Obituaries

Rose M. Williams
Oct 1, 2005
Mrs. Rose M. Williams, 72, of the Latimer Community, died Saturday, October 1, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Williams was a native of Jefferson, Missouri and had been a resident of the coast for the past 35 years. She was a Red Cross volunteer for 20 years and a member of the Gulf Coast Bowling Association where she served as...

John R. Barlow, CDR,USN
Sep 30, 2005
Mr. John R. Barlow, CDR, USN, Retired, age 72, of Biloxi, MS., died Friday, September 30, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Barlow was a resident of the community for 22 years. He served in the US Navy for 29 1/2 years, was a fighter pilot who flew F-8 Crusaders and commanded the VC-5 squadron. He was one of the original...

Wilhemina West
Sep 30, 2005
Mrs. Wilhemina West, 95, died Friday, September 30, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. West was born April 8, 1910 and was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a member of Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral for many years. Mrs. West is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Spataro of Lynn Haven, FL; two sons, Ralph West of Biloxi and Hollis West, of...

Dennis W. Thomas
Sep 30, 2005
Mr. Dennis W. Thomas, 61, of Bay Minette, Alabama, died Friday, September 30, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Thomas was a native of D'Iberville and had been a resident of Bay Minette for the past 30 years. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of Vietnam. Survivors include his wife, Anita Thomas of Bay Minette, AL; two step-daughters, Renee Rosson of...
Diana Lynn Hill
Sep 30, 2005
Mrs. Diana Lynn Hill, age 69, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, September 30, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Hill was a native of Bogalusa, LA., and a resident of Ocean Springs for 32 years. She was an active member of the Elks Ladies Auxiliary, BPOE #2501 and held several offices including that of president. At the time of her...

Sandra Garrard
Sep 29, 2005
Mrs. Sandra VanCleave Garrard, age 62, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, September 29, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Garrard was born on September 15, 1943 in Biloxi, MS. and was a lifelong resident of the coast. She was the daughter of Vertalee Bradford and Richard Gordon VanCleave. She worked at Hancock Bank for many years and was also a...

George Patrick Murray
Sep 28, 2005
Mr. Patrick George Murray, 57, formerly of Biloxi, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Murray was born November 6, 1947 in Biloxi, MS. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Survivors include his son, Ban Murray; his daughter, Elizabeth Murray; his parents, Thomas and...
Stephen Glenn Whorton
Sep 28, 2005
Mr. Stephen Glenn Whorton, age 44, a native of Biloxi, MS., died on Wednesday, September 28, 2005, in Hattiesburg, MS. Mr. Whorton attended St. Martin High School and then the Univeristy of South Alabama. Stephen was preceded in death by his father, Harvey Glenn Whorton, grandfather, Vernon Williams, and grandmother, Inabelle Dawsey. He will be dearly missed by his surviving...
Wyatt Walden
Sep 28, 2005
Mr. Wyatt "Slats" Walden, a lifelong resident of the Latimer Community, died peacefully at his sons home in Mobile, AL., on Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at the age of 97. Mr. Walden had a long and interesting career beginning in 1924 when he joined the Army at sixteen years old. Showing an expertise with weapons he was assigned to the...
Donald Lee Woods
Sep 26, 2005
Mr. Donald Lee Woods returned to the Lord peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 26, 2005. He was born on February 14, 1933, in St. Louis, MO. Don was a proud veteran of the US Air Force. He was the dear son of Lester and Ferol Woods, devoted husband to Kay Woods, for 38 years, dear father to Kenny...
Horst Wilhelm Wetzel
Sep 22, 2005
My darling husband, Horst Wilhelm Wetzel, fully aware that he was ravaged by cancer departed this earth on Thursday, September 22, 2005, in Gulfport, MS., to be in paradise with his blessed Lord and Savior. Horst was born on May 6, 1932, in Recklenhausen, Germany, and, as a boy, suffered through the Nazi Oppression hiding in woods and making his...

Hazel Beaugez Flick
Sep 22, 2005
Mrs. Hazel Beaugez Flick, age 78, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, September 22, 2005, in Dallas, TX. Mrs. Flick was a member of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary, the Altar Society, and the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Post #305. She was also a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Mrs. Flick was preceded...
Catharine Ivy Loposser O'Bryant
Sep 22, 2005
Catharine Ivy Loposser O'Bryant, 97, of Pascagoula, died Thursday, September 22, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. O'Bryant was born in Handsboro and was a life long resident of the Coast. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Pascagoula and a volunteer for Our Daily Bread. Mrs. O'Bryant was retired from O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula, where she was organist...

Christine Byrd
Sep 20, 2005
Mrs. Christine Byrd, age 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, September 20, 2005, in Gulfport. Mrs. Byrd was a resident of the community for 41 years. She volunteered with the American Red Cross for many years. She earned her Masters Degree in education at Florida State University and was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. Mrs. Byrd was...

Robert "Bob" Mays
Sep 20, 2005
Mr. Robert "Bob" Mays, age 56, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, September 20, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Mays was a resident of the coast for 25 years. He served in the US Air Force for 20 years and worked for K-Mar Industries. He was preceded in death by father, Robert Leo Mays, Sr. Mr. Mays was survived by...
Walterine Redding
Sep 19, 2005
Walterine “Sis” V. Redding (1923-2005) expired on September 19, 2005 at her residence at 608 Cleveland Avenue in Ocean Springs. She and Oliver Osborn Redding (1904-1982), her spouse of forty years, had lived here since June 1954. Sis Redding graduated from the Ocean Springs Public School in May 1941 and then married Osborn Redding in September 1941. She went to...

Benny C. "Doodle" Moran
Sep 18, 2005
Benny C. "Doodle" Moran, 69, of Gulfport, died Sunday, September 18, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Moran was born in Gulfport and was a life long resident of Gulfport. He was a graduate of Gulfport High School and served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Moran retired in 2003 from Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, where he was employed for 21 years and...

Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues
Sep 18, 2005
Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues Mrs. Agnes Jeanelle LeBlanc Migues, 71, of D'Iberville, MS, passed away September 18, 2005 in Mobile, AL. Mrs. Migues was born November 17, 1933 in Biloxi, MS. She was a member of Sacred Hearth Catholic Church in D'Iberville. She was a member of the Altar Society, Bereavement Committee and Legion of Mary. She was preceded in...

Robert E. Davis, Sr.
Sep 17, 2005
Mr. Robert E. Davis, age 71, of Ocean Springs, MS., passed away Saturday, September 17, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Davis served in the US Army during WWII and had lived in the community since 1956. He was a a member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, P.W and Ida Davis, his wife, Ursula...
August Joseph Taconi Sr.
Sep 17, 2005
August Joseph Taconi Sr. August Joseph Taconi, Sr., 84, born October 31, 1920 a native of Biloxi died September 17, 2005 in Biloxi. He was a lifelong member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Church where he was very active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He was retired from the Biloxi/Gulfport Veterans Administration, Chief of Security after 36 years of...
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