Obituaries
Garrion Nasir Gordon
Mar 31, 2006
Inf. Garrion Nasir Gordon, of Gulfport, MS, was born September 13, 2005. He was welcomed home Friday, March 31, 2006, by a host of loved ones who passed on before him. Garrion was a precious angel to his parents, Gary W. Gordon and Shannon E. Wedgeworth. Their family's time was filled with love and smiles. He is survived by his...
John "J.B." Dubaz
Mar 31, 2006
Mr. John "J.B." Dubaz, 76, of Biloxi, died Friday, March 31, 2006 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Dubaz was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He was a founding member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, where he volunteered many years service. He was a member of Knights of...
Billie Ward
Mar 29, 2006
Mrs. Billie Boone "Way-Way Ward, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Ward was a resident of the community since 1991. She was a resident of Quality Hospice in Biloxi, MS. since Hurricane Katrina. She was a member of the West Jackson Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star, both...
Martha Lestrade Holbein
Mar 28, 2006
Martha Lestrade Holbein, 80, passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 in Tallahassee, Florida. Mrs. Holbein was born in Biloxi, Mississippi and lived there from 1988 until she was evacuated from Biloxi to Tallahassee for Hurricane Katrina. Marty Holbein was married to J. Peter Holbein for nearly 60 years, before his death in 2002. Together they raised four sons and...
Ida Marie Williams
Mar 27, 2006
Ida Marie Williams, 85, of Long Beach, died Monday, March 27, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Williams was born in Meridian, MS and had been a resident of the Coast since 1959. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Gulfport. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Billie C. Williams and her brother, Charlie E. Ellerbee,...
Andrew Edward Hornsby
Mar 27, 2006
Mr. Andrew Edward Hornsby, 75, of Biloxi, MS, died Monday, March 27, 2006, in Biloxi. Mr. Hornsby was a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and had been a longtime resident of Biloxi. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran and a retired Battalian Chief with the Biloxi fire Department. He was also night supervisor at Seashore Manor and a boy scout....
CMSgt (Ret.) Marvin W. “Bill” Reid
Mar 26, 2006
CMSgt (Ret.) Marvin W. “Bill” Reid of D’Iberville passed away Sunday, March 26, 2006 at the age of 67. Born in Hattiesburg, Bill loved life growing up in south Mississippi. In 1958, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served 20 years as a proud veteran of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. He earned numerous awards and...
Repsime "Rosa" Bloom
Mar 26, 2006
Mrs. Repsime "Rosa" Bloom, of Gulfport, MS, died Sunday, March 26, 2006, in Gulfport. Mrs. Bloom was a native of Iraklion, Crete. She had been a coast resident for the past 44 years. She retired from K-Mart after 19 years of service and was a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. She was lovingly refered to as "Yaya". Mrs....
Curtis Dwayne Vick
Mar 26, 2006
Curtis Dwayne Vick, 62, of Gulfport, MS died Sunday, March 26, 2006 in Gulfport, MS. Mr.Vick had re-dedicated his life to the Lord and attended Calvary Chapel Gulf Coast for the last few months. He had been a resident of Gulfport for 34 years. He was a musician, an avid pool player, and a member of MS Gulf Coast Billards...
William C. Murphy
Mar 25, 2006
Mr. William Carey Murphy, 75, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Murphy served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict from 1951 until 1953. He was a graduate of Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL and moved to the coast in 1968. He worked at Keesler Air Force Base as an instructor...
Daniel Hurley
Mar 25, 2006
Mr. Daniel M. Hurley, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, March 25, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Hurley has lived in the community since October of 1994. He served in the US Navy for 20 years and retired in January of 1977, serving two years in Vietnam. He worked as a salesman, recently working as a school crossing...
Everett Newell Strawn, Jr.
Mar 25, 2006
Chief Master Sergeant Everett Newell Strawn, Jr., (USAF Retired), 74, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Strawn was born in Carlisle, Arkansas, July 26, 1931. At the age of 15 he joined the Army Air Corps. He served 28 years with distinguished service and received numerous awards, including the Bronze Star for Southeast Asia. He was...
Marie Louise Carter
Mar 24, 2006
Mrs. Marie Louise Boney Carter, age 83, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, March 24, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Carter was a native and longtime resident of the coast. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her son, Steven Carter, parents, Lazro and Bertha Groue Boney, and brother, Elwood Boney and wife, Mercedes....
Helen Louise Stewart
Mar 23, 2006
Mrs. Helen Louise Spooner Stewart, 90, of Freeland, Maryland, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, in Freeland. Mrs. Stewart was a native of Long Beach, Mississippi and remained a resident there until she married her husband, Frank F. Stewart, and moved to Edgewood, Maryland in 1944. She was of the Methodist faith and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by...
Clyde Stevens
Mar 23, 2006
Mr. Clyde M. Stevens, age 70, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, March 23, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Stevens was a resident of the community for 30 years. He coached girls softball in the Ocean Springs Schools and was an adult chaperone for the school band. He was a vice president of the machinist local, president of Windsor Porte...
Jessie Mae Courtney
Mar 23, 2006
Mrs. Jessie Mae Courtney, 96, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Courtney was a native of Ocean Springs and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Courtney was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Monroe Courtney; a daughter, Dorothy Beatrice Courtney, and three sons,...
Brenda Joyce DeBell
Mar 23, 2006
Mrs. Brenda Joyce Tootle DeBell, age 48, of Ocean Springs, MS., went home to her heavenly Father on Wednesday, March 23, 2006, after losing a prolonged, valiant battle with lung cancer. Brenda was born on September 21, 1957, in Biloxi, MS. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in Biloxi in 1975 and was a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast....
Edward Daniel Maranville
Mar 22, 2006
Edward Daniel Maranville, 74, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 in Biloxi. Mr. Maranville was a native of New York and a long time resident of Biloxi. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving in the U.S. Air Force in the pararescue division. He retired from Keesler in 1993 with 34 years of civil service in civil...
Pansy Favors
Mar 22, 2006
Pansy Favors, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Wednesday, March 22, 2006, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Favors was a resident of the community for 47 years. She worked for E.R. Moore/Swingster Company in Ocean Springs for many years and was a member of T.O.P.S./MS. #19. She was also a longtime member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Ocean...
Alfred John Stasulis
Mar 22, 2006
Alfred John Stasulis, 90, of Long Beach, MS, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Mr. Stasulis was a native of Chicago Heights, IL and a former resident of Chicago. He relocated to Long Beach in 1993. Mr. Stasulis was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the South Pacific. He cleared mine fields, removed roadblocks, and prepared...
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