OBITUARIES
Betty D'Aquilla
Aug 20, 2018
Betty D'Aquilla was called home to the Lord on August 20, 2018. She was born on September 21, 1937, and spent her childhood in Pascagoula, MS. After graduating from high school in 1955, she attended University of Southern Mississippi, where she was a three-time graduate. She earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education and then became one of the first...
June Shows
Aug 19, 2018
June Carolyn Shows, age 71, of Saucier, MS, passed away on August 19, 2018. She was preceded in death by her parents, Percy and Esther Ladner; and sisters, Peggy Ladner, Helen Necaise, and Doris Cooper. June is survived by her husband of 53 years, Kenneth V. Shows, Sr; two sons, Kenneth V. Shows, Jr. (Candy), Joseph Kyle Shows; three grandchildren,...
James Jones
Aug 19, 2018
James Clifton Jones, 58 of Gulfport passed away Sunday August 19, 2018. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 11280 Three Rivers Rd Gulfport is serving the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
Bethel Greer
Aug 19, 2018
Beth M. Greer, age 85, of Saucier, passed away on August 19, 2018. She was preceded in death by a son, Lamar E. Seals; her mother, Daisy Allen; her father, Thomas Allen; her siblings, Charles Allen, Hollis Allen, Sadie Morris, Beulah Gilley, Aretha Entrekin, and Gordon Allen. Survivors include her husband, Tommy Greer; her children, Phyllis Seals, Bernard Dubuisson (Connie),...
Roseann Scully
Aug 18, 2018
Roseann Scully, 89, passed away August 18, 2018. Mrs. Scully had been a resident of Ocean Springs since 2008 and attended St. Paul United Methodist Church of Ocean Springs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Scully. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon R. Scully; her sister, Sarah Conley and her husband, John; and numerous nieces and nephews. RIEMANN...
Joan Menken
Aug 18, 2018
Joan Ellen Menken, age 68 of Gulfport, passed away on August 18, 2018. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anna Brown and Jeremiah Clifford; six brothers; five brothers in law; and two sisters in law. Joan is survived by her husband of 23 years, Kerry Menken; her children, Christine Carle, James Jones, Stacy Tanner, Scott (Tabitha) Cunningham, and...
Robert Patterson
Aug 18, 2018
Mr. Robert "Bob" Wales Patterson, age 81, passed away on August 18, 2018 in Bay St. Louis, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wales Duane Patterson and Elizabeth Turner; and his step-mother, Mary Patterson. He is survived by his wife and soul mate of 32 years, Wanda Patterson; three sons, James Robert Patterson (Lynne), Ronald Wales Patterson,...
Dolly Carver
Aug 18, 2018
Dolly Carver, age 81, passed away on August 18, 2018 in Diamondhead, MS. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Barnette Boone; second husband, Captain Sammy Carver, Sr.; and her parents, Elzie Lollar and Mamie Bonnor Lollar. She is survived by five children, George D. Boone "Danny" (Jane) of Biloxi, Debbie Albert, of Gulfport, Richard Boone "Ricky" (Charlene)...
Carl Miller
Aug 18, 2018
First Sergeant Carl Edward "Pan" Miller, US Army (Ret.), age 80, of Biloxi, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2018. Mr. Miller had been a resident of Biloxi since 1985. He served 28 years active duty in the US Army, retiring as First Sergeant (E-8). He worked for 16 years as an Air Traffic Control Instructor with Civil Service. Mr....
William Randall, Sr.
Aug 18, 2018
Mr. William Ashton "Picket" Randall, age 89 of Gulfport, MS, died Saturday, August 18, 2018. A retired businessman, Picket was a loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richmond Carl Randall of Quitman, MS, and Josephine Cummins Power of Gulfport, MS; brothers, R.C. Randall of Gulfport, MS and Bobby Joe...
Betty Dailey
Aug 17, 2018
Betty Dailey, age 84, passed away at her home on August 17, 2018 in Gulfport, MS. She was preceded in death by her first husband, MSGT Leonard Jernigan, US Air Force retired; second husband, MSGT James Dailey, US Marine Corps retired; two daughters, Marilyn Jernigan and Beverly Hood; and her parents, Hobson and Ruth Lester. She is survived by one...
Dr. Gore
Aug 16, 2018
Dr. Samuel D. Gore, Jr. of Pass Christian, Mississippi, formally of New Orleans, passed away peacefully in his home on August 16, 2018. He was a prominent New Orleans Orthodontist noted for his work in creating neonatal palatal prostheses for infants with cleft palates. He also volunteered this service for children in need. Dr. Gore was a graduate of Isidore...
George Cospelich
Aug 16, 2018
George Larry Cospelich, age 57, of Gulfport, passed away on August 16, 2018. He was born to Freddie George and Ollie Rutledge Cospelich. He was a hard-working man who dearly loved his family. He will be remembered as a happy-go-lucky man who gave to those in need. He had a passion to "teach", no matter how small or large the...
Jannie Reed
Aug 16, 2018
Jannie McClendon Reed, age 77 of Gulfport, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Jannie was born on April 3, 1941, in Columbia, MS, to J.C. and Gencie McClendon. She attended 33 rd School until she had to help provide for her siblings. She married Ernest Reed, Sr. on December 3, 1961, and together they raised eight children. In 1993,...
Hazel Husley
Aug 16, 2018
Hazel Louise Husley, age 72, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2018. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elizabeth and Robert Entrekin; two brothers, Ginny and Robert Entrekin; one sister, Betty Entrekin; her daughter, Theresa Husley Anderson; and one great-grandson, Gerald Dart, Jr. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Albert Zachariah Husley,...
Jewel Saucier
Aug 15, 2018
It was early in the morning on August 15, 2018, when God sent His angels to escort the soul of Ms. Jewel Saucier from her tired, earthly body to be with her Lord and Savior in her new heavenly home. Born in Gulfport, MS, on June 2nd 1923, Ms. Saucier lived most of her life in Saucier/Wortham, MS. She was...
Sidney Borne Sr.
Aug 15, 2018
Sidney A. Borne Sr., 76 of Pass Christian passed away Wednesday August 15, 2018. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME 9113 KIln Delisle Rd Pass Christian is serving the family. www.riemannfamily.com
Colleen O'Neal
Aug 14, 2018
Colleen Patrice O'Neal, age 57 of Biloxi, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, in Gulfport. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, MS is serving the family. Please click here to view the video tribute
Vernon Bourdette
Aug 14, 2018
Vernon Russell Bourdette, 97, died in Gulfport, Mississippi on August 14, 2018. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1920 and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1940, he joined the U.S. Army, part of a cadre that formed a new anti-aircraft artillery brigade. On Pearl Harbor Day, the brigade was ordered to the East Coast and deployed to...
Lisa VanCourt
Aug 14, 2018
Lisa Renee VanCourt, age 47 of Gulfport, passed away on August 14, 2018. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ray and Opal Welch, and Cliff and Rosalie VanCourt; her aunt, Gail Dickens; and her uncle, Bobby VanCourt. Lisa is survived by her parents, Brenda VanCourt and Ernest "Sandy" VanCourt (Julia); siblings, Mary Ann Rushing (Scott), Amy Kincaid (Richard),...
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