Obituaries

Mrs. Myrtle Keys

Mrs. Myrtle Keys

Mar 29, 2005

Mrs. Myrtle E. Keys, age 82, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Keys was a native of Moss Point, MS. She and her husband operated Keys Cleaners in Ocean Springs for many years. She attended St. Peters Catholic School in Pascagoula and was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Mrs. Keys was...

Barbara Walker

Barbara Walker

Mar 29, 2005

Mrs. Barbara Walker, age 65, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Walker was a resident of the community for 33 years and was a Presbyterian. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert Schimmel and Christine VanBuren Schimmel. Mrs. Walker is survived by her husband, John Walker of Ocean Springs, three daughters,...

Elizabeth Morgan Godchaux

Elizabeth Morgan Godchaux

Mar 29, 2005

Elizabeth Morgan Godchaux, 88, of Bella Vista, AR, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at Highlands Health Care in Bella Vista. She was born November 28, 1916 in Biloxi, MS to William M. and Annie Parker Morgan. She was preceded in death by her husband, David in 1962. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Biloxi and worked...

Mrs. Carolyn Reddoch Kerr

Mrs. Carolyn Reddoch Kerr

Mar 29, 2005

Mrs. Carolyn Reddoch Kerr, age 91, a longtime resident of Gulfport, died Tuesday, March 29, 2005 in Gulfport. A native of Luverne, Alabama, she was graduated cum laude from Alabama College at Montevallo (now Montevallo University). Mr. Kerr had been a resident of Gulfport since her marriage in 1940 to Lawton Allen Kerr, Jr., who preceded her in death. Also...

Daniel Theodore Smith

Daniel Theodore Smith

Mar 29, 2005

Mr. Daniel Theodore Smith, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, March 29, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Smith served in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a M/Sgt. in 1971 after 22 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Ocean Springs. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore...

Dorothy Mitchell

Dorothy Mitchell

Mar 29, 2005

Dorothy Mitchell, 79, a resident of Biloxi, since 1949, was born in Lumberton, MS. She resided in Picayune, MS, at the time of her marriage to Ray F. Mitchell on December 22, 1946. She worked beside her husband in his Optometric practice for more than 40 years. Dorothy is survived by her husband, Dr. Ray F. Mitchell, retired Optometrist, a...

Sheila Ray O'Brien

Sheila Ray O'Brien

Mar 28, 2005

Sheila Ray O'Brien passed away Monday, March 28, 2005 in Milton, FL. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. Sheila was born May 2, 1963 in California, and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1979. She was a member of The Nourishing Place Worship Center in Gulfport. Sheila graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg with...

Marie Claire Bryant

Marie Claire Bryant

Mar 28, 2005

Marie Bryant, a long time resident of Gulfport and parishioner of St. James Catholic Church, took her spirit and joined the heavenly hosts in rejoicing, leaving her body behind, on the evening of March 28. She is survived by her husband Walter Bryant; five children: Marie A. Collier (August F.), Therese M. Scribner (Robert), Douglas M. Henriques (Giggy), Patricia M....

Major Edward "Ed" J. Glasier, Jr.

Major Edward "Ed" J. Glasier, Jr.

Mar 28, 2005

Major Edward "Ed" J. Glasier, Jr., 72, of Gulfport, died Monday, March 28, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Glasier was retired from the U.S. Air Force with over 20 years of service. He was a B52 Bomber Pilot and he was head of safety for Strategic Air Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Major Glasier worked for...

Infant Jayden Lane Breeland

Infant Jayden Lane Breeland

Mar 27, 2005

Infant Jayden Lane Breeland, 2 1/2 months old, died Sunday, March 27, 2005,in Biloxi. He is survived by his parents, Jeremy Lamar and Tamara King Breeland; his big brother, Julius Breeland, all of D'Iberville; grandparents, Tammy and Read Breeland of Biloxi; Dale and Lisa Smith of Grand Bay, AL and Ralph and Paula King of Vancleave; aunts, Samantha King of...

Luther Jarrell

Luther Jarrell

Mar 27, 2005

Mr. Luther "Ken" Jarrell, age 66, of Vancleave, MS., died Sunday, March 27, 2005, in Gulfport. Mr. Jarrell was born in Crosby, MS., and retired from the U.S. Army. He also retired from civil service in the food service department. He was a member of the Fort Bayou Baptist Church in Vancleave. Mr. Jarrell was preceded in death by his...

Jeramy D. Madison

Jeramy D. Madison

Mar 26, 2005

Jeramy D. Madison, 23 of Gulfport, died Saturday, March 26, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Madison was a lifelong resident of Gulfport. He attended Harrison County Schools and he loved football. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Survivors include his parents David L. and Rebecca L. Madison of Gulfport, his grandparents Keith and...

T/Sgt/ Paul M. Burden, USAF, Ret.

T/Sgt/ Paul M. Burden, USAF, Ret.

Mar 26, 2005

T/Sgt. Paul M. Burden, USAF, Ret., age 52, entered into rest on Saturday, March 26, 2005, tragically from an auto accident. He is survived by his loving wife, Evelyn Burden, sons, Travis Michael Burden, Adam Paul Burden, and Brandon Charles Burden, daughter, Veronica A. Burden, mother, Elizabeth Burden, sister, Cathy Burdette, brother, Randy Burden, and numerous friends. Visitation will be...

James E. Gemeiner

James E. Gemeiner

Mar 26, 2005

James E. Gemeiner, 61, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Saturday March 26, 2005. Mr. Gemeiner has been a resident of the coast since 1979 and a member of the Family Church of the Nazarine in Ocean Springs. He retired from the Air Force after 20 years of service. He was a member of the North Biloxi Moose Lodge #332,...

Tyanna C. Segura

Tyanna C. Segura

Mar 26, 2005

Tyanna C. Segura, 48, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Saturday, March 26, 2005. Mrs. Segura was a regular attendee of Gulf Coast Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mrs. Segura is preceded in death by her mother Cynthia Cobb, sister Beatrice Price and brother Robert Loper. She is survived by her husband, Elias Segura, daughter, Tyanna Lynn Meax, three sons, Juan,...

Beatrice Giles Gardner

Beatrice Giles Gardner

Mar 26, 2005

Annie Beatrice Giles Gardner, age 78 of Biloxi passed away March 26 at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. Ms. Bea was a native of Brooklyn, MS. She had been a Biloxi resident for over 60 years. She had been a co-owner of Barney's Drive Inn and the Ship-n-Shore Restaurant in Biloxi back in the '50s and '60s. She was employed at...

Mable Sumrall

Mable Sumrall

Mar 25, 2005

Mrs. Mable Davis Sumrall, 92, of Ocean Springs died Friday, March 25, 2005, at Southern Heritage Personal Care Home in D'iberville. Mrs. Sumrall was born July 8, 1912 in Braxton, MS. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church in Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennie Sumrall; her parents, George Barber...

Mr. Johnnie L. Joiner

Mr. Johnnie L. Joiner

Mar 25, 2005

Mr. Johnnie L. "Bill" Joiner, age 88, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, March 25, 2005, in Ocean Springs. He was a native of Hazelhurst, MS., and had been a coast resident for the past 44 years. Mr. Joiner retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding as a painter. After his retirement he ran his own lawncare business. He was a member of...

Henrietta Lois Wilson

Henrietta Lois Wilson

Mar 25, 2005

Henrietta Lois Wilson, 68, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Friday, March 25, 2005. Mrs. Wilson was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. She retired from Casino Magic and had also worked at Howard Memorial Hospital for many years in Central Supply. She was of the Lutheran Faith. She is preceded in death by her husband Seburn Wilson,...

Jimmy Davis

Jimmy Davis

Mar 24, 2005

Jimmy "Rootbeer" Davis, 63, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away Thursday, March 24, 2005. Mr. Davis was a lifelong resident of the coast and a graduate of Biloxi High School, class of 1959. He was formerly employed with Barq's Bottling Company and also worked with Coast to Coast Coating Company as a superintendent. Mr. Davis is preceded in death by...

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