Obituaries
Franklin "Frank" Earl Leach
Jan 16, 2023
Franklin “Frank” Earl Leach, a great man with a heart of pure gold, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023 at the age of 70. It is hard to put into a few words the culmination of a life of service. Those who knew Frank well knew he lived to serve others. Frank was born in Pascagoula but grew up...
Mary Ann Gonzalez Stewart
Jan 15, 2023
Mary Ann Gonzalez Stewart, 64, a resident of Biloxi, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Mary was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on January 6, 1959, to Mr. And Mrs. Vincent Gonzalez. She was raised in Baton Rouge and the family would often visit her grandmother in New Orleans. Mary was a graduate of...
Constance "Connie" Elaine Geisenderfer
Jan 14, 2023
Constance “Connie” Elaine Geisenderfer, age 90, of Sharon, CT, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Connie was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. She was a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, PA and of St. Luke’s School of Nursing, Class of 1952 where she was president of her graduating class and crowned Ms. St....
Louise Elaine Sumner Morales
Jan 14, 2023
Louise Elaine Sumner Morales passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Louise was a life-long resident of Biloxi. She was active with her 1965 Alumnae of Biloxi High School and was also active in the French Club. She will be severely missed by her dinner party ladies and her pokeno girls.Louise was preceded in death by her parents, Max and...
Steven Allen Villines
Jan 14, 2023
Steven Allen Villines, age 42, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, passed away on Saturday January 14, 2023.
Steven was a native and longtime resident of Ocean Springs. He graduated from Ocean Springs High School in 1999. Steven was one with nature and really loved animals and plants. In his time off, he was an avid reader; and loved to read any...
Myrtle "Patty" Ewing
Jan 14, 2023
Myrtle “Patty” Ewing, 50, of Vancleave, MS passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2023 at her home in Vancleave.
Patty was a native of Ocean Springs and a 1990 graduate of St. Martin High School. She was employed with the City of D’Iberville as an administrative assistant for Public Works. She was of the Baptist faith.
She was...
William Earl "Bill" Hughes, Jr.
Jan 13, 2023
William Earl "Bill" Hughes Jr. , 80 , passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023.
Bill was born in Youngstown, OH, and grew up in Stoneboro, PA. After a career of service in the U.S. Air Force, he settled in Saucier, MS.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Earl Hughes Sr. and Anna Lou Hughes, and daughter Tina...
Heather Diane Nelson
Jan 13, 2023
Heather Diane Nelson, age 49, of Biloxi, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, in Gulfport.
Heather was a resident of the Gulf Coast for over 45 years. She was born in Kansas City, MO, on May 16, 1973, to John D. Travelbee and Carol Ruth Daniels. Heather was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Gulfport. She...
IsaBella Dale Lawson
Jan 13, 2023
IsaBella Dale Lawson, age 91, of Gulfport died Friday, January 13, 2023.
Mrs. Lawson was born in Monroe County, AL and had been a resident of Gulfport Since 1976. She was a member of Forrest Heights Missionary Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lawson was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Lawson; two sons, Jimmie Lee Lawson and Eugene Lawson; one...
Wilda Theresa Mary Garlotte Horne Yoast
Jan 12, 2023
Wilda Theresa Mary Garlotte Horne Yoast, 94, of Biloxi, MS passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023 in Biloxi.
Mrs. Yoast was born in Biloxi, MS on May 28, 1928 to Dewey and Delta Garlotte. She graduated high school and volunteered for the VFW. Mrs. Yoast retired from the Keesler Exchange.
She was preceded in death by her husbands,...
Gloria Ann Freeman Simmons
Jan 11, 2023
Gloria Ann Freeman Simmons, 80, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 in D’Iberville.
Mrs. Simmons was born in Biloxi, MS on September 7, 1942 to Asel and Rose Mae Freeman. She graduated from Biloxi High School and attended vocational school, where she studied to become a key punch operator. Mrs. Simmons retired from the Data...
Patricia "Patsy" Mallard Ellmer
Jan 11, 2023
Patricia “Patsy” Mallard Ellmer, 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in Houston, Texas.
Patricia was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Albert “Buster” and Evelyn (McShane) Mallard. After graduating from Sacred Heart in 1950 and St. Mary’s Dominican College in 1954, she began a teaching career that spanned close to fifty years. One day, the father of one...
Jeanelle Madden Collom
Jan 11, 2023
Annie Jeanelle Madden Collom, 86 of Vancleave, MS passed away on January 11, 2023.
She was born on October 9, 1936 to Albert Madden and Ena Moffett.
Jeanelle was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Collom; son, Tommy Collom; parents, Albert and Ena Madden; brother, James Madden; sisters, Johnnie Rose Walker, Coyce Brown, Joyce Brigham, and Mildred Thompson.
She...
Juliette "Julie" Hebert Murray
Jan 10, 2023
Juliette “Julie” Hebert Murray, age 79, of Biloxi, passed away on January 10, 2023 in Biloxi.
Julie was born on April 8, 1943 in Biloxi, MS to the late Lonnie “Hoss” Hebert, Sr. and Julia Duval Hebert. She attended Biloxi High School. She enjoyed playing bingo, dancing and going on cruises with her best friend, Rhoda Eleuterius Coffield.
Julie is...
Dale Leroy Horner
Jan 10, 2023
Dale Leroy Horner, age 64, of Gulfport, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in Gulfport.
There are no services scheduled at this time.
Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is honored to serve the Horner family.
Jan Cook
Jan 10, 2023
Jan Marie (Barnes) Cook, 73, of Biloxi, MS gained her eternal angel wings on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at home surrounded by her loved ones.
Jan was of Catholic faith. She was born in Biloxi, MS on April 20, 1949 to Charles and Estelle Barnes. Jan was a graduate of Biloxi High School Class of 1967 and a...
Charles "Charlie" Edward Swan, Sr.
Jan 9, 2023
Charles “Charlie” Edward Swan, Sr., 91, passed away on January 9, 2023. Charlie was a nationally acclaimed, award-winning artist with a career spanning over 70 years. He created over a thousand portraits, still lifes, cartoons, murals, and his signature caricature paintings which reside in the homes and offices of dignitaries, officials, and NASA pioneers. In his later years, he...
Luther William McKinney
Jan 9, 2023
Luther William McKinney, 85, of Biloxi, MS passed away Monday, January 9, 2023. Mr. McKinney was born December 26, 1937 in Canton, NC to Roger McKinney and Helen Whitmire.
Mr. McKinney served in the United States Air Force for 20 years on active duty and 24 years civil service. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing and playing ball.
He...
Daniel Royce Entrekin
Jan 9, 2023
Daniel Royce “Danny Boy” Entrekin, 72 of Vancleave, MS passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023 in Gulfport, MS.
He was born on September 28, 1950 at Keesler Air Force Base to William Lewis Entrekin and Mary Quave Entrekin Harris. He was a graduate from Vancleave High School. He was employed as a Heavy Equipment Operator, Automotive Tech, Security Guard,...
Douglas Scott "Scotty" Broome
Jan 9, 2023
Scotty Broome, 77, of Ocean Springs passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones, on Monday, January 9, 2023.
Scotty was born the last of eight children on December 20, 1945, in Biloxi, to Wylie Thomas Broome, Sr. and Dovie Marcella Haddox Broome. While still in High School, Scotty enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve at the age...
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