Obituaries

Dorothy Elizabeth Powell Evans
Feb 9, 2005
Dorothy Elizabeth Powell Evans, 78, of Ocean Springs died Wed., Feb. 9, 2005. Private memorial services are planned for a later date. Bradford O'Keefe, Howard Ave., Biloxi is in charge of arrangements.

Ralph Sherman
Feb 9, 2005
Ralph Allen Sherman, 74, passed away February 9, 2005 in Yuma, AZ. with his children by his side. Mr. Sherman was born in Loves Park, Ill. on December 12, 1930. He had been a long time resident of Ocean Springs before he moved to Yuma, AZ. Ralph was retired from the United States Air Force. He had served from 1951-1971,...

Dale Shepard
Feb 9, 2005
Mr. Dale Shepard, age 67, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Wednesday, February 9, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Shepard was formerly of Bullhead City, Arizona for 29 years and a coast resident for one year. He was a member of the BPOE #2408 in Bullhead City, where he was the exalted ruler from 1982-1983 and from 1993-1994, a life member...

Ralph Wilson
Feb 9, 2005
Ralph L. Wilson, 84, of Biloxi, MS, died Wednesday, February 9, 2005 in Ocean Springs, MS. Mr. Wilson was born in Woodville, AL. and resided on the coast since 1949. He was in the US Army Air Corps and also a veteran of WWII. He retired from Keesler Air Force Base as a Civil Service Electronic Instructor. He received a...

Frank Pavlov, Sr.
Feb 8, 2005
Frank "Buffalo" Pavlov, Sr. died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Pavlov was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. He was in the United States Coast Guard and a veteran of WW II. He was owner of Franks Barber Shop on Howard Ave. for over 60 years. He was also a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church....
Lt. Col. Lloyd Caillavet
Feb 8, 2005
Lt. Col. (USAF, Ret.) Lloyd "Blue" Caillavet, 93, died February 8, 2005 in Biloxi, MS. Blue was born in Biloxi on December 23, 1911. He graduated from Biloxi High in 1931 and attended Millsaps College, Jackson, Southeastern University, Washington, D.C., University of Maryland and Florida State University. Commissioned 2nd Lt., Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. on May 25, 1942. He then...
Olive N. Bryan
Feb 8, 2005
Mrs. Olive N. "Ollie" Bryan, age 85, of Ocean Springs, MS., died on Tuesday, February 8, 2005, in her home in Ocean Springs with her husband and daughters at her side. Mrs. Bryan was born in Hamden, Connecticut, and was raised in Sarasota, FL. Bill Bryan, a retired Air Force Fighter Pilot, and husband of 58 years, speaks of her...
Monnette Manuel
Feb 8, 2005
Monnette M. Manuel, 64, of D'Iberville, MS died Tuesday, February 8, 2005 in D'Iberville. Mrs. Manuel was born in Ardmore, OK and was a longtime coast resident. She was a former member of numerous community organizations in the D'Iberville area. Preceded in death by husband, Sherwood K. Manuel, parents, Fred and Edith Moates, brother, Larry Dale Moates. Survivors included daughter,...

Johnie Ray Duncan
Feb 6, 2005
Mr. Johnie Ray Duncan, age 62, of Pascagoula, MS., died Sunday, February 6, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Duncan was a native of Tylertown, MS., and a longtime resident of Jackson County. He served in the US Army and US Navy during the Vietnam WarHe was preceded in death by his wife of 35 years, Joyce Faye Williams Duncan and...
J.Basil Semanchick
Feb 6, 2005
J. Basil Semanchick, 89, of Long Beach, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 in Gulfport. Mr. Semanchick was born in Mount Pleasant, PA and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast since 1980 Mr. Semanchick attended Penn State University, served as a Captain in the Merchant Marines, and worked as a coalminer and was a Union Organizer in Kentucky and...
Alphonse Albert Anseman, Jr.
Feb 6, 2005
Mr. Alphonse Albert Anseman, Jr., 74, of Biloxi, MS died Sunday, February 6, 2005, In Ocean Springs Mr. Anseman was born in New Orleans and had been a longtime resident of the coast. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in D'Iberville and a U. S. Air Force Veteran of Vietnam. Mr. Anseman was a member of North...
Virginia Quave Bellais
Feb 6, 2005
Mrs. Virginia Quave Bellais, 69, of Biloxi, MS died Sunday, February 6, 2005 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Bellais was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She worked many years at Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant where she served President Gerald Ford upon his visit to the coast. She was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Bellais was preceded in death by her...

Margaret Hick
Feb 5, 2005
Mrs. Margaret Hick, age 86, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Saturday, February 5, 2005, in Biloxi, MS. Mrs. Hick was a resident of the community since 1983. She was a member of Gulf Hills Garden Club where she served as treasurer. She was also the first woman manager to work at W.T. Grant Company during WWII. Mrs. Hick was a...

Anthony C. Dronet
Feb 5, 2005
Anthony C. Dronet, 47, of Biloxi, MS died Sat., Feb. 5. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday Feb. 13, 2005, 1PM, at 15396 Grandmother's Lane, Biloxi MS. Bradford-O'Keefe in charge of arrangements.
Grace Walker Pfister
Feb 5, 2005
Grace Walker Pfister, 97, of Pass Christian died Saturday, February 5, 2005 in Pass Christian. Mrs. Pfister was born in Bowie, LA and had been a resident of Pass Christian since 1960. She attended Louisiana State Normal Teacher's College and was a school teacher and later a bookkeeper. Mrs. Pfister was a founding member of the Church of the Good...

Scottie Riemann Howard, Sr.
Feb 5, 2005
Mr. Scottie Riemann Howard, Sr., 65, of Saucier, MS died Saturday, February 5, 2005, in Saucier. Mr. Howard was born in Gulfport and remained a lifelong resident of the coast. He was of the Baptist faith and a retired automobile mechanic. Preceding Mr. Howard in death were his wife, Nellie Elizabeth Howard; a son, James Spiers; three brothers and three...
Joann Rachel Krohn Bissett
Feb 4, 2005
Joann Rachel Krohn Bissett, 44, of Ocean Springs, MS died Friday, February 4, 2005, in Ocean Springs Hospital of cancer. Mrs. Bissett was a lifelong resident of the Latimer Community and graduated from St. Martin High School in 1979. She was a dedicated sports mom and loved the Mardi Gras season. Joann was a maid of the Southernettes Carnival Association...

Ethel Rouse Craig
Feb 4, 2005
Mrs. Ethel Rouse Craig, 77, of Gulfport, MS was called home to be with our Father in Heaven on Friday, February 4, 2005. Born October 1, 1927, to the late Mr. Walter David Rouse and Mrs. Eugenia Murray Rouse of Warsaw, NC and cared for by her step-mother, Sallie Wilkins Rouse. Mrs. Craig was a member of Mississippi City United...

Harold J. Spradley
Feb 3, 2005
Harold J. Spradley, 83, of Biloxi, MS died Thurs February 3, 2005 in Biloxi. Graveside services Tue February 8, 2005 at Biloxi National Cemetery. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs, in charge of arrangements.
Jane Carns
Feb 3, 2005
Jane Carns died at peace and surrounded by love February 3, 2005, in Diamondhead. She will be missed by all who knew her, but her spirit lives on in her family and those whose lives she touched. She would have been 89 on February 26, and would have liked to see 90; but she understood better than most that things...
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