OBITUARIES
Troy L. Craft
Jun 14, 2009
Troy Lavoy Craft, Sr. of Biloxi, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Biloxi Veterans Administration Hospital. He was born on July 10, 1921 in Taylorsville, MS and lived a full life of 87 years. Troy was raised in rural Mississippi where he loved to hunt and fish. He was known for his adventurous spirit and athletic skills....
James Michael Ford
Jun 13, 2009
Mr. James Michael Ford, age 48, resident of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Ford was born in Natchez and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He worked as a project coordinator for Northrup Grumman in Pascagoula, and he enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his...
Michael James Ford
Jun 13, 2009
Mr. James Michael Ford, age 48, resident of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Ford was born in Natchez and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He worked as a project coordinator for Northrup Grumman in Pascagoula, and he enjoyed spending time outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his...
Hazel Parker Ross
Jun 13, 2009
Hazel Parker Ross, age 79 and a resident of Pass Christian, died on Saturday, June 13, 2009, in Pass Christian. Mrs. Ross was a native of Greenville, AL and a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast area. She retired from Vanity Fair in Bayou LaBatre, AL. Mrs. Ross was a loving and devoted disciple of Christ, and has gone Home...
James N. Necaise
Jun 13, 2009
Mr. James N. Necaise, age 68, resident of Pass Christian, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Necaise was a native of Hancock County and graduated from Hancock High School. He served in the Army National Guard before being called to active duty. He was retired and was a lifelong member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in...
James Arthur Kilpatrick
Jun 12, 2009
James Arthur Kilpatrick, age 60, passed away on June 12, 2009, in Saucier. He was born on April 9, 1949, in Elba, AL. He spent his service time in the U.S. Navy Sea Bees MCB 121. He served two tours in Vietnam where he served as a builder. He was a member of the Vietnam Era Sea Bees and the...
Donna Jane Gilbert
Jun 12, 2009
Donna Jane Gilbert, age 76, died on Friday, June 12, 2009, in Gulfport. The beloved wife of the late Gerald Gilbert of Melbourne, FL; loving mother of Laurence (Chantil) Gilbert of Gainesville, FL and Mrs. Romia (Jim) Meints of Gulfport, MS. She is also survived by a sister Marcia DeJulio of Pittsburgh, PA and four grandchildren, Craig and Conner Meints,...
Charlene Burman
Jun 11, 2009
Charlene Fisher Burman of Long Beach, MS, a native of Janesville, WI, a long time resident of Kenosha, WI, married to and survived by Merle E. Burman 58 years, graduated in 1949 from Janesville High School, a member of the Homemaker's group for 50 years, LPN from Gateway Technical Institute Nursing Program in 1971, worked as an LPN at Kenosha...
Gertrude Virginia Johnson Ladner
Jun 11, 2009
Gertrude Virginia Johnson Ladner, 84 of Gulfport, passed away June 11, 2009 in Gulfport. Mrs. Ladner was preceded in death by her parents, John and Emma Johnson; her husband, Kenneth A. Ladner, and one grandson, Kenneth E. Ladner, Jr., three brothers, Joe, Dee and Charlie Johnson, and one sister, Mary O'Neal, all of Gulfport. Survivors include her three children, Kenneth...
Joseph James Casano
Jun 11, 2009
Mr. Joseph James Casano, age 91, resident of Gulfport, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2009. Mr. Casano was born in New Orleans, LA and graduated from Gulfport High School. He joined the Army Air Corp at the beginning of WWII. He was a waist gunner on a B-17 and was shot down over Austria in 1943. He spent 15...
Joe Casano
Jun 11, 2009
Joe Casano, age 91, passed away on June 11, 2009, in Biloxi. Arrangements are incomplete at the RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 274 Beauvoir Rd., Biloxi.
Margaret Cary Arnos
Jun 9, 2009
Margaret Cary Arnos, 82, a resident of Diamondhead for the past 32 years, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, J. Christopher Arnos. She was born in Decatur, AL, on May 12, 1927, to the late Martha Rowden Cary and Walter B. Cary. She was the sister of the late Dorothy...
Percy Elwin Horton
Jun 9, 2009
Percy Elwin Horton, age 81, and a resident of Gulfport, passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Mr. Horton served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII. He was retired from the U.S. Naval Reserves as a Chief Petty Officer and from the Civil Service as a Maintenance Foreman. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and sharing has garden with friends and...
Edwin J. Dressel
Jun 9, 2009
Edwin J. Dressel, 84, of Gulfport, passed away Tues., June 9, 2009. Mr. Dressel was sent from RIEMANN FAMILY F.H., Gulfport to Lake Lawn, Metairie for services.
Sam O Neal
Jun 8, 2009
Sam O'Neal, Jr. was born on the 3rd of December 1930, in Charleston, MS, Tallahatchie County. He was 78 years old and a lifelong resident of Gulfport. Mr. O'Neal served in the U.S. Army, where he was a member of the 31st Infantry Dixie Division, American Legion Post 119, and the First Baptist Church of Lyman. He worked for the...
Ralph Smith
Jun 7, 2009
Ralph """"Turk"""" Smith, age 59, of Gulfport. He is employed as an unlimited chief engineer in the merchant marines mainly sailing from New York and Louisiana. He enjoyed collecting and shooting guns and listening and playing music. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred and Doris Smith and a brother, Butsch Smith. Survivors include his wife, Vikki Smith,...
Ralph T. Smith
Jun 6, 2009
Ralph T. Smith, age 59, passed away at his residence in Saucier, MS. Arrangements are pending at the RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport.
David H. Lewis
Jun 6, 2009
David H. Lewis, 59, of Biloxi, and formerly of Alabama, died Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Biloxi. Burial will be in Biloxi National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements by RIEMANN FAMILY FH, Biloxi.
Alva Burns Adams Delanzo
Jun 6, 2009
Alva Burns Adams Delanzo, age 101, passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2009 in Gulfport. Mrs. Delanzo was a native of Bogue Chitto, MS where she graduated from Denkman High School at Northfield, MS in 1919. She was a member of the Eastern Star, a Amerath member and a Seventh Day Adventist. """"She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and...
Lillie Ladner Shavers
Jun 6, 2009
Lillie Ladner Shavers, age 80, of Kiln left her family to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, June 6, 2009, after her courageous fight with diabetes and cancer. Lillie was a loving and devoted mother and granny. She loved her family and friends and never met a stranger. Lillie was a very loving and giving person. Lillie loved...
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