OBITUARIES
Max Austin Duncan
Aug 18, 2015
Max Austin Duncan Jr., age 71, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in Biloxi, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents, Max Austin Duncan, Sr and Ann Carmel Duncan. Mr. Duncan is survived by his children, Joel (Jenny) Duncan, Angelle (Michael) Mitchell, Michael Duncan, Andrew Duncan and Melissa (Bill) Yates; and his siblings, Mary Ann Dixon and Laura...
Christopher Michell Rhodes
Aug 17, 2015
Christopher Michell Rhodes, born August 17, 2015, passed away August 17, 2015, in Gulfport. He is survived by his parents, Zebluand Young and Kimberly Rhodes. He will be loved and missed by all. We love you our sweet angel. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at 2pm at Dye Cemetery in Saucier. Riemann Family Funeral...
Justin Lee May
Aug 17, 2015
Justin Lee May, age 25, of Gulfport, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, John Francis Gill. Survivors include his father, John Howard May Jr.; his mother, Lisa Kelly and her husband, Michael Kelly, two sisters, Jerrica Forbis and Angel Kelly; his paternal grandparents, John and Brenda May; his maternal grandmother, Lucy...
Benedicta Miranda Garulo
Aug 17, 2015
Benedicta ""Ms. Benny"" Miranda Garulo, age 83, passed away the morning of August 17, 2015, surrounded by her family. Benedicta was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brasil. She came to the United States in the 1950's to live and work in New York City. She also lived in New Jersey and Florida, and she moved to the Mississippi Gulf...
Hattie T. Post
Aug 17, 2015
Hattie T. Post, 75 and a resident of Gulfport passed away Monday, August 17, 2015 in Gulfport. She was a native of Rio, LA and New Orleans, LA. Mrs. Post moved to Gulfport, MS in 1992 to be closer to her sister, brother-in-law, and niece. She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Post, Jr.; parents, Murphy and...
Sharron Susan Whitaker
Aug 16, 2015
age 77, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Bay St. Louis. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 9113 Kiln DeLisle Rd, Pass Christian is serving the family. www.riemannfamily.com
Glenn W. Mitchell
Aug 16, 2015
Glenn W. Mitchell, age 59, of Long Beach, passed away on August 16, 2015.All services will be private.
Tommy Norbert Cuevas
Aug 16, 2015
Tommy N. Cuevas, age 71, of Gulfport, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his wife, Aletha Rae Legg Cuevas; and his parents, Hollis J. Cuevas and Gladys Malley Cuevas. Mr. Cuevas is survived by his four children, Jeffery N. Cuevas of Gulfport, Harvey ""Nug"" Crosby Jr. of Gulfport, Bridgett (Mike) Crosby Pavlisick...
Michael W. Morgan
Aug 15, 2015
Beloved husband, father and brother Michael Woodrow Morgan, 52, died Saturday at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport after a two-year battle with brain cancer.He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving with the Seabees before retiring after 20 years as a steelworker first class. He was employed with Public Works at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport at the time of...
Sharon Fields-Reed
Aug 15, 2015
Sharon G. Fields Reed, age 60, of Gulfport, Mississippi passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2015 after a courageous battle with inoperable cancer.Sharon was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on November 12, 1954. After graduating from Forrest County Agricultural High School in 1972, she joined the Air Force and served for 20 years as a paralegal specialist and retired as a...
Walter T. Taylor
Aug 14, 2015
Dr. Walter T. Taylor, 85, died August 14, 2015 of prostate cancer, in Gulfport, Ms.He leaves his wife of 59 years Word Guild Taylor of Gulfport and Clarksdale, Ms., and five children: Word Backstrom; Dr. Walter T. Taylor, II; Dr. Clint Taylor; Will Taylor; and Guy Taylor. Walter has 13 grandchildren including: Taylor, Bronwyn and Zack Backstrom; Travis, Holman, and...
Infant Dejanae Re'nisque Margaret McDowell
Aug 14, 2015
Dejanae Re'nisque Margaret McDowell, infant daughter of Tara Stapleton McDowell and Kolya McDowell, was called to Heaven on August 14, 2015.She is survived by her parents; sibings, Dackari Brown, Raziyah Brown, Kaydrien McDowell, Kolya McDowell, Jr., Dontrell Jones and Ashton Robinson; maternal grandfather, Floyd Stapleton, Jr. (Brenda); maternal grandmother, Judy Anselmo (Randy); paternal grandmother, Tarshundra Bingham; paternal grandfather, Timothy McGowan;...
Emma Copeland
Aug 13, 2015
Emma Laura Copeland, age 90, a resident of Gulfport, died August 13, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family.Mrs. Copeland was a native of Forrest County and has been a resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1950. Emma was a hair stylist and salon owner in Gulfport and Orange Grove for many years. She was a Sunday School...
Kathleen Walker
Aug 13, 2015
Kathleen M. Walker, 82, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2015. Mrs. Walker who was born in New Orleans, LA, married John Walker in 1955, and later moved to Gulfport. Kathleen had been a Girl Scout leader of troop 314, a long time Sunday school teacher at Burton Memorial Methodist Church, and a more recent member of St. John Catholic Church....
Loyd Earl Klein
Aug 13, 2015
Loyd Earl (Mickey) Klein began his life's journey Wednesday, January 17th, 1917. The early days of his life found him working at the family owned ""Klein's Service Station"" which during the 1920's and 30's occupied the intersection of Highway 49 and 28th St. in downtown Gulfport. December 16,1938 Mickey married the love of his life, Adelle Graham. Being a jack...
Lester C. Garriga
Aug 12, 2015
Lester C. Garriga, Jr., age 53, of Long Beach, passed away on August 12th, 2015.He was the father of Leslie Garriga and Matthew Garriga, brother of Kelley Garriga Craven, grandfather of Clara Lynn Daigle and Braylee Grace Long. Lester is also survived by his ""second"" family, the Louis Elias family, who loved Lester ""Mo-Mo"" very much, as well as numerous...
William "Bill" Hughes
Aug 12, 2015
William ""Bill"" Hughes, Jr., 53, passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in New Orleans.Bill, a resident of Biloxi, was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama but was raised in Hattiesburg. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He also received a Master of Science degree in Quality System Management. He worked for 28 years with Aerojet Rocketdyne...
Florence Elkins Campbell
Aug 12, 2015
Florence Elkins Campbell, age 93, of Long Beach, passed away on August 11, 2015.She was preceded in death by her first husband, George Kennon Bailey, second husband, Haulton Homer Campbell, and her son, Richard Haulton Campbell.Survivors include her children, G. Ronnie (Charlotte) Bailey, Long Beach, and a daughter, Deborah Crews, Neptune Beach, FL, a sister, Marie Walley, Long Beach, 5...
Marshall Ray "Bud" Dickens
Aug 11, 2015
Bud Dickens, 80, of Diamondhead, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015 in Diamondhead.A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, August 24th at Diamondhead Community Church. Friends are invited to stay for a time of gathering following the service. Service AUG 24. 11:00 AM Diamondhead Community Church 5301 Diamondhead Circle Diamondhead, MS, US, 39525 http://dhcommunitychurch.org/ Visitation AUG 24....
Bevelee Moran Page
Aug 11, 2015
Bevelee Moran Page, age 93, a resident of Necaise Crossing, passed away August 11, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willard Page; her parents, Lacey and Ida Moran; her children, Ella Faye Ladner, Aubrey Page, Ricky Page, Foyelyn Bond, and Judy Cuevas; three grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Bevelee is survived by her children, Ola Faye Mitchell...
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