OBITUARIES
Desi L. Ladner
May 19, 2014
Desi Ladner, age 42, of Necaise Crossing, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2014. Mr. Ladner was born in Gulfport to Roger Dean Ladner, Sr. and Joyce Ann Frederick Ladner. He was employed at Ensign Drilling and was a member of Crane Creek Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents, Horace and Jeanette Ladner, and...
Edna Thomas
May 18, 2014
Edna Thomas, age 75, passed away May 18, 2014. She was sent from RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport to London Funeral Home, London, KY.
Iris Christine Fairley McKean
May 18, 2014
Iris Christine Fairley McKean, 83, of Gulfport passed away on May 18, 2014 in Gulfport.She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Leecie Fairley; brothers, Wilford Fairley and John D. Fairley; sisters, Ethel Legg and Lois Germany; and a step-son, Glen David McKean.She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Robert ""Bobby"" McKean of Gulfport; her stepchildren,...
Margaret M. Shaw
May 18, 2014
Margaret M. Shaw, age 101, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014 in Gulfport. She was the daughter of George Morton MacDonough and Sara Davis Keeler. Margaret grew up in Jacksonville, Florida where she began teaching piano as a teenager. She taught her last piano lesson a little over eighty years later shortly before her 100th birthday. Before coming to...
James Patrick Phillips
May 18, 2014
James Patrick Phillips, Sr., 76, of Pass Christian, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Services were handled by Riemann Family Funeral Home.
Vertie Mae Prestwood
May 17, 2014
Vertie Mae Prestwood, age 93, of Long Beach, passed away on May 17, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Huey Prestwood, her parents, and a brother, Thomas Head. She is survived by two children, Dennis Prestwood and his wife, Brenda, of Lizana, and Joyce Ray and her husband, Floyd, of Long Beach, four grandchildren, Denise Jacobs and...
Norma Costello
May 17, 2014
Norma Mitchell Costello was born on January 30, 1922 in Catahoula, MS and lived most of her life in Gulfport, MS. She went to be with the Lord on May 17, 2014 as she listened to the beautiful voices of the Herndon Sisters singing ""Amazing Grace"" and ""He Touched Me"". Norma was dedicated to her church family at Broadmoor Baptist...
Loren Emory McQuillin
May 17, 2014
Loren Emory McQuillin Jr., age 74, of Pass Christian passed away May 17, 2014. Born November 7, 1939 in Kankakee Illinois, Loren was an honored veteran whom severed his country proudly retiring from the Army in June 1976. He was a man of great integrity, always willing to help family and friends and was a fighter till the end. Loren...
Port Gilbert Evans
May 16, 2014
Port Gilbert Evans was born in a rural log cabin in Perkinston, Mississippi in 1932 and passed May 16, 2014. Above all, Port was a devoted father, survived by his daughters Portia Jo Evans, Donna Paige Evans, Pamela Evans Langham, and their mother Jo Evans. He enjoyed telling stories to his four grandchildren, Lauren Paige Hayes, Brittany Ann Langham, David...
Norma Jessen Suhs
May 15, 2014
Norma Jessen Suhs, age 84, of Waveland, formerly of Frankfort, IL, went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus, on May 15, 2014.Mrs. Suhs was born Chicago to Emma Link and George Jessen, Sr. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, George Jessen, Jr., and her niece, Janet Jessen.She was the beloved wife of 62 years of...
Roy E. Herring
May 15, 2014
Roy E. Herring, age 83 and a resident of Biloxi, died on Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Biloxi. Mr. Herring was born in Gulfport to Gordon and Gertrude Herring, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Queenie, brothers, James, Gordon, Johnny and sister, Jerry. He is survived by his sister, Betty Ehlers, his...
Russell A. Rape
May 14, 2014
Russell Amis Rape died May 14 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents Adele and Cy Rape; and brother, Raymond Raye. He is survived by his son Bradley Sisson Raye (Rhonda); step-son, James Bryan Caldwell (Kellee); and a special friend, Lou Moore and her family. After graduation from Gulfport High School in 1956, Russell joined the U.S....
Adelbert Kewley
May 14, 2014
Adelbert Kewley, 96, passed away May 14, 2014. Arrangements are pending with RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Beauvoir Rd., Biloxi. www.riemannfamily.com
Bruce E. Cuevas
May 14, 2014
Bruce Eldredge Cuevas, age 77, of Lyman, died May 14, 2014. Mr. Cuevas was born in Gulfport to Europe J. and Lucille Ladner Cuevas, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his daughter, Jacqueline Blankenship (Larry) of Diamondhead; his son, Beau Cuevas; his sister, June Dedeaux of the Dedeaux community; 5 grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral...
Charles "Chuck" Inglis
May 13, 2014
Charles ""Chuck"" Inglis, age 81, of Biloxi passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Biloxi. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, June 5, 2014, at 11:00am at Biloxi National Cemetery. Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Road in Biloxi, served the family. For more information, please call (228)388-9516. Service JUN 5. 11:00 AM Biloxi National Cemetery 400 Veterans...
Mary Ledbetter
May 13, 2014
Mary Ledbetter, age 76, died on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Biloxi. Mrs. Ledbetter was sent from Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Road in Biloxi, to Speck Funeral Home in Livingston, TN for services. For more information, please call Speck Funeral Home at (931)823-1201.
Patrick Jude Ruddy
May 12, 2014
Patrick Jude Ruddy, Sr., age 67, of Biloxi, passed away on May 12, 2014, in Gulfport. A graveside service will be at 1:30 pm on Thursdady in Biloxi National Cemetery. An online guestbook may be signe dat www.riemannfamily.com Interment Biloxi National Cemetery 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS, 39531
Mary Alice "Rusty" Wiggins
May 12, 2014
Mary Alice ""Rusty"" Wiggins, age 84, of Gulfport, passed away on May 12, 2014.She was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Wiggins, parents, Charles H. Grimsley, Sr. and Betty Lou Grimsley, a son, Dean Wiggins, siblings, Hugh, Claude, Allen, and Charles H. ""Buddy"" Grimsley, Jr., Helen Lee, and Velma Johnson.Survivors include her children, Craig Wiggins, and Charles Wiggins, 1...
David Leslie Richardson
May 11, 2014
David L. Richardson, age 61, passed away May 11, 2014. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Rd., Gulfport served the family. www.riemannfamily.com
John Berthold Nicholas Lutenbacher
May 11, 2014
John Berthold Nicholas Lutenbacher (89), native of New Orleans, passed away on May11, 2014, after a brave and courageous battle with several medical conditions. Living also in Long Beach, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, he retired from the naval reserves with the rank of Commander in July 1968. He served in World War II as a Navy bomber pilot flying SPDs,...
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