Obituaries

Henry Fletcher

Henry Fletcher

Feb 5, 2006

Mr. Henry M. Fletcher, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, February 5, 2006, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Fletcher was a lifelong resident of the community. He retired from civil service at Keesler Air Force Base and was a member of the Woodhaven Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and...

May B. Juanico

May B. Juanico

Feb 4, 2006

Mrs. May B. Juanico, 91, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, February 4, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Juanico was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a former employee with the A & P Grocery Store in Biloxi and a member of the Episcopal Church of The Redeemer. She was an active member with the Biloxi Senior Citizens. Mrs....

Caroline F. Davis

Caroline F. Davis

Feb 4, 2006

Mrs. Caroline F. Davis, age 71 of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Davis was a native of Queens, NY, and was a retired realtor with Century 21 in Ocean Springs. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Elk's Lodge 2501 in Ocean Springs, where she held many offices, including State President. She was...

Mildred N. Atchison

Mildred N. Atchison

Feb 4, 2006

Mildred N. Atchison, age 90 of Ocean Springs, died Saturday February 4, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Atchison was born March 24, 1915 in Pennsylvania and was the daughter of the late Charles and Susie Miller. Before marrying a Moss Point native, William Atchison, and moving to Mississippi in 1957, she worked at the Washington Naval Yard for 20 years....

Antonette D'Amico Richards

Antonette D'Amico Richards

Feb 4, 2006

Mrs. Antonette D'Amico Richards, 74, of Gulfport, MS, died Saturday, February 4, 2006, in Gulfport. Mrs. Richards was born in Bristol, RI and had been a resident of the coast for 35 years. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mrs. Richards wsas preceded in death by her parents, Fortunato and Rose Ruggerio...

Vineacie Waldrop Wood

Vineacie Waldrop Wood

Feb 3, 2006

Mrs. Vineacie Waldrop Wood, 82, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, February 3, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wood was a native of McLauren, MS and had been a resident of the coast since childhood. She was a member of The House of Prayer Tabernacle in Latimer and a former employee with Mavar's Canning Company in Biloxi. She was preceded...

Peggy Rivers

Peggy Rivers

Feb 1, 2006

Peggy S. Rivers, age 58, of the Latimer Community, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006 in Latimer. She was a resident of the community for 45 years. She was employed with Bally Gaming as a Systems Monitor. Peggy was a member of the Gulf Coast Family Church of the Nazarene. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Dorothy...

Alfred Francis "Al" Battaya, Jr.

Alfred Francis "Al" Battaya, Jr.

Feb 1, 2006

Mr. Alfred Francis "Al" Battaya, Jr., age 56, of Gulfport, MS died Wednesday, February 1, 2006. Mr. Battaya was a native and life long resident of the Coast. He was a loving father, grandfather, son and brother. Mr. Battaya was preceded in death by his father, Alfred F. Battaya, Sr. He is survived by daughters, Melissa Gonzales of Ocean Springs...

Jeremy Magrette

Jeremy Magrette

Feb 1, 2006

Mr. Jeremy Magrette, 31, of D'Iberville, MS, died Wednesday, February 1, 2006, in D'Iberville. Mr. Magrette was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 1993 graduate of Biloxi High School and a member of the Biloxi High Baseball Team where he was an all-star baseball player for several years. Mr. Magrette was an avid fisherman and...

Verna Mae Riley

Verna Mae Riley

Feb 1, 2006

Mrs. Verna Mae Riley, age 79, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, February 1, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Riley was a resident of the community for 41 years. She was a wonderful and loving mother, grandmother, and an excellent cook. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Roy D. Riley, and her parents, Christopher and...

Col. Wickliff Hooper Horne

Col. Wickliff Hooper Horne

Jan 31, 2006

Col. Wickliff Hooper Horne, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, January 31, 2006, in Biloxi, MS. Col. Horne was a resident of the community for 29 years. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a pilot with more than 30 years. He was a Protestant. He was preceded in death by a son, Wickliff Steven Horne, his...

Glenda Ann Elliott

Glenda Ann Elliott

Jan 30, 2006

Glenda Ann McCoy Price Elliott, entered this life on May 8, 1945, in Pensacola, Florida, and died January 30, 2006, in Ocean Springs Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a member of Northside Assembly of God Church. She is survived by her loving and faithful husband, Donald Elliott, two daughters, Deborah Bethany of Pascagoula and Tracie Hicks of Ocean...

Linda L. Dykes LeMay

Linda L. Dykes LeMay

Jan 30, 2006

Linda L. Dykes LeMay, 61, of Saucier died Monday, January 30, 2006 in Gulfport. Mrs. LeMay was born in Poplarville and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for most of her life. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents Esther Mae and Theodore Garland Blackwell. Mrs. LeMay is survived...

Madeliene Carol Shaw Bizub

Madeliene Carol Shaw Bizub

Jan 30, 2006

Mrs. Madeliene Carol Shaw Bizub, age 56, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Monday, January 30, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Madeliene was born on October 7, 1949, to the late Lura Adel Hall Shaw and Cimmie D. Shaw of Atlanta, Georgia. She led a varied and interesting life. She was a nurse by vocation and had served in the Air...

Jean Haman

Jean Haman

Jan 29, 2006

Mrs. Jean Haman, 75, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, January 29, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Haman was a native of Oxford, MS and had been a resident of the coast since 1974. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. She was a beloved wife and mother. Mrs. Haman is survived by her husband of 50 years, Arthur...

Agnes Hedges

Agnes Hedges

Jan 29, 2006

Mrs. Agnes L. Hedges, age 87, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, January 29, 2006, in Kiln, MS, Mrs. Hedges was born on November 12, 1918. She was very interested in voluntary work and worked as a voluntary auxiliary worker for the Ocean Springs Hospital for over twenty years. Mrs. Hedges won many awards there. She had over 2000 volunteer...

Jesse L. Canon, Jr.

Jesse L. Canon, Jr.

Jan 29, 2006

Jesse L. Canon, Jr. age 79, left this earth for Heaven, Sunday morning on January 29, 2006. Jesse was born in Vaiden, MS on November 28, 1926, to the late Jesse Lee Canon, Sr. and Marilla Vail Canon of Vaiden, MS (Carroll County). He is survived by his wife Rosa Lee McCoy Canon of Batesville, MS, one daughter Gwendolyn Canon...

Samuel Smolcich

Samuel Smolcich

Jan 29, 2006

Mr. Sam Smolcich, 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, January 29, 2006, at his home in Ocean Springs. Sam was born on December 16, 1934, in Biloxi, MS., to the late Joseph and Francis Cvitanovich Smolcich. He was a member of the Slavic Benevolent Association (Slavonian Lodge) which he dearly loved, where he shared good times with good friends....

Paul Mack, Jr.

Paul Mack, Jr.

Jan 29, 2006

Mr. Paul C. Mack, Jr., age 59, of Vancleave, MS., died Sunday, January 29, 2006, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Mack was a lifelong resident of the community. He was the Master Chef at L.B.'s in the Biloxi Grand Casino, the Biloxi Belle Casino and Sea and Sirloin Restaurant. He was of the Lutheran faith. He was preceded in death by...

Mr. Ralph Mattina

Mr. Ralph Mattina

Jan 28, 2006

Mr. Ralph "Country" Mattina, 82, of Biloxi, MS died Saturday, January 28, 2006 in Houston, TX. He was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a veteran of WW II serving in the U.S. Navy. Country was a well known mixologist for many different lounges, nightclubs and hotels. He worked at The Fiesta at the Fiesta, Top of the Sheraton Supper...

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