Obituaries

Charlene M. Carnes

Charlene M. Carnes

Jul 28, 2005

Charline Martinolich Carnes, 78 died Thursday July 28, 2005 in Biloxi, MS. A wife, a mother, a grandmother, a sister, a friend and a devoted Catholic, she was a woman of wisdom and character. Charline not only pulled through her own struggles with a smile, she also pulled everyone who got the pleasure of knowing her through theirs as well....

William Frances Enright, Jr.

William Frances Enright, Jr.

Jul 28, 2005

Mr. William Frances Enright, Jr., 63, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, July 28, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Enright was a graduate of Jesuit High School and attended Tulane University. He was a U. S. Army veteran of Vietnam. Mr. Enright was preceded in death by his parents, William Frances and Gladys Walsdorf Enright. Survivors include his sister, Catherine Enright Ferrier;...

Helen H. Bullock

Helen H. Bullock

Jul 28, 2005

Mrs. Helen H. Bullock, 68, of Biloxi, died Thursday, July 28, 2005, in Ocean Springs, MS. Mrs. Bullock was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She taught at Ocean Springs High School from 1967 through 1981 and was involved in the Ocean Springs Art Association. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and she was a former...

Veronica Chester Nguyen

Veronica Chester Nguyen

Jul 27, 2005

Veronica Chester Nguyen, 44, of Biloxi died Wednesday, July 27, 2005. Ms. Nguyen was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a loving mother, sister and daughter. She was of the Catholic Faith. Ms. Nguyen was preceded in death by her father, Joseph Chester. Ms. Nguyen is survived by her mother Allie May Chester; three daughters, Crystal Andrea...

Paul William Bennett

Paul William Bennett

Jul 27, 2005

Paul William Bennett, 86, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005. A private graveside service was held at Southern Memorial Park in Biloxi, MS. on Friday, July 29, 2005. He was born October 14, 1918, in Huntington, West Virginia, and was a longtime resident of Biloxi and Ocean Springs, MS. He began his flying career by instructing U.S. Army Air Corp Cadets...

Robert K. Hanlin

Robert K. Hanlin

Jul 27, 2005

Robert K. Hanlin, 70, of Ocean Springs, MS died Wednesday, July 27, 2005. Mr. Hanlin was retired from the U S Air Force after 26 years of service. He was a resident of the coast since 1979. He also was a member of St Paul United Methodist Church in Ocean Springs, McLeod Lodge # 424 F & AM in Ocean...

Ila Jacobs

Ila Jacobs

Jul 26, 2005

Mrs. Ila Jacobs, age 81, of the St. Martin Community, in Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, July 26, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Jacobs was a native of Kentucky and a resident of the community for 36 years. She worked as a PBX operator at the old Howard Memorial Hospital in Biloxi for many years. Mrs. Jacobs was preceded in...

Johnnie "Granny" Herrington

Johnnie "Granny" Herrington

Jul 26, 2005

Johnnie "Granny" Herrington, 75, of Gulfport died Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in Gulfport. She was born in Simpson County, Ms and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for sixty years. She was Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon J. Herrington; a son, Ray Herrington; her parents, Ann Courson and John H. Magee; and a...

Gloria Boren

Gloria Boren

Jul 25, 2005

Mrs. Gloria Boren, 81, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Monday, July 25, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Boren was a native of Houma, Louisiana and had been a resident of the coast for the past 42 years. She was a receiver for AAFES and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Boren was preceded in death by her parents, Ebdon and Delnot...

Elizabeth Martin

Elizabeth Martin

Jul 25, 2005

Elizabeth Martin of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, died July 25, 2005 in Concord, Massachusetts at the age of 80. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 7, 1924 to the late Hamilton H. and Marion (Atwood) Sweet. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles E. Martin. She graduated from Plainfield High School in Plainfield, New Jersey, and...

Willis "Doc" Hebert

Willis "Doc" Hebert

Jul 24, 2005

Willis "Doc" Hebert, 96, of Biloxi died Sunday, July 24, 2005 in Ocean Springs. He was born on September 27, 1908, in Abbeville, LA, and a resident of Biloxi for 82 years. During the 1930's, Hebert participated in the Great Schooner Races of that era and was a charter member of the Fleur De Lis Society. He was a member...

Dennis Craig Clements

Dennis Craig Clements

Jul 24, 2005

Dennis Craig Clements, 41, died July 24, 2005 in M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born at Warner Robbins, AFB, Georgia, and lived in Biloxi most of his life. He graduated from Biloxi High School and attended Jeff Davis College. He was employed at the Biloxi VA Hospital where he was a dedicated employee. He received many citations...

Dennis B. Godber

Dennis B. Godber

Jul 24, 2005

Mr. Dennis B. Godber, Sr., 58, of D'Iberville, MS, died Sunday, July 24, 2005, in Biloxi. Mr. Godber was a native of Norfolk, Virginia and had been a resident of the coast for the past 16 years. He was a retired U. S. Air Force Veteran. Survivors include his wife, Lorraine Godber of D'Iberville; two daughters, Jacqueline Godber and Mandy...

Terry Osteen

Terry Osteen

Jul 24, 2005

Mr. Terry Osteen, 62, of Ocean Springs died Sunday, July 24, 2005. Mr. Osteen was a resident of the coast for the past 35 years. He served in the U. S. Army and was a member of the American Legion Emile Ladnier Post # 42 in Ocean Springs. He also owned Busy- "B" Cleaning and Lawn Service. He was of...

Wayne R. Morykwas

Wayne R. Morykwas

Jul 23, 2005

Wayne M. Morykwas: On Saturday, July 23, 2005 our good Lord called upon Wayne M. Morykwas to come home. He was 45 years young and will be sadly missed by all. He leaves behind two brothers, Gary S. Morykwas of Biloxi, MS and John J. Morykwas of Birmingham, AL. He was preceded in death by his Maternal Great Grandfather George...

Helen Cooper Havard

Helen Cooper Havard

Jul 23, 2005

Helen Cooper Havard died on Saturday, July 23, 2005, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her parents, Murphy Edwin Cooper and Frances Ferguson Cooper of Wiggins, MS and her husband, Bert Havard, Jr. of Gulfport. Mrs. Havard graduated from Wiggins High School in 1936 and from Brenau College in Georgia in 1940 with a BA in History...

Rita Louise Braxton

Rita Louise Braxton

Jul 23, 2005

Ms. Rita Louise Braxton was born March 30, 1951 to the late Mr. Moses Hopkins and Mrs. Albertha L. Hopkins, of Amsterdam, New York. At an early age she received Christ. She attended and graduated from Wilbur H. Lynch High School in 1970. After graduation, she attended Bryan Stratton Business Institute for Data Entry. On August 23, 1974, she united...

Sofia Collette

Sofia Collette

Jul 21, 2005

Sofia Collette, 82, of Biloxi, MS, died Thursday, July 21, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Collette was a native of Bystryca, Poland and a survivor of the holocaust. After WW II she met her air force husband, George. They moved to Biloxi 40 years ago. She was a devoted wife and a self-made, hardworking woman, possessed with great ingenuity. Sofia was...

Sherry Eddy Gavin

Sherry Eddy Gavin

Jul 21, 2005

Ms. Sherry Gavin Eddy, 58 years young, of Jackson, MS died in Jackson, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Ms. Eddy was a native of Biloxi and lived in Jackson for the past 15 years. She was employed with the MS State Tax Commission as a Processor. She was of the Lutheran Faith. Sherry loved life, her family and people in general...

Thomas Fortier

Thomas Fortier

Jul 21, 2005

Thomas R. Fortier, 71, of Biloxi, MS. died July 21, 2005 . Memorial Service will be on Sunday 2:00 p.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Biloxi, MS. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home.