1 A-2 THE DAILY HERALD Biloxi-Gulfport, Tuesday, March 26, 1985 Obituaries Gary Hagen BILOXI The body of Gary Lynn Hagen, 31, of Flora, who died Saturday in Biloxi, was sent from Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi to Frank Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Mrs. Alita Dronet BILOXI Mrs. Alita Dronet, 81, of Biloxi died Monday in Biloxi. Visitors may call tonight from 6 until 10 at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi, where a rosary will be recited at 7:30.
The funeral procession will leave the funeral home Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. and go to St. John's Catholic Church in Biloxi for a 1:30 p.m. Mass. Burial will follow in Southern Memorial Park.
Mrs. Dronet was born in Maurice, and was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and Altar Society. She was the widow of Octave "Mickey" Dronet. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs.
Ruby Creel and Mrs. Daisey Boney, both of Biloxi; three sons, Lloyd Dronet of Victoria, Texas, Harry Dronet and Ray Dronet, both of Biloxi; four sisters, Mrs. Beulah Dubois of Biloxi, Mrs. Lelia Clawson of Slidell, Mrs. Cecile Landry and Mrs.
Noela Trahan, both of Lafayette, two brothers, Otto Comeaux and Andrew Comeaux, both of Lafayette; 28 grandchildren; and 38 greatgrandchildren. Virgil 'Slim' Hamilton BILOXI Virgil E. "'Slim' Hamilton, 80, of Biloxi died Monday in Biloxi. Visitors may call Wednesday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
at Bradford -O'Keefe Funeral Home in Biloxi. The funeral will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the East Howard Avenue Baptist Church in Biloxi, where visitors may call an hour before services. Burial will follow in Biloxi Cemetery. Mr.
Hamilton was born in Gorman, Texas, and was a member of East Howard Baptist Church. He was caretaker of Meaut Community House for the city of Biloxi for six years following the death of his wife, Mrs. Ena Arlene Buckley Hamilton, who had been caretaker for more than 20 years. He was a life member of Magnolia Lodge Biloxi. Survivors include a son, Rodney M.
Hamilton of Woolmarket; two granddaughters; and a grandson. Thomas Toland GULFPORT Thomas Rob- ert Toland, 76, of Driftwood Nursing Center, Gulfport, died Monday in Gulfport. Mr. Toland, a native of Peoria, lived on the Coast for 18 years and was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a Catholic The body was sent from Riemann Funeral Home in Gulfport to Wilton Mortuary in Peoria for a graveside service in St.
Mary's Cemetery. Mrs. Wilma Stamnes BAY ST. LOUIS Mrs. Wilma Favre Stamnes, 57, Route 4, Bay St.
Louis, died Sunday in Gulfport. Mrs. Stamnes, a native and lifelong resident of Bay St. Louis, was the widow of Idar K. Stamnes.
She was a Mormon. Survivors include three sons, Leif E. Stamnes of Gulfport, Kevin J. Stamnes and Robert Stamnes, both of Pensacola, four brothers, Milford Favre of Long Beach, Hugo Favre of Bay St. Louis, J.C.
Favre of Kiln, and Francis "Tubb' Favre of Pass Christian; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Farve Davis and Mrs. Murdy Farve Shiyou, both of Bay St. Louis; and one grandchild. The funeral was held today at 11 a.m.
at Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis, with burial in McCaunghty Cemetery in Long Beach. James Keeton ST. LOUIS James 58, of Necaise Avenue, Bay St. Louis, died Tuesday in Bay St.
Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis. Larry Blevins PASCAGOULA Larry Doyle Blevins, 25, of Lakeland, died Saturday in Pascagoula. Mr.
Blevins was born in Paintsville, and was a construction worker. The body was sent from O' Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Pascagoula to Lanier Funeral Home in Lakeland, where the funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Park Cemetery at Lakeland. Mrs. Myrtle Sullivan PASCAGOULA Mrs.
Myrtle Iva Sullivan, 66, 2104 Choctaw Pascagoula, died Saturday in Pascagoula. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Neshoba County, and had lived in Pascagoula for 17 years. She was a member of First Indian United Methodist Church in Pascagoula. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs.
Frances Thomas of Pascagoula and Mrs. Ellen Guin of Newton, and a brother, Delbert Warren of Newton. The funeral was held Monday at 10 a.m. at Holder-Wells Funeral Home in Moss Point, with burial in Jackson County Memorial Park. William Thomas MOSS POINT William Thomas, 71, 3530 Barnett Moss Point, died Saturday in Pascagoula.
Arrangements are incomplete at Robinson': Friendly Funeral Home in Moss Point. Mrs. Donna Butto WIGGINS Mrs. Donna G. Butto, 56, of Wiggins died Saturday in Hattiesburg.
Mrs. Butto was a native of Pulaski, and was a nurses' aide at Azalea Gardens Nursing Center. She was a Protestant. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Tanya B.
McCarty and Mrs. Donyell G. Walters, both of Wiggins; a son, Charles A. Wilson of Wiggins; a sister, Mrs. Helen McKenzie of Tucson, a brother, Zane Guinn of Hattiesburg; and four grandchildren.
Graveside services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Ten Mile Cemetery. Moore Funeral Home in Wiggins was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Velma Carver PEARLINGTON Mrs.
Velma Carver, 60, of Pearlington died Saturday in Bay St. Louis. The funeral was held Monday at 11 a.m. at Southern Baptist Church in Pearlington, with burial in Logtown Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis McArthur and Karen Mons, both of Pearlington; five sons, John Carver Paul Carver, Gerald Carver, and Wayne Carver, all of Pearlington, and Dennis Carver of Petal; a sister, Ruth Reagan of Jacksonville, two brothers, Alfonz Carver of New Orleans and Arnold Carver of Pearlington; and 14 grandchildren.
McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune was in charge of arrangements. Amos Bennett Sr. PICAYUNE Amos Kent Bennett 80, Route 4, Picayune, died Saturday in Picayune. The funeral was held Monday at 2 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Picayune, with burial in New Palestine Cemetery.
Mr. Bennett was a retired supervisor for a chemical plant. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Audrey Bennett of Picayune; a son, Amos K. Bennett Jr.
of Picayune; a brother, Ellis Bennett of Lafayette, a sister, Susie Landry of Baton Rouge, three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Grenada house fire kills child, injures two By The Associated Press GRENADA, Miss. A 3-yearold child was killed and two other children suffered burns Monday night when fire heavily damaged a house in Grenada, authorities said. Firemen said eight people apparently were asleep in the house when the blaze started, and that at one point neighbors feared two children had been trapped inside the house. Authorities said it appeared that in the confusion that oc- State advises customers of Rouse, Country Club systems to boil water By TOM CHARLIER Staff Writer State health officials have advised about 110 utility customers in northeast Jackson and northern Forrest counties to boll their water after laboratory tests Monday showed high levels of bacteria in the systems.
Water samples from the Rouse Water Co. system, which serves 70 customers northeast of Vancleave, and the Country Club Lake Estates North system, which serves 40 customers northwest of Hattiesburg, contained fecal-coliform bacteria levels as high as 80 times the federal standards, said health department spokesman Nancy Kay Sullivan. Coliform itself is harmless, but it is an indicator of the possible presence of disease-causing organisms which can lead to such ailments as typhoid, cholera and hepatitis. The Rouse and Country Club systems, both based in Vicksburg, are among eight water companies named in suits filed by the health department in Jackson County Chancery Court in January. The suits, which seek civil damages totaling about $5 million, charge that the companies submitted to the health department water samples which were "not representative of the water to the utilities' tomers.
The samples, according to the suit, "were obtained from sources other than water from the defendant's water system." Sullivan said that the department has been closely monitoring the eight systems since evidence of possible problems first turned up. She said only the Rouse and Country Club Lake Estates systems have exceeded the maximum coliform level of 1 colony per 100 milliliters of water. A coliform level of 80 colonies per 100 ml. was detected in the Rouse system, while colonies were shown in the Country Club Estates water. Sullivan said the sanitarians in Jackson and Forrest counties will be taking daily samples from the two systems until health officials decide to grant the utilities safe water certificates.
Ethics panel drops lease complaint against Molpus By The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. State Ethics Commission officials said today the agency has dismissed a complaint filed against Secretary of State Dick Molpus to challenge his handling of 16th Section land leases. Commission Director Ron Crowe said that members had voted unanimously to reject the complaint of a group of South Mississippi leaseholders and supporters. The complaint filed by Steve Turney of Marion County and 56 other people charged that Molpus was requiring an annual rental of 5 percent of fair market value, was permitting local boards of education to charge an application fee for leases, and was not following prescribed leasing procedures, all in violation of the law. But the commission found the 5-percent figure was being used only as a guide in trying to determine whether lease prices were fair, and that Molpus, by virtue of his office, had an obligation to see that local schools obtain a fair price for their school lands, Crowe said.
He noted that some of the individual complainants had leases for 20 cents an acre or less. The complaint also alleged a conflict of interest on Molpus' part in supporting legislation that would have permitted corporate leasing of 16th Section timber lands. Crowe said that while Leon McKee, general manager and majority stockholder of Molpus Forest Products did submit a bid, it was approved by the Neshoba County Board of Education before going to the Forestry Commission. "There are no timber contracts negotiated by, approved by, nor reviewed by the office of secretary of state, and no violation of the conflict-of-Interest provisions was found to have been committed by Secretary of State Dick Molpus," Crowe said. The findings were reported in a letter to Molpus, who waived the confidentiality that normally surrounds unsuccessful complaints.
Hanco*ck County students to attend Saturday classes By NAN PATTON EHRBRIGHT Bay Bureau BAY ST. LOUIS Students in Hanco*ck County's two school districts will attend Saturday classes to help make up for days lost due to the recent teacher strike. School boards in both districts also agreed to extend school calendars to meet the 175- day school year required by law. In. the Bay-Waveland city schools, students will attend 60- percent school days on March 30, April 13, April 20 and May 18.
Classes will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on those Saturdays. The last school day will be June 13 for students and June 14 for teachers. High school graduation has been re-scheduled for June 7.
Superintendent J.D. Cullouch said the board tried to be fair in re-setting the calendar. "Some wanted all Saturdays, some wanted all extended days," he said. "There is no best way to recommend a calendar because of so many problems involved." In the county school district, students at Hanco*ck North Central will attend 60-percent days, from 8:15 a.m. to 1:10 p.m., on March 30, April 13 and April 20.
Gulfview Elementary students and C.B. Murphy Elementary students will attend class from 7:30 a.m. to noon on March 30, April 13, April 20 and April 27. The last school day in the county district will be June 12 for students and June 14 for teachers, board president Billie Faye Lyons said. High school graduation has been for June 7 at Hanco*ck North Central.
The board is expected to re-set eighth -grade graduation at Gulfview and C.B. Murphy sometime next week, Lyons said. Pascagoula man hit by car on overpass, dies Jackson County Bureau PASCAGOULA A Pascagoula man died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a car on the Litton overpass early this morning. Edward Harris, of 3217 it Moreland Circle, was hit by a car at about 5 a.m. and died two hours later in the Singing River Hospital emergency room.
A Pascagoula Police spokesman said Harris was in the roadway of the overpass on-ramp when he was struck by the car driven by Steven M. Buford, 22, of 4601 Burns Moss Point. Harris was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m. at Singing River, said David Miller, Jackson County coroner. No charges have been filed.
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