100-Year-Old, Others in 90's Pass Away During February

PAULINE BROWN SMITH, who was 100, died Feb. 21, 2014, in Gulfport.

 

Arrangements are at Riemann Family Funeral Home on Three Rivers Road in Gulfport. (See www.riemannfamily.com)

 

 

Honor is given to several others in their 90's who died recently, including:

 

Mary Hall-Kimball, 93, on Feb. 18, in Maywood, N.J. She was a former resident of Ocean Springs. View her obituary at www.bradfordokeefe.com.

 

Hazel R. Ainsworth, 96, on Feb. 21, in Saucier. View her information at www.riemannfamily.com

 

Peter Moreale of Pass Christian, 91, on Feb. 20, in Gulfport. See www.riemannfamily.com

 

John Roberts of Gulfport, 90, on Feb. 22. View arrangements at www.riemannfamily.com

 

Robert Render White of Gulfport, 98, on Feb. 18, at the Veterans Administration Community Living Center in Biloxi. Hs born Dec. 4, 1915.

     According to White's obituary at www.bradfordokeefe.com, he had served during WWII in the Army Air Corps as a second lieutenant and was a bombardier on the first B-29 accepted by the Air Corps. On a B-24 crew in Europe, he flew 50 missions with the most decorated unit in the history of the Armed Forces, the 376th Bomb Group (H) 514th Squadron, based in Italy.

    During his 24-year Air Force career, he served in Okinawa, Vietnam, and various assignments in the U.S. His awards include two Distinquished Unit Badges, European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Medal with seven Battle Stars; Korean and Vietnam Theater Medals with a Battle Star each and World War II Victory Medal.

Virginia McElhaney Stringer of Hattiesburg, 93, on Feb. 19. She was born June 20, 1920, in Ellisville, Miss. She spent 30 years in the Hattiesburg school system as a teacher of grade school, junior and senior high students.
     Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home in Hattiesburg in charge of arrangements.