OBITUARIES
Mary LaRen Saucier
Apr 16, 2014
Mary LaRen Saucier, 74, passed to sit at our Lords supper table with her husband and family members who preceded her April 16, 2014. Mary was preceded by her beloved husband Armand, her parents William & Eunice Weston and three brothers and one sister. Mary is survived by four siblings Bob, Jim, Harold and Dolores, her five loving children, eighteen...
Pat Wilz
Apr 15, 2014
John ""Pat"" Wilz, age 85, died peacefully at home April 15, 2014. Pat was born March 17, 1929 in Dickinson North Dakota, the son of Frank Wilz and Elizabeth Meier Wilz. He joined the United States Air Force and served 25 years, retiring in 1972 at the rank of Major. He married Beatrice Lucille Weisenbeck of Durand, Wisconsin. Together they...
Doris Richmond
Apr 15, 2014
Doris Burdine Richmond of Biloxi, Mississippi, died on April 15, 2014. Doris was a lifelong resident of Biloxi. She loved the arts, entertainment and she loved to dance. She was a graduate of Biloxi High School. She was retired from Gayfers Department Store at Edgewater Mall in Biloxi. She was preceded in death by her parents Mark Hannah Burdine and...
James W. "Smitty" Smith
Apr 15, 2014
James W. ""Smitty"" Smith, age 96, of Gulfport, passed away on April 15, 2014. He was of the Baptist faith, a master mason at Halfway Lodge #852, Halfway, KY, a Kentucky Colonel, and was a lifetime member of AACEM and American Austin Bantam Club. He is survived by his son-in-law and daughter, Roland and Diane Cowart, his grandchildren, Brent Cowart...
Evelyn McLeod
Apr 14, 2014
Evelyn McLeod, age 87, of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Monday, April 14, 2014, in Oklahoma City, OK.She was born to Floyd and Miranda Faircloth on October 13, 1926, in Clio, AL. She went on to marry and travel along with her husband, William Lee McLeod, Sr. of Biloxi, MS.Evelyn was a beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, first and foremost,...
Vernon Lee Musgrave
Apr 14, 2014
Colonel Vernon Musgrave, United States Air Force, Ret, age 71, of Long Beach, passed away on April 14, 2014 in Gulfport. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Edra Musgrave; a brother, David Musgrave of Springfield, IL; and an infant brother, Joseph Musgrave of Wayne County, IL. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years,...
Ruth Gussow
Apr 14, 2014
Ruth Isabel Gussow, age 88, a Biloxi native, died Monday, April 14, 2014, in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Mrs. Gussow grew up on Lestrade Place, directly behind the Biloxi Lighthouse. She was one of six children of Ira and Corinne Clark, and one of 17 grandchildren of John and Isabel Lestrade. She met her husband, Milton Gussow, when he was stationed...
Richard Hayes Evans
Apr 14, 2014
Richard Hayes Evans (Dick), 79, of Long Beach, Mississippi passed away due to a heart attack at his home Monday, April 14, 2014. Mr. Evans was born in Elkhart, Indiana, on August 6, 1934. He was preceded in death by his parents Elizabeth Hayes and Harry Leroy Evans of Elkhart, IN; his brother Harry Evans, Jr. of Elkhart, IN; his...
Hamlin B. Johnston
Apr 14, 2014
Hamlin B. Johnston, age 71, passed away April 14, 2014 in Biloxi. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 274 Beauvoir Rd., Biloxi served the family. www.riemannfamily.com
Patrick Neil Craven
Apr 13, 2014
Patrick Neil Craven, 42, passed away April 13, 2014. Graveside Service 4/19/14, Broadus Cem., Saucier at 3pm. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, Gulfport served the family. Service APR 19. 03:00 PM Broadus Cemetery Saucier, MS, US, 39574
Edward August Ockel V
Apr 13, 2014
Edward August Ockel, V, age 70, passed away April 13, 2014. RIEMANN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME, 11280 Three Rivers Rd. served the family. www.riemannfamily.com
Teresa M. Dunhurst
Apr 13, 2014
Teresa Marie Dunhurst, 79, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014 in Slidell, LA. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. She worked for 17 years at the Kiln VFW. She also was a member of the Kiln VFW Ladies Auxiliary.She was preceded in death by her father, Emile Galloway (Edna), mother, Frances Holden Galloway, brother, Van Galloway, husband, Leon...
William Owen "Odie" Herrin
Apr 13, 2014
Mr. William Owen ""Odie"" Herrin, age 73, passed away at home on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Mr. Herrin was born at home in rural Harrison County on January 26, 1941 to Taylor E. Herrin and Lula Aultman Herrin, who preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Elbert Herrin, Everett Herrin, Louie Herrin and Thomas...
Aliene Bessie Thompson
Apr 13, 2014
Aliene has completed her journey in this life on April 13, 2014. She has now begun a new and glorious phase of her eternal life in the presence of her Lord and Savior. Her legacy is a life devoted to her faith, family and friends. She became a Christian early in her life and throughout her many years was able...
Dorothy Lee Wills
Apr 13, 2014
Dorothy Lee Wills, 66 of Gulfport, MS went to be with her heavenly father on Sunday April 13, 2014. Dorothy was a retired social worker from Louisiana and worked at the Pass Christian Wal Mart. She is preceded in death by her father, Hood Marion Gates, her mother Dorothy Joan Gates, her Sister Deborah Boudreaux and her grandson Devin White....
John M. Gregory
Apr 12, 2014
Corporal John M. Gregory, age 89, passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Mr. Gregory moved from Picayune to Biloxi in 1941 and has lived on the coast since. He was drafted into the Army in 1943 and was wounded on April 9, 1945 in Okinawa. He was a Purple Heart recipient. In 1945 Mr. Gregory became a firefighter with...
April Johnson Monday
Apr 12, 2014
April Johnson Monday, age 34, passed away on April 12, 2014 in Shreveport, LA. April was born on April 17, 1979 in Oakdale, LA, has previously lived in Cartersville, GA and was a current resident of Shreveport. She loved her family and enjoyed arts and crafts with her boys. April leaves behind twin 7 year old sons, William and Christian...
Ann H. Hopkins
Apr 12, 2014
Ann Hough Hopkins of Gulfport, passed away April 12, following a lengthy illness. Born to Frank Hough and Ann Graham Hough on Dec. 31, 1935, Ann was a native of Shaw, MS. She was an avid basketball and tennis player who won two State Amateur Tennis titles and won the Ladies State Basketball title while attending Shaw High School. She...
Michael Coyne
Apr 11, 2014
Michael Joseph Coyne, age 81, of Biloxi, passed away peacefully with his wife by his bedside on April 11, 2014 after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Chicago on March 8, 1933 to Michael Coyne and Beatrice Corcoran Coyne, immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland. Mike is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Minerva Coyne of...
Belinda Butler
Apr 11, 2014
Belinda A. Butler,62, passed away April 11, 2014 in Gulfport. She is preceded in by her father Joseph Bumgarden, brother, Dwight Guillot, Sr., Michael A. Bumgarden. She is survived by her mother, Mary L. Bumgarden, husband, Billy Butler, daughter, Lynn Chifici (Jagade), son, Scott Butler, Sr. (Elizabeth), brothers, Douglas Guillot, Vale Bumgarden, sisters, Patty Adams, Yvonne Bauer, Shirlene Zoerner, grandchildren,...
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