OBITUARIES
Harvey Samuel "Sam" Stanley, IV
Apr 19, 2014
Harvey Samuel ""Sam"" Stanley, IV, age 28, passed away on April 19, 2014 in New York, NY. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Lynn Havens. Sam is survived by his father, Harvey Samuel ""Trey"" Stanley, III of Fort Walton Beach, FL; his mother, Pamela Havens Stanley of New York, NY; maternal grandmother, Wilma Havens of Gulfport, MS; paternal...
Roy Jefferson Sims
Apr 19, 2014
Roy J. Sims, one day shy of his 82nd birthday, passed away April 19, 2014. He was a current resident of Long Beach and was a native and long-time resident of Pass Christian.Mr. Sims was preceded in death by his parents, Clifton and Essie Easterling Sims; his brother, Johnny ""Johnny Boy"" Sims; and his sister who cared for him before...
Wilton Joseph Necaise
Apr 18, 2014
Wilton Joseph Necaise, age 83, of White Cypress, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014. Mr. Necaise was born in Harrison County to Harvey and Winnie Ladner Necaise. He was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church in White Cypress. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice Necaise; his parents; siblings, Jane Ladner, Frankie Necaise, Shirley Fayard. He...
Robert "Bobby" Sanders
Apr 18, 2014
Robert ""Bobby"" Sanders, age 62 and a resident of Pass Christian, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014, in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carol and Jessie Sanders. Bobby is survived by his wife of 30 years, Vallery Sanders; his children, Stacey, Nathan (Shontina), Sabrina (E.J.), James (Kim), Jesse, Jeanie, and Brett (Lauren); his eight grandchildren;...
Harold "Bud" Sorgenfrei
Apr 18, 2014
Harold (Bud) Sorgenfrei, Jr., 89, of Diamondhead, Mississippi, passed away on Friday, April 18, 2014. Bud was preceded in death by his first wife, Lura Belle Souder Sorgenfrei; his parents, Harold E. Sorgenfrei and Flo Sorgenfrei; and his brother, Max Sorgenfrei. He is survived by his loving wife of 27 years, Bobbie Sorgenfrei of Diamondhead, MS. He is the father...
Richard Schoonmaker
Apr 17, 2014
Richard Schoonmaker, age 78 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, 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.
Donald C. "Shotsie" Hager
Apr 17, 2014
Donald Charles ""Shotsie"" Hager, age 80, of Biloxi passed away on April 17, 2014 in Ocean Springs.He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Theresa Hager; two sisters, Othela Seymour and Catherine Hager; and a brother, Joe Hager.He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Annette ""Ann"" Hager of Biloxi; two children, Sidney Lognion (Suzie) and...
Therese Picton
Apr 17, 2014
Therese Picton, age 87 and a resident of Diamondhead, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Gulfport. Mrs. Picton was sent from Riemann Family Funeral Home, 9113 Kiln Delisle Road in Pass Christian, to Greenwood Funeral Home in New Orleans, LA for services and burial. For more information, please call Greenwood Funeral Home at (504)486-0880.
John Jack Stewart
Apr 17, 2014
John Jack Stewart, age 69 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Gulfport. Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport, served the family. For more information, please call (228)539-9800.
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Stepp
Apr 17, 2014
Thomas ""Tommy"" Charles Stepp, age 61 and a resident of Long Beach, died on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Long Beach. Mr. Stepp was a native of Mobile, AL and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He retired from the Long Beach Fire Department as a Battalion Chief and also as a Fire Chief of the Air National...
Mary LaRen Saucier
Apr 16, 2014
Mary LaRen Saucier, 74, passed to sit at our Lords supper table with her husband and family members who preceded her April 16, 2014. Mary was preceded by her beloved husband Armand, her parents William & Eunice Weston and three brothers and one sister. Mary is survived by four siblings Bob, Jim, Harold and Dolores, her five loving children, eighteen...
Pat Wilz
Apr 15, 2014
John ""Pat"" Wilz, age 85, died peacefully at home April 15, 2014. Pat was born March 17, 1929 in Dickinson North Dakota, the son of Frank Wilz and Elizabeth Meier Wilz. He joined the United States Air Force and served 25 years, retiring in 1972 at the rank of Major. He married Beatrice Lucille Weisenbeck of Durand, Wisconsin. Together they...
Doris Richmond
Apr 15, 2014
Doris Burdine Richmond of Biloxi, Mississippi, died on April 15, 2014. Doris was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She loved the arts, entertainment and she loved to dance. She was a graduate of Biloxi High School. She was retired from Gayfers Department Store at Edgewater Mall in Biloxi. She was preceded in death by her parents Mark Hannah Burdine and...
James W. "Smitty" Smith
Apr 15, 2014
James W. ""Smitty"" Smith, age 96, of Gulfport, passed away on April 15, 2014. He was of the Baptist faith, a master mason at Halfway Lodge #852, Halfway, KY, a Kentucky Colonel, and was a lifetime member of AACEM and American Austin Bantam Club. He is survived by his son-in-law and daughter, Roland and Diane Cowart, his grandchildren, Brent Cowart...
Evelyn McLeod
Apr 14, 2014
Evelyn McLeod, age 87, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014, in Oklahoma City, OK.She was born to Floyd and Miranda Faircloth on October 13, 1926, in Clio, AL. She went on to marry and travel along with her husband, William Lee McLeod, Sr. of Biloxi, MS.Evelyn was a beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, first and foremost,...
Vernon Lee Musgrave
Apr 14, 2014
Colonel Vernon Musgrave, United States Air Force, Ret, age 71, of Long Beach, passed away on April 14, 2014 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Edra Musgrave; a brother, David Musgrave of Springfield, IL; and an infant brother, Joseph Musgrave of Wayne County, IL. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years,...
Ruth Gussow
Apr 14, 2014
Ruth Isabel Gussow, age 88, a Biloxi native, died Monday, April 14, 2014, in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Mrs. Gussow grew up on Lestrade Place, directly behind the Biloxi Lighthouse. She was one of six children of Ira and Corinne Clark, and one of 17 grandchildren of John and Isabel Lestrade. She met her husband, Milton Gussow, when he was stationed...
Richard Hayes Evans
Apr 14, 2014
Richard Hayes Evans (Dick), 79, of Long Beach, Mississippi passed away due to a heart attack at his home Monday, April 14, 2014. Mr. Evans was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on August 6, 1934. He was preceded in death by his parents Elizabeth Hayes and Harry Leroy Evans of Elkhart, IN; his brother Harry Evans, Jr. of Elkhart, IN; his...
Hamlin B. Johnston
Apr 14, 2014
Hamlin B. Johnston, age 71, passed away April 14, 2014 in Biloxi. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 274 Beauvoir Rd., Biloxi served the family. www.riemannfamily.com
Patrick Neil Craven
Apr 13, 2014
Patrick Neil Craven, 42, passed away April 13, 2014. Graveside Service 4/19/14, Broadus Cem., Saucier at 3pm. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Gulfport served the family. Service APR 19. 03:00 PM Broadus Cemetery Saucier, MS, US, 39574
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