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Latasha N. Payton

Latasha N. Payton

May 6, 2019

Latasha Nicole Payton of Houston, TX, departed this life on Monday, May 6, 2019. She was born in Ocean Springs, MS on October 12, 1977. Latasha gave her life to the Lord as a teenager under the leadership of Pastor Arthur Sutton. Latasha graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, MS in 1996. She was ranked 11th in her class...

Bettye J. Pollard

Bettye J. Pollard

May 2, 2019

Bettye Pollard was born in Biloxi, MS on April 27, 1936. She was a committed, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. She was a longtime member of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church where she faithfully served in many roles. She enjoyed family, fun, traveling and possessed a strong belief in God. Her devotion to serving others was an essential part...

Carolyn R Perry

Carolyn R Perry

Apr 30, 2019

Ms. Carolyn R. Perry, passed away April 30, 2019, in D'Iberville, MS. God saw that the road was getting rough and you fought the good fight, so He decided to call you to eternal rest. Your task is complete. Come take your seat that has been prepared for you. Carolyn was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ramsey and...

Mary L Richmond

Mary L Richmond

Apr 23, 2019

Mary Lee Richmond, 77, resident of Pass Christian, Harrison County, Mississippi passed away on April 23, 2019, at University of South Alabama Medical Center due to complications stemming from a house fire that she suffered on April 14, 2019.  Mary was born in Haynesville, Alabama on July 31, 1941.  She was the daughter of James Adam Givan of Haynesville, Alabama...

Lauren D. Seymour

Lauren D. Seymour

Apr 17, 2019

Lauren Denise Seymour, “Needy” 61, resident of D’Iberville, MS, passed away April 17, 2019. She was born in Biloxi, MS on October 14, 1957. The daughter of Evelyn Seymour, Needy attended Ocean Springs High School. She went on to become a 1st class shipfitter at Ingalls Shipyard. Later, she continued to work as a seamstress and an executive housekeeper. Needy...

Everlean Perryman Fairley

Everlean Perryman Fairley

Apr 9, 2019

Everlean Fairley was born in Benndale, Mississippi on April 30, 1940, to the late Mr. Dan and Mrs. Lorena Fairley. She was united in marriage to the late Mr. Starling Perryman, Sr. Everlean accepted Christ at an early age and became a member at Sweet Pilgrim Baptist Church until later moving to Biloxi, MS. There she joined Tabernacle Baptist Church...

Alfonso Bailey III

Alfonso Bailey III

Mar 21, 2019

Alfonso “Allen” Bailey III, 34, a resident of Harwood Heights, IL, passed away peacefully at his home on March 21, 2019. He was born in Biloxi, MS on September 9, 1984, to the parents of Ollivette Samuels and Alfonso Bailey Jr. Growing up as a child, Allen was quiet and shy but enjoyed making people laugh. At an early age,...

Christopher L. Toliver

Christopher L. Toliver

Mar 18, 2019

Christopher Lee Toliver, 47, a resident of Gulfport Mississippi, passed away, March 18, 2019, at Memorial Hospital. He was born in Jackson Mississippi, October 27, 1971, the Son of Cleo Toliver and Patricia Golsby. Chris graduated from Vicksburg High School and attended Alcorn State University. Chris spent his working career as a cook for Gulf Coast Medical Center and Biloxi...

Ke'Myrah P. Jefferson

Ke'Myrah P. Jefferson

Mar 17, 2019

Our beautiful, loving, sweet-hearted angel has gained her heavenly wings. Ke’Myrah Pashanae Jefferson, affectionately called “Cupcake”, slipped from time into eternity on Sunday, March 17, 2019. Tremendous joy overflowed the hearts of her parents, Derrick Jefferson and Shykela Bingham when their precious baby girl, Ke'Myrah, was born at 4:23 pm on March 3, 2010, in Laurel, Mississippi at South Central...

Marguerite Scobba

Marguerite Scobba

Mar 12, 2019

Marguerite Delma Burney Tatum Scobba was born December 13, 1931, in Biloxi, MS, to John Leonard and Frances C Fairley Burney.

On Tuesday March 12, 2019, she received her wings after living a full and beautiful life. Starting in Biloxi, MS to Amarillo, TX, Anchorage Alaska, Trenton NJ, Honolulu HI, Pensacola Fl and finally Jacksonville FL.

Marguerite will be remembered...

Rose M. Franklin

Rose M. Franklin

Mar 11, 2019

Rose Mae Smith Franklin, 62, passed away on March 11, 2019, in Gulfport, Mississippi. She was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi to Sylvester and Dorthy J. Smith. Rose attended New Hebron High School and later married George Franklin. She attended the Church of Christ and was employed at Driftwood Nursing Home for more than 30 years as a Patient Care...

Olivia Peterson Miller

Olivia Peterson Miller

Mar 9, 2019

Mable Olivia Peterson Miller, 98 of Clinton, MS passed away on March 9, 2019, at Pine Forest, Jackson, Mississippi. Olivia, as she was affectionately called, was born on August 14, 1920, on a beautiful Saturday morning to Tizzie Redding Peterson and Charlie Peterson in Clinton, Mississippi. She attended Sumner Hill High School in Clinton, across from where she and her...

Margaret Rigdon Hurt

Margaret Rigdon Hurt

Feb 27, 2019

Margaret Rigdon Hurt, 93, a resident of Waveland, Mississippi, passed away February 27, 2019, in Hancock County, Mississippi. Arrangements have been entrusted to Richmond-August Funeral Home.

John L. Standberry III

John L. Standberry III

Feb 25, 2019

John L. Standberry III, 26 passed away February 25, 2019, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Services will be held Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at First Baptist Church Gulfport, 12190 MS-605, Gulfport, MS 39503. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM with a Celebration of Life Service beginning at 11:00 AM. Interment will follow at Evergreen Gardens Cemetery. The family will...

Lillie V Taylor

Lillie V Taylor

Feb 22, 2019

Sis. Lillie V. Taylor, 94, was born to the union of the late Lynch and Mary McNair, December 18, 1924, in Bassfield, Mississippi. She made her transition to a new home on February 22, 2019, at the Pillars of Biloxi while also under the care of Kare-In-Home Health Services. Lillie lost her mother at an early age, but she had...

Phillip Donnell

Phillip Donnell

Feb 18, 2019

Dr. Phillip Donnell, 56, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi passed away on February 18, 2019, in Biloxi. Arrangements have been entrusted to Richmond-August Funeral Home.

Felix Gonzalez Bonilla

Felix Gonzalez Bonilla

Feb 16, 2019

Félix William González Bonilla también conocido como “Wilin”, nació el 14 de enero de 1966, hijo de Ángel Luis González y Julia Bonilla en Salinas PR. y falleció en Pascagoula, MS el 16 de febrero de 2019. Le precede su esposa Carmen Reyes, y sus hijas Yekira, Keishla y Wilmarie González, su yerno Virgilio Oliveras y nietos William y Alondra....

Keith N. Akdemir

Keith N. Akdemir

Feb 12, 2019

Keith Akdemir, 42, passed away February 12, 2019, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Arrangements are entrusted to Richmond August Funeral Home.

Johnny Woodard

Johnny Woodard

Feb 9, 2019

Johnny Woodard passed away February 9, 2019, in Ocean Springs. A memorial service in his memory will be held at Macedonia Baptist Church in Ocean Springs, Tuesday, February 19th at 11:00 am. Arrangements have been entrusted to Richmond August Funeral Home.

Quinnie O. Kennedy

Quinnie O. Kennedy

Feb 9, 2019

A Time to Be Born Quinnie Ola Kennedy, 66, a resident of Gulfport, MS, passed away, February 9, 2019, at Canon Hospice of Gulfport following a brief illness. She was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, on January 27, 1953, the daughter of Willie Mack Simpson and Delaura Coleman. Following her father's death, she was then raised by her “Dad” Henry Coleman....

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