OBITUARIES
Elaine Foy
Apr 10, 2008
Elaine Holloway Foy, age 91, and a resident of Gulfport, died Thursday, April 10, 2008, in Gulfport, MS. She was born March 27, 1917, in Kincaid, KS, to Ira S. Holloway and Bessie Lewis She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Rev. B. Aaron Foy, and her brother Claire Holloway. She is survived by her two sons:...
Greg Vice
Apr 9, 2008
Greg Alton Vice, age 49, of Helena, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 in Jackson. Greg was a lifelong resident of the Helena community and was a member of the Helena Presbyterian Church. He was currently employed with Northrop Gruman as a crane operator and he previously worked with his family as a truck driver. Greg was devoted to his wife,...
Jimmy Sanders
Apr 9, 2008
Jimmy M. Sanders, age 76 and a resident of Gulfport, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Gulfport. Mr. Sanders was a native of Esto, Florida, and was a member of the Homebuilder's Association in Millbrook, AL. He was a member of Robinson Road Baptist Church and the Gulf Coast Parkinson's Support Group. Mr. Sanders was preceded in death by his...
Mary Barrett
Apr 8, 2008
Mary Sardos Barrett, age 87 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 in Gulfport. Mrs. Barrett was born in Kiln on July 17, 1920 and had been a resident of Gulfport for over 50 years. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Gulfport. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence and...
Elaine Ruth Udell Hoy
Apr 8, 2008
Elaine Ruth Udell Hoy was born June 12, 1914 in Los Angeles, CA. At only a few months of age, her family moved to Muncie, IN where she lived throughout her childhood. She was the oldest of two daughters. Her father, an immigrant from Finland, believed in the opportunities of America and eventually became the president of a metal-working foundry...
Benjamin Carrubba
Apr 8, 2008
Benjamin L. Carrubba, age 83, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at his home in Pass Christian. Mr. Carrubba was a staunch Catholic who served as a lay minister. He was a devoted member of the St. Paul's Catholic Church Choir where he served as director for over 30 years. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus....
Rogers Winter
Apr 7, 2008
Rogers Joseph """"Butch"""" Winter 63, of Gulfport passed away on Monday, April 7, 2008 in Gulfport. Mr. Winter is preceded in death by is mother, Margaret Lucille Goetzman Winter, his father, Rogers Winter and his nephew Peter Rogers. Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Brenda Gayle Winter of Gulfport, his daughters Marla Gayle Cain and her husband Andrew Wayne...
Helon Culpepper
Apr 6, 2008
Helon T. Culpepper, 95 formerly of Long Beach, MS, passed away on Sunday April 6, 2008 in Greenville, MS. Mrs. Culpepper was a long-time resident of Long Beach, MS, until August, 2005. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Gulfport, and later of First Baptist Church, Long Beach. Mrs. Culpepper is preceded in death by her husband, Cecil W....
Elise Sund
Apr 6, 2008
Elsie Bernice Sund, 77, of Biloxi died on Sunday, April 6, 2008 in Biloxi . Mrs. Sund was born in Canada and moved to the United States in the 1940's. She was a homemaker and enjoyed ceramics, bowling, gardening, crossword puzzles and baking for family gatherings. She also enjoyed watching the Atlanta Braves. Mrs. Sund is preceded in death by...
Robby Shove
Apr 6, 2008
Robby C. Haynes Shove 69, of Gulfport died on Sunday, April 6, 2008 in Gulfport, MS. Mrs. Shove proudly served her country in the United States Army. She worked for the Civil Service where she retired from NAS Pensacola. She was a member of the American Legion, and enjoyed fishing, embroidering and the beach. She was a great cook and...
Mary Virginia Nix
Apr 5, 2008
Mary Virginia Nix, 72 of Long Beach, passed away quietly with her loving family at her side at Oschner's Hospital in New Orleans, LA on April 5, 2008. She had fought a valiant battle with diabetes and heart disease for many years. She was born in Bascom, FL on December 31, 1935. She grew up in the small town of...
Alton Vincent
Apr 5, 2008
Alton Joseph """"A.J."""" Vincent, 71, of Perkinston, MS, formerly of Port Sulphur, LA, passed away on Saturday April 5, 2008 at the VA hospital in Biloxi, MS. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Port Sulphur, and was retired after more than 35 years of service to Freeport McMoran. He was honorably discharged from the US Army in...
Cruz Cardenas
Apr 5, 2008
Cruz Cardenas, age 24 of Gulfport, died on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Gulfport. Arrangements are pending at The Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. For more information, please call (228)539-9800.
Hayden Wiese
Apr 5, 2008
Infant Hayden Edward Wiese passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Gulfport. God needed an angel in Heaven to stand at the SavioraÌ‚â‚â„¢s feet; His choice must be the rarest, a lily pure and sweet. He gazed upon the mighty throne, then stopped and picked the best. Our child was His chosen one, with Jesus, heaÌ‚â‚â„¢s now at rest....
Ruth Fulcher
Apr 5, 2008
Ruth Fulcher, 94 and a resident of Gulfport, passed away on Saturday, April3, 2008 in Gulfport A Gulf Coast resident for 65 + years. Mrs. Fulcher (nee Wilkinson) married Noel J. Fulcher of Yazoo City in1935. Moved to Biloxi in 1942. As an expert seamstress, Mrs. Fulcher sewed uniforms for the Army Air Corp soldiers at Keesler Field during World...
Alfred Richter
Apr 5, 2008
Alfred J. """"Al"""" Richter, age 84, of Gulfport passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Gulfport. Mr. Richter was born in Biloxi and was a graduate of Biloxi High School and the College of Mortuary Science in St. Louis, MO. He was a long time member of the Kiwanis Club where he was a Hixson Fellow. He was also a...
Deonna Hester
Apr 4, 2008
Deonna Michelle Hester age 34, of Saucier died on Friday, April 4, 2008 in Harrrison County. Mrs. Hester was born in Stone County on January 2, 1974 and had been a lifelong resident of the Saucier Community. She was a loving and devoted wife and mother. Deonna is preceded in death by her grandparents, Jack and Elizabeth Broadus; and George...
Dennis Thacker
Apr 4, 2008
Dennis C. Thacker, age 35 and a recent resident of Diamondhead, and formerly of Gulfport, died on Friday, April 4, 2008 in Bay St. Louis, MS. Arrangements are pending at the Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. For more information, please call (228)539-9800.
Doris Pierce Vice
Apr 4, 2008
Doris Pierce Vice, age 88, of the Helena community, died Friday, April 4, 2008 in Helena. Mrs. Vice was born in Franklin Creek and lived most of her life in Helena. She was a member of Helena Presbyterian Church and was a homemaker spending most of the time in her kitchen cooking and cleaning. """"Maw Maw"""" was a true matriarch...
James Torries
Apr 3, 2008
James B. Torries, age 67 and a resident of Saucier, died on Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Gulfport. He was a native and lifelong resident of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and retired from Ingalls with over 30 years of service. He was a member of Faithview Baptist Church in Saucier. Mr. Torries loved to hunt and to fish, and will...
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