OBITUARIES

Harold Saucier

Apr 1, 2022

Harold Eugene Saucier, 85, a lifelong resident of the Orange Grove area of Gulfport, passed peacefully away after a short illness, on the evening of April 1, 2022, surrounded by his family.

Harold was a machinist and metal fabricator retiring from Taber Aluminum, a job he began as a young man. He was influential to family in...

Dahya Patel

Mar 31, 2022

Dahya C. Patel, age 79, passed away on March 31, 2022 at his home in Biloxi.

Survivors include his three daughters, Mukta McLellan, Sunita R. Patel, Shilpa Patel Jones; five grandchildren, Samantha McLellan, Alisha Patel, Nikhil Patel, Desiraes Jones, Aamani Jones; and numerous other family members.

Dahya and his wife co-owned and operated the former...

Adalberto Miguel-Torres

Mar 30, 2022

Adalberto Miguel-Torres, age 32, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

He is survived by his wife, Dilcia Bonilla Reyes; children, Sarah Miguel-Bonilla, David Miguel-Bonilla, and Sophia Miguel-Bonilla.

After he finished high school, Alberto was self-employed, had a black belt in taekwondo, and was of the catholic faith.

Alberto was highly admired for his...

William Delbert Green

Mar 30, 2022

William Delbert Green, age 79, of the Helena community, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Rockwell Green and Winnie Inez “Boozie” Mansfield Green; his siblings, Janice Green Thornton, Judy Green Burchette (Don), Irvin Green, and Donald Keith (Pat) Green; his father and mother-in-law, Claud and Mary Elizabeth...

Jarrod King

Mar 30, 2022

Jarrod Stewart King of Gulfport, MS, left his loving family on March 30, 2022.

He is survived by his parents, Donald Stewart King and Barbara Lampley King, both of Gulfport, MS; his three loving sisters, Jennifer Emerson of Biloxi, Carolyn Hembree of Lyman, and Haley Joan Boomer of Maryland; his sons, Ethan Stewart King, 11, Braydon Stewart...

Norma Garriga

Mar 30, 2022

Norma Jean Ladner Garriga, age 93, passed away on April 30, 2022 in Waveland, Mississippi.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of almost 75 years, Dudley Cornelius Garriga.    Also preceding her are her parents, father, Sylvester Ladner and mother, Laura Agnes Wainwright Ladner; her sisters, Helen Ladner and Erma Ladner Pecoul; her brothers, Ervin...

Joseph Fiore

Mar 30, 2022

Joseph Paul Fiore, age 69, passed away March 30, 2022.

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

Marilyn Cumberland

Mar 29, 2022

Marilyn Kay Cumberland, age 68, of Long Beach, MS passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Marilyn K. Cumberland was born in Gulfport Mississippi on August 8, 1953, to the late John A. Littich and Inez M. Littich.

Marilyn was preceded in death by her father John Anthony Littich; her...

Otis Bufkin

Mar 28, 2022

Otis “Dean” Bufkin, age 68, passed away March 28, 2022.

He was preceded in death by his father, Otis Rivers Bufkin, Jr.; his grand daughters, Addyline Marie Bufkin and Shelby Ann Hickman.; his sister, Wanda Gail Cooley.

Dean is survived by his mother Shelby Jean Alexander; his children, Laura Duckworth (Pink Jr.), Caroline Hickman (Phillip),...

Billie Gladney

Mar 28, 2022

Billie DeLancey Gladney was born March 1, 1937, in Union City, TN, to Rev. Wreed Gladney and Pearline Perry Gladney.  He was a bright light into his family and this world from the day he was born until the day he peacefully slipped away from us on March 28, 2022.  Delancey will be joining his wife of 57 years,...

Patricia Jones

Mar 28, 2022

Patricia Jones, age 79 of Diamondhead, passed away March, 28, 2022. Riemann Family Funeral Home, 9113 Kiln Delisle Rd, Pass Christian served the family.

Michelle Tapia

Mar 27, 2022

Michelle Tapia, age 47, of Clearlake, CA passed away in Gulfport, MS on March 27, 2022.

RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Biloxi is proud to serve the Tapia family.

Randy Winchell

Mar 27, 2022

Randy D Winchell , age 62 Gulfport, passed away on March 27 2022. He is preceeded in death by his parents, and brothers, Sammy L Winchell Jr. and Danny Lee Winchell. He is survived by sister, Bren Winchell Rippeth; brother-in-law, Alan Rippeth; and nephew, Jonah Rippeth. He left behind his very close friends, Mirion, and Gary Goble.

Randy served in...

Iva Kemp

Mar 27, 2022

Mrs. Iva Jeannette Kemp, age 70, passed away on March 27, 2022, at St. Joseph Hospice in Gulfport.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport is assisting the family with arrangements.

Elaine Friend

Mar 27, 2022

Elaine B. Friend, daughter of the late Clive L. and Annie Husband Byrd, peacefully passed away on March 27, 2022, while listening to her favorite old-time hymns.  Elaine was a resident of the Pass Christian Health and Rehabilitation Center for the past year.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Johnnie Paul Byrd and...

Kyle Wentzell

Mar 27, 2022

Kyle Mark Wentzell, age 66, passed away March 27, 2022.

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

Ina Isley

Mar 27, 2022

Ina Mary Boswell Isley left our sight on the morning of March 27, 2022, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 75 years old.

Ina was born on February 7, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of Glenn O’Lee Boswell and Mary Alice Little Boswell. Ina spent the majority of her younger...

James Welsh

Mar 26, 2022

James Edward Welsh, age 73 of Long Beach, MS, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

He was a native of Larimer, PA and enlisted in the United States Marine Corp.  He served from February 1966 until July 1969 and earned two Purple Hearts and Bronze Star.

James was preceded in death by his parents,...

Joycelyn "Joy" Cobena

Mar 26, 2022

Joycelyn "Joy" Plattsmier Cobena passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 26th surrounded by family.

Joy was born to Winfred J. and Edith Breaux Plattsmier on February 1, 1926 in Rayne, Louisiana.  Bena, as she was affectionately called by many, was an energetic woman who never missed a chance to live. From leaving Louisiana as a young lady to...

Elaine Smith

Mar 26, 2022

Elaine Frances Smith, of Diamondhead, Mississippi, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the age of 83.

Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her father, Francis Bulfinch; and her mother, Beatrice Bulfinch.

She is survived by her spouse of 63 years, Laurence "Larry" Smith; her children, Kenneth Smith and wife, Isela, Richard Smith and...