Obituaries

Mrs. Camille Cooper

Mrs. Camille Cooper

Aug 9, 2005

Mrs. Camille Cooper, 81, of Biloxi, died Tuesday, August 9, 2005 in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Cooper was born May 27, 1924 in Harvey, IL she was a licensed practical nurse. She had had lived on the Coast since 1946 and a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in Biloxi. Mrs. Cooper was preceded in death by her parents, George and Camille...

RD Westbrook

RD Westbrook

Aug 9, 2005

RD Westbrook, 73, of Gulfport died Tuesday, August 9, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Westbrook was born in Smithdale, MS. He was a member of Burton Memorial United Methodist Church in Gulfport. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp who served in the Korean War and received two Purple Hearts. He was a generous person who never met anyone...

Mr. Harold Fountain, Jr

Mr. Harold Fountain, Jr

Aug 9, 2005

Harold L. Fountain, Jr., 66, of Gulfport died Tuesday, August 9, 2005 in Biloxi. He was a native of Washington, Iowa and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He previously served in the U.S. Marines. Mr. Fountain drove a school bus and worked in maintenance for Harrison County Schools. He is survived by his wife, Dot Fountain of...

Mrs. Freddie McQueen

Mrs. Freddie McQueen

Aug 9, 2005

Mrs. Freddie Siegfried McQueen, 56 passed away in Biloxi, MS Aug 9, 2005 after losing a 3 year battle with cancer. Mrs. McQueen was born Aug. 14, 1948 in Gulfport, MS and was a resident of Woolmarket for the past 42 years. She was retired from Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, MS in 2004. She was a loving mother, grandmother, wife,...

William D. "Big Bill" Marcum

William D. "Big Bill" Marcum

Aug 8, 2005

Mr. William D. "Big Bill" Marcum, age 77, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, August 8, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Marcum was a native of Hardin County, Kentucky, and had been a coast resident for the past 37 years. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Tech/Sgt., after 20 years of service. For many years after his...

Fanchon Gifford Gardner

Fanchon Gifford Gardner

Aug 5, 2005

Fanchon Gifford Gardner, 76, of Kingsland, TX, died Friday, August 5, 2005 in Round Rock, TX. Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by her husband, Peter Gardner; her father, Edward Gifford and mother, Adrienne Gifford Jacobsen; and a sister, Dorothy Gifford Presley. She is survived by two daughters, Patricia Edington and Carolyn Derington and her husband, Jack; two sons, Michael...

Gene Swain

Gene Swain

Aug 5, 2005

Mr. Gene Swain, age 60, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Friday, August 5, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Swain was a resident of the community for 19 years. He was a veteran of the US Air Force, a member of the Ocean Springs Elks Club and the Biloxi VFW. He hosted exchange students and enjoyed his work as a structural...

James Roy Miller

James Roy Miller

Aug 4, 2005

James Roy Miller, Jr., 78, of Bay St. Louis, died Thursday, August 4, 2005 in Bay St. Louis. Mr. Miller was born in Petal, Ms and was a resident of Biloxi for the past forty years. He attended Hinds Junior College. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific and retired from the U.S. Naval Home...

Carl John Skywark

Carl John Skywark

Aug 4, 2005

Mr. Carl John Skywark, age 75, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, August 4, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Skywark was born in Waterford, PA., and enlisted in the Navy at 17. He achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer. After retiring from the Navy he served in various capacities including Plant Manager of International Paper in Peoria, Illinois. He...

Cosimo "Gus" C. Liberto

Cosimo "Gus" C. Liberto

Aug 3, 2005

Cosimo "Gus" C. Liberto, 70, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, August 3, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Liberto was born in York, PA and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for 31 years. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force and was a veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Liberto was preceded in death by his son, Robert...

Thomas G. Orr

Thomas G. Orr

Aug 3, 2005

Thomas G. Orr, age 67, was born September 17, 1937 in Baltimore, MD and had been a resident of D'Iberville for 7 years. He went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 2, 2005. Mr. Orr was preceded in death by his parents, Waitman L. Orr and Elsie Glassmeyer Orr; and one brother, Waitman L. Orr, Jr. Mr. Orr is...

Deborah Anna Ladner Monroe

Deborah Anna Ladner Monroe

Aug 3, 2005

Deborah Anna Ladner Monroe, 54, of Gulfport, died Wednesday, August 3, 2005 in Gulfport. She was born in Gulfport and was a life long resident of the Gulf Coast. She was a graduate of St.John High School and a member of St. John Catholic Church in Gulfport. Mrs. Monroe was preceded in death by her parents, Norman Joseph Ladner and...

Mitchell Journot

Mitchell Journot

Aug 2, 2005

Mr. Mitchell Edward Journot, 48, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Tuesday, August 2, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Journot was a native of Kansas City, Missouri and had been a resident of the coast since 1990. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and worked as a carpenter's helper. Survivors include his daughter, Meghan Journot of Naperville, Illinois; mother, Carole...

Phi N. Hoang

Phi N. Hoang

Aug 2, 2005

Mr. Phi N. Hoang, 59, of Biloxi died 8/2/05. Visit Aug. 3, 4 & 5 from 4-8pm at Howard Ave Bradford-O'Keefe. Service Sat. August 6 at 10am at Viet. Martyr's Catholic Church. Burial in Biloxi City Cemetery.

Brian Lee Dickens

Brian Lee Dickens

Jul 31, 2005

Brian Lee Dickens, 40, of Mandeville, LA, died Sunday, July 31, 2005 in Mandeville. Mr. Dickens was a resident of the Coast for 32 years and had been a resident of Mandeville for the past 8 years. He was a member of Saucier Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Dickens was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ben McQueen, Rev. William A....

Wade Jackson Vick

Wade Jackson Vick

Jul 30, 2005

Mr. Wade Jackson Vick, 71, of Ethridge, Tennessee, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbis, TN. Mr. Vick was a native of Russellville, Kentucky, but had lived most of his life in Giles County. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant. Mr. Vick attended First Baptist Church in Pulaski, Tennessee....

Cecile Marie Tauzin

Cecile Marie Tauzin

Jul 30, 2005

Mrs. Cecile Marie Tauzin, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, July 30, 2005. She was 86 years old. Mrs. Tauzin was born August 29, 1918 in Franklin, Louisiana. She attended school in Biloxi and was a lifelong member of St. Michaels Catholic Church. She and her husband, Murphy A. Tauzin, were the owners of Tauzin's Corner Grocery for many years. Cecile...

Michael Edward Lynch

Michael Edward Lynch

Jul 30, 2005

Mr. Michael Edward Lynch, 18, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, July 30, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Lynch was a native and lifelong resident of the coast. He was a 2005 honor graduate of St. Martin High School and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in D'Iberville. Survivors include his mother, Sonja Broussard Lynch and his father, Michael E. Lynch;...

Marie Alberta Kitson

Marie Alberta Kitson

Jul 29, 2005

Mrs. Marie Alberta "Bert" Kitson went home to be with her Savior Friday, July 29, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born in Nashua, NH, raised in Portsmouth, NH, and had been a resident of Ocean Springs since May, 1987. Mrs. Kitson was a devout Catholic and a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. She was a member of...

Freddie Stovall Commander

Freddie Stovall Commander

Jul 28, 2005

Mrs. Freddie Stovall Commander, 67, of Biloxi, MS, passed away at home on Thursday, July 28, 2005, after a long-term illness. Mrs. Commander was born in Houston, MS on May 27, 1938, and was a graduate of Shelby High School. She became a resident of Biloxi in 1971 and will be most remembered from Commander's Gallery. She had a very...