OBITUARIES

Charles Bennett, Jr.

Dec 24, 2022

Charles Edward Bennett Sr, Age 76, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2022. He was a native to Gulfport, MS and a long-time resident of Long Beach, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lucille Bennett and Charles Edward Bennett; and his brother, Dennis Bennett.

He is survived by his son, Charles Howard Bennett (Aimee)...

Captain Joseph Kirkby, USAF (Ret)

Dec 24, 2022

Captain Joseph Trum Kirkby, USAF (Ret), of Gulfport, MS, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022 at the age of 85.

Joseph Trum Kirkby was born on May 4,1937, in London, England, to music hall and vaudeville entertainers. His father, Joseph Trum Nathan, a WW1 veteran, was a stand-up comedian, cartoonist, and caricaturist; and his mother, Patricia May Kirkby,...

Janet Chandler

Dec 23, 2022

Janet Chandler was filled with joie de vivre (she would like that little bit of French).

She was born near the strawberry fields and swamps of Bedico, Louisiana, during the Great Depression. After graduating from Ponchatoula High School at the age of 17, she left to travel and live around the world. And what a life she...

Tammy Dauterive

Dec 23, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tammy Cunningham Dauterive, beloved wife, mother, and daughter, on December 23, 2022, following a long battle with cancer. Tammy was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her passing.

Tammy was born on December 28, 1962, in Pascagoula, MS to her parents Dr. Orville...

Moline Conde

Dec 23, 2022

Mrs. Moline Remmler Conde age 99 of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, passed away on December 23, 2022 in Biloxi, Mississippi

The Riemann Family Funeral Home, 13872 Lemoyne Blvd., in West Jackson County proudly served the family. www.riemannfamily.com

Shirley Blount

Dec 22, 2022

Shirley Blount, age 73, of Biloxi, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport assisted Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Daphne, AL in serving the family.

Jannie Malley

Dec 22, 2022

Jannie Lou Brown Malley, age 71, of Dedeaux Community in Kiln, Mississippi was called home to Jesus on December 22, 2022, after a lifelong battle of illnesses.

She carried her cross with dignity and hid her pain so well; even in her most painful times she still stayed positive, smiled, talked to God, and worried about all...

Berniece Garner

Dec 22, 2022

Berniece Louise Garner of Biloxi, MS, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2022, with her daughter Teri by her side. She was 90.

Berniece was preceded in death by her parents Walter Grady and Alice Beatrice Rea, her brother Onie Ray, and her husband of 62 years, Wiley D. Garner. She is survived by her sister Lois...

Richard Atwood

Dec 21, 2022

Richard Dean Atwood, age 69, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport, served the family.

Johnny Wheat

Dec 21, 2022

Johnny Ray Wheat, (71), passed from this Earth to Heaven on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.

A native of Picayune and current resident of Long Beach, Johnny was known to all as a kind and generous soul who loved fishing, Saints and LSU football, his little dog, Elliott, and most of all, his family.  Born in 1951 to...

Thomas Jones

Dec 21, 2022

Thomas Vernon Jones, of Gulfport, MS, passed away Wednesday December 21, 2022, at the age of 72.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Texas Vansant Jones and Mary Alma Jones, brothers: Jack Jones, James Jones, Texas Jones, sister, Glenda Sue Jones Wilson Jones.

Thomas is survived by his beloved wife of 22 years,...

Harlan McDonald

Dec 21, 2022

Harlan Dee “Mac” McDonald, age 76 of Long Beach, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.

He was born in Baxter Springs, KS.  Mac retired from the U.S. Navy Seabees and also retired as campus chief at University of Southern MS, Long Beach Campus.

Mac was preceded in death by his son, Travis McDonald; his...

Billy Tolar

Dec 20, 2022

Billy R. Tolar, Sr., aged 87, of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed into eternal life on December 20, 2022.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Pearl Tolar; sisters, Angeline Watson and Yvonne Little.

Billy is survived by his wife Barbara (née Welford) of 64 years; his youngest son, Ronny (Misha), with grandchildren Braxton...

Norma Vaughn

Dec 20, 2022

Norma T. Vaughn, age 90, of Fort Walton Beach, FL, passed into eternal rest December 20, 2022.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 61 years Aubrey E. Vaughn, Jr; her parents Robert and Ann Tibbitts; her brothers Robert and Joe Tibbitts.

Survived by her two loving children Aubrey E. Vaughn, III...

Shirley Stewart

Dec 20, 2022

Shirley Rose Stewart, 86, of the Success Community in Saucier, MS, passed away December 20, 2022.  She was born in Biloxi, MS on February 20, 1936.

Shirley was a homemaker for most of her life and she loved taking care of those that she loved. She loved to cook, grow a garden and tend to her yard. Shirley...

Irma Ladner

Dec 20, 2022

Irma Depreo Ladner, age 89, of Long Beach, passed away on December 20, 2022.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Olease and Mabel Faye Depreo; a sister, Merle Haas; and her first husband, Sidney Bennett.

Mrs. Ladner is survived by her loving husband, R.D. “Bobby” Ladner, Sr; her children, Stephanie (Bobby) Ariatti; Richard...

Joseph Paine

Dec 19, 2022

Joseph Maurice Paine, age 34 of Long Beach, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Long Beach, is serving the family.

Barbara West

Dec 19, 2022

On Monday, December 19, Barbara Patricia Charlton West, beloved mother of three, passed away. She was eighty-two. Born the only child to Mabel Lewin Charlton and Ralph Short Charlton in Palmyra, New Jersey in 1940, she graduated from Branau Academy in Gainesville, Georgia in 1958, and soon after married William Lewis West Jr. She was widowed in 1986.

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Mark White

Dec 19, 2022

A 12-year-old Mississippi Coast boy died Monday after months of battling a rare and incurable brain tumor. Andre White’s fight against diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, ended around 6 p.m., Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer told the Sun Herald.

He was surrounded by family. Andre, who lived in Gulfport, was the son of Crystal Henry and...

Vickie Adkins

Dec 19, 2022

Vickie Eileen Adkins, age 65, of Vancleave, passed away on December 19, 2022 in Pascagoula.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, West Jackson County is serving the family