OBITUARIES
Billy Woodall
May 28, 2008
Billy """"Bo"""" Woodall, age 75, and a resident of Biloxi, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in Biloxi. Bo was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was a pilot, a logger in Alaska, and worked for Douglas Aircraft, Boeing, and Lockheed in airline construction. He was also in oil exploration, had been a radio announcer, and was a Quality...
Ruth Walsh
May 28, 2008
Ruth Galloway Walsh, age 88, of Biloxi, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2008 in Biloxi. Ms. Walsh spent most of her life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Orange Grove area. She retired from Sears as a receiving clerk. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Ms. Walsh is preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda Picard;...
Luella Boyd
May 27, 2008
Luella M. Boyd of Waveland died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Kiln, MS. Private services will be held. The RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 9113 Kiln DeLisle Road in charge of arrangements.
Lewis Smith
May 27, 2008
Mr. Lewis F. Smith, age 82, of Gulfport, MS, formerly of Marietta, GA, died Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Smith retired as a Lieutenant from the U.S. Navy, retired as an electrician from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and retired from Kroger Food Stores. He was preceded in death by his wife, Joan A. Smith. Survivors include his children:...
Dwight Stiglets
May 26, 2008
T. Dwight Stiglets, age 81 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Monday, May 26, 2008 in Gulfport. Mr. Stiglets was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and the Korean Conflict. He was very active in the Orange Grove Babe Ruth League and the Klein Road Church of God Baseball...
Nell Switzer
May 26, 2008
Nell Robinson Switzer, age 77 and a resident of Gulfport, died Monday, May 26, 2008 in Gulfport. Ms. Switzer had been a resident of the coast most of her life. She was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church and a member of the Ruth Sunday School class. She always had an open home for church leaders and prospective pastors. She...
Franklin Royals
May 25, 2008
Franklin E. Royals, age 74 and a resident of Saucier, died on Saturday, May 25, 2008, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Royals was a native of Register, GA and had been a resident of Saucier for the past 32 years. He served in the US Air Force for 21 years and served in the Korean Conflict. He was a member of...
Bruce Proctor
May 25, 2008
Bruce Proctor, age 57 and a resident of Biloxi, died on Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Gulfport. Arrangements are being handled by the Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Road in Biloxi. For more information, please call (228)388-9516.
Donald Hankins
May 25, 2008
Donald J. Hankins of Biloxi, died Sunday, May 25, 2008 after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 72. Born in Cleveland, Minnesota, one of five siblings, he attended the local high school and then the University of Minnesota. He graduated with a B.S. and an Air Force commission as a second lieutenant. After attending flying training, he served this...
Ward Calhoun Buel
May 24, 2008
Ward Calhoun Buel, age 86 a native of Mississippi, and a resident of Diamondhead, MS., died in Diamondhead, on May 24, 2008.
He was preceded in death by the love of his life, wife of over 61 years, Dovie Hardy Buel; and his son, Charles Bennett Buel.
He is survived by his children, Ward Clinton Buel...
Joe T. Scott
May 24, 2008
Joe Troy Scott, 72, of Gulfport, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Saturday, May 24, 2008 in Gulfport after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born October 13, 1935 in Braxton, MS, but was a resident of Lyman and Gulfport for most of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
Lela Johnson
May 23, 2008
Lela Mae Johnson, age 91 of Diamondhead, MS entered in her heavenly Home May 23, 2008. For the last few years, Lela was a resident of Woodland Village Nursing Home in Diamondhead, MS. Prior to Katrina, she lived at Dunbar Nursing Home in Bay St. Louis, MS. She was born in Loris, South Carolina, April 30, 1917. She lived most...
Lashae Necaise
May 23, 2008
LaShae (ShaeShae) Faye Necaise, age 13, of Pass Christian, passed away on May 23, 2008 in Pass Christian. She was preceded in death by her cousin, Tanae Ladner and her great grandparents. ShaeShae is survived by her parents, Donald Wayne (Donnie) Necaise of Kiln and Kerry Morgan of Pass Christian; her sisters, Kallie Wilson and Alissa Necaise; her brothers, Dustin...
Sylvia Hensley
May 22, 2008
Sylvia S. Hensley, age 90, of Gulfport, passed away on May 22, 2008 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Hettie Harris Sparks; brothers, Theodore Sparks, Ed Sparks, and Benjamin Sparks; two sisters, Geneva Chandler and Gloria Huddleston. Mrs. Hensley is survived by her husband of 66 years, Ora Nelson Hensley, of Gulfport; her sons,...
Michael Sheffield
May 22, 2008
Michael Ray Sheffield, 52, and a resident of Picayune, died at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Picayune. Mr. Sheffield worked for AT&T for 32 years. He was born in Biloxi on February 25, 1956 to Jean Sheffield of Picayune and the late Bobby Sheffield of Gulfport. He had lived in Picayune for the past 10 years. He is...
Kathleen Reed
May 22, 2008
Kathleen Kazee Reed, left our world to be with our heavenly Father on May 22, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Reed; and her son, Michael D. Reed. Left behind are her children, Arlene """"Pat"""" Doughty and her husband James Doughty, Jayne Reed Austin, and her husband David Austin, J.W. Reed and John F. Reed;...
Shirley Sessum
May 22, 2008
Shirley J. Sessum, age 71, of Pass Christian, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Gulfport. Mrs. Sessum was preceded in death by her husband, Don Sessum, Sr., her parents, Frank and Alcidene Jackson, her father and mother-in-law, Tom and Fran Sessum, a daughter, Denise Sessum, and a great-grandson, Caden McDyer. Survivors include her children, Donna and Mike Wade, Donald and...
Michael Parratore
May 20, 2008
Michael A. Parratore, age 52, of Marengo, IL, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in Illinois. Mr. Parratore was a Master Mason of Wheaton Masonic Lodge #269. He was a 32nd degree Mason of The Scottish Rite, Kinights Templar of the York Right, and a Member of Medinah Shriners Athletic and Hospitality Committees. He was preceded in death by his grandparents,...
Christine Bass
May 20, 2008
Christine (Colleen) Hadden Bass, age 38 and resident of Saucier, died on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 in Gulfport. She was born September 16, 1969 in Menden, LA, attended St. Thomas Elementary School in Long Beach, St. John High School and graduated from Long Beach High School class of 1987. She also attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. She was preceded...
Rose Wyrosdick
May 20, 2008
Rose Marie """"Sunny"""" Wyrosdick, 61 of Bay St. Louis, died 5/20/08. Memorial Service at 2pm on Fri. 5/23/08, at RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Hwy 49, with visitation 1 hour prior. 10/11/46
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