Obituaries
Terry Osteen
Jul 24, 2005
Mr. Terry Osteen, 62, of Ocean Springs died Sunday, July 24, 2005. Mr. Osteen was a resident of the coast for the past 35 years. He served in the U. S. Army and was a member of the American Legion Emile Ladnier Post # 42 in Ocean Springs. He also owned Busy- "B" Cleaning and Lawn Service. He was of...
Wayne R. Morykwas
Jul 23, 2005
Wayne M. Morykwas: On Saturday, July 23, 2005 our good Lord called upon Wayne M. Morykwas to come home. He was 45 years young and will be sadly missed by all. He leaves behind two brothers, Gary S. Morykwas of Biloxi, MS and John J. Morykwas of Birmingham, AL. He was preceded in death by his Maternal Great Grandfather George...
Helen Cooper Havard
Jul 23, 2005
Helen Cooper Havard died on Saturday, July 23, 2005, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, Murphy Edwin Cooper and Frances Ferguson Cooper of Wiggins, MS and her husband, Bert Havard, Jr. of Gulfport. Mrs. Havard graduated from Wiggins High School in 1936 and from Brenau College in Georgia in 1940 with a BA in History...
Rita Louise Braxton
Jul 23, 2005
Ms. Rita Louise Braxton was born March 30, 1951 to the late Mr. Moses Hopkins and Mrs. Albertha L. Hopkins, of Amsterdam, New York. At an early age she received Christ. She attended and graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in 1970. After graduation, she attended Bryan Stratton Business Institute for Data Entry. On August 23, 1974, she united...
Sofia Collette
Jul 21, 2005
Sofia Collette, 82, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Collette was a native of Bystryca, Poland and a survivor of the holocaust. After WW II she met her air force husband, George. They moved to Biloxi 40 years ago. She was a devoted wife and a self-made, hardworking woman, possessed with great ingenuity. Sofia was...
Sherry Eddy Gavin
Jul 21, 2005
Ms. Sherry Gavin Eddy, 58 years young, of Jackson, MS died in Jackson, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Ms. Eddy was a native of Biloxi and lived in Jackson for the past 15 years. She was employed with the MS State Tax Commission as a Processor. She was of the Lutheran Faith. Sherry loved life, her family and people in general...
Thomas Fortier
Jul 21, 2005
Thomas R. Fortier, 71, of Biloxi, MS. died July 21, 2005 . Memorial Service will be on Sunday 2:00 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Biloxi, MS. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.
Fay R. Carlin
Jul 20, 2005
Mrs. Fay R. Carlin, 88, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 in Biloxi. We are all so sad to have you leave us, but we know that you are back in the arms of Papa, who you have missed so much. Aunt Fay was born on Feburary 15, 1917 in Biloxi, where she resided all her life. She was...
Albert "Al" Lee Gilbreath
Jul 20, 2005
Mr. Albert "Al" Lee Gilbreath, 72, of Biloxi died Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Mr. Gilbreath was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and an avid fisherman. He was of the Protestant faith. Mr. Gilbreath was preceded in death by his parents, William and Inez Gilbreath and three sisters Gladys Rungo, Christine Gilbreath and Ethelou Gilbreath. He is survived...
Infant Tristan Michael Chinn
Jul 20, 2005
Infant Tristan Michael Chinn, two months, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, in Mobile, AL. He is survived by his parents, Melanie and David M. Chinn and sister, Sarah Michelle Chinn, all of Ocean Springs, grandparents, Patricia and Carl Conrad of Ocean Springs, Roy Dubuisson of Biloxi, and Marco and Roxanne Chinn of Biloxi, great-grandparents, Michael Smith,...
Eloise Jones Scott
Jul 19, 2005
Eloise Jones Scott, 92, of Gulfport died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in Gulfport. She was born August 20, 1912 in Whitsett, NC. She was a member of Springwood Presbyterian Church in Whitsett, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Denver R. Scott; her parents, Charles L. Jones, Sr. and Grace Ingle Jones; two sisters, Mary Jones Thompson...
Lillie Vay Goodson
Jul 19, 2005
Lillie Vay Goodson, 99, of Gulfport, died, Tuesday, July 19, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Goodson was born in Collins, MS and was a long time resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lyman, where she was the oldest member of the church. Mrs. Goodson was a homemaker. Mrs. Goodson was preceded in death...
Rosella Easter Collins
Jul 17, 2005
Mrs. Rosella Easter Wolfe Collins, 89, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Collins was born to William and Etta Wolfe in Preston County, West Virginia on April 23, 1916, and had been a resident of Ocean Springs for the past 20 years. She was retired from the Bruceton Mills, West Virginia School system...
Veronica Magas Matulich
Jul 17, 2005
Mrs. Veronica Magas Matulich, age 99, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Matulich was born in Molat, Croatia, and was raised in Biloxi. She was a former longtime resident of Metairie, LA., and was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1996. Mrs. Matulich was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Ocean...
William J. Selke
Jul 17, 2005
Mr. William J. "Bill" Selke, 63, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Selke was a native of Chicago, Illinois and had been a resident of the coast since 1981. He was a retired veteran of the U. S. Air force with 22 years of service and a safety officer with the Biloxi V A...
Carey Higginbotham
Jul 16, 2005
Mr. Carey F. Higginbotham, 66, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Higginbotham was a lifelong resident of the coast and a graduate of Biloxi High School. He was employed at the Veterans Administration of Biloxi and served in the U. S. Army National Guard. Mr. Higginbotham was member of Gulf Hills Country club, and Biloxi...
Bertha Mitchell
Jul 16, 2005
Mrs. Bertha Mitchell, 67, of Vancleave, MS, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Vancleave. Mrs. Mitchell was a native and lifelong resident of Vancleave. She was a homemaker and a member of the Vancleave Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her son, Billy Raymond Mitchell; parents, Joshua and Cola Bang and a siser, Nellie Overstreet. Survivors include her...
Mary A. Climer
Jul 16, 2005
Mrs. Mary A. Climer, age 84, of Biloxi, MS., died Saturday, July 16, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Climer was a native of Indiana and moved to Biloxi in May, 1983. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rex and Katherine Kirby, four brothers, George, Benson, Hugh, and Earl Kirby, two husband's, John Weber and Gilbert Climer, three children, Margaret...
T.G. Blackwell
Jul 16, 2005
T. G. "Blackie" Blackwell, 88, of Saucier, died Saturday, July 16, 2005 in Saucier, MS. Mr. Blackwell was a lifelong resident of Saucier. He was a retired mechanic of Jay Jay Chevrolet. Mr. Blackwell was preceded in death by his wife, Esther "Blondie" Blackwell, parents, Charles Washington Blackwell, Sr. and Denisha Olivia Williams Blackwell, 2 sisters, Vera May Broadus and...
Vernon Sablich
Jul 15, 2005
Mr. Vernon "T-Boy" Sablich, 80, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, July 15, 2005, at the Ocean Springs Hospital of pneumonia. "T-Boy" was born in Biloxi on August 27, 1924 to George and Irma Sablich. He was a lifelong resident of Biloxi where he met and married his wife of 48 years, Maxine Delaune. He was a member of Nativity B.V.M....
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