Obituaries

Eugene Lowery

Eugene Lowery

Dec 22, 2005

Mr. Eugene T. "Monkey" Lowery, age 78 of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, December 22, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Lowery was a longtime resident of the coast, and was a well known auto and small engine mechanic in the area. He was of the Baptist faith. Preceding him in death was his parents, Rufus and Ruby Lowery, a daughter, Cindy Lowery,...

Kenneth Wayne Martino

Kenneth Wayne Martino

Dec 22, 2005

Kenneth Wayne Martino, 49, of Chickasaw, AL., died Thursday, December 22, 2005 in Mobile, AL. Mr. Martino was born in Gettysburg, PA and was a former longtime resident of Gulfport. He had resided in Chickasw for two years. Mr. Martino was a Baptist. He had previously served in the U.S. Navy Seabees and was a retired industrial x-ray technician. Mr....

Adrianna Young

Adrianna Young

Dec 21, 2005

Adrianna Leigh Young, 2 months, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 in Gulfport. She is survived by her parents, Kris and Johnathan Young of Gulfport; a sister, Madison Perry of Gulfport; grandparents, Terry Perry of Saucier, Debora Stanovich of Biloxi, Regina Woodard of Long Beach, and Patrick Young of Long Beach; great-grandparents, Rose Young of Long Beach, Margaret and...

Jason D. Haley

Jason D. Haley

Dec 20, 2005

Jason D. Haley, 34, of Gulfport died Saturday, December 17, 2005 in Jackson, MS. Mr. Haley was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a graduate of Gulfport High School and University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He was Catholic and was self employeed as an insurance broker. He is preceded...

Frank Hayden

Frank Hayden

Dec 19, 2005

Frank Hayden, 51, of Saucier, died Monday, December 19, 2005 in Wiggins. Mr. Hayden was born in Travers City, Michigan and had been a resident of the Coast for about 25 years. He retired in 1993 from U.S. Navy Sea Bees after over 20 years of service and he was employed with GEO Pave in Gulfport. He was Methodist. He...

Marguerite Kalif

Marguerite Kalif

Dec 19, 2005

Marguerite Owen Kalif, age 90, of Pass Christian, Mississippi, died Monday, December 19, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Kalif; her daughter, Barbara Adgia Kalif Bryant ; her parents, Mitchell and Adgia El Murr Owen; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Sam and Genevieve Owen, Tofie Sr. and Amelia Owen, and Father George J. Owen. She is survived...

Naomi Burns

Naomi Burns

Dec 18, 2005

Mrs. Naomi Ann Burns, age 93, of Ocean Springs, MS., was called to the side of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, December 18, 2005. Mrs. Burns was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on August 19, 1912, and lived in Ocean Springs for thirty years. She was a member of Belle Fountain Baptist Church and also lent her support to Wesley...

Perry Ely

Perry Ely

Dec 18, 2005

Mr. Perry Ely, age 48 of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, December 18, 2005 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Ely was a lifelong resident of the coast and was a Supervisor with the meter reading department of Singing River Electric Power Assn. He also was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Gloria...

Infant Megan Elizabeth Bray

Infant Megan Elizabeth Bray

Dec 17, 2005

Infant Megan Elizabeth Bray, age 2 1/2 months, of Vancleave, MS., died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in Mobile, AL. She is survived by her parents, Gregg and Leah Wise Bray, sister, Ann Hollis Bray, all of Vancleave, MS., grandparents, Larry and Rita Wise of Silver City, MS., George Bray Jr., of Macedon, NY, and Rebecca Bray of Newark, NY, and...

Mary Elizabeth Allen

Mary Elizabeth Allen

Dec 17, 2005

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Allen, age 81, of Biloxi, MS., died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Allen was a lifelong resident of the community. She was active and faithful in the Back Bay Mission and the Christus Victor Lutheran church. She was also active in the lives of her children and grandchildren. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by...

Robert C. "Bob" Mitzell

Robert C. "Bob" Mitzell

Dec 17, 2005

Mr. Robert C. "Bob" Mitzel, age 62, of Ocean Springs, MS., lost his battle with cancer and died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Mitzel was born on February 5, 1943, in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of John N. Mitzel and Louise I. Beike. He owned and operated B & L Small Engine Repair for many years. He...

Ms. Mildred Marie "Millie" Sturtevant

Ms. Mildred Marie "Millie" Sturtevant

Dec 17, 2005

Ms. Mildred Marie "Millie" Sturtevant, 47, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, in Metairie, Louisiana. Ms. Sturtevant was a native of Biloxi and a lifelong resident of the coast. She was a 1976 graduate of Biloxi High School and a graduate of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Ms. Sturtevant was a member of the Order of the...

Thomas Eley

Thomas Eley

Dec 16, 2005

Mr. Thomas J. Eley, Sr., age 88, of Lucedale, MS., died Friday, December 16, 2005, in Lucedale. Mr. Eley was born on August 23, 1917, in Vancleave, MS. He was in the U.S. Marine Corp for 30 years and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vancleave. Preceding him in death were his parents and several brothers and...

Carol Melvin

Carol Melvin

Dec 15, 2005

Mrs. Carol Pat Melvin, age 66, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, December 15, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Melvin was a resident of the community for 32 years. She was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hibbard and Patricia Sutherland. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth...

Fred Schwed

Fred Schwed

Dec 15, 2005

Mr. Fred Schwed, age 85, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, December 15, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Schwed was a resident of the community for 51 years. He was a leather worker and furniture maker, a mason, an Eastern Star member, and a retired veteran in the U.S. Air Force for 31 years. He was preceded in death by...

Grorge Hiram Holladay, Jr.

Grorge Hiram Holladay, Jr.

Dec 14, 2005

George Hiram Holladay, Jr., 89, died December 14, 2005 in Johnson City, Tennessee. He was born on September 23, 1916, and was the son of the late George H. Holladay, Sr. and Clyde Herring Holladay of Laurel, Mississippi. Mr. Holladay graduated from Laurel, MS Public Schools. He attended Mississippi State, attended Georgia Tech, and graduated with a degree in Chemical...

Maria Rochuba

Maria Rochuba

Dec 14, 2005

Mrs. Maria Santos Rochuba, age 68, of Ocean Springs, MS., went with God peacefully in her sleep on December 14, 2005, at her son, Roberts' home in Crescent City, California. Mrs. Rochuba was a longtime resident of the coast. She was President of the Ocean Springs Volunteer Fire Department for thirty years, from 1967-1997 and was currently a member of...

Michael Savage

Michael Savage

Dec 14, 2005

Mr. Michael Arthur Savage, age 49, of Vancleave, MS., passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2005, in Pascagoula, MS., of a heart attack. Mike was born on December 11, 1956, in Pascagoula, MS. He was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. He was a 1975 graduate of Pascagoula High School and attended both MGCCC and the University of Southern Mississippi. During...

Austin Matthews

Austin Matthews

Dec 13, 2005

Mr. Austin W. "Matt" Matthews, age 62, of Ocean Springs, MS., left this world to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, at his home in Ocean Springs. Austin, known to his friends and loved ones as "Matt" was married to the former Helen Marie Branstetter, daughter of Henry and Wanda Branstetter of Gulfport. He was a resident...

Johnny James Gray

Johnny James Gray

Dec 13, 2005

Mr. Johnny James Gray, age 67 of D'Iberville, MS, died Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at his home in D'Iberville. Mr. Gray was a resident of the coast for forty-two years, and served in the U.S. Army for six years. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Elsie Gray, brother, Joe Gray,...

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