Obituaries
Linda R. Craighead
Oct 7, 2022
Linda R. Craighead, 74 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022.
She was born on December 8, 1947 in Attalla, AL to Arey and Mary Yates. She graduated from multiple Northeast Alabama Facilities. She was employed with child care and assisted living services. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, and knitting.
Linda was preceded in death by...
Tamilita "Tami" Tyler Schayot
Oct 7, 2022
Tamilita “Tami” Tyler Schayot, age 59, of Metairie, LA, passed away during the early morning hours on Friday, October 7, 2022, in her home with her children.
Tami was born on September 1st, 1963, in Atlanta, GA. Her parents, Tomie and Shirley, moved the family to Louisiana soon after she was born. The Tyler family grew up the majority of...
Wallace Eugene Blanchard
Oct 7, 2022
Wallace Eugene Blanchard, Sr., age 86, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022.
Mr. Blanchard was a long-time resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was retired from the United States Army, and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Blanchard was also a retired civil servant of the Veterans Administration. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. ...
Mrs. Loyce Smith Hire
Oct 7, 2022
Mrs. Loyce Smith Hire, age 89 of Biloxi passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022.
Mrs. Hire was a longtime resident of Biloxi. She was born February 10, 1933 in Lake Village, Arkansas, to Idell Wells Smith and William Hance Smith. She moved to Biloxi in the mid-1950s. She loved to cook especially with her twin sister. Another enjoyment was...
Ethel Lynn "Gigi" Lott
Oct 6, 2022
Ethel Lynn “Gigi” (Stolica) Lott, age 60, of Vancleave, Mississippi, passed away unexpectedly on October 6, 2022.
Lynn was born on January 29, 1962 in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was a life-long resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she graduated from Long Beach High School in 1980. She met her husband of forty-three years in 1978 and married on...
Willis N McNeil
Oct 5, 2022
Willis N. McNeil, 73, of Gloster, Mississippi, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at the Veterans Home in Biloxi, MS. He was transferred from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home to Brown Funeral Home in Gloster.
Mr. McNeil was born December 25, 1948 in Gloster, MS. to Willie J. and Perlie Price McNeil. He served in the Vietnam War and was of the...
Polie "Danny" Daniel Ainsworth
Oct 5, 2022
Polie Daniel Ainsworth was born on December 01, 1950 in Laurel, Mississippi. Better known as “Danny,” Polie grew up in Biloxi and attended public school, where he learned to play the trumpet while in elementary school. Throughout his years at Biloxi High School, Danny was a member of Prof Carpenter’s superb marching band. Danny was band Captain and named most...
Curtis Joseph Bourgeois
Oct 5, 2022
Curtis Joseph Bourgeois passed away at his home on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the age of 87.
Mr. Bourgeois was born in Biloxi, MS. He retired from the Biloxi Fire Department as a firefighter after 26 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lelia and Oswald Bourgeois; and his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and...
Hattie Jean Reagan
Oct 5, 2022
Hattie Jean Reagan, 85, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 in Biloxi.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dan C. Reagan; her parents, George Lewis and Bell Brown Robertson; her brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Margaret Robertson; and her daughter-in-law, Carolyn Reagan.
Mrs. Reagan’s survivors include her children, Linda (Paul) Rieder, Thomas Reagan...
Sharon T. Doudna Jones
Oct 4, 2022
Sharon T. Doudna Jones, age 62, of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 2022, in Gulfport. Sharon was born on Nov. 20th, 1959, in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
Ms. Jones was a longtime resident of Gulfport, both before and following her twenty-year military career. Sharon was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and friend and a compassionate caretaker...
James Franklin Dooley
Oct 4, 2022
James "Jimmy" Franklin Dooley, age 70, of Gulfport, MS passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at his home in Gulfport.
James was born in Gulfport to James and Fannie Dooley. After attending high school, he served in the US Army as a paratrooper. He was later employed as a brick mason and welder. James loved fishing, river life, family and...
Mary Kathryn Houston
Oct 3, 2022
Mary Kathryn Houston passed away October 3, 2022 at her home in Biloxi. She was transferred from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home to W.E. Pegues Funeral Directors in Tupelo.
A native and longtime resident of Lee County, she was born April 4, 1928 to Johnny Newton Witcher and Myrtle Gilliland Witcher. Kathryn was primarily a homemaker, and cherished taking care of her...
Judith Ann Rodden Littleton
Oct 3, 2022
Judith Ann Rodden Littleton, age 75, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2022 due to congestive heart failure. She was born October 4, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri to Russell and Ruth Rodden. She married her best friend and love, Dolen Wade Littleton, on November 26, 1966, who preceded her in death on October 11, 2009.
After traveling the...
Preston Louis Blaine
Oct 3, 2022
Preston Louis Blaine, 73, of Biloxi, MS, died peacefully on Monday, October 3,2022, at the Mississippi State Home for Veterans, Collins, MS.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Preston and Mildred Thompson; and his father, Louis I. Blaine.
Survivors include his mother, Helen Thompson Blaine; three sisters, Beverly (Roger) Berry, Donna Dickson, Karen (Michael) Farry; and two...
Donald Wayne Mieger, Sr.
Oct 2, 2022
Donald Wayne Mieger, Sr. age 84, of Biloxi, passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2022, at One Magnolia Place in Gulfport.
Donald was born on August 12, 1938, in Orange County, CA, to Harold and Alberta Curl Mieger. He graduated from Fullerton High School and California State University in Long Beach, CA. He spent two years active duty in the...
Eldridge E.A. Helwick Jr.
Oct 1, 2022
Eldridge (E.A.) Helwick Jr., 70, of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed away suddenly on October 1st from an apparent heart attack in Gulfport. Eldridge was born on Nov. 28, 1951 to Eldridge Anthony Helwick Sr. and Quincy Louise Winston in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Eldridge was a native and lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, business owner of Sound Advice, The Video...
Robert Drue Higdon
Oct 1, 2022
Robert Drue Higdon, known as Drue, or “the Dude”, “Hootie”, and “the General”, age 69, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022. He was born in Gulfport, MS and was a lifelong resident. His parents were Robert Gordon Higdon and Jean Higdon Taylor. We all cherished this precious addition to our family.
During his years at Gulfport High School...
Pamela Sanford Carlisle
Oct 1, 2022
Pamela Sanford Carlisle, 65, of Canton, MS passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2022 in Canton.
Mrs. Carlisle was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a retired Director for the Child Development Center at the U.S. Navy Base. Mrs. Carlisle was a member of the Cornerstone Community Church in Gulfport.
She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Colleen Marie Palmer
Sep 30, 2022
Colleen Marie Palmer, 67, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022 in Gulfport.
Colleen was born on February 12, 1955 in Newnan, GA to Thomas and Suzanne Gill. She was retired from FEMA and enjoyed sewing, cooking and traveling.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Wayne Palmer; her...
Anne Sox Alwine
Sep 29, 2022
Patricia Anne Sox Alewine of Franklin, NC joined her husband in heaven on September 29, 2022.She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, & sister. Anne was born in Lexington, SC on September 14, 1939 to William Henry Sox and Annie Lou Harmon Sox. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Roger Wayne Alewine Sr., and brothers,...
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