Obituaries
Elaine Roehm Mangano
May 6, 2022
Elaine Roehm Mangano, age 99, of Gulfport, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2022. Ms. Mangano was a longtime resident of Gulfport. She was born May 5, 1923 in Buffalo, NY and graduated from St. Luke's in New York with a nursing degree. Ms. Mangano joined the Navy Nurse Corps where she served as a nurse during WWII. At...
David Charles Hines
May 5, 2022
David Charles Hines, age 70 of Ocean Springs, MS went home to his Lord on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Houston, TX. He was born June 13, 1951 in Beacon, NY to Everett and Irene Hines.
David was a former police officer and cable technician. He retired from the Navy base in Gulfport, MS as a fire alarm technician...
Richard Eugene Wink
May 5, 2022
Richard Eugene Wink, age 75, of Gulfport, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2022.
Richard graduated from Gulfport High School in 1965 and The University of Southern Mississippi in 1969. He began his teaching career at Gulf Coast Military Academy in the early 1970’s and later taught at Long Beach Middle School. He worked in the coast casino industry...
Jessie "Lee Lee" Lee Waltman, Sr.
May 5, 2022
Jessie “Lee Lee” Lee Waltman, Sr., age 45, born on July 30, 1976 went home to our Lord and Savior on Thursday May 5th, 2022, in Bay St. Louis, MS.
Lee Lee was a native and lifelong resident of Vancleave, MS. Lee Lee was a former employee of Huntington Ingalls and a current employee of Stump N Grind Tree...
Phyllis Stokes Manuel
May 5, 2022
Phyllis Stokes Manuel, age 79, of Wiggins, MS passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Wiggins.
She was born on March 16, 1943 in Newport News, VA to David Allen and Hazel Louise Hahn Stokes.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her spouse of 33 years, James R. Manuel; children Allen Brooks,...
Mary Helen Hawthorne Bryant
May 4, 2022
Mary Helen Hawthorne Bryant entered this life on July 19, 1946, in Gulfport, MS. She answered our Heavenly Father’s call to return home on May 4, 2022. She was the eldest of eight children born to the late Mr. Buford Hawthorne and Ms. Mable Griffith Brown. Our mother has always taken care of others and we believe being the...
Edward "Eddie" Allen Jones, Jr.
May 4, 2022
Edward “Eddie” Allen Jones, Jr., age 66, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in Gulfport.
Eddie was born in Water Valley, MS. He was a graduate of St. Martin High School and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering. Eddie was an independent licensed insurance agent and an Enrolled IRS Agent C.A.A. He was a member of Handsboro...
Mark Theodore McKinney
May 4, 2022
Mark T. “Papaw” McKinney, age 65, of Gulfport, MS (originally from Terre Haute, IN) passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in his residence surrounded by loved ones.
He was born on September 28, 1956 in Terre Haute, IN to Harry Leon and Bertha (Holley) McKinney. He completed basic training for the US Army in 1974, then was stationed...
Alice Faye Pittman
May 4, 2022
Alice Faye Pittman, 81, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at her home in Biloxi.
Mrs. Pittman was born on August 23, 1940 in Beckley, WV and was the last living of thirteen siblings. She retired as a cook from Keesler AFB. After retirement, she went to work in the Poker Room at the Beau...
Katherine Ruddiman Sweeney
May 3, 2022
On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022, Katherine Ruddiman Sweeney, age 79, passed away from natural causes in the hospital near her home in Ocean Springs, MS.
Katherine was born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan and spent her summers in Ocean Springs in her youth and winters after her retirement. She had an AA degree from Michigan State and began a career...
Andrew Byrd
May 3, 2022
Andrew "Andy" "Bondi" "Byrd Man" "Tweety Bird" "Red Fish" Byrd, age 57, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Tuesday, May 03, 2022.
Andy was born in New Haven, CT. He grew up wild in the streets of Pascagoula, and he graduated from Pascagoula High School. He attended college at Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas. He finally settled down...
Thomas Grover Rushing
May 3, 2022
Thomas Grover Rushing, 54, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away peacefully at home on May 3, 2022 from cancer.
Tom was born on November 2, 1967 in Greenville, MS. At age sixteen, Tom began working for his father, Dutch Rushing, at Rushing Communications Service, Inc. in Greenville, MS. Tom graduated from Washington School in Greenville, MS. In 1991, Tom graduated...
Robert "Bobby" Horace Jordan, Jr.
May 3, 2022
Robert “Bobby” Horace Jordan, Jr., age 65, of D’Iberville, MS passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. He made the statement I’ll be shaking Jesus’ hand in the morning.
Bobby was born on November 29, 1956 in Biloxi, MS. He attended MGCCC where he obtained an Associate’s Degree. He...
Janice Thomas Matthews
May 2, 2022
Janice Thomas Matthews, 78, passed away peacefully at her home in Cartersville, Georgia on Tuesday, May 2, 2022. Janice was born November 25, 1943 in Savannah, Georgia, to Albertus “Bert” Thomas and Louise Brown Thomas. In 1965, she met Jack Matthews and they wed in July of that year, going on to have 2 children, Kaye Matthews and Ben Matthews.
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Billie Gerald Tice
May 2, 2022
Billie Gerald Tice, 92, of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on Monday, May 2, 2022 in Gulfport.
Mr. Tice was born in Hugo, OK and joined the Army-Air Corp at the age of 17. He went into the computer field in the U.S. Air Force, retiring after 21 years. Mr. Tice went to work for the Harris Corporation as...
Marjorie "Marge" Davis Jones
May 1, 2022
Marjorie “Marge” Davis Jones, a resident of Gulfport, MS was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, May 1, 2022. She was 89 years old.
Marjorie is survived by her son, Robert Dewitte Jones III; daughters, Brenda (Ralph) Williams and Janet Miller; grandchildren, Billie Renee’, Amanda, Vicky, Michelle, and Michael; great-grandchildren, Morgan Jackson, Darby, and Cecily; and numerous friends.
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Arlene Thomas
Apr 30, 2022
Arlene Thomas, age 76, of Gulfport, MS, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022.
Arlene was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast, since 2002 when she moved here from Chicago, IL. She was a graduate of Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago, IL and later attended Catherin College where she had taken some business courses. She was...
August John Peterson
Apr 30, 2022
August John Peterson, 85, passed away peacefully on April 30th, 2022 with his wife of 62 years by his side holding hands.
His children called him Dad, family and relatives called him AJ, friends knew him as Pete, but most called him Papa.
He was born on April 21st, 1937 in Bay St. Louis, MS. After graduating from Bay High...
Julia Deshamp Weldon
Apr 30, 2022
Julia Ann Deshamp Weldon, known to many as JuJu, age 64, of the Lizana community in Gulfport, MS passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022 in Gulfport.
She was born on May 7, 1957 in Gulfport, MS. She attended Pearl River Community College and was employed as a teacher’s assistant with Harrison County Schools in Lizana and Lyman. Julia...
George Cleveland Davis
Apr 30, 2022
George Cleveland Davis, age 73, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Ocean Springs, MS, where he was a resident for the past ten years.
George was born on January 1, 1949, in Atlanta, GA. He was a proud Vietnam veteran. George retired from Florida Power & Light as a lineman with 43 years of service. He was a...
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