OBITUARIES
Rebecca Ann Green
Mar 3, 2024
Rebecca Ann Green, age 72, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2024.Rebecca was a Christian and life long Democrat. She graduated high school at L.W. Higgins. She was a fashion model in New Orleans and actress in several plays at the Le Petit Theatre. Rebecca worked for the University of Miami in the English Department. She then went to the...
Joe Lewis James
Mar 3, 2024
Joe Lewis James, 86, of Gulfport, Mississippi died March 3, 2024. Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport is assisting the family locally. Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson in River Ridge, LA will be arranging the funeral services.
Rosalie Anita Fisher
Mar 3, 2024
Rosalie A. Fisher, age 84, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Ms.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Powel “Bob” Fisher; her grandson, Christopher Dean “Chris” Jackson; her sisters, Eulalie Balius and Joyce Thibodeaux; her brothers, J.C. Boney, Lee G. Boney, Dennis “Perch” Boney, and Clemet Boney; and her parents Lee R....
Sharon Kaye Ray
Mar 3, 2024
Sharon Kaye Ray, age 74, of Gulfport, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lillie Ruth Mize Fuller; father, Arnold Lee Fuller; and brother, Ronald Fuller.
Sharon is survived by her son, David Ray (Rebecca); brothers, Danny and Tony Fuller; sisters in law, Sandra, Susie, and Bobbie Fuller; granddaughters, Amethyst and Faith Ray; nephews, Jonathan...
Sergio Aguilar-Vazquez
Mar 2, 2024
Sergio Papi' Aguilar Vazquez, age 57, of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Gulfport.
He was preceded in death by his father, Antonio Aguilar Ruiz; and his sister, Maria Isabel Aguilar Vazquez.
Sergio is survived by his wife of 14 years, Jennifer Johnson Aguilar; his mother, Maria Isabel Vazquez Leija; his daughters, Denise and Michelle Moore; his grandchildren, Derek...
Doyle D. Crews
Mar 2, 2024
Doyle D. Crews, age 95, of Gulfport, Mississippi passed away March 2, 2024.Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is assisting the family.Funeral Services will be at Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home in Starke, Florida.
Jan Chategnier
Mar 2, 2024
Jan Chategnier, age 73, of Diamondhead, Mississippi passed away March 2, 2024. Riemann Family Funeral Home, Pass Christian, is serving the family.
Lettie Katherine King Rice
Mar 1, 2024
Lettie Katherine King Rice, age 90 and a resident of Gulfport, MS passed away on Friday March 1, 2024, at her home in Gulfport, MS.
She was preceded in death by loving husband, Albert Thomas Rice, Jr; father, Dana George King, Sr.; mother, Lettie Katherine Eighmey King; and brothers, Dr. Dana George King, Jr and Dr. Charles Eighmey King. She is...
Larry Wayne White Jr.
Mar 1, 2024
Larry Wayne White Jr, age 51, of Pass Christian, MS passed away on March 1, 2024.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Donald and Hazel White and Edward Willis and Shirley Barber Willis; the dad that raised him, Donald Leslie; his partner in crime, Uncle Eddie Willis; and 2 uncles, Max White and Kenny White.
He is survived by his...
Melanie Kay Doyle
Mar 1, 2024
Melanie Kay Doyle, peacefully passed away at her home on Friday, March 1, 2024, after bravely battling cancer for five years.
Born on August 17, 1974, in Pahala, Hawaii, Melanie, age 49, was the beloved daughter of the late Melvin Yokoyama Sr. and Winnifred Tamondong Yokoyama. She graduated from Kau High School in 1992 and later earned a Bachelor of Arts...
Mary Kay Crossley Miller
Feb 29, 2024
Mary Kay Crossley Miller, 84, of Saucier, MS died February 29, 2024. Services are private and Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is assisting the family.
Clark Lee Richardson
Feb 29, 2024
Clark Lee Richardson, age 68, of Biloxi, passed away on February 29, 2024.
He was preceded in death by his father, Leslie J. Richardson; and mother, Roberta Bahr Brooks. Clark is survived by his father, Master Chief Russell A. Brooks, USN retired; children, Julie Lott (Jared), Sarah Sharp (Ryan), and Heather Necaise (Ron); siblings, Louie Richardson and Vicki Richardson; grandchildren, Laurel Sones,...
Jason Paul Fountain, Sr.
Feb 29, 2024
We are saddened to announce the passing of Jason Paul Fountain, Sr., age 53, of Long Beach, Mississippi. He passed away surrounded by his loved ones on February 29, 2024 after a long battle with Type 1 Diabetes and complications of cardiovascular disease.
He is survived by his daughter, Emily Fountain; two granddaughters and a grandson; parents, Ray and Joy Fountain;...
Geneva Cuevas Davis
Feb 28, 2024
Geneva Cuevas Davis, age 79, passed away on February 28, 2024 in Hattiesburg, MS.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Cuevas and Elsie Cuevas; brothers, Onivel (AB) Cuevas, Arnold (Blue) Cuevas.
She is survived by her children Eddie (Danielle) Davis, Dale Davis (Felicia), and Darlene (Eugene) Necaise; brother, Perry Cuevas; grandchildren, Chris (Brittany) Necaise, Jonathan (Ashley) Necaise, Zach Necaise,...
Rachel Whitman Coker
Feb 28, 2024
Rachel Whitman Coker, age 84, passed away on February 28, 2024, after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
She was born in Montgomery, AL on August 14, 1939, and had lived in Diamondhead, MS for 30 years. She was a retired Bell System (AT&T) employee, having worked 32 years in Montgomery, AL, Fairfax/Alexandria, VA and Birmingham, AL as a Service Representative,...
William Joseph "Billy" Ball
Feb 28, 2024
William Joseph Ball, known to family and friends as Billy, of Gautier, MS passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, in Ocean Springs, MS at the age of 33.
He is survived by his wife of 15 years, Alisha Ball; his father, Robert Ball; mother, Robin Wentworth; two children, Lily Ball and Kairi Ball; his siblings, Leon Ball, Crystal Carrignan, Jesse...
David E. Roth
Feb 28, 2024
David E. Roth, 90, of Gulfport, Mississippi passed away, February 28, 2023. A full obituary will be posted later. Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport is assisting the family.
James Hayes Hobbs
Feb 26, 2024
James Hayes Hobbs, age 91, passed away Monday, February 26, 2024. Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is serving the family.
Viola Gretchen Estep
Feb 26, 2024
Viola Gretchen Estep, of Biloxi, passed away peacefully on her birthday February 26, 2024, in Biloxi Mississippi, age 97.
Viola was born in Lyman, MS. to the late James and Eula Hawkins.
Following her high school graduation, she became a military wife to her loving husband Lawrence Estep, traveling and moving extensively before settling on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1959....
Etaw Buckman Robb
Feb 26, 2024
Etaw Buckman Robb, age 87, of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed away on February 26, 2024, in D’Iberville, Mississippi.
Etaw was born in Paulding, Mississippi, on May 9, 1936. She worked for many years as a homemaker and also at Gayfer’s Department Store. If you were to have asked her, however, she would have told you that raising her children was her calling...
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