OBITUARIES
Fred Bryant
Jan 3, 2007
Fred H. Bryant, Sr., age 69 of Gulfport, died on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 in Gulfport. Mr. Bryant was a native and lifelong resident of the MS Gulf Coast. He was employed as a ceramic tile installer for 25 years with Yarborough Tile Company. He then retired from the United States Postal Service after a number of years of service....
Betty Hanon
Jan 3, 2007
Betty Jean Hanon, age 62, resident of Biloxi, died, Wednesday, January 3, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mrs. Hanon was born January 28, 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa . She was a resident of the coast for 13 years. Mrs. Hanon devoted her life to her children, grandchildren and other people in their times of need. Mrs. Hanon is survived by...
Jake Hertzog
Jan 3, 2007
Jacob (Jake) F. Hertzog, Jr., age 72, of Long Beach, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport. Born November 11, 1934 in West Lawn, PA to Jacob and Julia, he was one of three children. Mr. Hertzog is preceded in death by his parents and sister Dot Kempton. He is survived by his brother Bill...
Donald Robinson
Jan 1, 2007
DONALD ROBINSON, 67, passed away on January 1, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. Donald was born November 28, 1939 in Gulfport, Mississippi to Eddie B. Robinson and Doris Randall Robinson. Donald graduated from Gulfport High School in 1958. He served in the Mississippi National Guard for six years. He was a resident of Pensacola, Florida since 1968. He...
Ray Marks
Dec 31, 2006
Mr. Ray Dean Marks, age 86 and a resident of Diamondhead, died on December 31, 2006 in Diamondhead. Mr. Marks was born on August 28, 1920 in Lauderdale City, Alabama and was retired as an engineer with Reynolds Aluminum. Mr. Marks was a charter member of the Edgemont United Methodist Church in Florence, Alabama. He was also a member of...
Shirley Brown
Dec 31, 2006
Shirley Ann Rouse Brown, age 70, resident of Biloxi, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Brown was born in Saucier to the late Frank S. and Velma Hartfield Rouse. She was a 1954 graduate of Gulfport High School and was a class favorite and beauty. She also earned the title of Miss Gulfport that same year. She owned...
Larry Minga
Dec 30, 2006
Larry E. Minga, age 57, resident of Pascagoula, died on Saturday, December 30, 2006 in Pascagoula. Mr. Minga was born in Hernando, MS and was a former resident of Jackson, MS. While in Jackson, he managed concessions for events at the Jackson Coliseum. He was affectionately known as """"Uncle Larry"""" to all who knew him. He is preceded in death...
Minnie Smith
Dec 29, 2006
Mrs. Minnie Mae Jamison Smith, age 62 of McHenry, died on Friday, December 29, 2006 in Biloxi. Mrs. Smith is preceded in death by her parents, Olvey James & Mae Dennis Jamison; her sister, Betty Nall and a nephew, Olvey D. Reagan. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence Smith of Saucier; her stepson, Lawrence Foster Smith; her two sisters,...
Monroe Kirby
Dec 29, 2006
Monroe M. Kirby, passed away on Friday, December 29, 2006 in Jackson at the age of 97. Mr. Kirby was born on July 20, 1909 in Houlka, MS. He served in World War II with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corp enlisting in 1929, until his honorable transfer from the active Navy Medical Department to the Fleet Naval...
James Nelson
Dec 28, 2006
James W.Nelson, age 83, of Pass Christian, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 in Pass Christian. Mr. Nelson was born in Kiln, MS and lived in Pass Christian his entire life. He served four years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He was a painting contractor and a member of the VFW. Mr. Nelson was of the...
James Chapman
Dec 27, 2006
CPO James Carlyle """"Jim"""" Chapman, 73, of Long Beach died Wednesday, December 27, 2006 in Long Beach. Mr. Chapman was a native of Hutchinson, Kansas and had been a resident of the coast since 1968. He served in the U.S. Army and later joing the U.S. Navy where he retired after 37 years of service and served during the Korean...
William Murphy
Dec 27, 2006
Chief Petty Officer William C. Murphy, Jr., age 80, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 27, 2006. He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia and had been a resident of Gulfport since 1974. He retired from the U.S. Navy Seabees after serving 24 years. Chief Murphy entered the Navy in 1944 right out of high school. He...
Edward Stachowiak
Dec 26, 2006
Edward Albert Stachowiak, 77, of Biloxi, passed away at 2:06 A.M., on Friday, December 22, 2006, at the Gulf Coast Veterans' Administration Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he was a resident. Visitation will be from 9:15 Ã 10:15 A.M. on December 28, 2006 at the Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Road, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Graveside services will...
Violetta Faye
Dec 25, 2006
Mrs. Violetta Ladner Faye, age 80 of Pass Christian, died on Monday, December 25, 2006 in Gulfport. Mrs. Faye was a native of Harrison County and a lifelong resident of Rotten Bayou Road. She was a member of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Faye is preceded in death by her parents, John B. Ladner, Sr. & Lelia Redmond Ladner; a son,...
Edward Stachowiak
Dec 22, 2006
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI - Edward Albert Stachowiak, 77, passed away at 2:06 A.M., on Friday, December 22, 2006, at the Gulf Coast VeteransaÌ‚â‚â„¢ Administration Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he was a resident. Visitation will be from 9:15 aÌ‚â‚"" 10:15 A.M. on December 28, 2006 at the Riemann family's GULF COAST FUNERAL HOME, Three Rivers Road, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Graveside services...
Shirley Troub
Dec 22, 2006
Shirley L. Troub, age 73, resident of Long Beach, died on Thursday, December 21, 2006, in Gulfport. Mrs. Troub was born in Midland, MI, was a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Long Beach, and was a homemaker. Her focus and attention was placed on her family whom she loved very much. She is preceded in death by...
Barbara Montana
Dec 21, 2006
Barbara J. Montana, age 64 and a resident of Long Beach, died on December 19, 2006 in Long Beach. Mrs. Montana was born on March 26, 1942 in Ellisville, Ms. and spent most of her life in the Picayune and Long Beach areas. She was the manager of the Hitching Post restaurant in Long Beach for 22 years, worked at...
Virginia Dubois
Dec 18, 2006
Virginia Ruth Gavin DuBois, 81, of Saucier died Tuesday, December 18, 2006 in Gulfport. Mrs. DuBois was a native and lifelong resident of the coast and was a member of Big Ridge Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing and gardening. She was preceded in death by her husband, Essie DuBois, daughter, Patty Starleigh, son, Glenn """"Bubba"""" DuBois, 4 brothers, Leonard, Howard...
Eolia Brown
Dec 16, 2006
Eolia Julia Brown, 86, of Gulfport died Saturday, December 16, 2006 in Gulfport. Mrs. Brown was a native of Gulfport but traveled the world with her husband during his 30 years of military service. She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert O. Brown, parents, William and Pearl...
Frank Markey
Dec 16, 2006
Frank W. Markey, Jr. age 82 of Long Beach, died on Saturday, December 16, 2006 in Gulfport. Arrangements are pending at the Riemann Family's Gulf Coast Funeral Home, Three Rivers Road Chapel in Gulfport.
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