Memories Always: O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home

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, September 7, 2008

Nicholas Clayton Woods

Nicholas Clayton Woods, 16, died Saturday, Sept. 6. 2008. He was born Dec. 14, 1991, in Pascagoula.

Nick was a junior at St. Martin High School in the St. Martin community, and enjoyed riding dirt bikes, fishing and golfing. He attended Calvary Baptist Church in Pascagoula.

St. Martin Student Dies in Accident
Posted Sunday, Sept. 07, 2008 @ gulflive.com/the mississippi press

He was preceded in death by paternal great-grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Pete Schlautman; maternal great-grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Smith and William Howard Pope Sr.
He is survived by Pascagoula residents who include his parents, Michael and Leigh Ann Woods of Pascagoula; sisters Caroline Woods and Allison Woods; paternal grandparents Charles and Joann Woods; and maternal grandparents Bill and Diane Pope.

Survivors also include paternal great-grandparents Otis and Pearl Woods of Kiln, Miss; maternal great-grandmother Lela G. Pope of Agricola; uncles and aunts Marcy McKee (Tom), Theresa Pintea (Mitchell), Annalisa Franklin (Joe), Jodi Gasaway (Tony), Dana Woods, Billy Pope (Jennifer), Mark Pope (Dawn) Scott Holliday (Robbie), Melissa Courville, Mike Pope, and Tifiney Pope; and numerous cousins and friends.

Teen dies as car flips
Posted Sunday, Sept. 07, 2008 @ www.sunherald.com

Visitation will be Sept. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in Pascagoula. Funeral services will be Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. at the church with the Rev. Chris Carter officiating.

Pallbearers will be Billy Pope, Scott Holliday, Mark Pope, Joe Franklin, Tony Gasaway and Tommy McKee. Honorary pallbearers will be Austin Hill, Logan White, Jacob Reeves and Kyle Bryant.

Interment will follow at Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula. Residents may sign an online registration at http://www.obryant-okeefe.com/

CONTACT

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Celebrate Recovery, a 12-step Bible-based and worldwide group open to adults who have hurts, hangups, habits and addictions -- 6:15 p.m. every Thursday at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly, 11555 Cedar Lake Road in Biloxi, with free supper and meeting. For more information, call 228-826-3661; 6:30 to 7 p.m. meal and meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. at Higher Grounds Cafe at Oasis Church, 4007 N. Pascagoula St., Pascagoula. Go to www.oasisonline.tv or call 228-5639 for details; 6 p.m. at Church on the Rock, 3901 Chicot St., Pascagoula. Call 228-282-0040 for more information.
Compassionate Friends of Leakesville, 7 p.m. first Tuesday each month at Faith Presbyterian Church, 1300 Mississippi St., Leakesville, MS 39451. Anyone who has lost a child, grandchild or sibling from the surrounding counties is welcome to come to the meetings. We are a bereaved parents self-help support group. Contact Vicki Gabriel at (601) 848-7060 or email vagabriel51@gmail.com .
GriefShare, a 13-week recovery support group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one, meets at 6 p.m. each Thursday in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in Pascagoula. The church is located at 2710 Pascagoula St. Contact 762-5222.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter of Compassionate Friends, 6:30 to 8 p.m. first Tuesday each month, meeting room at St. Martin Public Library, 15004 Lemoyne Blvd., Biloxi. For parents who have lost children of any age and are grieving. Details by calling Linda at 826-9171 or Julia at 273-2979 or 228-392-7576.