Obituaries
Mr. William Forehand
Nov 24, 2005
Mr. William "Willie" Earl Forehand, 49, of Gulfport died Thursday, November 24, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Forehand was a lifelong resident of the community. He was a dispatcher for The Biloxi City Cab Company. Mr. Forehand is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth Forehand of Malden, MO; a brother Martin Joseph Forehand of Ocean Springs; half-sisters, Elizabeth Wright of Biloxi and...
Charles McDavid
Nov 23, 2005
Mr. Charles D. McDavid, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005, from a lengthy and courageous battle with congestive heart failure. He had been a resident of the community for 29 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. 1st Army from 1946-1948. Upon leaving the Army, he was a graduate of Sewanee (University of the...
Matthew Miller
Nov 23, 2005
Matthew Lindsey Miller, age 29, passed away Wednesday morning, November 23, 2005, in Gulfport. Matt was born in Gulfport on September 3, 1976. He worked at the Great Southern Golf Course until August 29, and he was a student at the University of Southern Mississipp on the Gulf Coast. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Rev. Wilson T....
Stephen Lepoma
Nov 22, 2005
Mr. Stephen A. Lepoma, age 66, of Biloxi, MS., died Tuesday, November 22, 2005, at his home in Biloxi. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Roy and Mary Lepoma. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, son and daughter-in-law, Dean and Connie Lepoma, grandchildren, Megan and Ryan Lepoma, daughter, Dawn Lepoma Dodge and brother, Anthony Lepoma. Retired from...
Frances Shields
Nov 22, 2005
Mrs. Frances M. Shields, age 89, of Biloxi, MS., passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Shields was born on June 2, 1916, in Bangor, ME., and was a resident of the community for over 30 years. She was a doll collector and loved to crab and fish. Mrs. Shields was preceded in death by her husband,...
Florence Harrison
Nov 22, 2005
Florence Louise Harrison, 93, of Saucier, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in Hattiesburg. Mrs. Harrison was born in Franklin, LA and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for most of her life. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, D'Iberville. She was a past Matron of Eastern Star Adah Chapter, Ocean Springs, and past member of...
Helen Gery Vickery
Nov 22, 2005
Helen Gery Vickery, 86, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Vickery was born in Montgomery County, Indiana and had been a resident of Gulfport for over sixty years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport and previously taught at East Ward Elementary School, Gulfport. She was a graduate of Gulf Park College and...
Bertha Erhard
Nov 20, 2005
Bertha Taylor Erhard went peacefully to our Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2005 while at Hospice House in Tampa, Florida. She had been living with her daughter, Susie since Katrina. She had survived Katrina and the loss of her family home but could not survive acute leukemia which took her to the loving arms of her husband, Val, within a...
SGT Dudley J. Vercher
Nov 20, 2005
SGT Dudley J. Vercher (Ret. USAF), 73, of Biloxi, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Vercher has been a member of the community since 1974. He was retired from the USAF as a Master Sergeant with 26 years of service including serving in Korea and Vietnam. He also retired from the MS Gulf Coast Coliseum with 24 years...
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Evelyn Grace Manning Patterson, 88, of Biloxi died Saturday, November 19, 2005 in Biloxi. Mrs. Patterson was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi, Perceptor Alpha Chapter and a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Mrs. Patterson was preceded in death by her husband, T.A. "Pat" Patterson; her parents, James and Marie Manning; and a sister, Inez Rogalski. She...
Nathan Richards
Nov 19, 2005
Mr. Nathan Richards, age 19, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Nathan was a lifelong resident of the community and attended St. Alphonsus Elementary School, Mercy Cross, and All Saints Episcopal School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dick N. Richards, Gene A. and Carolyn Sue Copeland, and an aunt, Melanie Copeland....
Ida Owen
Nov 19, 2005
Mrs. Ida Lou Owen, age 77, of Gautier, MS., died Saturday, November 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Owen was a resident of the community for 34 years. She was employed as a bookkeeper for fifteen years with Delta Trousers in Okalona, MS., and was a former member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Mrs. Owen was...
Joe Cecil Morton
Nov 18, 2005
Mr. Joe Cecil Morton, age 76, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, November 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Morton was a longtime resident. He was a gospel music promoter and the music director at the First Baptist Church of Windsor Park. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 23 years and also retired from Tele-dyne Allvac in Monroe,...
Carl Strickland
Nov 18, 2005
Carl Strickland, 51, of Lizana, died Friday, November 18, 2005. He was a native of Woolmarket and lived on the Gulf Coast his entire life. He was a graduate of Harrison Central and Ms Gulf Coast Community College. Mr. Strickland was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and was a past President/Vice-President of Gulfport Industrial Softball League, a Sponsor of...
Dalton James Mattina
Nov 18, 2005
Mr. Dalton James Mattina, 83, of Biloxi, MS, died Friday, November 18, 2005. Mr. Mattina was a life long resident of Biloxi. He served his country in WW II in the U. S. Navy CB's. After his military service he came home and worked in the seafood industry and later owned and operated his own shrimp boat. Dalton joined the...
Michael Allen Shackleton
Nov 17, 2005
Michael Allen Shackleton, 51, of Gulfport died Thursday, November 17, 2005 in Houston, TX. Mr. Shackleton was a resident of Gulfport since 1978. He attended MS. Gulf Coast Community College. Mr. Shackleton was an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, a member of the American Welding Society, and had been employeed by Washington Group International for 5 years. Mr. Shackleton is survived...
L/Cpl Roger Wayne Deeds
Nov 16, 2005
L/Cpl. Roger Wayne Deeds, 24, of Goldsboro, NC, was killed in action November 16, 2005, in Ubaydi, Iraq. L/Cpl. Deeds was a U. S. Marine in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division. He was a graduate of Biloxi High School class of 2000 and a member of Jr. ROTC. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Sarah French Deeds,...
Mary Hall
Nov 16, 2005
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Sis) Hall, age 87, of Ocean Springs, MS., was called to be with our Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at the Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport. A lifelong resident of Ocean Springs, Sis was a Past Worthy Matron of Adah Chapter #49. Serving on many committees, she was most proud to serve as Grand Martha of...
Helen Louise "Sally'" Necaise
Nov 16, 2005
Helen Louise "Sally" Necaise, 73, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in Saucier. Ms. Necaise was born in Missouri and was a resident of the Coast most of her life. She was a member of the Catholic Faith. Ms. Necaise was preceded in death by her son, Joey Necaise and her granddaughter, Ashley Necaise. Survivors include 2 daughters, Linda...
Robert Baughker
Nov 16, 2005
Mr. Robert L. Baughker, III, age 56, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, November 16, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Baughker was a resident of the community since 1961. He was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, Col. Robert L. Baughker, Jr., and Bessie Brown Baughker. He is survived by a...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
