Lakeisha N. Jones

GULFPORT -- Lakeisha N. Jones, 19, died June 10, 2009.

She attended Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church where she was a member of the Junior Usher Board and Junior Choir. She also participated in choir at Harrison Central Ninth Grade School.

Lakeisha was preceded in death by daughter Genieva Jones; paternal grandfather Henry Jones Sr.; maternal grandparents James H. Dixon and Cora Dixon.

Surviving family members include daughter Alycia "LeLe" Jones McDonald of Gulfport; father Henry Jones Jr. of Biloxi; mother Patricia Dixon Jones of Gulfport; brothers Fredrick Jones of Hattiesburg and Reginald Jones of Gulfport; sisters Freida (Anthony) Moffett and Roshunda Jones, both of Gulfport; special friend Allen Jerome McDonald of Gulfport, and many relatives and friends.

Special thanks were extended to staff at Gulfport Memorial Hospital and at Trinity Neurologic Rehabilitation Center in Slidell, La.

Funeral services were June 19 at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, and internment at Monroe Memorial Park.

Arrangements were handled by Lockett-Williams Funeral Home of Gulfport, which is available at www.lockettwilliams.com.

Taylor Ny'Asia Moore

Taylor Ny'Asia Moore was born and died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport.

Taylor is survived by her mother, Alberta Melissa (Missy) Moore of Gulfport; maternal grandparents, Johnny and Mary Moore Jr. of Gulfport; nine aunts including Bertha (Marlon) Bowie, Maxine (Christopher) Harper, Felicia Bowie and Jackelin Foxworth, all of Gulfport, also Mary Moore of Pascagoula, Marliyn Turner of Hurley, Carylon Kinned of Pascagoula, Albertha McCarroll of Wiggins, and Rosie Haynes of Dayton, Fla; four uncles including Samuel Bowie of Mexico, Johnny Moore, James Updite, and Sam Moore, all of Wiggins; special cousins Mary "Rabbit" Bowie and Thomas "T.J." Bowie; and numerous other uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends.

Services were held Jan. 9 at Monroe Memorial Park on Canal Road in Gulfport, where the Rev. William Harper, pastor of Greater Love Fellowship Baptist Church, officiated.

Residents shared memories and signed a guest book at www.marshallfh.com