Obituaries

Eugene W. Fioranelli
Jul 12, 2006
Eugene W. Fioranelli, 65, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at home in Gulfport after a lengthy illness. Mr. Fioranelli was born in Greenville, MS and was a long time resident of the Gulf Coast. He was a graduate of Delta State University. Mr. Fioranelli retired as manager of the Mississippi Department of Unemployment. He was a member of...

Lois King Wescovich
Jul 12, 2006
Lois King Wescovich, 74, of St. Martin, passed away with her family by her side on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wescovich was born in Biloxi and had been a resident of the St. Martin Community for fifty years. She was of the Catholic faith. "A mother loves with all her strength, all her being, and all...

Barbara Magruder
Jul 12, 2006
Barbara Ann Magruder, age 69, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, July 12, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Magruder was born in Dayton, Ohio, and was a coast resident for the past year. She attended John H. Patterson Cooperative High School and Arkansas State University, graduating with an associate degree in nursing. She worked in the nursing field since she...
Angela Marie Moore Halbert
Jul 12, 2006
Angela Marie Moore Halbert, 32, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in Gulfport. Mrs. Halbert was born in Gulfport and was a lifelong resident of Gulfport. She was a graduate of Gulfport High School, class of 1992. She was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Gulfport and TOPS MS 214 in Biloxi. Mrs. Halbert was a former...
Louis Zember
Jul 11, 2006
Louis "Joe" Zember, 43, of Ocean Springs passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2006. Mr. Zember was a lifelong resident of the coast. He was a member of the Slidell chapter of H.O.G.G. and an avid four wheeler. Mr. Zember is survived by his wife, Mary Zember; two daughters, Tanisha Zember and Tina Zember; three brothers, Larry Grigg, Kenneth Zember...
Joseph Jiminez
Jul 9, 2006
Mr. Joseph Anthony Jiminez, 75, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, July 9, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Jiminez was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He graduated from University of Southern Mississippi and retired from Travelers Insurance Company in 1989. He was the owner of Enchanted Forest Nursery, and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. He served...
Lillie Bee Dixon
Jul 9, 2006
Mrs. Lillie Bee Dixon, 61, of Biloxi, MS, died Sunday, July 9, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Dixon was native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was retired from Biloxi Public School Systems as Cafeteria Manager. She was a member of the Handsboro United Methodist Church, and volunteered at the Seashore Methodist Mission in Biloxi. Mrs. Dixon was preceeded in death...
Kevin Joseph Lechner
Jul 7, 2006
Mr. Kevin Joseph Lechner, born August 22, 1960, passed away at Gulfport Memorial Hospital on Friday, July 8, 2006. Kevin was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Mary Lechner, and a brother, Henry "Greg" Lechner, III, of Biloxi. He is survived by Debra and Dave Deaver and Francie and Mark Blackmon, all of D'Iberville, and Ellen and Dedric...
Susan Corinne Lindsey
Jul 7, 2006
Susan Corinne Lindsey, 48, of Gautier, MS. passed away on Friday, July 07, 2006. Mrs Lindsey was a native of New Jersey and had been a longtime resident of the coast. She was a loving wife, mother and a good friend to all. She loved the outdoors and the Islands. She is survived by her husband, James "Jimi" Lindsey of...

Sharon Lynn Yates
Jul 6, 2006
Sharon Lynn Yates, age 64, of Gulfport, died Thursday, July 6, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Yates was born in Dayton, Ohio and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for over 50 years. She was employed with Gulf Coast Medical Center for 26 years. She was a member of the Auxiliary Women of the American Legion Post 119. She...

Charles Hibbit
Jul 6, 2006
Charles Bennett Hibbit, 58, of Gautier passed away on Thursday, July 6, 2006. Mr. Hibbit was a lifelong member of the community and was a member of Magnolia Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Johnnie and Tess Carnley; his uncle, Jerry Carnley and his aunt, Aubrey Overstreet. Mr. Hibbit is survived by two daughters, Heather Hibbit...

Wilfred J. "Billy" Rose
Jul 6, 2006
Mr. Wilfred J. “Billy” Rose Sr., 79, died Wednesday July 6, 2005. Mr. Rose was born in Biloxi December 6, 1925, and was a retired master electrician, well-known for his electrical expertise in the maritime/seafood industry all along the Gulf Coast for the past 60 years. He was a graduate of Notre Dame High School and enlisted in the U.S....
Bobby Grimes
Jul 4, 2006
Bobby L. Grimes, 71, of Ocean Springs passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2006. Mr. Grimes retired from the United States Air Force as a First Sergent. He owned Bo-Mike Construction Co., was an antique car enthusiast and loved to read. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Mr. Grimes was preceded in death by his parents, Gillis and...

Wanda Parker Mooney
Jul 3, 2006
Mrs. Wanda P. Mooney, 42, of Gulfport, MS, died Monday, July 3, 2006, in Mobile, Alabama. Mrs. Mooney was a native and lifelong resident of Gulfport. She was a member of Bayou View Baptist Church and President of Anniston Elementary PTA where she was selected as Parent of The Year. Mrs. Mooney was an active volunteer for Gulfport Youth Sports...
Christianna Johnson
Jul 3, 2006
Christianna E. Johnson, 37, of Vancleave passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2006. Ms. Johnson is a native of Greenwood, MS and had been a member of the coastal community since 2005. She is of the Baptist faith. Ms. Johnson was preceded in death by her grandparents, Frank B. and Mary Catherine Jones and Lee and Ruth Higginbottom. She is...

JoAnn Fowler Mattox
Jul 2, 2006
JoAnn Fowler Mattox, 75, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Mrs. Mattox was born on July 18, 1930 in Jackson, MS. She was a resident of the Gulf Coast area for over 30 years, where she raised her three children after many years traveling and living abroad with the Foreign Service. In her early years she...

Eura Lamey Green
Jul 1, 2006
Mrs. Eura Lamey Green, 92, of D'Iberville, MS, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, in D'Iberville. Mrs. Green was a native of Biloxi and longtime resident of the coast. She was of the Catholic Church faith and she loved to fish. Mrs. Green was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Green; her parents, Loren and May Stojcich Lamey; sisters, Velma...

Olive Kennedy Landry
Jun 29, 2006
Olive Kennedy Landry, on June 29, 2006 Olive Kennedy Landry, 89, of Biloxi went to join her heavenly family. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time. Mrs. Landry was preceded in death by her husband, Dennis M. Landry, Sr.; her son, Joseph "Joe" L. Landry; her parents, Joseph "Joe" C. Kennedy and Ella Smith Kennedy;...
Mildred L. "Millie" DeNicola
Jun 29, 2006
Mildred L. 'Millie" DeNicola, 82, of Gulfport, died Thursday, June 29, 2006 in Gulfport. She was born February 2, 1924 to John and Victoria Lepeska in Dunkirk, New York. She graduated from Our Lady of Victory High School in Lakewanna, New York. She entered the Army (WAC) Air Force in 1944 and served as an airplane mechanic. On July 7,...

Arlene Ruiz
Jun 28, 2006
Mrs. Arlene Ruiz, age 69, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Ruiz was born in Pascagoula, MS., on October 20, 1936. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Lefebre, father, Archie Wilson, and sister, Jesse...
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