OBITUARIES
Andrew Hunter
Aug 20, 2015
Mr. Andrew Hunter, age 80 and a resident of Gulfport, died on August 20, 2015, in Gulfport. Funeral arrangements are pending at Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. For more information, please call (228) 539-9800.
Rose Sylvia Royals
Aug 20, 2015
Rose Sylvia Royals, age 79 and a resident of Saucier, died on Thursday, August 20, 2015, in Gulfport. Mrs. Royals was born in Lumberton on May 21, 1936. She loved sewing, crocheting, needle point, cooking, and TV game shows. She enjoyed any activity her grandsons were involved in. Her favorite time of the year was Mardi Gras and Christmas and...
Rachel Louise Hicks
Aug 19, 2015
Rachel Louise Hicks, age 68, passed away August 19, 2015. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport is serving the family. www.riemannfamily.com.
Virginia Emily Stevenson
Aug 19, 2015
Virginia Emily Stevenson, 89 and a resident of Gulfport passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015 in Gulfport. Private services were held. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Biloxi served the family. Interment Biloxi National Cemetery 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS, 39531
Helen Alice Malley
Aug 19, 2015
Service AUG 22. 04:00 PM Finley Cemetery Highway 53 Gulfport, MS, US, 39503
Louise Fendley Deas
Aug 18, 2015
Louise F. Deas, age 91, of Gulfport, passed away on August 18, 2015. Louise was born February 10, 1924, in Coffeeville, Alabama, and graduated from Picayune High School in 1941. After moving to the coast in 1948 she and her husband owned and operated Deas Tire Company. She was a long time member of Gulfport Church of Christ and then...
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....
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