OBITUARIES

Raymond "Ray" Watson, Jr.

Feb 23, 2022

Raymond “Ray” Lee Watson Jr., age 59, of Ocean Springs, passed away on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022, peacefully in his home, with his family by his side.

Ray was born in McKeesport, PA in 1962 to his late parents, Raymond Sr. & Donna Watson. He and his late sister, Dawn grew up in Stockton, California and finished...

Ronald "Ron" Daughdrill

Feb 22, 2022

The Precious Memories of Ronald "Ron" Daughdrill

Ronald E. “Ron” Daughdrill, age 77, passed away on February 22, 2022 in Gulfport.

He was a longtime resident of Long Beach, and graduated from Southern Mississippi (USM) with a Business Degree.  He was a member of the Air Force Reserves, retired from working as Plant Manager at...

Melba McIlwain

Feb 22, 2022

Melba Maureen Jennings Davis McIlwain, 71, of D’Iberville, MS passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Memorial Hospital, Gulfport.

She was born November 3, 1950, in Holmes County, MS to the late Darling Houston Jennings & Josie Spivey Jennings White.  She retired as an Executive Secretary for the City of Biloxi, Parks & Recreation and was...

June Moody

Feb 22, 2022

June Elaine Moody was born on March 10, 1949, in Dayton, Kentucky. She graduated from Holmes High School. She joined the Navy in 1969. While serving, she met her husband, Jim. They were married on March 20, 1971. They eventually settled down in Gulfport, Mississippi with their two children.

She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Colleen Witt

Feb 22, 2022

God’s cotton-picking daughter, Colleen Phillips Witt, entered heaven’s gate on February 22, 2022, at the age of 94.

Born to Ollie T. and Amanda Praytor Phillips on October 28, 1927, in the old farmhouse in Jones County (Moselle), MS; born again March 1956 on the beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast in Gulfport.

Early years were spent...

Joseph David, Jr.

Feb 21, 2022

Joseph Wade David Jr., age 80, passed away on February 21, 2022, after contracting the COVID-19 variant complicated with comorbidities of having diabetes and double pneumonia, both bacterial and viral.

He was a long-time educator and coach in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and a scholar completing his Doctorate in Education just shy of his dissertation in 2014. ...

Danny Meadors

Feb 21, 2022

Danny Ray Meadors passed unexpectedly Tuesday, February 21, 2022, of natural causes.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Patsy Winterstein (Meadors) Bass and William Danial Meadors Jr.; his half-brother, William Daniel Meadors III, and his half-sister, Martha Jeanette Routt.

Danny is survived by his sister, Prudence Meadors; his nieces, Theresa Byers and Kelly Park; as well as...

Gwen Gollotte

Feb 21, 2022

Gwen H. Gollotte, age 93, of Biloxi, entered Eternal Life on February 21, 2022.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred Elton Gollotte; daughter, Vicki Gollotte Cobb (David); 2 sons, Victor Paul Gollotte and Michael Elton Gollotte; parents, Preston and Beulah Hand; brothers, Herman (Norma) Hand, Arnold (Georgia) Hand, and Victor Hand; sister, Jeanne Hand...

Lyndia Gray

Feb 21, 2022

Lyndia Gray, age 80, passed away February 21, 2022.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter A. Gray Sr.; her brother, Billy Eugene Taylor; her mother, Anne Ruth McFarland; her stepfather, Roy McFarland.

Lyndia is survived by her daughter, Cathryn Saucier (Mitchell).

She retired from the US Postal Service in Gramercy,...

Brian Dikes Sr.

Feb 21, 2022

Brian Dikes, Sr., age 53, passed away February 21, 2022.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, assisted Phillips Funeral Home in serving the family.

Bernice Beskow

Feb 20, 2022

Bernice L. Beskow, age 75 of Long Beach, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022.

Left behind to cherish her memory are her former husband of 36 years, Alan Beskow;  her children, Lori Schmitt of KS and Faith Wilson (Brian) of MS; her siblings, Teresa Kilpatrick of MS, Rick Phillips of KS, and Clara Norris of KS; her...

Mary Smith

Feb 20, 2022

Mary Chastine Smith, age 72 of Long Beach, passed away on February 20, 2022.

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

Joseph "Joey" Castiglia, Jr.

Feb 20, 2022

Joey Castiglia passed away peacefully on February 20, 2022. Born to the late Joseph and Merlyn Castiglia in 1956, Joey lived in Long Beach for most of his life. He had a close circle of friends and those who knew him will long remember the uniqueness of his character.

Joey attended St. John High School and earned...

Barbara Heburn

Feb 20, 2022

An avid gardener, Barbara Jean (Hague) Heburn (78) beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, grandaunt, sister-in-law and mother-in-law passed away peacefully Sunday February 20, 2022.

Barbara was born on Governors Island, NY in August of 1943. Since her father as a career Army Warrant Officer, she grew up moving often. She along with her mother and sister...

Elaine Cooper

Feb 19, 2022

Elaine Cruthirds Cabell Cooper, a native of Gulfport, Mississippi, was born on October 7, 1939, to Florita Reed Cruthirds and Forrest Raphael “Red” Cruthirds, passed away on February 19, 2022, surrounded by her family.

Elaine was predeceased in death by her parents; her son, Joseph Breckinridge Cabell III; her sister and brother-in-law, Terry Ann Hewes and James...

Audrey Reeves Wade

Feb 18, 2022

Audrey Kay Reeves Wade, age 77 of Saucier, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022.

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

Kenneth Carver

Feb 18, 2022

Kenneth Raymond Carver of Bessemer, AL, Pass Christian, MS and Foley, AL, passed away at home in Bessemer on February 18, 2022, at the age of 76.

He graduated from Foley High School in Foley, AL and played high school football with the great Kenny “Snake” Stabler for 3 years.  They grew up together and were good...

Charles Boyle

Feb 18, 2022

Charles Joseph O’Brien Boyle, second son of Thomas and Sara Boyle and husband of Theresa Smith, born November 10, 1927 in Wilmington, DE passed away on February 18, 2022 in Kiln, MS at the age of 94.

Charles, named in memory of his maternal grandfather, graduated from Salesianum School, Wilmington, DE; Catholic University of America (BA &...

Lloyd Rauschkolb

Feb 18, 2022

Lloyd Frederick Rauschkolb, age 75 of Gulfport, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 38 years, Jutta Rauschkolb; his father, Lloyd H. Rauschkolb; his mother, Doris Wynelle Bass Rauschkolb; and his brother John Richard Rauschkolb.

Lloyd is survived by his son, Ryan Rauschkolb of Longwood, Florida;...

Darrell Nickens

Feb 18, 2022

Darrell Lee Nickens, age 63 of Ocean Springs, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2022.

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