Obituaries
Col. Charles Lee Thompson
Mar 18, 2007
Retired USAR Colonel, Charles Lee Thompson, Sr., 60, died Sunday, March 18, 2007. Charles was born in Hattiesburg, MS, moved to Biloxi as a teenager, and was an alumnus of Biloxi High School. A gifted athlete, he played both football and baseball in high school. He earned a B.S. in English and an M.S. in Urban Regional Planning from the...
Larry Jones
Mar 17, 2007
Mr. Larry Jones, Sr., 57, of Woolmarket, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Gulfport of heart failure. Mr. Jones was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a street rod enthusiast and participated in the annual "Cruisin The Coast". He loved to dine out with his wife and friends and devoted his final years to the activities...
Darrin Louis Cannette
Mar 17, 2007
Mr. Darrin L. Cannette, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Mobile. Mr. Cannette was a native of Biloxi and lifelong resident of D'Iberville. He was a 1983 graduate of D'Iberville High School and a U. S. Navy Veteran with 13 years of service. He was a member of IBEW #733 and employed as an electrician with...
Kelly Leigh Ennett
Mar 17, 2007
Kelly L. Ennett, age 21, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Kelly was born on January 1, 1986, in Somers Point, N.J. She was a former longtime resident of Bullhead City, AZ., and had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 1999. She was a 2004 graduate of Ocean Springs High School. and was...
Floyd Eugene Pinkerton
Mar 16, 2007
MSgt. Floyd E. Pinkerton, USAF, Ret., age 73, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, March 16, 2007, in Biloxi. MSgt. Pinkerton was a resident of Biloxi for twenty five years. He retired from the Air Force and from civil service. He was preceded in death by his parents and three grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Nancy, of Biloxi, MS., daughters, Janice...
Frederick Ryan Bradford
Mar 16, 2007
Mr. Frederick R. Bradford, age 53, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, March 16, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bradford was a native and lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He was a graduate of Ocean Springs High School and later became employed at Ocean Springs Hospital as an orderly, then as a registered nurse and later in the computer department....
Robert Lee Bosarge
Mar 14, 2007
Mr. Robert L. "Bobby" Bosarge, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bosarge was a lifelong resident of the community and loved fishing, painting, and music. He was a Navy veteran and retired from Ingalls after thirty years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julius and Mary Bosarge, two...
Charles D. Bilbo
Mar 14, 2007
Retired Msgt. Charles D. Bilbo, 68, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Bilbo was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1938 and was a longtime resident of Biloxi. He was a Vietnam Veteran having served his country in the United States Air Force for over twenty years. He also worked for the Civil Service at Keesler...
CPO James M. Gentry, U. S. Navy, Ret.
Mar 13, 2007
Chief Petty Officer James M. Gentry, U. S. Navy, Retired, 64, of Biloxi, MS, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Gentry (Jimmy) was born October 30, 1942, in Dallas, TX. He was a 1960 graduate of Biloxi High School and a longtime resident of San Jose, CA. He was a Vietnam Veteran, having proudly served his country...
Wanda Gail Barthel
Mar 13, 2007
Wanda Gail Barthel, 54, died peacefully March 13, 2007 at her home. She was born December 18th, 1952, in Cleveland, MS where she spent most of her childhood. While attending high school in Shaw, MS; Wanda was a football cheerleader and known for her involvement in numerous school activities until she graduated in 1970. Following high school, she continued her...
Grace Dailey Bovard
Mar 13, 2007
Mrs. Grace Dailey Bovard, age 90, of Vancleave, MS., died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Bovard was a resident of the community since 2001. She was a native and longtime resident of Pittsburgh, PA. She was also a former Executive Secretary to the Vice President of Labor Relations for the U.S. Steel Corporation. She was preceded in death...
Shirley Irene Quave
Mar 12, 2007
Mrs. Shirley Irene Quave, age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Monday, March 12, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Quave was a member of the community for forty years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty eight years, Thomas "Jerry" Quave, parents, Lewis and Ollie Mae Hendrix, sister,...
Phyllis Mallette Dees
Mar 11, 2007
Mrs. Phyllis Mallette Dees, age 79, of Vancleave, MS., died Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Vancleave. Mrs. Dees was a lifelong resident of the community and was a member of Vancleave United Methodist Church. She loved flowers and the outdoors and was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Hattie Mallette,...
Morris Morgan
Mar 11, 2007
Mr. Morris L. Morgan, 81, of D'Iberville, Mississippi died Sunday, March 11, 2007. He was born June 10, 1925 in Covington County, Mississippi. Mr. Morgan served in the United States Army and was a retired fireman from the Keesler Air Force Base Fire Department. He was a member of Big Ridge Baptist Church, Big Ridge Road, D'Iberville, MS 39540. Mr....
Joseph Brian Reeves
Mar 11, 2007
Mr. Joseph "Joe" Brian Reeves, age 44, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Ocean Springs. Joe was born on October 6, 1962, in Houston, Texas, and was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, MS. He graduated from Vancleave High School in 1981. He was loved by everyone, did not know a stranger and would do anything...
Rodney Anthony "Big Rod" Mattina
Mar 10, 2007
Mr. Rodney Anthony Mattina, Sr., a Biloxi native and dedicated family man, "Big Rod" Mattina, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a lengthy, yet valiant battle with cancer. He was 64. Rodney will be remembered by many as a devout Catholic and a proud patriarch of his loving family. He will be remembered by all as a cherished friend....
Felix Louis Farrington, Jr.
Mar 10, 2007
Mr. Felix L. "Chef Felix" Farrington, Jr., 53, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, in Biloxi. Mr. Farrington was a native of New Orleans, LA, but considered Biloxi his home. He was an award winning chef and member of the American Culinary Federation and the World Association of Cooks Societies. Chef Felix participated in many competions in Louisiana,...
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
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
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,...
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