Obituaries
Eddie C. Brown, Sr.
Nov 30, 2005
Eddie Charles Brown, Sr., 75, of Modesto, Calif., died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, at his home in Modesto. Mr. Brown was a native of Jackson County, Miss., and lived in Modesto and Stanislaus County for 35 years and in California for 50 years. He was a lineman, pole setter and truck driver for Pacific Gas and Electric for 37 years....
Marian Marie Turnock
Nov 30, 2005
Marian Marie Turnock, 82, beloved wife and mother, died Wednesday, November 30, in Fort Worth. She was born December 3, 1922 in Biloxi, Ms and moved to Fort Worth in 1958. She was a past active member of St. Peter’s and Holy Family Catholic Churches, the St. Peter’s Altar Society and a past President of the North Hi Mount Garden...
William Marcus Wood, Jr.
Nov 30, 2005
William Marcus Wood, Jr., 83, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Wood was born in San Angelo, Texas and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1946. He was a Methodist. He retired as CW3 from the U.S. Army in 1978 after over 34 years of service. Mr. Wood was a Mason, a member of Gulfport...
Wildon Anthony Olier, Sr.
Nov 30, 2005
Mr. Wildon Anthony Olier, Sr., 73, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, November 30, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Olier was a native of Biloxi and lifelong resident of the coast. He served in the U. S. Navy during the Korean Conflict and was employed in the oil industry in Louisiana. He later worked as a nursing assistant with the Biloxi...
Raymond J. St. Amant
Nov 27, 2005
Ray peacefully left this earth after a long battle with cancer on Sunday, November 27, 2005, at his home in Woolmarket. Born in Hattiesburg, MS to Arthur and Wanda St. Amant June 25, 1946, the first of three children. He lived in Japan and Hawaii as a child while his dad was serving in the U. S. Air Force. He...
Donald F. "Don" Tremmel
Nov 27, 2005
Donald F. "Don" Tremmel, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 in Carlsbad, CA. Don was born in Metairie, LA, but lived most of his life in Biloxi. Don was preceded in death by his parents John Oliver and T.C. Tremmel, brothers John Oliver Tremmel, Jr. and Edward G. Tremmel. Don is survived by a brother and sister in law Robert and...
Lily Fountain
Nov 25, 2005
Mrs. Lily "Timmie" Fountain, age 61, of D'Iberville, MS., died Friday, November 25, 2005, in Gulfport, MS., after a short battle with cancer. Timmie was a lifelong resident of the community and was a 1962 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy. She loved spending time with her family and friends, playing pokeno and bonko, her K-Mart retirement group and the Red...
Constance Devitt
Nov 24, 2005
Constance "Connie" Devitt, age 79, passed away on Thursday evening, November 24, 2005 in Gulfport. Connie was born in Garfield, New Jersey on December 30, 1926. Married in 1946, she remained the beloved wife of Mark Thomas "Tom" Devitt till her death. Connie was blessed with a beautiful singing voice, a wonderful sense of humor, a kind and loving nature,...
Mr. William Forehand
Nov 24, 2005
Mr. William "Willie" Earl Forehand, 49, of Gulfport died Thursday, November 24, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Forehand was a lifelong resident of the community. He was a dispatcher for The Biloxi City Cab Company. Mr. Forehand is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Forehand of Malden, MO; a brother Martin Joseph Forehand of Ocean Springs; half-sisters, Elizabeth Wright of Biloxi and...
Charles McDavid
Nov 23, 2005
Mr. Charles D. McDavid, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005, from a lengthy and courageous battle with congestive heart failure. He had been a resident of the community for 29 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. 1st Army from 1946-1948. Upon leaving the Army, he was a graduate of Sewanee (University of the...
Matthew Miller
Nov 23, 2005
Matthew Lindsey Miller, age 29, passed away Wednesday morning, November 23, 2005, in Gulfport. Matt was born in Gulfport on September 3, 1976. He worked at the Great Southern Golf Course until August 29, and he was a student at the University of Southern Mississipp on the Gulf Coast. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Rev. Wilson T....
Stephen Lepoma
Nov 22, 2005
Mr. Stephen A. Lepoma, age 66, of Biloxi, MS., died Tuesday, November 22, 2005, at his home in Biloxi. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Mary Lepoma. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, son and daughter-in-law, Dean and Connie Lepoma, grandchildren, Megan and Ryan Lepoma, daughter, Dawn Lepoma Dodge and brother, Anthony Lepoma. Retired from...
Frances Shields
Nov 22, 2005
Mrs. Frances M. Shields, age 89, of Biloxi, MS., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Shields was born on June 2, 1916, in Bangor, ME., and was a resident of the community for over 30 years. She was a doll collector and loved to crab and fish. Mrs. Shields was preceded in death by her husband,...
Florence Harrison
Nov 22, 2005
Florence Louise Harrison, 93, of Saucier, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in Hattiesburg. Mrs. Harrison was born in Franklin, LA and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for most of her life. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, D'Iberville. She was a past Matron of Eastern Star Adah Chapter, Ocean Springs, and past member of...
Helen Gery Vickery
Nov 22, 2005
Helen Gery Vickery, 86, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Vickery was born in Montgomery County, Indiana and had been a resident of Gulfport for over sixty years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport and previously taught at East Ward Elementary School, Gulfport. She was a graduate of Gulf Park College and...
Bertha Erhard
Nov 20, 2005
Bertha Taylor Erhard went peacefully to our Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2005 while at Hospice House in Tampa, Florida. She had been living with her daughter, Susie since Katrina. She had survived Katrina and the loss of her family home but could not survive acute leukemia which took her to the loving arms of her husband, Val, within a...
SGT Dudley J. Vercher
Nov 20, 2005
SGT Dudley J. Vercher (Ret. USAF), 73, of Biloxi, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Vercher has been a member of the community since 1974. He was retired from the USAF as a Master Sergeant with 26 years of service including serving in Korea and Vietnam. He also retired from the MS Gulf Coast Coliseum with 24 years...
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson, 88, of Biloxi died Saturday, November 19, 2005 in Biloxi. Mrs. Patterson was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi, Perceptor Alpha Chapter and a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Mrs. Patterson was preceded in death by her husband, T.A. "Pat" Patterson; her parents, James and Marie Manning; and a sister, Inez Rogalski. She...
Nathan Richards
Nov 19, 2005
Mr. Nathan Richards, age 19, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Nathan was a lifelong resident of the community and attended St. Alphonsus Elementary School, Mercy Cross, and All Saints Episcopal School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dick N. Richards, Gene A. and Carolyn Sue Copeland, and an aunt, Melanie Copeland....
Ida Owen
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Ida Lou Owen, age 77, of Gautier, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Owen was a resident of the community for 34 years. She was employed as a bookkeeper for fifteen years with Delta Trousers in Okalona, MS., and was a former member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Owen was...
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