OBITUARIES
Colleen Boyette
Jan 24, 2019
Colleen Tapp Boyette, born December 11, 1925, went to be with her Heavenly Father on January 24, 2019 at the age of 93. Colleen was preceded in death by her parents, Vince and Ethel Tapp of Falkner, MS; and her husband, George Franklin Boyette of Woolmarket. Upon marrying Franklin in 1946, she moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where she...
Hilda McClellan
Jan 24, 2019
Hilda Ruth McClellan, age 81, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 24, 2019, in Ocean Springs, MS. She was born in Smith County, MS, on September 28, 1937, and had been a resident of Ocean Springs, MS, for about 54 years. Hilda married Jerry McClellan on March 13, 1959, in Taylorsville, MS. Her family and friends will...
Tracy Frierson
Jan 23, 2019
Tracy Lynn Frierson passed away January 23rd, 2019, after a long battle with Cancer. Tracy was famously opinionated, short tempered and a sharp tongue character in her own right. She wrote her own rules and paved her own way in life. If you said she couldn't do it, she would make sure she could. She truly lived life to the...
Laura Mills
Jan 23, 2019
Laura Elaine Mills went to be with the Lord on January 23, 2019 following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family and friends, Laura retired as branch manager from the Kiln Library after 19 years of service. She had a servant's heart and loved bringing laughter, kindness and her gentle spirit to everyone she met. Her years...
Katherine Martiny
Jan 23, 2019
Katherine Martiny, age 90, passed away on January 23, 2019. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, is serving the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
Ernestine Barnett
Jan 23, 2019
What do you call someone who could make something spectacular out of nothing, could make you laugh at your saddest moment, cook food that rivaled anything produced in a fine dining restaurant, and sing like an angel? Her friends and family called her Delo; we simply called her Mom. Deloris Meaders Barnett, 91, died Wednesday, January 23, 2019, in Bay...
Shirley Triggs
Jan 23, 2019
Shirley L. Triggs, age 86 of Gulfport, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. She attended Marion Center High School in Pennsylvania then joined the Navy and served during the Korean Conflict. Shirley was preceded in death by her stepfather, George Repine; her mother, Gertrude Repine; and her sister, Leafy May McMillan. She is survived by her husband of 62...
Macie Wheelock
Jan 23, 2019
Macie Elizabeth Wheelock, age 9 months, passed away at her home in Saucier on January 23, 2019. She is survived by her parents, Kerry L. Wheelock and Alain B. Wheelock; grandparents, Dianna and Richard Breecce and Ted and Eva Wheelock; great-grandparents, Chris and Esabell Burch and Beverly and Abraham Breece; and other relatives and friends. The funeral service will be...
Ursula Radtke
Jan 22, 2019
Mrs. Ursula H. Radtke, age 83, passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2019, in Gulfport, MS. She was a native of East Prussia, Germany, living in Biloxi since 1984. Ursula was preceded in death by her brothers, Manfred Liedtke of Hamburg, Germany and Klaus Liedtke of Bredenbeck, Germany. She is survived by her husband, Dieter Radtke of Biloxi; and sister-in-law, Britta...
Judy Marquez
Jan 22, 2019
Judy L. "JuJu" Marquez, age 77, of Pass Christian, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on January 22, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew Lowery, Billie Herring, and Charles Herring, Sr.; a nephew, Lowery Rinicker; a cousin, Dorothy Morgel; a brother, Bill Henry Herring; and a sister-in-law, Elaine Herring. Survivors include her children,...
Grover McCraw, Jr.
Jan 21, 2019
Grover Anderson McCraw, Jr., age 82 of Gulfport, passed away on January 21, 2019. He was preceded in death by Parents, Grover Anderson and Pearl Smith McCraw; grandson, Noah Drake McCraw; and siblings, George David McCraw, Hazel McCraw Daughdrill, Willie Lee McCraw Zapasnik, and Jimmy Louis McCraw. He is survived by his son, Darwin McCraw; and siblings, Evelyn McCraw Stewart,...
William Haraway
Jan 21, 2019
William David Haraway, age 66 of Gulfport, passed away on January 21, 2019. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, is serving the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
Randall Carew
Jan 20, 2019
Age 66, passed away January 20, 2019. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport served the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
Lynn Holden
Jan 19, 2019
Lynn Bills Holden, age 74 of Kiln, Ms, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy H. Bills and Faye E. Bills; and her son, Todd Joseph Holden. Lynn is survived by her husband of 55 years, Shelby Joseph Holden of Kiln; her daughter, Shelley Relan and her husband, Nick, of Diamondhead; and...
Nohemi Ochoa
Jan 19, 2019
Nohemi Estefani Ochoa, age 20, of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019. She grew up in Texas and lived on the Coast for the last 12 years. She graduated from Gulfport High School and worked for Comfort Living and McDonald's. She loved listening to music and sleeping in her spare time. She is survived by her daughter, Selena...
Michael Estep
Jan 19, 2019
Age 47, passed away January 19, 2019. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Rd., Guflport is serving the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
L. Rush
Jan 19, 2019
Lillian Mireen Rush, 94, of Gulfport, passed away peacefully in Hattiesburg, January 19, 2019. She was born in Plantersville, AL, on April 17, 1924. She met Robert Rush, the love of her life, in grade school and married him June 20, 1940. After living in Alabama and Florida, they settled down in Gulfport, MS, in 1947, where her husband became...
Edwina Worth
Jan 19, 2019
Edwina Elizabeth Worth, age 88, of Long Beach, passed away on January 19, 2019. Mrs. Worth was a lifelong resident of Long Beach, an active member of the First Baptist Church of Long Beach, and was the legal secretary and office manager of Bryant and Stennis Law firm of Gulfport for many years. She loved her family and loved her...
Ora Long
Jan 19, 2019
We called her Wee Wee, but her name was Ora V Long. Like her distinctive moniker, she defied an ordinary life and chose one of more colorful pursuits. Ora, the first of Herbert and Ida Mae Long's six children, was born on September 16, 1927 and grew up in Jones County, MS. She set about what appeared to be a...
Lona Chase
Jan 18, 2019
Lona Blanche McCollister Chase, age 72, of Chunky MS, passed away peacefully at home after a long illness on Friday, January 18, 2019. Lona was born July 19, 1946 to Donna Roberts "Jackie" McCollister and Emmitt B. McCollister and raised in Pass Christian, MS. She lived in Mississippi, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and California. She even worked as...
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