OBITUARIES
Roy Kennedy
Nov 2, 2012
Roy Kennedy, age 84, passed away Friday, November 2, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Kennedy was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War. He was a member of the VFW and DAV. He was a loving husband and father and will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his...
Fernale L. "Lee" Burns
Nov 2, 2012
Fernale L. ""Lee"" Burns, age 85, of Biloxi, passed away on November 2, 2012. Mr. Burns was born in Minnesota to Edward L. Burns and Dora Olson Burns. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War and Vietnam War and retired after 22 years. After retirement from the Navy, he worked for Ingall's Shipbuilding for many years....
Mary Alice Martin
Nov 1, 2012
Mary Alice Martin, age 87 and a longtime resident of Long Beach, died on Thursday, November 1, 2012, in Long Beach. Mrs. Martin was co-owner/operator of a pre-k thru kindergarten business in Long Beach for many years and retired as a teacher for the Long Beach School District. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at...
Christopher D. Browder
Nov 1, 2012
Chris Browder, age 41, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport of a Hemorraghic Stroke.Chris was a graduate of Hancock High School. He was employed as a table games supervisor at the IP Casino. His passion was auctioneering and spending time with his family and friends. Chris was preceded in death by his father, Danny...
William Warren "Bill" Powell
Nov 1, 2012
William ""Bill"" Warren Powell, Jr., age 81, of Gulfport, passed away on November 1, 2012.Mr. Powell was born in Virginia to William Warren Powell, Sr. and Mollie Carroll Powell. He served as an air traffic controller in the United States Air Force and retired after 23 years of active duty service to our country. After that active duty, he worked...
Horace Herbert "Jack" Pate
Nov 1, 2012
SSgt Horace Herbert ""Jack"" Pate, United States Air Force, Retired, age 83, of Spanish Fort, AL, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012, in Mobile, AL. Jack was born in Prichard to Samuel and Lee Ola Gavin Pate. He served in the USAF and retired from active duty in 1971. He then continued his profession as a Bulk Plant Manager...
Norma Irene Powers Smith
Oct 31, 2012
Norma Irene Powers Smith, age 88, of Biloxi, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Biloxi. Norma was born December 15, 1923, in Urbana, Illinois, to Olive and George H. Powers. She attended the University of Illinois until the outbreak of WWII and then worked at Chanute Air Field. At a church picnic, she met her future husband, Richard...
Mary Patricia Schoniwitz
Oct 31, 2012
Mary Patricia Schoniwitz, 63, of Saucier, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Patricia was born December 11, 1948 in Harrison County. She was a lifetime resident of Saucier and a member of Cedar Dale Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Barney Smith and mother, Bessie Herrin Smith. She is survived by her husband of 48...
Joe Sanders
Oct 30, 2012
Paul Joseph ""Joe"" Sanders, age 62, of Bay St. Louis, passed away on October 30, 2012, in Pass Christian. Joe will always be remembered by all as the man who could tinker anything until it was ""right"". Everything needed his special touch and that was not limited to just things. He carved his niche into the lives of everyone and...
Jarion Barnes
Oct 30, 2012
Infant Jarion Barnes of Gulfport, died on October 30, 2012, in Gulfport. Graveside Service on Monday, November 5 at 2pm at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Gulfport. RIEMANN FAMILY F.H., in Gpt. in charge. Service NOV 5. 02:00 PM Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Carl Leggett Road Gulfport, MS, US Interment Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Carl Leggett Road Gulfport, MS,
Lilley Holliman
Oct 29, 2012
Lilley Holliman, age 59, and a resident of Pass Christian, passed away Monday, October 29, 2012. There will be a Celebration of Life Service held at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2012 at Highland Baptist Church, with visitation 30 minutes prior. Visitation NOV 1. 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM Highland Baptist Church 8400 Firetower Road Pass Christian, MS, US Service...
Barbara A. Bates
Oct 29, 2012
Barbara A. Bates, age 79, of Long Beach, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 29, 2012 in Gulfport.Mrs. Bates was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Gulfport.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. Bates, Sr., a daughter, Patricia Bates Stepp, her parents, Noel and Ruby Hartley, and 2 sisters, Myrtle Greeson and Billie Jo Davis.Survivors...
John R. Bane
Oct 29, 2012
John Bane, Jr., age 81, of Gulfport passed away October 29, 2012. Arrangements are incomplete at RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Gulfport. www.riemannfamily.com
Samuel Geoffrey Begner
Oct 28, 2012
Samuel Geoffrey Begner, age 36 and a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, died on Sunday, October 28, 2012, in Gulfport. Mr. Begner was sent from Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport, to Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care in Atlanta for services. For more information, please call Dressler's Jewish Funeral Care at (770)451-4999.
Luther "Don" Dunnaway
Oct 28, 2012
Luther ""Don"" Dunnaway, age 73, of Ocean Springs, passed away October 28, 2012. Arrangements are incomplete at RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME,Gulfport, MS www.riemannfamily.com
Judy Rawls Rech
Oct 27, 2012
Judy Rawls Rech, age 69 of Diamondhead, MS, went to heaven on 10/27/2012 surrounded by her love ones following a battle with cancer. Judy was born in Philadelphia, MS on September 15, 1943 and grew up in Poplarville, MS. Graduated from Poplarville High School in 1961, where she was a cheerleader and was a member of the PRC String of...
Cathy Lynn Taylor Bryant
Oct 27, 2012
Cathy Lynn Taylor Bryant, age 57 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Saturday, October 27, 2012, in Gulfport. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 2, 2012, at 5:00pm at Iron Horse Community Church, which is located at Cowan Road Baptist Church, 425 Cowan Road in Gulfport.Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport, assisted...
Betty Jean Tompkins
Oct 27, 2012
Betty Jean Russ Tompkins, age 87, of Saucier, passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2012, in Diamondhead. She was born June 18, 1925, in Akron, OH, to John and Madie Jane Russ. While serving in the U.S. Navy WAVES, she met and married her husband, Billy Tompkins of Mississippi. After his discharge from the Navy, they moved to his home...
Cynthia Parker
Oct 27, 2012
Cynthia Parker, 73 of Gulfport, died on Saturday, October 27, 2012, in Gulfport. Funeral arrangements were handled by Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. For more information, please call (228)539-9800.
Betty Gillespie
Oct 26, 2012
Betty Gillespie, age 87 and a longtime resident of Long Beach, died on Friday, October 26, 2012, in Long Beach. Mrs. Gillespie was co-owner/operator of a pre-k thru kindergarten business in Long Beach for many years and retired as a teacher for the Long Beach School District. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 10am...
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