OBITUARIES
Florence Bartels
Jan 11, 2010
Mrs. Florence G. Bartels, age 78, resident of Long Beach, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2010. Mrs. Bartels was born in NY, NY, to the late Felix and Georgia Schlinger Doyle in 1931. After high school, she married Raymond W. Bartels from NJ and started her family. She was a homemaker and a resident of Long Beach since 1979....
Leonard Francis "Paw Paw" Sylvia
Jan 10, 2010
Leonard Francis ""Paw Paw"" Sylvia Jr., age 76 of Gulfport, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Prentiss, MS. Mr. Sylvia lived most of his live on the coast. He was an auto mechanic and musician who could play all instruments. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Nell Sylvia; son, Leonard Sylvia III; great granddaughter, Kaycee...
Bessie Loper Saucier
Jan 10, 2010
Bessie Loper Saucier, age 98 and a resident of Gulfport, died Sunday, January 10, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Saucier was a native of Gulfport and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She worked at Mac Smith Garment Factory. Her passions were working in her vegetable garden and flower beds, sewing, quilting, and crafts. She attended the Lyman Senior...
Edith O. Maxwell
Jan 10, 2010
Edith O. Maxwell, age 97 and a resident of Biloxi, died Sunday, January 10, 2010 in Biloxi. Mrs. Maxwell, a native of Columbus, Ohio, married her husband, Lt. Col. John E. Maxwell, in 1938 and traveled the world with him in support of his military career with U. S. Army. While living in San Antonio, TX she worked for the...
Lamar Ladner
Jan 9, 2010
Lamar L. Ladner, 70, of White Cypress, passed on to a life with Jesus on Saturday, January 9, 2010. He was a devoted and loving husband and father. Lamar was also a faithful member of St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Church in Perkinston. In addition, he was an avid outdoor sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. Lamar is preceded in...
Jacquelyn Chapman
Jan 9, 2010
Jacquelyn Hope Chapman, age 62 and a resident of Long Beach, died on Saturday, January 9, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Chapman had been a midwife for the past 30 years, and at the time of her death, she was a nurse practitioner and co-owner of the Gulfport Internal Care on Highway 49 North in Gulfport. She committed her life to...
Donald Watts
Jan 7, 2010
Donald J. Watts, 62, of Gulfport, was called home on January 7, 2009. Mr. Watts was known as """"Donny"""" to all his family and friends. He was a lifetime member of O'Neal Road Baptist Church and a Mason of the Orange Grove Masonic Lodge #635. He served in the Army National Guard for 34 years and retired as a Master...
Miss Mary Margaret Turcotte
Jan 7, 2010
Miss Mary Margaret Turcotte, 85 of Waveland, Mississippi passed away on January 7, 2010 in Diamondhead, Mississippi. Miss Mary Margaret was member of Saint Clare Catholic Church in Waveland, Mississippi. She was a graduate of Mississippi Southern College (now The University of Southern Mississippi), a retired school teacher with the Bay Saint Louis-Waveland School District, a member of the National...
Mamie Simmons
Jan 7, 2010
Mamie Alice Simmons, age 91 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Thursday, January 7, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Simmons was a member of the American Legion, and lived her life for her family and friends. She will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved her. Mrs. Simmons is preceded in death by her parents, John C....
Mary Mcdonald
Jan 7, 2010
Mary Catherine McDonald, of Huntsville, AL, entered into Eternal Rest on January 7th. She was born October 29th, 1917 in Dixie, AL to John Glover and Minnie Hutto Lambeth. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Joseph McDonald and her parents. She is survived by her son, John Thomas McDonald and his wife Suzanne McDonald, granddaughter, Jessica Miller,...
Louis Reaux
Jan 6, 2010
Louis J. Reaux, 81 passed away January 6, 2010, in Gulfport. Mr. Reaux was a lifelong resident of the gulf coast area. He was born in Biloxi in 1928 and graduated from Gulfport High School in 1948. He was head of the meat department for Swift & Co. and HardyaÌ‚â‚â„¢s Meat for 14 years. He retired in 1989, after 26...
Albert Doukas
Jan 6, 2010
Albert Raymond Rerecich Doukas, age 53 and a resident of Biloxi, died on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, in Biloxi. Mr. Doukas was a lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast, and had served in the U.S. Navy for 5 years. He enjoyed playing pool and was employed as a security officer with the Palace Casino in Biloxi. Mr. Doukas is...
Kay Hebert
Jan 5, 2010
Kay Kramer Hebert, of Gulfport, passed away into the arms of Jesus on January 5, 2010. She leaves behind a loving husband, Bobby Lee Hebert; daughter, Joy Martin (Michael); son, Jeff Stewart (Kay); daughter, Darlene Stewart; sons, Tony and Ricky Hebert; daughters, Tina Marciano and Kelly Mossier; sister: Eva Thompson; brother, James Kramer; 13 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews;...
Timothy Sutherlin
Jan 4, 2010
Timothy Sutherlin, age 50 and a resident of Pass Christian, died Monday, January 4, 2010 in New Jersey where he had been working. Tim was a native of New Orleans and grew up in Pass Christian. He worked at Turan Foley and Mandels and was the owner and operator of TimaÌ‚â‚â„¢s Catfish House. He was preceded in death by his...
Vera L. Ford
Jan 4, 2010
Mrs. Vera Allen Ford, age 80, lifelong resident of Long Beach, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2010, in Gulfport. Mrs. Ford was born in 1929 to the late June N. Allen and Maybelle Beech Allen. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elmer T. Ford; two...
Margaret Marlett
Jan 4, 2010
Margaret (Peggy) Marlett, age 55, and a resident of Biloxi, died Monday, January 4, 2010 in Biloxi. Mrs. Marlett was born in Birmingham, AL and was a long time resident of the Biloxi area. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Christie Faith; parents, Bonnie J. and Joseph R. Brensinger; brothers, Jack C. Brensinger and Billy P. Brensinger; nephew,...
Rosemary Blakeslee
Jan 4, 2010
Rosemary Campbell Blakeslee, age 60, passed away Monday, January 4, 2010 in Gulfport, MS. A resident of Gulfport for 38 years, Rosemary was born in Columbia, Mississippi and grew up in Bogalusa, Louisiana. She graduated from USM with a BacheloraÌ‚â‚â„¢s degree in Elementary Education and received her masters from William Carey University. She taught first grade at Bayou View Elementary...
Robert Edwin Mc Ghee
Jan 2, 2010
Robert Edwin (Bob) McGhee, 87 died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Gulfport on January 2, 2010. Mr. McGhee was born on July 4, 1922 in Bluefield, West Virginia. He attended public schools in Bluefield and held a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II, serving...
James Mckamey
Jan 2, 2010
James Fletcher McKamey, Jr., 43, of Gulfport, formerly of Hixson, TN, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2010, in Gulfport. He pursued a career as a barber and co-owned """"The Friendly Barbers"""" in Gulfport. Jimmy was preceded in death by his father, James Fletcher McKamey, Sr., and grandfather, James Lester McKamey. Survivors include his mother, Johnnie Sue Martel, of Shepherdsville,...
Eugene Gene Schultz
Jan 2, 2010
Mr. Eugene A. """"Gene"""" Schultz, age 84, of Gulfport, MS, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 2, 2010. He was born on February 26, 1925, to parents, Albert and Freida Selig Schultz. He was a native of Downers Grove, IL, and came to live on the Gulf Coast as an insurance adjuster after Hurricane Camille. Gene was...
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