Eric C. Boudreaux
BILOXI - Eric C. Boudreaux, 63, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Biloxi.
Arrangements are incomplete at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi.
Marion E. Campbell
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at ESM Methodist Church.
BOGALUSA, La. - Marion E. Campbell, age 74, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at Dixon Medical Center in Covington, La.
A resident of Bogalusa, La., since 1951, she was born in Prentiss. She was a member of ESM Methodist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of the Eastern Star, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the Philharmonic Music Club, the Civic League of Bogalusa, and the Delphians. She was employed as an administrative secretary for Bogalusa School District Office of Superintendent for 31 years.
She was preceded in death by her father, Reese Branton; her mother, Lena Branton; a brother, Homer L. Branton; and a sister, Evelyn Allen.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Byron Campbell of Bogalusa, La.; a daughter and son-in-law, Rosemary and Duke Blakeslee of Gulfport; and a grandchild, Rebekah Campbell Blakeslee of Gulfport.
Visitation will be Friday, May 19, 2000, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Poole-Ritchie Funeral Home in Bogalusa. The funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 20, 2000, at ESM Methodist Church with the Rev. Huron Warren and the Rev. Donald Williams officiating. Interment
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia, Miss.
Clarence Coleman Jr.
GULFPORT - Mr. Clarence Coleman Jr., 64, died Tuesday, May 9, 2000, in Gulfport.
Mr. Coleman was a native of Emanuel County, Ga., and attended the public schools. He was a member of Williams Grove Holiness Church. He was retired from the Air Force after 22 years of service and was a graduate of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Jefferson Davis Campus, where he received a degree in hotel restaurant management. He was employed in civil service with the Gulfport Naval Base.
Survivors include a son, Armon Coleman; two stepsons, Greg Jackson and Walter Jackson, all of Gulfport; his mother, Lucille Coleman; two sisters, Geraldine Durden and Alice Foots; five brothers, John Coleman, Watus Coleman, Arthur Coleman, Paul Coleman, all of Swainsboro, Ga., and Robert Coleman of Trenton, N.J.; and five grandchildren.
A service was at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Williams Grove Holiness Church with burial in Swainsboro City Cemetery. Reno Tapley Mortuary in Swainsboro was in charge of arrangements and Richmond Funeral Home in Biloxi was in charge of local arrangements.
Harry Cozart
Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday at Jackson County Funeral Services Chapel in Escatawpa.
VANCLEAVE - Harry Cozart, 64, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in George County.
Mr. Cozart was born July 2, 1935, in Adams County, Wis., and was a retired painter for Ingalls Shipbuilding. He was a former assistant scoutmaster for Troop No. 275 and cub master for Pack No. 275. He was a former member of the Gulf Park Estates Volunteer Fire Department and a former member of Christus Victor Lutheran Church in Ocean Springs.
Survivors include three sisters, Jane Gray of Vancleave, Veryl Crumpton of Madison, Wis., and Shirley Gates of Aurora, Iowa.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jackson County Funeral Services Chapel in Escatawpa where friends may call from noon until service time. Burial will be in Red Hill Methodist Church Cemetery.
Jack E. Creaghe
BILOXI - Retired Air Force Captain Jack E. Creaghe, 63, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Biloxi.
Arrangements are incomplete at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi.
Hugh Christopher Graham
KILN - Hugh Christopher Graham, 45, of Kiln, Mississippi, died Sunday, May 14, 2000, at his home in Kiln.
Mr. Graham was a native of Brooklyn, New York and was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he attended Jesuit High School. He was a mechanic with the Gulf Coast Pre-Stress Cement Company.
Survivors include his mother, Frances Grace Graham; his grandmother, Frances Smiley; sisters, Nancy Frances Graham, all of Gretna, LA, Jeanne Marie Graham of Austin, TX, Carol Catherine Calhoun and brother-in-law, Laron Calhoun; niece, Chrystie Catherine Calhoun, all of Gretna, LA.
Services are private. Riemann Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis is in charge of arrangements.
The family prefers memorials to Hancock County Humane Society, 322 Gulfside, Waveland, MS 39576.
Alberta Hopkins
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church.
BILOXI - Mrs. Alberta Hopkins, 82, died Monday, May 15, 2000, in Inglewood, Calif.
Mrs. Hopkins was born Oct. 1, 1917, in Macon and was retired from the Second Judicial Courthouse in Biloxi after many years of service. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Biloxi and a lifelong member of the Daughters of the Elks. She was a lifelong member of the Gulf Coast Links Social Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Hopkins Sr.; her parents, Sam and Willie Ann Stallings; and a grandson, George Watson Jr.
Survivors include six sons, Edward Washington, Eddie Hopkins Sr., Walter Hopkins Sr., Robert Hopkins Jr., Jean Paul Hopkins and Gregory Hopkins; two daughters, Judy Patricia McCloud and Carolyn Watson; 20 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 tonight at Richmond Funeral Home in Biloxi. A service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul United Methodist Church with burial in Biloxi City Cemetery.
Carolyn Kimbrough
Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Biloxi.
BILOXI - God gives us the sunshine to bring light and goodness to our lives. He sometimes chooses one of us to be a beam of sunlight. This beam acts as a ray of hope, guidance, protection and warmth. Carolyn was our ray of sunshine.
Carolyn was born in Biloxi, MS, on June 30, 1947, to Mr. Hilton Huggar Sr. and Mrs. Catherine Huggar. She was an active member of Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church. There was never a time when called on to work in the church that Carolyn was not willing to serve. She leaves as her legacy the work she has done during her lifetime.
She attended Our Mother of Sorrows Elementary School and graduated from M.F. Nichols High School in 1965. While attending Nichols, Carolyn was a majorette in the marching band. She was also a member of the basketball team. She received a B.S. degree from Tennessee State University in 1969.
She worked as a day care director for the Biloxi Senior Citizens Center, a supervisor of the Biloxi Elderly-Blind Program for senior citizens, a social service counselor for neighborhood counseling and tutoring center, and a vocational counselor for STAR, Inc. At the time of her death, she was employed with Dupont Chemical Company as a chemical laboratory technician. She also worked as a purification and oxidation assistant for Dupont in DeLisle, MS.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Catherine and Hilton Huggar Sr., and a brother, Elbert Brewer Sr.
She is survived by her devoted husband, Larry Lloyd Kimbrough; one son, Fred E. Williams III; three sisters, Patricia Davis, Hilda Nix, Janice Moffett; two brothers, Hilton Huggar Jr. and Lt. Col. Tony Huggar; nieces, Hestra Tittsworth, Cathy Nix, Stephanie Davis, Ashely Huggar, Alex Huggar, Laura Brewer, Netta Brewer, Joy Malone and Monica Davis; nephews, Tony Davis, Sgt. Jesse Davis, Elbert Brewer Jr.; great-nieces, DeJa Wesby-Davis, Gabrielle Tittsworth, Danielle Davis; great-nephews, Dante Davis, Jason Tittsworth, and Venis Nix; stepdaughter, Edna Mitchell; and stepgrandson, Christopher Mitchell.
Visitation will be Friday, May 19, 2000, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Mass will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Biloxi. Burial will be in Biloxi City Cemetery.
E.F. Loe
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home Chapel in Picayune.
PICAYUNE - E. F. Loe, 85, died Thursday, May 18, 2000, in Slidell.
Mr. Loe was a native of Bienville Parish in Louisiana and was a retired forester and real estate agent. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Picayune and was retired from the Navy as a lieutenant where he served in World War II. He was a graduate of Louisiana State University.
Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Loe; a son, James R. Lowe, both of Picayune; a brother, Kavat A. Loe of Arcadia, La.; a sister, Mary Gaudet of El Paso, Texas; and a granddaughter.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune. A service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with burial in New Palestine Cemetery.
James Irvin Luke
Funeral: 3 p.m. Saturday at Collinsville Methodist Church.
CARRIERE - James Irvin Luke, 77, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Carriere.
Mr. Luke was a native of Kemper County and was the co-owner of J.I. Luke Enterprises. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Picayune and was past president of the 512th Military Police Battalion. He was a World War II veteran and was a charter member of the Collinsville Lions Club. He was a member of the Suqualena Masonic Lodge, York Rite Bodies and Hamasa Shrine Temple.
Survivors include his wife, Mary C. Luke; a son, Jim Luke, both of Carriere; a daughter, Deborah L. Poole of Easley, S.C.; a sister, Kathrine L. Clark of Ellisville; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune. A service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Collinsville Methodist Church where friends may call from 1:30 p.m. until service time. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Garry W. Millison Sr.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Riemann Funeral Home Chapel in Bay St. Louis.
KILN - Garry W. Millison Sr., 47, died Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in Hattiesburg.
Mr. Millison was a native of St. Joseph, Mo., and was a driver for Waste Management Company.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin Lee and Claudia Helen Nettles Millison; and a brother, Melvin Lee Millison Jr.
Survivors include his wife, Ernestine P. Millison; two sons, Garry W. Millison Jr. and Bradley Allen Millison; a daughter, Lisia Millison, all of Kiln; two sisters, Verna Lee Rhodes of Kansas City, Mo., and Ethel Mae Cuevas of Kiln.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Riemann Funeral Home Chapel in Bay St. Louis where friends may call from noon until service time. Burial will be private.
Gracie Mae Moore-Fox
Funeral: 11 a.m. Monday at Main Street Baptist Church in Biloxi.
BILOXI - Mrs. Gracie Mae Moore-Fox, 65, of 222 Magnolia St., died Monday, May 15, 2000, in Biloxi.
Mrs. Moore-Fox was born Sept. 9, 1934, in Crystal Springs and attended Salem and Warm Springs Schools in Crystal Springs. She received her G.E.D. in Biloxi and was employed several years as a cook and bus driver for Head Start. She was a member of Main Street Baptist Church in Biloxi where she was a former Sunday School teacher and a member of the Kitchen Committee.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Willie Moore; her parents, Theado and Johnnie Mae Jordan; and a sister, Mary Francis Bishop.
Survivors include her husband, Eddie Fox of Biloxi; four daughters, Mary E. Lee, Gwen Johnson, and Katherine Fox Long, all of Biloxi, and Eva Lee Fox Jones of Lawton, Okla.; three sons, Louis Moore of Columbia, S.C., Michael Fox of Biloxi and Nathaniel Fox of Junction City, Kan.; a stepdaughter, Christine Fox of Vallejo, Calif.; three stepsons, Herman Fox and Eddie Fox Jr., both of Vallejo, and Walter Anderson of California; three sisters, Shirley Jean White, Katherine Taylor, both of Terry and Betty Lou Hartley of Crystal Springs; a brother, Theado Jordan Jr. of Crystal Springs; 17 grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Richmond Funeral Home in Biloxi. A service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Main Street Baptist Church with burial in Biloxi National Cemetery.
Filomena Mimi Mostaccio
SUMRALL - Filomena Mimi Mostaccio, age unavailable, died Thursday, May 18, 2000, in Hattiesburg.
Arrangements are incomplete at Lockett-Williams' Mortuary in Gulfport.
Obra O'Neal Reddix
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Vancleave.
VANCLEAVE - Obra O'Neal Reddix, 78, of 14309 Mississippi 57, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Vancleave.
Mr. Reddix was born Nov. 28, 1922, in Vancleave. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was employed at Ingalls Shipbuilding for 35 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dave and Della Reddix; three sisters, Emma Dunning, Carrie Lewis, and Florence Fairley; four brothers, Willie Reddix, Calvin Reddix, Vernon Reddix, and Nathaniel Reddix.
Survivors include his wife, Iola Reddix; three sons, Leonard Jackson, Arthur Reddix and Obra Reddix Jr.; four daughters, Della Mitchell, Barbara Stovall, Alice Alaneaux and Paheobe Peyton; a sister, Venus Polk; two brothers, Hermes Reddix and Cornelius Reddix, all of Vancleave; 23 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Light Missionary Baptist Church on Burney Road in Vancleave where friends may call one hour before service time. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Vancleave. Dickey Bros.-Chambers Bros. Funeral Services in Biloxi is in charge of arrangements.
James W. Reed Jr.
Funeral: 2 p.m. today at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes Chapel in Gulfport.
GULFPORT - James W. Reed Jr., 75, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Gulfport.
Mr. Reed was born in Pentwater, Mich., and was an Army veteran of World War II where he served as a combat medic. He was a 1951 graduate of the University of Mississippi in Oxford where he received a degree in pharmacy. He retired as a registered pharmacist at Hover's Drug Store and was also retired from Chemfax. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Gulfport.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James W. Reed Sr. and Lola Hales Reed; and a brother, Jon Thomas Reed.
Survivors include his wife, Frances P. Reed of Gulfport; two daughters, Marsha R. Rutledge of Long Beach and Linda R. Groulx of Gulfport; two sons, J.W. "Bill" Reed III of Gulfport and Thomas C. Reed of Marion, Texas; a sister, Glynn R. Larsen of Denver; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A service will be at 2 p.m. today at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home Chapel in Gulfport where friends may call from noon until service time. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Gulfport.
Ruby Lee Smith
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church.
GULFPORT - Ruby Lee Rasberry Smith, 88, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Gulfport.
Mrs. Smith was a homemaker and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl C. Smith; a daughter, Faye Carroll Smith; and her parents, William Edward and Anna Laura Martin Rasberry.
Survivors include three sons, Billy Joe Smith of Biloxi, Jackie Smith of Newton and Terry Smith of Long Beach; two brothers, Harmon Rasberry and Fred Rasberry, both of Stonewall; three sisters, Zoie Cook of Meridian, Annie Laura Beeman of Collinsville and Bobbie Joyce Green of Washington state; and eight grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Stephens Funeral Home in Meridian is in charge of arrangements.
Donald Lyle Watkins
Funeral: 1 p.m. Saturday at Holder-Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Moss Point.
MOSS POINT - Donald Lyle Watkins, 73, died Wednesday, May 17, 2000, in Pascagoula.
Mr. Watkins was born April 11, 1927, in Beloit, Wis., and was retired from the Navy after 25 years of service. He was a member of New Hope A.O.G. Church, a member of the VFW in Pascagoula, a 32nd degree Scottish Rite member of Moss Point Masonic Lodge No. 202 and the Eastern Star.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy "Dot" Watkins of Moss Point; four sons, Steve Watkins of Kentucky, David Watkins, Donald Watkins Jr., and Robert Watkins, all of Newport, R.I.; a brother, Arthur Watkins of Wheeling Ill.; three sisters, Dorothy Stamm of Rockford, Ill., Beverly Branhard of Freeport, Ill., and Carol Rimkus of Byron, Ill.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point. A service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with burial in Johnson Cemetery.
