Obituaries
Beulah Bellais
Feb 21, 2005
Mrs. Beulah M. Creel Bellais, 94, of Biloxi, died Monday Feb. 21, 2005 in Biloxi. She was born July 16, 1910 in Biloxi, and had lived here all her life, she was of the Methodist faith and a member of the Ladies Back Bay Auxillary. She was preceded in death by her husband, George H. "Gig" Bellais, her son, Herman...
Hazel Romero Fletcher
Feb 21, 2005
Mrs. Hazel Romero Fletcher, 64, past away February 21, 2005 in Biloxi, MS. She was born January 9, 1941 in Biloxi and was a lifelong resident. She was member of St. Louis Catholic Church, member of Biloxi's Fleur De Lis Society, Women's Auxillary, and a past president. She graduated from nursing school in 1966, spending the majority of her career...
Betty Breal
Feb 21, 2005
Betty J. Breal, 74, of Biloxi, MS passed away Monday, February 21, 2005 in D'Iberville. Ms. Breal was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She retired from BellSouth as a telephone operator after 30 years of service and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers. She was also a lifelong member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. Ms. Breal was...
Barbara Ann Mayer Decker
Feb 21, 2005
Barbara Ann Mayer Decker was called home to eternal life with God on Monday evening, February 21, 2005. Her life of 60 years on this earth was a living example of what it means to be genuinely concerned for the needs of others, to bring joy and unexpected surprises into the life of her family and friends, and to be...
Joseph V. Stachurski
Feb 20, 2005
Mr. Joseph V. Stachurski, age 85, of Hattiesburg, MS., died Sunday, February 20, 2005, in Hattiesburg, from complications following a heart attack. Mr. Stachurski was an honorably discharged veteran of WWII, serving campaigns in the Philippines and Japan. He was a retired professor of Biology and Chemistry. Mr. Stachurski is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lois Smith Stachurski...
Elsie Amelia Owen Williams
Feb 19, 2005
Mrs. Elsie Amelia Owen Williams, 79, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, February 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Williams was a native of Lumberton, MS and had been a coast resident over 60 years. She was retired from Ingall's Shipbuilding as a printing machine operator. Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ocean Springs and...
Steve Stallman
Feb 19, 2005
Mr. Stephen John Stallman, 59, of Ocean Springs, MS died Saturday, February 19, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Stallman was a native of Los Angeles, California and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a U. S. Army Veteran and worked at City Auto Parts and Cedar Lake Auto Parts. Mr. Stillman was an avid Nascar fan...
Beatrice Lepre
Feb 19, 2005
Mrs. Beatrice R. Lepre, 78, of D'Iberville, MS passed away Saturday, February 19, 2005. Mrs. Lepre has been a lifelong resident of the coast. She was employed in Civil Service at Keesler AFB and retired after 17 years with the Transportation Division. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society and the Ladies Auxiliary VFW, Post...
Robert Arthur Hessell
Feb 19, 2005
Robert Arthur Hessell, 82, of Gulfport died Saturday, February 19, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Hessell was born in Chicago, IL and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1965. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Air Force during World War II and the Korean War and was a retired Logistics Engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was...
Elma Stamper
Feb 18, 2005
Mrs. Elma Parker Stamper, R.N., 86, of Biloxi, MS died Friday, February 18, 2005 in Gulfport. Mrs. Stamper was a native Biloxian and a retired registered nurse. She was a member of the Coalville United Methodist Church in Woolmarket and was a life member of the National Home Gardening Club. During the Polio epidemic she worked in acute polio nursing...
Larry Edward Carnley
Feb 18, 2005
Mr. Larry Edward Carnley, 61, of Houma, LA died Friday, February 18, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Carnley was born in Mobile, AL, and had been a resident of Houma, LA for the past sixteen years. He was a former resident of Ocean Springs and a 1962 graduate of Ocean Springs High School. He was a retired U. S....
Christopher Ross
Feb 17, 2005
Christopher Mark Ross, 34, a life-long resident of Biloxi, MS, went to join his Heavenly Father and finally found peace on Thursday, February 17, 2005. He is preceded in death by his father, Walter E. Ross, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Powell Ross, his three sons, Justin Ross, Joel Calhoun and Cade Ross, his great-grandmother Beulah Bellais,...
Terri T. Wilson
Feb 17, 2005
Mrs. Terri T. Wilson, age 41, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Thursday, February 17, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Hernando, MS., and had been a coast resident for the past 6 years. She taught 4th and 5th grade Special Education at St. Martin Upper Elementary School. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist...
Violet Hingle Fontenelle
Feb 17, 2005
Mrs. Violet Hingle Fontenelle, 90, of Biloxi, MS passed away February 17, 2005. She was born in Pointe ala Hache, LA. and lived in New Orleans most of her life. She has lived in Biloxi since December of 1974 and was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Biloxi. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Edythe Griffin Closson
Feb 16, 2005
Mrs. Edythe Griffin Closson, age 85, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, February 16, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Closson was a longtime resident of the community and a member of the Methodist church. She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by one daughter, Lynda Allen, a son, Dale Closson, both of Ocean Springs, a sister,...
Oscar Gottfried "Pete" Peterson
Feb 15, 2005
Oscar Gottfried "Pete" Peterson, Jr., age 81, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 in Gulfport. Retired from the U.S. Air Force, he served during World War II and in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He was also retired from Civil Service, where he taught electronics at Keesler AFB for twenty-three years. He was a volunteer at Keesler Medical Center for many...
Ruth Martino Hooper
Feb 15, 2005
Mrs. Ruth Martino Hooper, 75, of D'Iberville, MS passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Hooper was born in Biloxi on May 15, 1929 and has been a life long resident of Biloxi and D'Iberville, except for 3 1/2 years in Adana, Turkey and Altus, Oklahoma. She was a devoted homemaker and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic...
Phyllis Hunter
Feb 15, 2005
Phyllis Hunter, 84, of Long Beach, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 in Pass Christian. Mrs. Hunter was born in Lincoln, NE and lived most of her life in the Detroit, MI area. She had been a resident of the Coast since 1996. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Long Beach. Mrs. Hunter retired as co-owner of Hunter...
John Arthur Wenzel
Feb 14, 2005
John Arthur Wenzel, 60, of Gulfport died Monday, February 14, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Wenzel was born in Olean, NY and had been a resident of Gulfport for 31 years. Mr. Wenzel served in the United States Navy SeaBees and retired in 1992 after over 27 years of service. He was a graduate of William Carey College and the University...
Judith Rae Funderburk Oliver
Feb 13, 2005
Mrs. Judith Oliver, 57, of Breaux Bridge, LA died Sunday, February 13, 2005, in Breaux Bridge. Mrs. Oliver was a native of New Orleans, LA and had been a former longtime resident of D'Iberville. She was a former member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a resident of Breaux Bridge since October, 2004. She was preceded in death by her...
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