OBITUARIES
Ervin Blanks
May 31, 2007
James Ervin Blanks, age 87 and a resident of Biloxi, MS, passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Blanks was born on November 3, 1919 and grew up in and around Brooklyn, Carnes and Petal, Mississippi, graduating from Petal High School in 1939. After graduation, he worked as a lab assistant in Laurel, Mississippi at Chemical Products...
Avery Mitchell
May 30, 2007
Avery Shane Mitchell, 11, of Pass Christian, died May 28, 2007 in Birmingham. He was born in Gulfport and lived all of his life on the coast. He completed the 5th grade at Gulfport Central School and was a former student at Pass Christian Schools. He enjoyed video games and was a computer whiz. Survivors include his parents, Shane Mitchell...
William Spalding
May 29, 2007
Mr. William Howard Spalding, age 85 and a resident of Gulfport, passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Spalding was a native of Woodstock, CT. He was a graduate of Woodstock Academy and a member of the Woodstock Hill Congregational Church. After a year at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts, he transferred to Purdue University in...
Judith Durel
May 28, 2007
Judy Salters Durel, 56, of Long Beach, died Monday, May 28, 2007 in Long Beach. Mrs. Durel was a lifelong resident of Long Beach and she was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rube and Mildred Salters, her niece, Jennifer Salters , and a nephew, Roland Salters. Survivors include her husband,...
Pasquala Giuffria
May 27, 2007
Pasquala Joseph Giuffria, age 89, resident of Gulfport, died, Sunday, May 27, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Giuffria was baptized a Catholic in 1918 at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Long Beach and was a lifelong resident of the Coast. He was known to be a family man with a great sense of humor. He and his brothers spent many days...
Joseph Carey
May 27, 2007
Joseph L. Carey, age 78 and a resident of Poplarville, died on Sunday, May 27, 2007 in Poplarville. Mr. Carey had been a longtime resident of Tampa, FL and had been a resident of the MS Gulf Coast since 2005. He was a member of the Catholic faith and was an avid pinnacle player. Mr. Carey was preceded in death...
Linda Brown
May 26, 2007
Linda Rettig Brown, age 56 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Saturday, May 28, 2007 in Biloxi. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 10:00am at the Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport.
Zyrianna Watson
May 26, 2007
Infant Zyrianna Aundrinae Watson, of Long Beach, died, Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Services will be Satuday., May 26, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOMES, Three Rivers Road Chapel with visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow at Monroe Memorial Park.
Kellie Ramsay
May 26, 2007
Kellie Ramsay, 35, of Long Beach, died May 27, 2007. She was a lifelong resident of the coast and was an agent with Coldwell Banker/Alfonso Realty. She also worked at Lookout 49 and she embraced life 100 %. Kellie was a wonderful mother and she loved her children. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Pinson Ramsay, Sr., an...
Bonnie Andersen
May 23, 2007
Bonnie Cliburn Andersen, age 55 and a resident of Gulfport, died on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Gulfport. Bonnie was a native and lifelong resident of Gulfport and was a great pianist. She was a member and was active in the New Covenant Church in Saucier. Bonnie had a great love for the Lord and her family was her life....
Gregory Britt
May 23, 2007
Gregory Britt, age 57, died on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Biloxi. Mr. Britt was sent from THE RIEMANN FAMILY'S Gulf Coast Funeral Home, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport to Tuscaloosa Memorial Chapel in Tuscaloosa, AL for services and burial.
Daisy Barksdale
May 23, 2007
Daisy Barksdale, died on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in Dallas, TX. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 10:00am at Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport. The Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Warren Dedeaux
May 19, 2007
Warren Alvin aÌ‚â‚Å“IkeaÌ‚â‚ Dedeaux, 81, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2007 in the same home in which he was born. Mr. Dedeaux's family was one of the original families to settle the Coastal area back in the early 1800's. In his youth, he and his family were cattlemen and founded Dedeaux Packing Co. Cattle roamed from Dedeaux Road to...
Aldora Bourcy
May 19, 2007
Aldora Esma Bourcy, 58, died Friday, May 18, 2007 in Gulfport. She is survived by 2 sons, Benjamin (Christina) Bourcy, Montgomery, AL, and Scott Bourcy, Biloxi, her mother, Aldora Ross, Biloxi, 2 brothers, 6 sisters, 3 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a companion, Tracy Covington, Gulfport. A memorial service will be held 2 pm Monday, May 21, 2007 at...
Billy Stewart
May 17, 2007
Billy Talmadge """"B.T."""" Stewart, 63, of Gulfport, died Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Biloxi. He was a native of Crystal Springs, MS and he loved his family and grandkids. He worked for Hammett's Auto Electric for 25 years and he collected antiques and copper. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Talmadge and Mary Alice Virginia Stewart. Survivors...
Bobbye Briggs
May 17, 2007
Bobbye Sellier Briggs, age 58, resident of Gulfport, died, Thursday, May 17, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Briggs was a lifelong resident of Gulfport and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother and was a homemaker. Mrs. Briggs was preceded in death by her father, Archie Sellier, Sr. and her husband, Richard Briggs, Sr. She...
Michael Edwards
May 15, 2007
Michael R. Edwards, age 40 and a resident of Pass Christian, died on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 in Pass Christian. Mr. Edwards was a resident of the MS Gulf Coast for the past eight years and was an avid fisherman. Mr. Edwards is preceded in death by his father, his grandfather and his grandmother. He is survived by his loving...
Melba Gilmore
May 14, 2007
Melba McLendon Gilmore, 83, of Necaise Crossing, formerly of DeLisle, died Saturday, May 12, 2007 in Necaise Crossing. She was a native of Leaf, MS and had been a resident of the coast since 1947. In the early 1950s, she lived with her family at the Pat Harrison Farm in DeLisle, where she enjoyed being a wife, mother, and homemaker....
Billie Gallender
May 14, 2007
Mrs. Billie Gallender, age 76 of Gulfport, died on Monday, May 14, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Gallender was sent from the Riemann family's GULF COAST Funeral Home, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport to Young Funeral Home in Ferriday, LA for services and burial.
Mae Graham
May 10, 2007
Mae Helen Graham, age 86 of Long Beach, died on Thursday, May 10, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Graham was a lifelong resident of Long Beach and was a faithful wife and loving mother. Mrs. Graham is preceded in death by her parents, Issac & Maddy Orr Matkins and her husband, William H. Graham. She is survived by her loving children,...
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