OBITUARIES

Orenthial Smith

Aug 28, 2022

Orenthial James Smith, age 40 of Kiln, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022. Riemann Family Funeral Home, 9113 Kiln Delisle Rd.,Pass Christian served the family.

Clarence "Ken" Wilson

Aug 28, 2022

Clarence “Ken” Kenneth Wilson passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022, at the age of 78.

He was preceded by in death by his parents, James Wilson and Edith Babbin Wilson; brothers, James Wilson, Robert Lewis, John H. Wilson; sisters, Francis Patters, Edith Earnest, Evelyn Wilson, Pat Wilson; granddaughters, Meagan Flener and Thea Flener.

Ken...

Carolyn Fikes

Aug 28, 2022

Carolyn Ann Bounds Fikes, age 76 of Ocean Springs, MS passed away on August 28, 2022 in Ocean Springs Hospital.

She was born the daughter of Joe Carlson and Annie Lyons Bounds in Gulfport, MS on September 17, 1946.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her grandparents, Reuben Edgar and Celestine Bosarge Lyons; her parents;...

Thomas Carew

Aug 28, 2022

Thomas Allen Carew, 48, of Picayune, passed away August 28, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is assisting the family.

James "Jimmy" Still, Sr.

Aug 28, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of James Edward “Jimmy” Still Sr, 43, of Biloxi on August 28, 2022.  Jimmy was born to Alison Graham Still and Clifford F. Still on November 26, 1978 in Weymouth, MA.  Jimmy was a lifelong and proud resident of Biloxi. Jimmy will be remembered as a devoted husband,...

Frank Palmisano

Aug 28, 2022

Frank Palmisano, age 68 of Waveland, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Waveland is serving the family.

Susan Lusk

Aug 27, 2022

Susan Marie Lusk, age 67, passed away August 27, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is serving the family.

Von Pittman, Sr.

Aug 26, 2022

Von Dee Pittman, Sr., age 78, of Gulfport, MS, entered in Heaven on Friday, August 26, 2022, at his residence surrounded by loved ones. Mr. Pittman was born February 8, 1944, in Foxworth, Mississippi to William Pittman and Edna Green Pittman. He was a graduate of North Gulfport High School, class of 1962. He then served for four years...

Leslie Zhe

Aug 26, 2022

Leslie Adele Zhe, age 61 of Biloxi, passed away on Friday, August 26, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Biloxi, is serving the family.

Kenneth Gage

Aug 26, 2022

Kenneth Gage, age 90, passed away August 26, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, assisted Vance-Brook Funeral Home in serving the family.

Alice Hill

Aug 25, 2022

Alice Erline Hill passed away peacefully at home August 25th, 2022, at the age of 87.

Alice was born February 16,1935, was a lifelong resident of Biloxi, and was as the oldest of 4 children born to Alton and Brittie Hilton. Alice was an exceptional student and was valedictorian of her graduating class. After high school, she...

William "Bill" Jones

Aug 25, 2022

William Henry “Bill” Jones, age 69 of Gulfport, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

After Bill’s military service in the US Air Force, he started his own business doing property ownership/management.  He was a master carpenter who would have a vision of a project, construct it, and not only have a piece of carpentry that would...

Ricky Fayard

Aug 24, 2022

Rick Lawrence Fayard, Ricky to his family and friends, a lifelong resident of Biloxi, passed away on August 24, 2022, at the age of 52 in Biloxi.

He was preceded in death by his son, Dustin Lawrence Fayard; his grandparents, Elvas Lawrence and Marie Dora (Vuyovich) Fayard; his maternal grandmother, Rosemary Arceneaux; his uncle, Jimmie Fayard, Sr.;...

Joann Bommer

Aug 24, 2022

Rose Joann Magee Bommer passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

Joann was born near Tylertown, MS on March 14, 1937.  She attended grade school at Dexter High School.  She was a graduate of Mississippi College, Clinton, MS, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education.  Joann taught school for 35 years, first in...

Myles "Buck" Hudson

Aug 22, 2022

Myles “Buck” Hudson, age 74, of Saucier, MS, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022.

Mr. Hudson was born in Sardis, MS on March 17, 1948. After high school, he served 20 years in the U. S. Navy, spending some of his service time in Vietnam. After retiring from the Navy, Buck worked in several different job fields around the country,...

Anthony "Tony" Mattina, II.

Aug 22, 2022

Anthony Dalton “Tony” Mattina II. Aka, “Mr. Biloxi”, a lifelong resident of Biloxi, MS, left his earthly home on August 22, 2022, at the age of 58.

Tony was a beloved son, father, brother, uncle, and friend, but his favorite title of all was Paw Paw.       He was born to Anthony and Patricia Mattina in Biloxi, MS...

Velma Joyce Alexander

Aug 21, 2022

Velma Joyce Alexander

1943 – 2022

Velma Joyce Alexander was born to Nancy Belle Elliott and William Harrison Whisenant on January 22, 1943, in Oneonta, Alabama.  Joyce was the youngest of a large, and very poor, itinerant farm labor family.  Her mother died when Joyce was less than a year old. ...

Shirley Nell Patton

Aug 21, 2022

Shirley Scarbrough Patton went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 21, 2022.  She was born to Elmer Scarbrough and Dorothy Maloy Scarbrough on July 3, 1933, in Forrest County, Mississippi.  She lived most of her life in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Shirley graduated from Forrest County Agricultural High School.  She was a member of Epsilon Sigma...

Saundra Bolden

Aug 21, 2022

Saundra Renae Bolden went home to be with the Lord on August 21, 2022. Renae was born on January 4, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana and she grew up in South Mississippi. As an adult, Renae worked in the Dallas Police Dept and eventually moved back to MS where she obtained her Master’s Degree from The University of Southern...

James Hover

Aug 21, 2022

James Irvin Hover, age 83, of Gulfport, was reunited in heaven with the love of his life, Murl, on Sunday, August 21, 2022, surrounded by his family.

Mr. Hover was born on February 11, 1939, in Gulfport to James Augustus Hover and Ara Emmaline Henry. He married Murl Ulmer on June 17, 1961.  He was drafted into...