Obituaries

Steven D. Doyle

Steven D. Doyle

May 24, 2005

Steven D. "Steve" Doyle, 49, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 after a courageous battle with cancer. A native and lifelong resident of Biloxi, Steve was a graduate of Biloxi High School Class of 1973. He was employed in civil service for the U. S. Dept. of Navy as a Quality Assurance Specialist. He retired from the U. S. Air Force...

James "Billy" Booker

James "Billy" Booker

May 24, 2005

James "Billy" Booker, Sr., 83, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in Biloxi. Mr. Booker was a native of Alabama and a lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was the former owner of Hygiene Crab Company in Biloxi, Vancleave and Pascagoula. He was also a U S Navy Veteran of WWII. Mr. Booker was preceded in death by his son James "Billy"...

Vincent Matthew "Matt" Rog

Vincent Matthew "Matt" Rog

May 24, 2005

Vincent Matthew "Matt" Rog III, 26, of Biloxi, MS died on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Mr. Rog was employed with McElroy Catchot Winch Company, Inc. for the past two years. Mr. Rog is survived by his wife, Jennifer Seib Rog of Woolmarket, MS, two sons, Matthew Rog and Alex Rog of Woolmarket, Mother, Debra Rog of Mobile, AL, Father, Vincent...

Victor Patrick Blanton

Victor Patrick Blanton

May 24, 2005

Victor Patrick Blanton, 45, of Gulfport, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Blanton was employed by Eagle Mechanical. Mr. Blanton was preceded in death by his father, James "Jim" Carter Blanton, Jr., maternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Lyons and paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. James Carter Blanton, Sr. Survivors include his fiancee Tammy Mayfield of Long...

Verna May Tucker Yarborough

Verna May Tucker Yarborough

May 23, 2005

Mrs. Verna May Tucker Yarborough, age 48, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Yarborough was born in Houston, TX., and was a resident of Ocean Springs since 1965. She was preceded in death by her parents, Francis and Peggy Tucker and a brother, Little Leon Tucker. She is survived by her husband, Clarence...

Paul Bigot

Paul Bigot

May 23, 2005

Mr. Paul Bigot, age 83, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Monday, May 23, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Bigot was a lifelong resident of Jackson County. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church and former member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Laurens, S.C., where he served in the fundraising activities. Mr. Bigot retired from the...

Sgt. Danny Varnado

Sgt. Danny Varnado

May 23, 2005

Sgt. Danny Varnado was killed in Iraq on Monday, May 23rd 2005. He had been a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard unit 155th Infantry based in Biloxi, Ms since November of 2000. He was a graduate of Harrison Central High School in 1999. He played baseball throughout high school. Danny attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for two...

David "Dave" Thomas Ausborn

David "Dave" Thomas Ausborn

May 23, 2005

David "Dave" Thomas Ausborn died at his home in Biloxi on May 23, 2005, surrounded by his wife and children. He is probably best remembered as the owner-operator of the Biloxi Post Office Snack Bar of over 32 years. There, many people shared a cup of Dave's delicious coffee as well as the latest news around town. Dave later maintained...

Jo Ann Nodhturft

Jo Ann Nodhturft

May 22, 2005

Jo Ann Nodhturft, 58, native of New York and coast resident of thirty years went home to be with our Lord on May 22,2005. She leaves behind her beloved husband and best friend of 40 years, Edward R. Nodhturft of Ocean Springs, MS and her six children: Nancy Wilson & Jodi Phipps of Pensacola, FL, Vicki Nodhturft & Dina Tiblier...

Jo Ann Nodhturft

Jo Ann Nodhturft

May 22, 2005

Jo Ann Nodhturft, 58, native of New York and coast resident of thirty years went home to be with our Lord on May 22,2005. She leaves behind her beloved husband and best friend of 40 years, Edward R. Nodhturft of Ocean Springs, MS and her six children: Nancy Wilson & Jodi Phipps of Pensacola, FL, Vicki Nodhturft & Dina Tiblier...

Grace W. Carroll

Grace W. Carroll

May 22, 2005

Mrs. Grace W. Carroll, age 90, of Biloxi, MS., died Sunday, May 22, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Carroll was a native of Vancleave, MS. She was a member of the Vancleave Holiness Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and volunteered with visitation and ministries. Mrs. Carroll was preceded in death by her husband, Bizer Carroll, Sr., and...

Emile Frederick "Rip" Domning

Emile Frederick "Rip" Domning

May 21, 2005

Emile Frederick "Rip" Domning died May 21, 2005, in Burtonsville, Maryland, at the age of 98, after suffering a fall on May 2. He was born Jan. 20, 1907 in Ocean Springs, the oldest child of Benard Domning and Alphonsine Beaugez. His reminiscences of growing up in Ocean Springs were serialized in 2003 in the "Ocean Springs Record". He got...

Alice R. Pilutti

Alice R. Pilutti

May 21, 2005

Mrs. Alice R. Pilutti, 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, died Saturday, May 21, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Pilutti was a native of Taylorsville, MS and had been a resident of Ocean Spring for the past forty eight years. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Mattie Yelverton, several...

Hazel Moran Seymour

Hazel Moran Seymour

May 19, 2005

Beloved Mother and Grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Moran Seymour, 83, died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Seymour was born Ocitober 24, 1921 in D'Iberville to Harry and Lillie Blackwell Moran. She was a 1940 graduate of D'Iberville High School and she lived in D'Iberville all her life until moving to Biloxi in 2000. She worked for the American Red...

Dorothy Elizabeth Jenkins Lyons

Dorothy Elizabeth Jenkins Lyons

May 19, 2005

Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth Jenkins Lyons, age 85, of Biloxi, MS., died Thursday, May 19, 2005, in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Lyons was born on March 4, 1920, in Paulsboro, NJ. She was the female half of "The Graduating Grandparents" of 1973, graduating from the former Glassboro State College in New Jersey. She and her husband, James, graduated together at the age...

Billy R. Yarber

Billy R. Yarber

May 18, 2005

Mr. Billy R. Yarber, age 74, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Yarber was a resident of the community since 1977 and was a 27 year veteran of the US Air Force. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Chandler, his parents, George and Rena Yarber, sister, Maxine Yarber, and three...

Peggy E. Markasich

Peggy E. Markasich

May 18, 2005

Mrs. Peggy E. Markasich, 81, of Gulfport, MS, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Biloxi. Mrs. Markasich was a native of Amory, MS and was a former resident of Biloxi.. She resided in Gulfport for the past ten and a half years ago. She was a U. S. Army Veteran of WW II and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Markasich...

Ernestine Balius Bellande

Ernestine Balius Bellande

May 18, 2005

Mrs. Ernestine Balius Bellande, age 98, of Biloxi, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Bellande was born in Biloxi, MS., on April 23, 1907. She lived in Flint, Michigan for six years during World War II and returned to Biloxi in 1946. Mrs. Bellande worked during the 1950's at "South Central Bell Attendant Center" at Keesler...

Jason Raymond Krohn

Jason Raymond Krohn

May 18, 2005

Mr. Jason Raymond Krohn, age 27, of Latimer, MS., died Wednesday, May 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Jason was born in Ocean Springs on July 25, 1977. He had resided in Latimer until his marriage when he moved to Vancleave. Jason was a quiet, reserved man, goal oriented, handsome and brave. He was a 1995 graduate of St. Martin High...

Charles Eugene Waltman

Charles Eugene Waltman

May 17, 2005

Mr. Charles Eugene Waltman, age 33, of Gulfport, MS., died Tuesday, May 17, 2005, in Gulfport. Mr. Waltman was a shrimper and a lifelong resident of the community. He was a Baptist. He was preceded in death by his mother, Nellie Harrington. He is survived by two daughters, Tori Waltman and Mariah Waltman, former spouse, Deanna Waltman, his father, Jack...