OBITUARIES
Joseph Saucier
Jan 28, 2007
Joseph """"J.D."""" Donald Saucier, Sr, age 54, resident of Pass Christian, died Sunday, January 28, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Saucier was a loving husband, father and grandfather who enjoyed spoiling his grandbabies. He was a lifelong trucker and drove for A & R and Template Trucking. He was Catholic and loved his horses. Mr. Saucier is preceded in death by...
Peter Shambra
Jan 28, 2007
Peter Nicholas Shambra, age 80, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. Peter was the beloved husband of Pat for the past 50 years and loving father of Pamela Shambra. Peter was a devoted Christian and proud owner of Shambra's Furniture and Appliances in New Orleans for 35 years. He was an avid Saints fan and a...
Dale Nold
Jan 27, 2007
Dale Lester Nold, age 63 of Gulfport, died on Saturday, January 27, 2007 in Gulfport. Dale was a longtime resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was a 1961 graduate of Central High School and attended Dakota State University both in Madison, SD. He served in the US Army and was a member of the Spider's Charity Golf Classic in...
Rufus Broadus
Jan 26, 2007
Rufus """"Ponnie"""" Broadus, 82, of Saucier died January 26, in Mountain Home, AR. He was a native of McHenry, MS, a lifelong resident of Harrison County and was a retired Mule Plower. He was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Stub Broadus and Edward Broadus. Survivors include his 2 sons, Brad Broadus and Randy Broadus, both of Saucier, 1 sister,...
Gerty Mcdaniel
Jan 26, 2007
Mrs. Gerty McDaniel, age 65 of Pass Christian, died on Friday, January 26, 2007 in Gulfport. Arrangements are pending at the Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport.
Quincy Long
Jan 26, 2007
Quincy Albert Long, 70, of Poplarville, MS passed away January 26, 2007 due to complications from Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Mary Frances Long of Poplarville and three children, Mary Kristen Twedt of Hattiesburg; John Andrew Long of Long Beach and David Chapman Long of Alabaster, AL, as well as six siblings: sisters Eddie...
Albert Bond
Jan 26, 2007
Albert Bond, age 78 of Saucier, died on Friday, January 26, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Bond was a native and lifelong resident of Saucier. He served in the US Army and was a member of Saucier Church of Christ. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend who will be sadly missed by all those who knew and...
Marjorie Steiner
Jan 25, 2007
Marjorie (Peggy) Lou Gossard Steiner 77, of Strongsville, Ohio died Monday January 22, 2007, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at the Hospice of Palm Beach County. Mrs. Steiner was born in Lima, Ohio to Chester and Belle (Hennick) Gossard and was the fifth of their nine children. She lived throughout her life with her family in Ohio and had been...
Ralph Morse
Jan 25, 2007
Ralph B. Morse, Jr. of Diamondhead, Mississippi died Tuesday, January 25th in Gulfport, Mississippi due to complications following cancer surgery. He was 77 and a native of Cranston, Rhode Island. Mr. Morse served in the Marine Reserve, United States Air Force and Air Force Reserves. He taught electronics at Keesler Air Force Base and met Joan Hart of Jackson, Mississippi,...
Dola Wood
Jan 25, 2007
Mrs. Dola Anne Wood, age 85, died on Thursday, January 25, 2007 in Rowlett, TX. A resident of Gulfport, MS since 1947, she had been residing in Texas following Hurricane Katrina. Dola was born on May 11, 1921, in Holyoke, CO, the daughter of the late Lee O. and Anna Arnold Chandler. She is preceded in death by her brothers;...
Agnes Leonard
Jan 24, 2007
A. Marie Leonard, age 71, of Biloxi, died Wednesday, January 23, 2007 in Biloxi. Mrs. Leonard was born in Saucier, MS, was member of Poplarhead United Methodist Church and was Office Manager for Mazalea RV Park. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Ruth Madden of Saucier; and her brother-in-law Barney Ladner of Saucier. Survivors include her...
Earsel Grant
Jan 24, 2007
Mrs. Earsel Ealy Grant, age 91 of Gulfport, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 in Gulfport. Mrs. Grant was a native of Hillsdale, MS and spent most of her life in Gulfport. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene of Gulfport and a long time Sunday School Teacher in the Nursery Department for over 20 years....
Vivian Kleckner
Jan 22, 2007
Vivian Vice Kleckner, age 73, resident of Gulfport, died, Sunday, January 21, 2007 in her home in Gulfport. Vivian was born in Moss Point, Mississippi. Vivian was a member of the Northwood Christian Center. She enjoyed traveling, fishing, gardening, and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her son, O. L. aÌ‚â‚Å“BoaÌ‚â‚ Clark, Jr. and stepson,...
Russell Newland
Jan 20, 2007
Russell Leroy Newland, Jr., age 76 of Long Beach, passed away on Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 4:05 p.m., leaving behind his loving wife, Gertrude """"Trudy"""" Gifford Newland; two children; a son, Russell Leroy Newland III and his wife, Diana Lynn of Webster, TX; a daughter, Patricia Diane Stephens and her husband Kelly of Huntington Beach, CA; two grandchildren, Natalie...
Marion Becker
Jan 18, 2007
Mrs. Marion Kwiatkowski Becker, age 78, resident of Long Beach passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2007, at her home. Born in Schenectady, NY to the late John and Monica Sarnacki Kwiatkowsky, Mrs. Becker was a former secretary for General Electric, the U.S. Navy, the Army Depot, and the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. She was a member of St. Thomas...
Edward Snow
Jan 18, 2007
Edward Cortlandt Snow, Jr., a true southern gentleman, died on Thursday, January 18, 2007 in Sandy Hook, MS. Mr. Snow was a resident of Kiln and formerly of Diamondhead. He was born on May 31, 1919 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Ed served 3 years in the US Navy during WWII as a navigator by stars across the Atlantic. He...
Michael Brown
Jan 17, 2007
Michael James Brown, Sr., age 63, of Biloxi, MS passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at his home in Biloxi. Mr. Brown was born on March 29, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. He was a 1961 All-American quarterback at Ferndale (Michigan) High School and accomplished Master Bridge player, whose hobbies also included golf, bowling, building balsa-wood model airplanes, watching movies and...
Kenneth Sletten
Jan 16, 2007
Kenneth Charles """"Slippy"""" Sletten, 83, of Gulfport died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Sletten was a native of Wabasha, MN and came to Gulfport at a young age to make his home along the coastal waters that he loved. """"Slippy"""" was a Golden Glove Boxing champion while in high school and later served in the U.S. Merchant Marines...
James Talbert
Jan 16, 2007
James Ernest """"David"""" Talbert, age 62 of Long Beach, died on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Biloxi. A graveside service will be held on Friday, January 19, 2007 at 2:30pm at the Biloxi National Cemetery. The Riemann family's Gulf Coast Funeral Home, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport is in charge of arrangements.
Kenneth slippy"""" Sletten
Jan 16, 2007
Kenneth Charles """"Slippy"""" Sletten, 83, of Gulfport died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Sletten was a native of Wabasha, MN and came to Gulfport at a young age to make his home along the coastal waters that he loved. """"Slippy"""" was a Golden Glove Boxing champion while in high school and later served in the U.S. Merchant Marines...
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