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DUNN
Merle May (Draughn) Dunn, 71, of Moss Point, Miss., died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, Miss. She was the daughter of the late Wallace Eugene Draughn Sr. and Edith West.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Joyce Ann Dunn; two grandchildren; and a brother, Wallace E. Draughn Jr.
Survivors include her husband, Eldridge (Bud) Dunn of Moss Point; a son, Carl (Teresa) Dunn of Helena, Miss.; 3 daughters, Evelyn (Bill) Weaver of Gulfport, Miss., Jennifer (George) Bardling of Helena, Lynette (Marvin) Fountain of Sand Hill, Miss.; two brothers, James A. Draughn and Willie E. Draughn, both of Waynesboro, Miss.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation was from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 9, in the parlor of Freeman Funeral Home, Waynesboro.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at the funeral home chapel in Waynesboro, with the Rev. Robbie Howard officiating.
Burial will follow in the Dunn cemetery, Buckatunna, Miss..
Arrangements by Freeman Funeral Home, Waynesboro, Miss.
LOGAN
Richard Edward Logan, 71, of Gautier, Miss., died June 5, 2003, in Pascagoula, Miss. He was born
April 7, 1932, in Albion, Okla. Mr. Logan retired as supervisor scientist with Litton Data Systems Division after 30 years service. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. and was a member and deacon of the First Presbyterian Church in Pascagoula.
Mr. Logan had served as vice chairman and chairman of "Many Tribes Inc." and as an Indian Deputy under Sheriff John Ledbetter. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and a grandchild
Survivors include his wife, Mary "Marty" Logan of Gautier; daughters and son-in-law, Grace Elizabeth Herring of Joplin, Mo. and Laura Kathryn and Trent Walker of Carthage, Mo.; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Richard and Liz Logan of Harleston, Miss.; brothers, Robert M. Logan of Greenvalley, Ariz., Louis Breckenridge Logan of Ardmore, Okla., Michael Logan of Poteau, Okla.; sister, Billy Louise Margowski of Tennessee; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
A memorial service was held Sunday, June 8, at the First Presbyterian Church of Pascagoula with the Rev. Chuck Roberts officiating. The family prefers donations be made to the First Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 1819 Pascagoula St., Pascagoula, Miss. 39567.
Interment will be conducted in Missouri at a later date.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
EUBANKS
Lera Manning Eubanks, 78, of Moss Point, Miss., died Saturday, June 7, 2003, in Moss Point. She was born
April 5, 1925, in Neshoba County, Miss. She was a member of The Church of God in Pascagoula, Miss., and a homemaker.
Mrs. Eubanks was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas P. and Janice Manning; her husband, C.G. Eubanks; and a sister, Era Rae.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Reginald C. and Priscilla Eubanks; grandchildren and spouses, Regina Langston and Paul Stringer, Annette and John Meek and Alan Eubanks; great-grandchildren, Krayton Ryan Langston, Duncan Langston, Raelynn Stringer, Jordan Meek, Morgan Meek and Cory Meek, all of Pascagoula; one sister, Vera Cumberland of Gulfport, Miss., and a brother, Tommy Manning of Pascagoula; and other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2003, at Holder-Wells Funeral Home.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Eugene Eubanks officiating.
Burial will follow at Serene Memorial Gardens in Escatawpa, Miss.
Holder-Wells Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MUNN
Mr. Jack Pennington Munn, born
in Decatur, Miss., passed away June 5, 2003, at Covington County Hospital, at the age of 80. He graduated from Richton High School and lived his adult life in Richton, Miss. He was a disabled veteran serving in the United States Navy during World War II on the USS Alabama. He was a carpenter by trade. He was residing at the State Veterans Home in Collins, Miss. He was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Victor Scanlon Munn and Mary Alice Carey Munn; and two brothers, Charles Lamar Munn and Victor Travis Munn.
Mr. Munn is survived by two beloved sisters-in-law, Mrs. Susan Irene (Lamar) Munn and Mrs. Anna L. (Travis) Munn, both of Richton; seven nieces and nephews, Sibyl Harrington and husband, Cleve of Gulfport, Mary Susan Munn of Richton, Brenda Eiland and husband, Tim, of Moss Point, Janet Leigh Stanley of Pascagoula, Charles Terry Munn and wife, Sharon, Lamar Carey Munn and wife Donna, and Frankie Joe (Joey) Munn, all of Richton. He also has six great nieces and nephews, Alicia Stanley of Pascagoula, April Freeman, Christy Garris, Brandon Munn, all of Richton, Jennifer Thames of Pascagoula, T. J. Munn of Richton; and two great-great nieces, Hayley Thames of Pascagoula and Rylie Garris of Richton; and a great-great nephew, Parker Munn of Richton.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at Jones Funeral Home in Richton, Miss., with services at 11 a.m. at the Jones Funeral Chapel.
Burial will be in Sunset cemetery in Richton.
Pallbearers will be Charles Terry Munn, Lamar Carey Munn, Frankie Joe "Joey" Munn, Charles Brandon Munn, Terry Jameson Munn and Orby Wright.
Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home, Richton, Miss.
DOSWELL
Mr. Isaac Morgan Doswell departed for his heavenly home at the grand age of 90 on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003 in Pascagoula. He was born
March 10, 1913 in Abbeville, Ala. Mr. Doswell retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding where he was an active member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local No. 693. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Pascagoula. Mr. Doswell was a Christian who was devoted to his family and loved helping others. As an active member of the union, local 693, his goal was to help make better working conditions for everyone and safety on the job his first priority.
Mr. Doswell was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Mrs. Doris Evelyn Doswell, his parents, Ben and Elizabeth Doswell, three brothers, two sisters, and his granddaughter, Donna Michelle Green.
Survivors include his sons, Donald Ray and Olivia Doswell of Pascagoula and Kenneth Morgan Doswell of New York; a daughter, Nina Fay Doswell of Pascagoula; grandchildren, Donald Wayne Doswell of Mobile, Ala., Edward E. Doswell, Thomas Ray and Kim Doswell and Heather and Ray Knight, all of Pascagoula; great grandchildren, Ryan Doswell, Patrick Doswell, Jazmine Doswell, Chelsea Doswell, Zachary Knight, and Jeremy Morgan Knight; one sister-in-law, Martha Merritt of Columbus, Ga.; one brother-in-law, Clinton and Nancy Merritt of Atlanta, Ga., and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003 at Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point.
Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. from the funeral home chapel with Rev. Dennis Ray Smith and Rev. Warren Langworthy officiating. Interment will follow in Machpelah cemetery, Pascagoula.
Arrangements by Holder-Wells Funeral Home, Moss Point.
MAHATHY
Gloria Jean Mahathy, 59, of Moss Point, Miss., died Aug. 16, 2003 in Moss Point. She was born
Jan. 18, 1944 in Pascagoula, Miss. She was a lifelong resident of Jackson County, Miss. Mrs. Mahathy was a member of Forts Lake Assembly of God Church in Forts Lake. She was also a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Arnold L. Mahathy Jr., of Moss Point; son, the Rev. Anthony L. Mahathy of Fort Payne, Ala.; daughter, Jeannie Jordan of Moss Point; five grandchildren, Alexis Mahathy of Fort Payne, Ala., Morgan Jordan, Savannah Jordan, Taylor Jordan, Tabitha Jordan, all of Moss Point; mother, Loistine (Taylor) Stokes of Moss Point; brothers, Aubrey Stokes of Moss Point, Lloyd Stokes of Grand Bay, Ala., Donald Ray Stokes of Moss Point, the Rev. Alton Stokes of Grand Bay, Ala., Alvin Stokes of Pascagoula, Glen Stokes of Moss Point, Raymond Stokes of Pascagoula and Rodney Stokes of Vancleave; sisters, Sandra Mahathy, Glenda Brown, Linda Walters, Ruth Cauley, Ernestine Walters, Geraldine Passman and Darlene Walters, all of Moss Point and numerous other relatives and friends.
Visitation is from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Forts Lake Assembly of God Church.
Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003 from the church with the Rev. Tim Cauley and the Rev. Alton Stokes officiating.
Burial will follow in W. R. Clark cemetery in Forts Lake.
Arrangements by Jackson County Funeral Services, Escatawpa, Miss.
VAUGHN
Homegoing Celebration of Bertis Marie Woldon-Vaughn
Bertis Marie was born
in Pascagoula, Miss., Aug. 5, 1919. She entered eternal rest one week after her 84th birthday celebration on August 12, 2003 in the home of her beloved brother, Carlos Beaudreau, in Washington, D.C.
Bertis was the second of seven children born
to the late John Thomas Beaudreau and Eulalie Gertrude Beaudreau. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Geneva V. Branson and Margaret JoAnn Hafler.
A devout Catholic, Bertis was baptized at St. Peter the Apostle Church, attended the Parish school, and was an active parishioner throughout her life.
In 1942, Bertis married
and followed to Cambridge, Mass., her sweetheart, Robert Woldon, where she worked in retail sales and "supervised" the upbringing of her teenaged sister, Melva. Following the War, she and "Bob" built a home on North Market St. where they resided until his passing in 1963. Bertis spent the years 1965 to 1980, in Los Angeles, California helping her brother and caring for her mother.
She was wed to the late Milton E. Vaughn in 1968 and was a resident of Tulsa, Okla. until 1987, when she returned to Pascagoula and began the restoration of her grandmother's vintage home on Market St.
It was the joy of her life to trace her childhood footsteps along the path from her house to St. Peter's Church to attend Mass and all of the Church and school -sponsored activities of the Parish. Bertis had a special devotion to St. Anthony (who always led her to her lost items), the Sacred Heart of Jesus and our Blessed Mother.
To the dismay of many who would offer her a ride, Bertis was an avid walker and would generally express her preference to "getting her exercise" while walking from Market St. downtown to the Bank, the Singing River Hospital, Wayne Lee's or Walmart. She was particularly excited when Walgreen's opened its doors on Hwy. 90.
Although she didn't give birth to her nine nieces (Sharon, Roxann, Yvette, "Dee", Lynette, Henrietta, Eulalia, , Michelle, and Carla Marie) or three nephews (Leslie, Darryl, and Charles), she was "Nanie" to all, and "Other Mother" to several of them, with all of the joys and sorrows of parenthood.
She leaves to cherish her memory one brother, Carlos Beaudreau of Washington, D.C., three sisters, Alma (Leonard) Hutchinson of Sarasota, Fla., Melva R. Gaitwood of Washington, D.C., and Blanche (Pete) Renfroe of Chicago, Ill., one stepdaughter, Martha McLeod of Kansas City, Mo. and one stepson, Brad Vaughn of Seaside, California., great nieces, great nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
The remains will lie in state from 9 a.m. until the 10:45 a.m, Tuesday, Aug. 19. Rosary at St. Peter Catholic Church, where funeral Mass will begin promptly at 11 a.m. with Father Willie Norvel, SSJ, officiating.
Interment will be in St. Peter cemetery, Pascagoula.
Arrangements by Turner Gulf Funeral Service, Pascagoula, Miss.
MILES
Mrs. Bessie Lee Bowser Miles, 86, of Gautier, Miss., died Friday, July 18, 2003, in Pascagoula, Miss. She was born
January 10, 1917, in Jasper, Ala. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Miles worked in a defense factory during WWII, and also worked in a hosiery mill. She and her husband moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1998 from Jasper, Ala.
Mrs. Miles is preceded is death by her husband, Leland E. Miles.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Carl Jesse of Gautier; eight grandchildren and their spouses, James F. Lancaster, Mark L. Lancaster, Paul M. Lancaster, Karen D. McPherson, Christy L. Delapaz, Bryan D. Jesse, Carolyn D. Case and Richard L. Jesse; 10 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Visitation was held Sunday, July 20, at O'Bryant -O'Keefe Funeral Home in Gautier, Miss.
Another visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday, July 23, at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper, Ala., with a service immediately following.
Interment will be at the New Prospect cemetery in Jasper, Ala.
Arrangements by O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral home, Gautier, Miss.
FINLEY
Ms. Tawana Finley, 24, died Aug. 12, 2003. Viewing will be held from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Aug. 18, 2003 at Christian Love Church of the Living God, Moss Point, Miss.
Services will begin promptly at 1 p.m.
Burial will be at Machpelah cemetery, Pascagoula, Miss.
Services rendered by Millender's Funeral Home, Moss Point, Miss.
