Obituaries

Gerald Steven Lingel

Gerald Steven Lingel

Oct 4, 2006

Gerald S. Lingel, 60, formerly of Hudson, OH died peacefully on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at his home in Vancleave. He was the son of Joe(deceased) and Josephine Lingel of Brimfield, OH. Jerry retired from his occupation as a project manager in manufacturing and moved to the Harry Ramsay homestead in 2002. While working part-time at Imperial Palace, he spent...

Jay K. Hertling

Jay K. Hertling

Oct 3, 2006

Jay K. Hertling, age 50, of Biloxi died suddenly and unexpected Tuesday, October 3, 2006 in Biloxi. Mr. Hertling was born in New Jersey, but embraced Biloxi as his home for the past nine years. He was a member of Popps Ferry Baptist Church, and a member of the Knights of Columbus of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, Biloxi....

Mrs. Gloria "Granny" Derouen Steinwinder

Mrs. Gloria "Granny" Derouen Steinwinder

Oct 3, 2006

Mrs. Gloria "Granny" Derouen Steinwinder, age 69, died peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, October 3, 2006, in Gulfport after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was a native and life time resident of Biloxi. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Parish. She retired from AAFES of Keesler AFB after 23 years of service. She was...

Richard L. Colson, MD

Richard L. Colson, MD

Oct 3, 2006

Richard Lorence Colson was born on September 29, 1934, in New Orleans, LA, to the late Aris Lorence Colson and the late Katherine Walton Colson. He graduated with honors from Jesuit High School in New Orleans, LA in 1952. He then attended and graduated with honors from Loyola University in New Orleans, LA in 1956. He went on to attend...

Charles Moshenrose

Charles Moshenrose

Oct 2, 2006

Mr. Charles A. Moshenrose, 75, of Ocean Springs, died Monday, October 2, 2006 in Biloxi. Mr. Moshenrose had been a member of the community for the past thirty-three years. He was a twenty-six year veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in Vietnam. He was active with AARP Tax Assistance, volunteered at the Ocean Springs Library and was an avid...

LaVera Sundstrom

LaVera Sundstrom

Oct 2, 2006

Mrs. LaVera Sundstrom, 76, of Ocean Springs,, passed away on the morning of Monday, October 2, after a brave battle against gall bladder cancer. She was diagonosed in late June, 2006. LaVera was born in Brownsdale Township, Minnesota. She lived in southeastern Minnesota until she met and married her husband, Sidney in 1951. During their marriage they enjoyed travel to...

Jesse Mallett

Jesse Mallett

Oct 1, 2006

Mr. Jesse Mallett 84 ,of Saucier, Ms., died Sunday, October 1,2006 in Biloxi. Mr. Jesse was a lifelong resident of Saucier.He was a self-employed dairy farmer and attended Ramsey Creek Missionary Baptist Church. He was a charter member of Hall's Hill Hunting Club in Hazelhurst,Ms. where he spent most of his time over the past 21 years. He was also...

Foye Patricia Sims

Foye Patricia Sims

Oct 1, 2006

Mrs. Foye Patricia "Pat" Thompkins Sims, age 55, of Gautier, MS., died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Gautier. Mrs. Sims was a resident of the community since December, 1959, and was a member of Woodhaven Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl Thompkins and Willie Johns Thompkins, sister, Melissa Thompkins, brother, Carl "Bubba"...

Margaret Carolyn Barrett Guice

Margaret Carolyn Barrett Guice

Oct 1, 2006

Mrs. Margaret Barrett Guice, former First Lady of Biloxi, who was widely known for her charm and beautiful soprano voice, died Sunday night after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Mrs. Guice, 79 known affectionately as Margie, was born April 16, 1927 in Chicago, IL to Margaret Hoy and Clarence Burton Barrett. After studying at Southeast Missouri State College in...

Robert E. "Chubby" Beaugez

Robert E. "Chubby" Beaugez

Oct 1, 2006

Mr. Robert E. "Chubby" Beaugez, Sr., age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Chubby was born on November 7, 1927, at Shearwater Pottery in Ocean Springs. He lived in Ocean Springs all of his life. He graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1947 where he played football for the Greyhounds. He spent...

Brandon Charles Breal

Brandon Charles Breal

Oct 1, 2006

Mr. Brandon Charles Breal, 24, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, October 1, 2006, in Latimer. Brandon was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 2000 graduate of Mercy Cross where he lettered in soccer and baseball. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Brandon...

Benjamin Edsel Ruddiman

Benjamin Edsel Ruddiman

Sep 30, 2006

Mr. Benjamin Edsel Ruddiman, 89, of Ocean Springs, died Saturday, September 30, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Ruddiman was born on January 10, 1917, in Dearborn, Michigan. He moved to Ocean Springs in 1963 after retiring as a mechanical engineer for Ford Motor Company in Michigan. He began a second career at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula as a fuel engineer,...

Jo Shirk

Jo Shirk

Sep 30, 2006

Mrs. Jo Shirk, 60, of Biloxi, died Saturday, September 30, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Shirk was born in Butler, Alabama on April 8, 1946 and had been a longtime resident of the Coast. She attended Huntian College and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jeff Davis Campus and was employed at the Biloxi VA Center for over twenty years. She was...

John McNabb

John McNabb

Sep 29, 2006

Mr. John "Chris" McNabb, 28, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Friday, September 29, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Chris was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 1996 graduate of Ocean Springs High School and was employed as a licensed insurance agent with Liberty National Life Insurance Co. Survivors include his wife, Dawn Burke McNabb, of Ocean...

Margaret St. John

Margaret St. John

Sep 29, 2006

Mrs. Margaret St. John, age 89, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away on Friday, September 29, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. St. John was born on May 9, 1917, in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, and spent most of her adult life in Ocean Springs. In her earlier years she was active in the Catholic Church's Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and gave numerous...

Brendon Timothy Parrott

Brendon Timothy Parrott

Sep 28, 2006

Mr. Brendon Timothy Parrott, age 19, of Vancleave, MS., died Thursday, September 28, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Brendon was a lifelong resident of the community. He was a 2005 graduate of Vancleave High School and was attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gautier. Brendon was a member of Cedar Lake Christian Assembly in North Biloxi. He was preceded in...

Regina Mary Disbury

Regina Mary Disbury

Sep 28, 2006

Mrs. Regina Mary "Granny" Disbury, age 93, of Ocean Springs, MS, died peacefully on Thursday, September 28, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Granny was born on January 4, 1913 in the Bronx, NY. She became a resident of the Coast 15 years ago living with her daughter, Linda Driver-Rich. Granny was a member of Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean Springs....

Judson W. Harney

Judson W. Harney

Sep 28, 2006

Judson W. Harney, age 57, died peacefully on September 28, 2006 of cancer. Judd was born on April 11, 1949 in Somerset, New Jersey and was raised in Pasadena, California. Judd became a Southerner by choice in 1976 when he moved to Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jack and Betty Harney; brothers, David and Garth; and...

Oscar E. Heffner, Jr.

Oscar E. Heffner, Jr.

Sep 27, 2006

Mr. Oscar E. Heffner, Jr., age 82, of Louisville, KY., passed away on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in Louisville, at Summerfield Manor Nursing Center. Mr. Heffner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Being a native of Tulsa, OK., a resident of Ocean Springs, MS., for several years, Mr. Heffner and his family came to Louisville, KY., in February, 1952. He was...

Gregory Wayne Mitchell

Gregory Wayne Mitchell

Sep 27, 2006

Mr. Gregory "Greg" Wayne Mitchell, age 23, of Vancleave, MS., died Wednesday, September 27, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Greg was a lifelong resident of Vancleave and a former student of Virginia College. He was an electrical apprentice and an avid writer and artist. Greg loved all sports, especially weightlifting, basketball and football, and then coming home to a ribeye soaked...