Lennia Francine Callender of Pass Christian, MS and fiance' Richard Page; his father, Robert Callender and wife Kristi of Shreveport, LA; maternal grandparents, Barbara Kaye Broughton...

Mrs. Ruby Mae Howell

Mrs. Ruby Mae Howell

Feb 28, 2007

Mrs. Ruby Mae Howell, age 80, of Blairsville, GA, died Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at Union General Hospital. Mrs. Howell was born Thursday, July 22, 1926 in Harrison Co., MS to the late Milton and Mollie Blaine Keyes. Ruby was a lifetime resident of Biloxi. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School...

Phyllis Ann Bennett

Phyllis Ann Bennett

Feb 28, 2007

Mrs. Phyllis Bennett, age 80, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, February 28, 2007, in Ocean Springs. She was born on August 19, 1926, in Toledo, Ohio, to the late Clifford Hollibaugh and Jean Louise Connolly Hollibaugh. She graduated from Mary Manse College in Toledo, Ohio and worked as a lab technician for the late Dr. Zebinden in Toledo. She...

Mrs. Gladys Leighton Eddy

Mrs. Gladys Leighton Eddy

Feb 27, 2007

Mrs. Gladys Leighton Eddy passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at the age of 98. She was the daughter of Captain Edwin Leighton and Bettina Katting Leighton of Groton, Connecticut. Mrs. Eddy was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Josselyn Rufus Eddy; and her sister, Edwina Leighton Haynes. Mrs. Eddy is survived by her daughter, Edwina Jocelyn Conason;...

Ellison "T.T." Pierre Hebert

Ellison "T.T." Pierre Hebert

Feb 27, 2007

Ellison "T.T." Hebert, age 100, of Ocean Springs passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. Mr. Hebert had been a member of the coastal community for 85 years. He was the last remaining charter member of Fleur DeLise Society and had been a member of the South Mississippi Horse Show and Rodeo Association. He was a shrimper for 35 years,...

James Monroe Dubuisson

James Monroe Dubuisson

Feb 27, 2007

James Monroe Dubuisson, 82, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007. He was born in Pineville and was a life long resident of the Gulf Coast. He previously served in the Merchant Marines and was a retired carpenter. He was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Gulfport. Mr. Dubuisson was preceded in death by his parents, Louis J....

Jerry Seymour

Jerry Seymour

Feb 26, 2007

Jerry Wayne Seymour of D'Iberville, MS. died at the age of 56 in his Woolmarket home where he had been ill for several years. Jerry was a graduate of D'Iberville High School. He enjoyed fishing and enjoyed life. He was a member of Heritage United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Morgan J. Seymour, Sr. He...

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