Obituaries
Catharine Ivy Loposser O'Bryant
Sep 22, 2005
Catharine Ivy Loposser O'Bryant, 97, of Pascagoula, died Thursday, September 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. O'Bryant was born in Handsboro and was a life long resident of the Coast. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Pascagoula and a volunteer for Our Daily Bread. Mrs. O'Bryant was retired from O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula, where she was organist...
Christine Byrd
Sep 20, 2005
Mrs. Christine Byrd, age 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, September 20, 2005, in Gulfport. Mrs. Byrd was a resident of the community for 41 years. She volunteered with the American Red Cross for many years. She earned her Masters Degree in education at Florida State University and was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Mrs. Byrd was...
Robert "Bob" Mays
Sep 20, 2005
Mr. Robert "Bob" Mays, age 56, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, September 20, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Mays was a resident of the coast for 25 years. He served in the US Air Force for 20 years and worked for K-Mar Industries. He was preceded in death by father, Robert Leo Mays, Sr. Mr. Mays was survived by...
Walterine Redding
Sep 19, 2005
Walterine “Sis” V. Redding (1923-2005) expired on September 19, 2005 at her residence at 608 Cleveland Avenue in Ocean Springs. She and Oliver Osborn Redding (1904-1982), her spouse of forty years, had lived here since June 1954. Sis Redding graduated from the Ocean Springs Public School in May 1941 and then married Osborn Redding in September 1941. She went to...
Benny C. "Doodle" Moran
Sep 18, 2005
Benny C. "Doodle" Moran, 69, of Gulfport, died Sunday, September 18, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Moran was born in Gulfport and was a life long resident of Gulfport. He was a graduate of Gulfport High School and served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Moran retired in 2003 from Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, where he was employed for 21 years and...
Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues
Sep 18, 2005
Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues Mrs. Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues, 71, of D'Iberville, MS, passed away September 18, 2005 in Mobile, AL. Mrs. Migues was born November 17, 1933 in Biloxi, MS. She was a member of Sacred Hearth Catholic Church in D'Iberville. She was a member of the Altar Society, Bereavement Committee and Legion of Mary. She was preceded in...
Robert E. Davis, Sr.
Sep 17, 2005
Mr. Robert E. Davis, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away Saturday, September 17, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Davis served in the US Army during WWII and had lived in the community since 1956. He was a a member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, P.W and Ida Davis, his wife, Ursula...
August Joseph Taconi Sr.
Sep 17, 2005
August Joseph Taconi Sr. August Joseph Taconi, Sr., 84, born October 31, 1920 a native of Biloxi died September 17, 2005 in Biloxi. He was a lifelong member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church where he was very active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He was retired from the Biloxi/Gulfport Veterans Administration, Chief of Security after 36 years of...
Olivia Emeline Willis Milner
Sep 16, 2005
Olivia Emeline Willis Milner, 97, died September 16, 2005, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Mrs. Milner was a native of Elizabeth, MS and a resident of Gulfport for more than 70 years. She attended Blue Mountain College, received a BA in Education and a lifetime teaching certificate from Mississippi University for Women, and pursued a Masters in Literature from Tulane...
Parker Herrin Burrow
Sep 16, 2005
Parker Herrin Burrow, 91, of Gulfport, died Friday, September 16, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Burrow was born in Prentiss, MS and was a resident of Gulfport since 1952. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Gulfport. He retired as a Division Manager of Catalog Sales for Sears in Gulfport. Mr. Burrow was a veteran of World War II...
Howard Earl Monk Sr.
Sep 15, 2005
Howard Earl Monk Sr. Mr. Howard Earl Monk, Sr., 71, of D'Iberville, died Thursday, September 15, 2005, in D'Iberville. Mr. Monk was a native and lifelong resident of D'Iberville. He was an avid fisherman and supplied mullet for many charity fish fries. He is also remembered for playing sports over the years, especially softball. To many he was legend in...
Enola Mary Jermyn
Sep 15, 2005
Enola Mary Jermyn, 94, of Gulfport, died September 15, 2005. Miss Jermyn lead a full and active life, enjoying and serving her family, her church, her country and her community. Born in Gulfport on October 19, 1910, Miss Jermyn was in the first class of students at the Mississippi City School, preceding her ten brothers and sisters at that institution....
Margaret Vivian Brown
Sep 14, 2005
Margaret Vivian Brown, 89, died on September 14, 2005 in Ocean Springs, Miss. She was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, December 29, 1915. Thereafter with her parents, Eugene and Florrice Sweet and sister and brother, she moved to Southern California. Margaret lived most of her life in the Southern California area where she met and married Willis P. Brown, Sr....
Charles V. "Charlie" Polite
Sep 14, 2005
Mr. Charles V. "Charlie" Polite, age 88, of Biloxi, MS., died Wednesday, September 14, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Polite was a native and longtime resident of Baton Rouge and a Biloxi resident for the past 60 years. He helped to construct the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans. As a member of the Louisiana National Guard he stood guard...
Bernice Catanese
Sep 14, 2005
Bernice Catanese, age 90, of Gautier, MS, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005, in Jackson, MS. Ms. Catanese was a lifelong resident of the coast. She worked at Keesler Air Force Base with Civil Service for over 30 years. She was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church. Mrs. Catanese was preceded in death by her parents, brothers and sisters. She...
Donald Wayne Martin, Sr.
Sep 14, 2005
Mr. Donald Wayne Martin, Sr., age 67, of North Biloxi, MS, 16308 Waycross Drive, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005. Mr. Martin was born and raised in Alabama but had lived the last 34 years on the Gulf Coast and for 27 years in the St. Martin Community. He had served in the U.S. Air Force for 23 years and worked...
Ralph V Hyer
Sep 14, 2005
Ralph V. Hyer Mr. Ralph V. Hyer, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2005. Mr. Hyer was born in St. Louis, MO, and served in the US Air Force for 21 years. He retired while stationed at Keesler Air Force Base. He was the former owner of Gorenflos Tackle Shop, had worked for Wal-Mart/Sams...
Beatrice "Bea" Manuel
Sep 12, 2005
Beatrice "Bea" Manuel, 77, of Vancleave, MS, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2005, in Vancleave. Mrs. Manuel was born July 18, 1928, in Biloxi, MS. She was a member of La Pettite Club of Biloxi, Fleur De Lis Society Ladies Auxiliary, and also the Golden Age Club. Mrs. Manuel was preceded in death by her husband, George Loven Manuel; daughter, Carole...
Ashleigh Laniece Smith Humphreys
Sep 12, 2005
Ashleigh Laniece Smith Humphreys, 35, died Monday, September 12, 2005, in Helena, Ala. Ashleigh was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to Brooks and Dianne Switzer Smith. Shortly after her birth, the family moved home to Gulfport, Miss., where Dr. Smith began teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi's Gulf Park campus. Ashleigh attended Gulfport High School where she participated in the...
M/Sgt. Richard A. "Dick" Stowell
Sep 8, 2005
M/Sgt. Richard A. "Dick" Stowell, USAF Retired, age 52, a resident of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, September 8, 2005, in Birmingham, AL. Dick was born on June 28, 1953, in Gardner, MA., and had been a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast following his retirement from the Air Force in May, 1993. Dick was preceded in death by his...
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