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Leroy Walker Foster, Sr., devoted husband, father, grandfather, and guiding light of the Foster family, passed away peacefully in Pascagoula on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at age 95. He was surrounded by his loving wife, children, and grandchildren. Born January 17, 1928 in Anacoca, Louisiana to Ivon Walker Foster and Roy Foster, Walker was moved to Pascagoula and raised by his grandparents and aunts after losing his mother at only one year of age. He graduated from Pascagoula High School in...

William Randolph “Randy” Winders passed way at his home on Thursday, November 30, 2023. Randy was born on April 21, 1961 in New Orleans, LA to William and Antoinette Louise Winders. Randy grew up in Costa Mesa, CA before coming to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  He was an insurance agent for most of his life, just another way of giving protection to others. He was a loving son, brother, friend, and father with a giving heart. He thought his calling was saving any stray that...

Donna Renee Butterworth Poole passed away on November 30, 2023 at the age of 70. Donna was first of four children born to Ollie and Barbara Butterworth on September 4, 1953 in Pascagoula, MS.  She was a Pascagoula High School graduate class of 1971.  She met and married Robert “Bob “Poole, together they had one child, Amy.  Donna worked various jobs over the years to help provide for her family. She inherited, from her mother, a love for all things bling. ...

John McDonald, age 98, of Gautier passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023 at his home. He was born October 23, 1925 in Irvington, Alabama as the 3rd of 7 children to John McDonald, Sr and Daisy Edna Clark McDonald.  He was employed for 37 years with National Linen Service and was a Plant Manager for the company for 21 years.  He was a member of Optimist Club, volunteered with American Red Cross and was an active and faithful member of First Baptist Church in Pascagoula. He...

Elsie Gay Mitchell Lambert, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was born May 4, 1930 in Red Level, Alabama.  She devoted her life to her family as a homemaker and was a member of Ingalls Avenue Baptist Church in Pascagoula since 1952.  She was a lifelong seamstress that supported many, many people of Jackson County with her sewing and beautiful crochet works. She is preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Joseph Cleveland Lambert;...

Betty Jane Gates Kirkland, 86, of Pascagoula went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 20, 2023 in Pascagoula. She was born on December 25, 1936 in Butler County, Alabama to Robert and Melba Gates. She was a lifelong resident of Pascagoula and took care of her family as a mother and wife after many years of service at Mechants and Marine Bank. She married Erwin Kirkland on November 22, 1963 and they had two daughters, Tammy Lea and Aimee Renee. Mrs. Kirkland loved her family...

Barbara Ann Whatley Barlow passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023 in Ocean Springs, MS at the age of 69. Barbara was born, the baby of the family, to George and Ruby Mae Whatley on April 24, 1954 in Pascagoula, MS. She graduated from Pascagoula High School in the Class of 1972. She furthered her education becoming a nurse and working at Singing River Hospital for 36 years until her retirement. She was a longtime member of Family Life Church in Escatawpa, MS. Barbara was the epitome of...

Edward J. Ryan previously of Southern Shores, NC  passed away Sunday, November 12, 2023 at the age of 73 in Gautier, MS. He was born June 16, 1950 in Astoria, NY. He attended college in NY and earned his BA in Art, and later earned an AS in Computer Science. He started working for Social Security (SSA) in 1974 and spent his 37-year career with them until he retired in 2011. He was preceded in death by his brother William M. Ryan III (Uncle Bill), and his sister Elizabeth Schott (Aunt...

Caden Ella Shows, beloved daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece and friend, died Friday, November 10, 2023 at the age of 22.  She was born in Laurel, MS on January 2, 2001. She was preceded in death by her “Pa Pa” , Mr. Lewis R. Long and her paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Judy Williamson; paternal great-grandparents Earl & Betty Kempton and Clabron & Lottie Shows. She is survived by her mother, Jan Windham (Stephen); her father, Carby Shows (Ashley); siblings,...