All Obituaries

Ricky Lee Kirkland, age 68, passed away on January 20, 2023. He was born in Pascagoula, MS to R.L. Kirkland and Louise Green Kirkland on June 4, 1954. Ricky graduated from Mississippi State University with a four-year degree that he used to work in many places, including New Orleans, LA, and Jackson, MS. He also worked at General Dynamics in Camden, AR for many years. Ricky came back home and retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding after many years of service to spend his days hunting, fishing,...

Mary Ida Loris June 15, 1927 - January 19, 2023   Mary Ida Rowell Loris, 95, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19,2023.   Mary, a long term resident of Pascagoula MS, was born in Enterprise, Mississippi on June 15, 1927. She was one of five children of Julius Hugh and Ethel Stella Lawson Rowell. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Loris, Sr., her parents, her sisters, Opal Pierce and Myrtle Bennett, her brother, William Rowell, grandson, Seth Bemis...

Julie Lee Krebs, 54, of Pascagoula passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023.   She was born January 10, 1969 in Pascagoula, MS to Robert “Bobby” Earl Hamilton and Miriam Joyce Hamilton Garrett. Mrs. Krebs spent the first part of her adult life Bartending at Hula’s Bar before going on to do what she loved most, working with animals at Pet Harbor Veterinary Clinic.    Mrs. Krebs is preceded in death by her parents.  Mrs. Krebs is survived...

Carol Frances Marker Davis January 25, 1937 – January 14, 2023 Carol Davis of Gautier, Ms passed away peacefully surrounded by family at the age of “Almost 86” on January 14, 2023. Carol was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Hazel Mae and Ira Mailian Marker. She moved to Palatka, Florida to live on her grandmother’s farm and from there traveled with her parents through 49 states following pipeline construction. Carol was an amazing woman loaded with talent. Her...

Bruce Wayne Maghan, Sr. (aka The Crabman) The Mississippi Gulf Coast lost a legend (in our minds) in the wee hours of Saturday, January 14, 2023 at Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula. Known as The Crabman across Jackson County (and beyond), Bruce Wayne Maghan, Sr. – age 83 – was a teller of tall tales who never met a stranger. Born on April 1, 1939, in Washington, D.C., he was an April Fool from the day he arrived as the youngest child of George Glendon Maghan, Sr., and Anne...

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Services are in the care of Baez Funeral Home in Yauco, Puerto Rico. 

Janet Dean Weeks, formerly of Pascagoula and resident of Daphne, AL passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at her home.  She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Charles Walter Dean and Alice Claire Frellsen Dean and was their only child. Janet was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Pascagoula. She enjoyed gardening and appreciated the beauty of all flowers. She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert Colmer Weeks; son, Dean Colmer Weeks; daughter, Leah...

Marian Evelyn Pierson, of Gautier, MS, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, January 5, 2023.  Marian was born on August 6, 1923 in Alexandria, VA. to Irvin James Ketland and Willie Catherine Ross Ketland. She graduated from George Washington High School  in Alexandria and attended Strayer School of Business in Washington, DC. In 1947, she married Don Earl Pierson, a U.S. Army officer, and lived in a number of different places in the United States and western Europe...

Arrangements Pending in Memphis, TN