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Miscellaneous Southern Mississippi Obituaries

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Alfred R. Brown, Jr., 73, a resident of Gulfport, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 in Gulfport. Funeral arrangements are pending at J. T. Hall Funeral Home, Inc. Gulfport. Jeff E. Collins, 49, of Biloxi, died Tue., Oct. 4, 2005. 10 AM Mass, Mon., Oct. 24, 2005, Our Lady of Fatima Church. Burial: D'Iberville Mem. Pk. Ocean Springs Chapel, Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. John L. Hackman Jr., 54, of Pascagoula died Oct. 15, 2005. Services: 10 a.m., Oct. 20, Restoration Revival Center COGIC. Burial: Biloxi National Cemetery. Millender's F.H., Moss Point in charge. Marion Lee Newman French Hurst, 104, died 9/22/05 in Gpt. Service will be 1 PM, Sat. 10/22/05 at Handsboro Presbyterian Ch. Bradford-O'Keefe FH, O'Neal Rd. is in charge of arrangements. Mary L. Hyde, 63, of Moss Point died Oct. 14. Service: 11 a.m., Oct. 21, Greater Antioch Baptist Church, Pascagoula. Burial: Biloxi National Cemetery. Millender's F. H., Moss Point in charge. Eileen B. Jones, 50, of Moss Point died Oct. 14, 2005. Service: 2 p.m., Oct. 20, Christina Love Church of the Living God. Burial: Scranton Cemetery. Millender's F. H, Moss Point in charge. Tammy Lee Kick, 47, of Spanish Fort, Ala., and formerly of Ocean Springs died on Sept. 29. Her parents are James and Patricia Little of Ocean Springs. Services were held Oct. 5. Burial: Mobile Mem. Gardens. Essie J. McCullar, 76, of Moss Point died Oct. 15, 2005. Service: 11 a.m., Oct. 22, Meridian Street Church of Christ. Burial: Scranton Cem., Pascagoula. Millender's Funeral Home is in charge. Stanley Woods, age 57, of Biloxi died Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 in Moultrie, Ga. Arrangements are incomplete at Dickey Bros.-Hartwell Christian Mortuary in Biloxi. Marie Ariatti, 91, of Long Beach died Tuesday, October 18, 2005, in Gulfport. She was a native of New Orleans and had been a resident of the Coast since 1965. She retired from the Gulfport VA, where she was a nurse, she worked until the age of 87. Her life was her work. She was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church of Long Beach. She was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony and Marie Rossi; her husband, Robert Ariatti, Sr.; her daughter, JoAnn T. Kliebert. Mrs. Ariatti is survived by her son, Bobby (Stephanie) Ariatti of Long Beach; five grandchildren, Kory Kliebert and Joey Kliebert both of Thibodeaux, LA, Derrick Ariatti of Homestead, FL, and Kristen and Allison Ariatti of Long Beach. A visitation will be held at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, Hwy. 49N, Gulfport, from 9 am to 10 am. The memorial service will follow at 10 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Elizabeth Wilfong Bolling, 1915-2005. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilfong Bolling passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2005, at Carpenter's Creek Assisted Living Facility in Pensacola, FL. She was born in Boone, NC, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whitener Wilfong. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Harrison Bolling, Sr.; three brothers, Joseph Avery Wilfong, William Sydney Wilfong, and Walter Whitener Wilfong, Jr.; three sisters, Cornelia Wilfong Scanlon, Genevieve Wilfong, and Isbelle Wilfong Quante; and an infant son. Survivors include a son & daughter-in-law, Walter Harrison Bolling, Jr. and Vivian Dunn Bolling of Ringgold, GA; daughter & son-in-law, Barbara Bolling Jackson and Joseph Alan Jackson of Gulfport, MS and Pensacola, FL; four grandchildren, Laura Elizabeth Bolling Delius and her husband Russ of Ringgold, GA, Joseph Christopher Bolling Jackson of Washington, D.C., James Andrew Bolling Jackson and his wife, Shannon of New Orleans, Avery Harrison Bolling Jackson of Gulfport, MS; brother, James Quincey Wilfong of Athens, GA; nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews. As requested by Mrs. Bolling, a private graveside service will be held with members of the immediate family present at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, GA. The family asks that flowers please be omitted and memorials be sent to a favorite charity. Julian Peoples Funeral Home in Dalton, GA is directing. Gage Monroe Carroll, age 2 months, of Gulfport, went to heaven on Saturday, October 15, 2005, in Elizabethtown, KY. He was preceded in death by his maternal great-great grandfather, Guy Kelly, Sr.; and paternal great grandmother, Rosalie Delano. Those he has left behind to cherish his memories include his parents, Michelle and Russell Carroll of Gulfport; two brothers, Peyton Ray Foy of Gulfport and Dillon Lee Carroll of Vancleave; one sister, Amanda Nicole Foy of Gulfport; grandparents, Sandra and Harry Carroll of Saucier, Frances Kelly of Gulfport and Michael Mobley, Sr. of Biloxi; great-grandparents, Russell Delano, Sr. and Helen Bogart of Biloxi, Charles and Marion Kelly of Saucier and Travis and Barbara Demott of Biloxi; aunts and uncles, Harry Carroll, Sr. and his wife, Susan, of KY, Frank and Tricia Carroll of Gulfport, Travis and Rhonda Mobley of Gulfport, Marsha and Joe Duzan of Gulfport, Rachel and Mitchel Martin of Woolmarket and Michael Mobley, Jr. of Gulfport; numerous great aunts, great uncles, cousins, family, and friends who will miss him dearly. A visitation will be held at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, 11213 Hwy. 49N, Gulfport, MS, on Saturday, October 22, 2005, from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. The service will follow at 2pm in the funeral home chapel, with burial going to Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens, 28th Street, Long Beach, MS. Mr. Freddie Lee Jones Chaney, was born December 3, 1954 in Saucier, Mississippi. He departed this life on Sunday, October 16, 2005. He was preceded in death by his brother, King E. O'Neal and grandmother, Austrha Williams. Survivors are his father, Robert Lee Jones (Gulfport) and mother, Katherine White (Saucier), stepfather, Willie Lee White; one son, Freddie Lee Jones, Jr. (Florida); and one daughter, Lisa Jones (Atlanta); seven grandchildren; five sisters, Pat (Carl) Herring (Wiggins), Constance Moody (Virginia), Doris Jones (Gulfport), Nicole White (Saucier), and Kathy White (Saucier); three brothers, Eric Jones (Gulfport), Dean Jones (Gulfport), Leotha Jones (Wiggins), Kevin White (Washington) and a special friend Norma Barnes; and a host of nieces, nephews, uncles aunts, cousins, and other friends. Visitation will be Saturday at noon with services to follow at 1 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Saucier. Burial will be at O'Neal Cemetery in Saucier. Services entrusted to Hartwell's Mortuary Inc., Gulfport. Mr. Stephen Iachino, age 33, of Ocean Springs, MS., died Tuesday, October 18, 2005, in Ocean Springs. Mr. Iachino was a lifelong resident of Ocean Springs. He was Vice President of Southerner Fastener and Tool Company and a member of the Slavic Benevolent Association. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi and was a member of Phi Kappa Fraternity. Mr. Iachino was preceded in death by his mother, Barbara Trebotich Iachino. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Ronnie and Darnell Iachino, daughter, Ally Iachino, and sister, Robyn Iachino Johnson, all of Ocean Springs, grandparents, Steven and Helen Trebotich of Biloxi, a niece, Barbara Ann Johnson, and many aunts, uncles, friends, and family. On Saturday, October 22, 2005, there will be an 11 AM Mass of Christian Burial, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where friends may call from 10-11 AM. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to the Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi, 14595 Vadalia Rd., Pass Christian, MS. 39571. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ben Rankin Morris, retired president of the State-Record Co. and publisher of The State, and chairman of the board of Hardaway Concrete Company, died Wednesday. Mr. Morris, the son of Nancy Rankin and Theodore Page Morris, was born in Gastonia, N.C. on November 12, 1922. He had a 22-year career in the textile industry until 1970 when he joined the newspaper company as executive vice president. Two years later he was elected president, succeeding his late father-in-law, Ambrose G. Hampton, who retired at that time Under Mr. Morris' management, the State-Record Co. expanded its newspaper holdings and ventured into television. At one time the parent corporation had as many as eight subsidiaries in South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia. In 1986, the privately held firm and its holdings were sold to the Knight-Ridder Corp. of Miami, Fla. He was named to the Knight-Ridder board of directors and remained head of the Columbia newspapers until his retirement in 1988. Mr. Morris became the principal figure in a statewide campaign to replace South Carolina's "brown-bagging" liquor laws with the sale of minibottles. Backers believed the new liquor law would increase tax revenues, lead to more moderation in drinking, bring in new hotels, motels and restaurants and benefit tourism. He also led drives to reduce public spending by statute. Mr. Morris served as president of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and was active in the Palmetto Business Forum. He served on numerous other state and local civic and business boards but found Providence Hospital's board service the most rewarding. He led a $1.5 million fund-raising campaign in 1979 to begin the hospital's extensive expansion. In his campaigns, Mr. Morris was proud that he studiously avoided trying to influence news decisions although, as a top representative of ownership, he was quick to voice his feelings about editorial decisions when he felt deeply about them. He was a staunch supporter of business and management positions, particularly on South Carolina's right-to-work law that prohibits union membership being a condition of employment. Mr. Morris left a prosperous textile machinery agency in Atlanta to run the newspapers as his father-in-law, publisher Ambrose G. Hampton, neared retirement age. Mr. Morris quickly learned the rudiments of the business and became popular with his employees. He often walked through the newspaper's plant, visiting various departments and calling many of the 400 employees by name. Of his tenure as the successful head of the company, Mr. Morris said his biggest disappointment - "Morris' Folly" - was the 1973 purchase of The Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, the oldest daily newspaper published in the United States." The Gazette was sold in 1979. But he was very proud of the 1973 purchase of the Myrtle Beach Sun-News, a tri-weekly that was quickly converted into a profitable daily. Mr. Morris spent a year at Belmont Abbey, N.C., and was graduated from N.C. State University with a textile engineering degree. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-25 flight engineer and top turret gunner. In 1946 Mr. Morris married Henriette Dargan Hampton of Raleigh, whom he had met at Pawley's Island when he was a college freshman. Mr. Morris worked for Textiles, Inc. in Gastonia, where his father, the late Theodore Page "Red" Morris, was a senior executive. In 1950 he joined Aldrich Machine Works and moved to Atlanta as its representative to cover Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. He was a vice president and director of that company when he moved to Columbia. He was appointed by Gov. John C. West to the S.C. Commission on Human Affairs, and was a member of the Greater Columbia Community Relations Council. He served on the executive committee and board of the S.C. Safety Council, and was a member of the board of Allen University. He was also on the boards of trustees of the Richland County Public Library, the Richland County Historic Preservation Society, Junior Achievement and the Aurora Center of the Blind. He was known as the father of the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame and was elected a laureate in 1990. Mr. Morris was a founder and president of the Summit Club. He was also a member of Forest Lake Club, the Palmetto Club, the Columbia Ball, the Cotillion and the Piedmont Driving Club and the Capital City Club both in Atlanta. He received honorary degrees from Belmont Abbey and North Carolina State University. Surviving are his widow, Henriette Dargan Hampton Morris; three sons, Ben Rankin Morris Jr., of California, Md., Wade Hampton Morris of Atlanta, Ga., and Frank Page Morris of Columbia; one daughter, Henriette Dargan Morris Williams of Raleigh, N.C.; one brother, Albert Richard Morris; and 10 grandchildren. The service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Cathedral, Columbia. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the home, 132 Old Mill Circle, Columbia, SC. Memorials may be made to Providence Hospital, Columbia or Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Allen Anthony Sandoz, (aka, Deano, Sandy and Bunk), age 66, died in a traffic accident August 27th 2005. He was born in Biloxi on March 29, 1939. He was a 1957 graduate of Biloxi High School and a 1962 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. Allen retired from the Isle of Capri Casino in 2001. He was previously employed by Ingalls Shipbuilding and Avondale Shipyards and was the owner of The Yogurt Place in Ocean Springs. He was preceded in death by his parents, Norwood and Bernice Sandoz of Biloxi. Mr. Sandoz is survived by his wife of 18 years, Sharon L. Sandoz of Gautier; a son, Eric T. Sandoz of Jefferson, LA; three sisters and their spouses, Nancy and Clivis Landry of Houma, LA, Donna and Charles Murray of Biloxi, MS, and Mary Ellen and Percy Breaux of Lafayette, LA. A celebration of his life will be held at the Shell Landing Golf Community Club House on Saturday, October 22, 2005 from 6pm to 8pm. For directions please call 228-522-3901 or 228-547-8766. In lieu of flowers please donate in his memory to a Hurricane Katrina relief fund or to a charity or cause of your choice. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home on Pass Road is in charge of arrangements. Cecil R. Thomas, formerly of D'Iberville, MS passed away in his home in Decatur, MS on Thursday, September 29, 2005. He was born in Conehatta, MS, on October 13, 1937. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul Davis Thomas and Iva Mae Myrick Thomas. Thomas is survived by two sons, Ray Thomas and wife, Tammy, of Decatur, MS, Jason Thomas and wife, Meschelle, of Trinity, AL; 4 grandchildren, Cody ,Brittany, Ethan and Ella Grace Thomas; 1 sister, Jean Thomas David and husband, Tony, of Ocean Springs, MS; 2 brothers, Jerry Thomas of Escatawpa, MS , Billy Thomas and wife, Bessie, of Decatur, MS; and 1 every special long time friend, Moselle Yarborough, Newton, MS; many nieces, nephews, and friends. Services were held Sunday, October 2, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Milling Funeral Home in Union with Rev. Reggie Williams officiating. He was laid to rest beside his parents at the Conehatta Methodist Church Cemetery, Conehatta, MS and will be forever loved and missed. Milling Funeral Home of Union was in charge of the arrangements. Virginia Carr of Gautier died Aug. 30, 2005. Graveside services will be Wed., Sept. 7, at noon in Crestlawn Cemetery. O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Lillie B. Flowers, 85, of Gulfport died Sept. 1, 2005. Graveside services will be today at 2 p.m. in Monroe Memorial Park. J.T. Hall Funeral Home in charge. Mary E. Ford, 66, of Biloxi died Aug. 24, 2005. Graveside services will be today at 9 a.m. in Biloxi National Cemetery. J.T. Hall Funeral Home in charge. Lonie Beatrice Marty, 84, of Woodland Village, Cullman County, Ala., died Sept. 2, 2005. She is survived by daughter Carol Marty (Noneaker) Hamann of Long Beach and numerous other relatives. Services were Sunday, Sept. 4, at Williams-McCracken Funeral Home, 461 U.S. Highway 278 East, Cullman, AL 35055, (256) 734-3144. Thomas "Ralph" Smith, 72, of Gautier died Sept. 5, 2005. Arrangements are incomplete at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Gautier. Inez Speir of Pascagoula died Aug. 31, 2005. Graveside services will be Wed., Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. in Jackson County Memorial Park. O'Bryant-O'Keefe is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Imagene Ruthellen Swindell of Lucedale, 75, died Sept. 3, 2005. Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. Thursday with services at 11 a.m. at George County Funeral Home Chapel. Vera Mae Thurman, beloved mother, age 91, completed her life on September 3, 2005 in Brandon, Ms. She was born June 5, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up in Birmingham, Ala. and had lived in Gautier, Ms. since 1975. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gautier. She was the oldest of 12 children. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Louie and Rose Panty; husbands, Howard Sweeten and Mack Thurman; three brothers, Louie Panty Jr., Earl Panty and Joe Panty; five sisters, Virginia Panty, Cynthia McMahon, Novest Panty, Betty Hall and Flo Cobb; and grandson, Dodd H. Calvert. She is survived by her daughter, Charlene (Larry) Calvert of Gautier; one brother, Bill (Margie) Panty of Birmingham, Ala.; one sister, Hazel (Sam) Lavoy of Gardendale, Ala.; granddaughter, Valerie (Mark) Grantham of Pascagoula; grandson, Mark (Diane) Calvert of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; three great granddaughters, Heather Calvert of Gautier, Kaleigh and Chloe Grantham of Pascagoula; and 15 nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 7, at 2:30 p.m. at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Chapel in Gautier. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at Crestlawn Memorial Park in Ocean Springs. Arrangements by O'Bryant-O'Keefe. Ivan "Tiny" A. Wixon, 82, of Pascagoula passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2005. He was such a special person loved by all and especially dear to his family and friends. His only hobby was his family and was always known for having such a generous heart and a special way of making people laugh. He graduated from Culkin Academy in Vicksburg and retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was self-employed prior to retiring from Ingalls. Mr. Wixon was a member of Arlington Heights Baptist Church in Pascagoula. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Ivan Wixon and Rena Mae Wixon; four brothers, Kelly, Thomas, Larry and Clifton Wixon; and sister, Aleen White. His survivors are his wife of 53 years, Joy Wixon, Pascagoula; two sons and one daughter, Mike Wixon (Darlene), Pascagoula, Steve Wixon (Lu), Greenville, S.C. and Joy Lynn Gable Nunez, Pascagoula; brother, Bobby Wixon (Ruby), Shreveport, La.; sister-in-law, Elsie Wixon; grandchildren, Ginger Wixon, Jill Wixon Becker (Jared), Sam Gable, Reed Gable, Zoe Wooten, Alex Wooten, E.J. Nunez and Jeremiah Nunez; special niece, Joyce "Sissy" Morris (Doug); and numerous nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Machpelah Cemetery with Rev. Ben Carlisle officiating. Pallbearers will be friends and relatives. Due to the Hurricane, at a later date there will be a memorial service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Red Cross for hurricane victims. Arrangements by O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home of Pascagoula.

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