OBITUARIES
Robert Grissom
Apr 19, 2008
Robert O. Grissom, age 81 and a resident of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in Gulfport. Mr. Grissom was born on October 30, 1926 in Selma, AL and was a longtime resident of Gulfport. He was also a retired plumber. Mr. Grissom is preceded in death by his parents, Phillip & Martha Ann Grissom, his brothers, Herbert...
Hazel Szetela
Apr 18, 2008
Hazel Breland Szetela, age 87 and a resident of Gulfport, died Friday, April 18, 2008, in Gulfport. Mrs. Szetela was a native of Pearl River County and a lifelong resident of the Gulfport/Biloxi area. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley Szetela; son-in-law, Russell Peterman; parents, John and...
Robert Leeton
Apr 18, 2008
Robert (Mr. Bob) Leeton, Jr., age 82 of Gulfport, died Friday, April 18, 2008 in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Leeton was born in Columbia, Missouri and has been a resident of Gulfport since 1942. He is a graduate of Gulfport High School, the University of Missouri where he obtained a degree in Chemistry, and Gulf Coast Community College He was retired...
Calvin Mills
Apr 17, 2008
Calvin Mills, 80, of Gulfport, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Biloxi. Mr. Mills was born in Choctaw County and was a member of Joppa Shrine Temple and Polar Star Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of Order of Eastern Star Handsboro #374 and was a Knights Templar for the Gulfport Scottish Rite Bodies. Mr. Mills served in...
Margaret Reuter
Apr 17, 2008
Margaret Katherine Reuter, age 59 and a resident of Gulfport, passed away on Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Gulfport. Margaret was born on March 10, 1949 in Bogalusa, LA. She graduated from high school in Lakenheath AB, England and attended business school in Charleston, SC. Margaret worked in administration at Highland Avenue Hospital in Birmingham, AL. She volunteered for the...
Lawrence Starita
Apr 17, 2008
Lawrence """"Skeet"""" Starita, age 85 and a resident of Bay St. Louis, died Thursday, April 17, 2008, in Bay St. Louis. He has joined his wife, Aleciadell; parents, Laura and Benjamin; brothers, Louis and Benny; and sisters, Laura Ann, Josie, and Armina. Skeet is survived by his seven children, L. E. """"Skip"""" Starita and his wife, Connie; Dell Marie Thompson...
Alice Broadus
Apr 17, 2008
Alice Gwendolyn Blackman (Mrs. Marcus J.) Broadus was born in Charleston, S.C, on February 17, 1917 and passed away in Arnaudville, LA on April 17, 2008. She was the youngest child of Malcolm Lee Blackman and Alice Rowena Lewis Blackman. Gwen, as she was known by her many friends, was a lifelong learner and was involved in education for most...
Linda Pieri
Apr 16, 2008
Linda Ann Jones Pieri, age 55, of Saucier, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in Gulfport. Mrs. Pieri was a lifelong resident of the coast. She enjoyed gardening and her grandchildren were her life. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Pieri is preceded in death by her mother, Georgia Earline Davenport; her father, Thomas Crowley; and her brother, Charles...
Allison Prassenos
Apr 16, 2008
Infant Allison Faye Prassenos, 4 months, passed away April 16, 2008, in Lucedale, MS. She is preceded in death by her bother, William Job Prassenos. Survivors include her parents, Jacob and Pam Prassenos; her grandparents, Rhonda Platt, Steve (Karla) Platt, B. Sue Goodwin, Dwight Goodwin, and Bill and Emma Prassenos; her great grandparents, Roy and Betty Harmon, her aunts and...
Betty Fayard
Apr 16, 2008
Betty Jo Carnes Fayard, born October 7, 1932, in Corinth, MS, and a resident of Gulfport, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, in Gulfport. Mrs. Fayard was preceded in death by her parents, William and Nellie Carnes; brother, Dr. William H. Carnes, Jr.; and sister, Marjorie Carnes. Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Johnnie Ray Fayard; children, Johnnie Ray Fayard,...
Frank Armstrong
Apr 15, 2008
Frank H. Armstrong, Sr., 79 and of Long Beach, MS passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in Biloxi, MS. Graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, April 18, 2008 at Biloxi National Cemetery. The RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Rd., is in charge of the arrangements.
John Kountz
Apr 15, 2008
Mr. John E. Kountz, age 69, and a resident of Biloxi, died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at the Biloxi VA. The Graveside Service is Monday, April 21, 2008, 11:00 a.m., at the Biloxi National Cemetery. Arrangements by the RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 274 Beauvoir Road, Biloxi.
Jane Stevens
Apr 15, 2008
Jane Ann Garlotte Clark Stevens, age 61 and born on March 22, 1947, of Gulfport, died on April 15, 2008 in Gulfport. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Lisa, and her parents, Harvey Garlotte and Helen and Newton Lindsay. She is survived by her children, Deede Clark of Ponchatoula, LA, Deborah Murphy, Darcel Meza, and Dawn Fenton and...
Richard Winkelhake
Apr 13, 2008
Richard A. Winkelhake, age 68, and a resident of Biloxi, died Sunday, April 13, 2008 in Biloxi. He served 10 years with the US Marines, achieving the rank of Sergeant (E-5), and was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat V. He is survived by his son, Mark Winkelhake, MarkaÌ‚â‚â„¢s fiancée Lori Brommer, and grandson Tyler Winkelhake, all of Gulfport, MS;...
Larry Husband
Apr 13, 2008
Larry Dale Husband, age 58 of the Kiln, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2008 in Waveland. Mr. Husband was a graduate of Long Beach High School Class of 1967 where he was a pitcher for the baseball team. He was currently employed with the Hancock County School District as the Transportation Director. He was a former bus driver and receptionist...
Norvell Brown
Apr 13, 2008
Norvell McDonald Brown, age 90, died peacefully on Sunday morning, April 13, 2008 in Wiggins. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Albert 'Bill' Brown, Sr; her father and mother, A.J. and Etta McDonald; five brothers, Claude, Clyde, Kenneth, Albert Earl, and her twin brother, Norman 'Doc' McDonald; her loving sister, Lou Ethel Kirby; and her...
Taylor Sherman
Apr 13, 2008
Taylor L. Sherman, age 45, of Ocean Springs, died on April 13, 2008 in Biloxi. He was preceded in death by his special friends, David Moore and Lee Coleman; and his grandparents, Lewis and Reva Holcomb and Joseph and Henrietta Sherman. Taylor is survived by his parents, Jim and Ruth Wilson and Richard Sherman, all of Charlotte, MI; his siblings,...
Richard Cifranic
Apr 11, 2008
Senior Chief Utilitiesman Richard (Dick) Cifranic, U.S. Navy Seabee, Retired, age 76, of Diamondhead, died on April 11, 2008 in Diamondhead. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter Cifranic and Susan Cifranic, and three sisters. Mr. Cifranic is survived by his wife, Donna J. Cifranic, of Diamondhead; two sons, Richard (Rich) Cifranic, Jr and his wife, Sue, and...
Mildred Burnett
Apr 11, 2008
Mildred M. Burnett, age 73, of Gulfport, died Friday, April 11, 2008 in Gulfport. Mrs. Burnett was a native and former resident of Pelham, Alabama and had been a long-time resident of Gulfport. She was an avid collector of all antiques, making her house like a museum. She was also a die-hard University of Alabama and Atlanta Braves fan. She...
Virginia Ruth Keel
Apr 11, 2008
Virginia Ruth Keel, 81, of Diamondhead, died Friday, April 11, 2008 in Bay St. Louis. Private services will be held at a later date.
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