Obituaries

Dinh Thi Nguyen

Dinh Thi Nguyen

Jul 15, 2005

Dinh Thi Nguyen, 86, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, July 15, 2005, in Meridian, MS. Mrs. Nguyen was a native of Vietnam and had been a resident of the coast for the past 28 years. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dinh Van Nguyen. Survivors include three daughters, Nu...

Barbara Hunt

Barbara Hunt

Jul 15, 2005

Mrs. Barbara A. Hunt, 62, of Biloxi, died Friday, July 15, 2005, in Gulfport. Mrs. Hunt was born in Port Redding, NJ and has been a resident of Biloxi for 26 years. She attended the Ramsay Methodist Church in Gulfport. Mrs. Hunt was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Margie Powell. Survivors include her loving husband of 44...

Robert William "Bill" Martin

Robert William "Bill" Martin

Jul 14, 2005

Robert William "Bill" Martin, 78, of Gautier died Thursday, July 14, 2005 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Martin was born in Greenwood, IN and had been a resident of Gulfport for 44 years. He was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his wife, Geneva Martin; and his parents, Ora and Anna Mae Martin....

Stephen Jacob Merrill

Stephen Jacob Merrill

Jul 13, 2005

Mr. Stephen Jacob "Stevie" Merrill, 19, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, in Gulfport. Mr. Merrill was a native of Biloxi and a lifelong resident of the coast. He was also known as "Bug Boy" for his passion of the Volkswagon Beetle. He attended Biloxi High School and Jeff Davis Community College. He was preceded in death by...

Infant Kole Dylan Nitz

Infant Kole Dylan Nitz

Jul 13, 2005

Infant Kole Dylan Nitz, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Wednesday, July 13, 2005, in Gulfport. Survivors include his parents, Nicole Cusic and Kurt Nitz of Ocean Springs; a brother, Mason Schumacher of Ocean Springs; maternal grandparents, Lynrose Quave, Jr. and Darnell Greenberg; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Terry Nitz; maternal great grandparents, Edward and Gloria Wade and Gloria Quave; paternal great...

Mary Louise Kopp

Mary Louise Kopp

Jul 12, 2005

Mrs. Mary Louise "Pinky" Kopp, 84, of Biloxi died July 12, 2005. Mrs. Kopp was a lifelong resident of Biloxi and a member of First United Methodist Church in Biloxi. She also like to play bingo. Mrs. Kopp was preceded in death by her husband, John George Kopp, Sr. Mrs. Kopp is survived by daughters, Mary Emma Jasper of Pinellas...

Jim Miller

Jim Miller

Jul 12, 2005

Jim Miller, 73, of Gulfport died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Miller worked for Reynolds Metals Company in Louisville, KY for 43 years. He was a member of the Kenwood Optimist Club and the 9th and O Baptist Church in Louisville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Bertie Miller; and a sister, Geraldine Willis....

Edwin Louis Clark

Edwin Louis Clark

Jul 12, 2005

Mr. Edwin Louis Clark, age 93, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, July 14, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Clark was born in Bassfield, MS., on May 21, 1912. He was a resident of Madison, N.C., for 47 years before moving to Ocean Springs in 1983. He was a retired textile worker and a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church...

Daniel Alan Partin

Daniel Alan Partin

Jul 11, 2005

Mr. Daniel Alan "Dan" Partin, age 42, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, July 11, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Partin was born in Waco, TX.,and was a resident of the community since 1971. He served in the US Navy during the mid 1980's. He was previously employed with Northwest Air Lines in Gulfport and with Gulf Coast Produce as...

Frederick Charles Blair

Frederick Charles Blair

Jul 11, 2005

Frederick Charles Blair, 70, of Biloxi passed away Monday, July 11, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Blair was preceded in death by his parents, John and Betty Blair. Mr. Blair is survived by his wife of 38 years, Lolita Blair; two daughters, Gail Blair and Joanne Blair; one son, John Blair all of Biloxi; two sisters, Evelyn Gliesner and Betty Jackson...

Alberta Wallace

Alberta Wallace

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Alberta Wallace, age 66, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, July 11, 2005, in Pascagoula. Mrs. Wallace was a resident of the community since 1965. She attended Central High School in St. Louis, MO. She later married Charles J.H. Wallace. Mrs. Wallace was a member of the 1699 Historical Society. She was a substitute teacher in the Ocean Springs...

Viola Ray Gipson Dubuisson

Viola Ray Gipson Dubuisson

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Viola Ray Gipson Dubuisson, 91, of Gulfport died Monday, July 11, 2005 in Ridgeland, MS. Mrs. Dubuisson was born in Gulfport where she was a lifelong resident. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church and the Altar Society. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis A Dubuisson; two sisters, Willie Mae McKeithen and Myrtis Martin;...

Josephine Eugenia Wingfield Beck

Josephine Eugenia Wingfield Beck

Jul 11, 2005

Mrs. Josephine Eugenia Wingfield Beck, age 96, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, July 11, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Beck was born on April 26, 1909, in Jackson, MS., to Oscar Houseworth Wingfield and Josephine Crisler Wingfield. She married Ross Hamilton Beck, Sr., in 1934. She and her husband moved to the Villa Maria Apartments in Ocean Springs...

Heley O. Mareno

Heley O. Mareno

Jul 10, 2005

Mr. Heley O. Mareno, 77, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Sunday, July 10, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Mareno was a native of Dauphin Island, Alabama and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and of the Catholic faith. Mr. Mareno was preceded in death by his parents, Aloysious and Marie Mareno...

Lemon W. "Polk" Creel

Lemon W. "Polk" Creel

Jul 10, 2005

Lemon W. "Polk" Creel, 73, of Biloxi died Sunday, July 10, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Creel was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He retired from the Biloxi Police Department as a Captain after 21 years of service. He was also a commercial fisherman. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of D'Iberville...

Infant Malcolm Joseph Hymel

Infant Malcolm Joseph Hymel

Jul 6, 2005

Infant Malcolm Joseph Hymel of D'Iberville, MS died July 6, 2005. Arrangements are being handled by Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.

Mary Louise Ruffin

Mary Louise Ruffin

Jul 5, 2005

Mary Louise Ruffin, 83, of Biloxi died Tuesday, July 5, 2005. Mrs. Ruffin a native of Parma, MO has been a resident of the coast since she moved here in 1942.She was a member of Gulf Coast Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Ruffin was preceded in death by her husband, John Tilmon Ruffin. She is survived by her two daughters; Linda...

Alethia B. Frentz

Alethia B. Frentz

Jul 4, 2005

Alethia B. Frentz, 91, died Monday, July 4, 2005. She was a native and long time resident of Biloxi, MS. and a former resident of Baltimore, MD. Mrs.Frentz was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was preceded in death by first husband, George E. Frentz and her...

Sandra R. Jermyn

Sandra R. Jermyn

Jul 2, 2005

Mrs. Sandra R. Jermyn, 57, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Jermyn was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a member of Cedar Lake Assembly of God Church and had been employed with Lesso Seafood and Freezer Company for 22 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lewis and Ada...

WD Bradley, Jr.

WD Bradley, Jr.

Jul 2, 2005

WD "Bill" Bradley, Jr., husband and father passed away Saturday evening, July 2, 2005 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Bradley was born in Kaufman, Texas on July 14, 1921 and was a veteran of World War II, having fought in the European Theatre. He relocated his family to the Gulf Coast in the summer of 1965, where Gulfport became his...

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