Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Veterans Tower Planned for Gautier


A Veterans Tribute Tower is in the works for Gautier. Plans are to build the tribute in front of City Hall in U.S. 90.
(Photo by Verdin Co.)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Timothy Jeremiah Kirby

BILOXI -- Timothy Jeremiah "Jeremy" Kirby, age 12, died Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 in Biloxi.

Jeremy was a member of Biloxi First united Methodist Church Junior High Youth Group, Honor Roll Student, served on North Woolmarket Student Council, Students That Pray (STP), and the Biloxi Junior High Builders Club.

He enjoyed playing soccer and baseball, and dabbled in football. The love of the game went past the field. You could often find him playing pick-up football or baseball with his brothers and cousins. Taking piano lessons since first grade, he had an ear for music, and was gifted in yet another way.

He enjoyed video games with his siblings, fishing with his dad and brothers, going to E-Fit with the family during the week and spending time with his family during Friday family night.

Jeremy was not demanding or quarrelsome; he was very easy going. He was generous with gratitude, saying "thank you" for the smallest things. He was extremely polite and brutally honest. He was loyal, doing what he was told, and he was curiously adventurous, but knew what he liked.

He is survived by his loving parents, Eddie and Martha June Kirby; siblings Eddie Jr., Mosie, Chloe, and Duke Kirby; grandparents Jane Thomas, James Robert Kirby IV, Debbie Sinopoli, Regan and Bernie Regan, and Timothy and Tammy Wheat; great-grandparents Raymond and Martha Sinopoli; numerous other relatives and friends.

Family and friends are invited to gather Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, from 5 - 8 pm at the Biloxi First United Methodist Church, Old Hwy 67 North in Woolmarket. The funeral service will be held Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at 11 am in the church sanctuary. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. in Southern Memorial Park, 2000 Beach Blvd, Biloxi.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Jeremy Kirby Trust Fund at any Bancorp South Branch.

Overflow parking will be at the Joppa Shrine Temple and shuttle buses will be provided to and from the parking lot/church. Please refrain from parking along Old Hwy 67.

The Riemann Family Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Road, Biloxi is in charge of arrangements and memories may be shared at www.riemannfamily.com

Monday, October 25, 2010

12-year-old Dies During Hayride

WOOLMARKET (Oct. 25) -- Jeremy Kirby was reportedly killed this weekend when he fell from a hayride and was accidentally run over, according to television and newspaper reports.

The death of the 12-year-old, son of Pastor Eddie Kirby, occurred during the annual Trunk or Treat celebration at First United Methodist Church of Biloxi.

Walter Patterson

GAUTIER -- Teenager Walter Patterson was one of two men killed Saturday night, Oct. 23, while trying to move a disabled vehicle across Interstate 10, according to news reports in the Sun Herald and Mississippi Press.

Patterson, 19, and 52-year-old Gregory Gibson were pushing a Chevy Cavalier across the westbound lanes from the median to the emergency lane when they were struck by a Toyota Avalon driven by Ryan Nguyen, 35, of Columbus, Ga., according to information from highway patrol officer Cpl. Johnny Poulos. The accident happened about 11 p.m. and both men died at the scene.

Another teenager, 19-year-old Charles Willis, driver of the Cavalier, was taken to Singing River Hospital with moderate injuries.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Teachers, Family Remember "Dip"














Marvin Johnson, son of "Dip" Johnson (below), greets guests at the end of an extended receiving line.














Family members of Marva Jean Johnson police officers, school district and elementary staff, and community friends visiting during a memorial service.




















Friends and residents wait their turn to offer condolences to the family of Assistant Teacher Marva Jean "Dip" Johnson.



Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Memorial Service Planned for Assistant Teacher Marva Johnson

GAUTIER -- A memorial service for assistant teacher Marva "Dip" Johnson will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home on Telephone Road in Pascagoula.

Johnson, wife of Moss Point Deputy Police Chief Bobby Johnson, was seriously injured Oct. 8 in a vehicle wreck outside Jacksonville, Fla. She later died at Shand's Jacksonville Medical Center.

Visitation and funeral services will take place Saturday, Oct. 16, in Hattiesburg at Shady Grove Baptist Church.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Marva Johnson Hurt During Wreck Near Jacksonville, Dies at Hospital


MOSS POINT -- Assistant teacher Marva Johnson died Friday, Oct. 8, following a vehicle wreck near Jacksonville, Fla.

Johnson, an assistant teacher at Singing River Elementary School in Gautier, was the wife of Deputy Police Chief Bobby Johnson, who traveled to Florida after learning about the morning accident. According to a city official, Marva Johnson had been visiting swith her daughter, Bobbye Jo, since Wednesday.

Details of the wreck were unavailable. Funeral plans are pending upon return of family members to Moss Point. Mayor Aneice Liddell said Friday that the Johnsons have other family members in Jacksonville.