The Sun Herald and its parent company, Knight Ridder, has established a toll-free number, 1-866-453-1925, where people can call to post messages for loved ones to call them. The Sun Herald plans to run as many of these messages as possible each day after the storm. Below are the messages received Thursday:
A sign is all that's left Thursday to let friends and family know that the Hadley family of Gul Port Estates in Ocean Springs, is okay.
Louie, Lenny and Joshua:
Daddy and Momma, Joey and
Marion Noles of Picayune, are
OK. We're at Calahola Baptist
Church and will be there until
we find shelter. Our home is
gone, but we're alive.
Richard or Melissa
Corona or Jennifer Davis:
Please call us at (205)
682-8703, (850) 477-7885 or
(205) 951-2935. Love, Mother.
Marsha McKnight is
looking for any information
about her aunt, Marjorie
Roemer, 78, who lives at 14009
Bay Sweet Circle in Ocean
Springs. Please call (502)
859-2872 or e-mail
mmbigdog4@wmconnect.com.
A friend named Merle may
have stayed with her during
the storm.
Judy and Cecily are at 939
22nd St. in Gulfport; they are
Second Street residents. Judy
wants help as soon as
possible.
Trying to find Everett.
Apartment complex off of
Texas Street and Courthouse.
Contact Lisa, Jesse's daughter,
at 228-424-7223.
Oliver Waldron of Gulfport
is looking for his daughter,
Maranda Ann Grissom, 12, and
son, Charlie Randolph, 11.
They were with their uncle,
Howard Mills. Waldron is at
the Central Elementary School
shelter in Gulfport.
Larry Kervo wants his
family in Moore, Okla., to
know that he is OK.
Deanna Peterson,
228-209-0868, is looking for
her father Michael Peterson of
Waveland Avenue. He is a
diabetic and needs insulin.
Also a son in Bogalusa, Robby
Nichols.
Joel & Karen Estes
evacuated & are OK in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Jennifer Jarrell is fine but
is looking for sister Tammy
Ellington & her 3 kids
Elenor Boggs Schumaker,
717-244-7700, Clair Morrison,
Archibold Boggs,& children @
Hampton Inn, call and she will
come get you
Tom Slessenger,
985-788-8505, Looking for
mother, wants her to call, 4601
W. Railroad St. Gulfport
Alexandria McKenzie,
251-510-4964, Wants info on
mother & sister
Unsigned, 615-473-3948,
Looking for entire family from
2411 Fortson St., wants to
come get them
Bill & Barbara Flutey
evacuated to Atlanta; will
return when all clear
Cynthia Johnson,
503-310-9123, Looking for
grandmother Polly Davis &
aunt Daisy
Vivian Deloch,
404-929-5845, Wants someone
to call her
Susan Pela OK in Mobile,
Ala., 251-660-0093, Looking for
parents, Stanley & Jeanette
Spradley, 38th Ave in Gulfport
Angela Mitchell, Looking
for info about Barbara & John
Deakle, where is info posted?
Steven McCullagh & 4
daughters evacuated safely
Gene Blough, Maria, &
Joshua, Spencer, Terry &
Margaret Haney, Steve
Meritos all OK
Parents & aunt stayed @
3511 Park Blvd., Gulfport, can
someone check?
Unsigned, 334-808-9059,
Looking for someone in Ocean
Springs
Mary Mahoney, Looking
for Charlie & Eileen Eisel
Looking for Collin
Snellings &Amber Johnson
Bostwick family, Glen &
Virginia Wright, 318-442-7055, Trying to
contact Robert Merchant at
Hilton, entire family is OK
Reporting missing person,
105 S. Seashore Dr. in Long
Beach, please check
Danielle Beck is OK in
Alabama with boyfriend's
family
Maria Evans,
281-415-4003, Looking for
brother Anthony Evans from
Gulfport
Marilyn Susan Beck,
837-7889, Escaped storm, in
Destin, wants to hear from
neighbors on Mills Ave.
Terry L. Byrd & wife
Kathleen, Frankie Seymour
& Amanda are all OK
Unsigned, 850-456-2885,
Looking for Carol Fontoroy &
Mark Fontoroy from Gulfport
Wants to know how info is
getting to people who are
looking for family
Scott & Vanessa Soshay
& the children, please call
Mary Taylor, to let us know
you're OK
Aunt in Las Vegas,
702-228-6239, Needs info
about Moss Point, 21-year-old
nephew stays on fishing boat
Elaine Birmingham, Wants
son, Sgt J Birmingham to know
they fled to Texas, need to
hear from him
Trying to find Wanda
Howell, Sun Herald
employee-please call home
Trying to check on Theresa
& Ernie Sellars please check
750 Red Knot, Gulfport
Louie Ezell is safe & OK,
228-324-9987, but she can't
find parents or siblings
Lee Armstrong,
850-648-4654, Let Joseph
Holder know she's OK, with
Lisa Mercer @ New Mexico
Beach
Parents, 726 Bee Line Road
in North Long Beach, with
5-year-old in home, please
check
Wants to know where on
Web site the info is listed,
can't find any
Chris & Kristen Hogan,
Peggy McCray & family, please
contact the Hogans if you're
OK
Jack & Bonnie Blocker,
Mary Michael, Angie &
Coty Hutchinson are fine
Debbie Diskerud, If you're
OK, call home
Monica Martinez,
305-826-0943, looking for
Novia Vesta, Maria Pass
Martinez
How do you get the
information back to families
that people are OK?
Pat Barlow, Evacuated to
Orlando, is OK.
Ronald Smith & family,
William Chambers & family,
& David Cresenzo & family
are safe, evacuated to
Memphis TN, 662-895-2941,
room 231
Stephen Wopat from
Waveland, Miss., is safe
Mary Katherine Lanatra,
dtusa@cable1.net, Wants Tom
Wilemon, reporter, to let her
know if her home is standing
William Guise III, Ann
Guise, David Jacob, Faye,
Joe, alive & well in Alabama
Irene Deemer, evacuated
to South Carolina,
843-971-2699, They got out
safe; are daughter Maureen &
son in law Richard OK
Louis Stubbs,
910-483-6174,
stubbsfive@earthlink.net,
looking for elderly parents,
Ann & Bill Montgomery
Shirley, 772-878-7822,
Trying to locate Dawn Cline in
Ocean Springs
Sharon Cartwright,
870-668-4178, Looking for
parents Charles & Edith Harris
& grandchildren, Ghaan Dr.
Gulfport
Angela Austin Ross,
Susan Reed from Ocean
Springs are OK & alive
Rebecca, 727-389-2893,
Looking for Sheila & Frank
Cloud, Pearlington Miss.,Jenness Road.
To Georgina Robers -
Alan & Shirley Sharp are
well & in Nashville
Nathan Fetching,
228-305-0229, Trying to reach
William & Alice Fetching, at
205-985-0530
Kimberly Barkman, New
Mexico, 505-994-9613, Trying
to get info about family
Louis & Crystal Venton
are in Louisville, Ky.,
502-933-2227
Bernita Riland, Looking for
Lucy Riland Asbury &
daughter Marlene McCoy,
Biloxi
Gena Johnson,
901-413-8520, Looking for
George, Gena, & Jason Lawry,
& let them know I'm OK
Stephanie Glovacki, Just
wanted to let my family know
I'm OK
Tom, 904-641-3773, Looking
for Johnny & Gladys McCartle
from Commission Road in
Long Beach
Bob & Frankie Marque are
safe in Memphis, Tenn.,
901-380-0019
Ray & Mary Marshall from
Biloxi are safe at Ray's
mother's
Greg Odom, 228-493-0940,
Trying to contact Erin Jackson,
also, tell mother, Ernastine
Odom he is OK
Carman & Bob Wilson,
safe in Ala., Martina
Campbell, Frank Marconte,
Kim Anderson, Laurence
Wheeler, all safe
Sylvia Hickey, Mobile Ala.,
is fine
Lovey Williams,
850-434-8234, Trying to locate
Patricia Hood-please have her
call Lovey Williams
Unsigned, 409-770-6300,
Looking for daughter in Moss
Point, Miss. She is 8 months
pregnant
Maria Valentine, sis &
brother want to know you're
OK & they're thinking of you
Audrey & Darren Myer &
family, from Long Beach,
Miss., are safe
Linda Buchanan, Timothy
Loshon, Jimmy Kilgore, all
OK
Joy Austringer,
817-291-9613, Trying to reach
Troy & Aundrea Austringer & 3
month old grandson, Biloxi
Tom Hardy & family from
8th St. did evacuate safely
George & Betty Wilkins
from Biloxi evacuated safely,
251-928-5707, looking for
Florence Sevaro
Fred & Shirley Card are
safe with daughter in
Charleston, S.C.
Donald Bivins, Bay St.
Louis, evacuated, entire family
OK
Nancy, Max, & Jacob
Gilbert, safe in Ala., wants
info about Pass Christian on
Web
Don & Mary Silkwood
family are OK; want info about
in-laws; Shirley & Ray
Silkwood
Tim, Ann, Ian, Granny
Margaret Norris, Gulfport
are OK, son in New Orleans OK
too
Diane Peyton,
770-439-2868, Trying to reach
Becky & Mike Lally-has 2 of
their grandchildren & mother
safe
What is devastation north of
I-10? Also, what about people
in trailers?
Diane & Christine Arnett
are OK, 662-413-4153, can be
located in Banner, Miss.
Kathy & Neal Black,
Looking for Joe & Arty Guiso,
please call, they're here for
you with supplies or place to
stay
Claudia, Marty, Elliot, Jay,
Michael, Shay Freeman OK,
evacuated to Orlando
Joy Stopson & daughters
are fine
Robert Bossio Jr, Virginia
& son Anthony are OK in
Pennsylvania, 724-335-3772
Carrie Bartlett & family
are OK; looking for Savannah
Weeks
Joe Mark Bowen, from
White Harbor Road is OK;
house & car gone; camper &
truck OK, moving to North
Carolina
Sandra & Roger Shanks
are OK, going to Long Beach to
daughter's house
George Lee, 773-348-2378,
Looking for children Gabriel,
Dillon & Lizzy Lee, ex wife
Suzanne Lee
Donna Truitt, Let Jean
Herbert know that her sister is
in Houston & safe
Martha, Paul, & Lucy
Stephens OK in Pensacola FL
Relative in Houston,
800-777-9826, Looking for
Wayne Ledkins
Mary Hudson, Looking for
half brother, fire chief Tommy
Stone
Tom & Beverly Preston
evacuated to Wiggins & are
OK
Francis Bowen, North
Carolina, Lee Travis, parents
are OK; mother is OK & can
you pick up parents?
Nicholas & Wanda Hass
are OK
Angela Hardison, Baton
Rouge LA
Bryan Donovan,
512-288-5752, looking for his
sister
Mark Williams,
228-547-8661, please call Katie
McGandy, personal friend
Ryan Markle,
318-322-3443, employee
Allytra Perryman,
404-244-0863, for: Drew
Tarter, SH Photographer, call
when you can
Carolyn Lummus,
662-494-8676, to contact
Marie Harris of editorial dept.,
call 662-494-8676
Courtney Wynne,
985-395-5971, to April Migues,
please call your sister
Joshua Goins,
914-822-9716, to Carol Elvin or
Patti Guider, please call
Kate Biffel, 901-826-8460,
SH employee Tony Biffel,
please call your daughter
Priscella France,
917-270-3791, SH employee
Paul Mallory, please call your
niece
Gary Renshaw,
660-385-7115, John Renshaw
or anyone from the Grand
Casino, please call
Renissa Brown,
803-817-7950, Rosalind Perry,
please call your sister
Debbie Vann,
615-337-2745, calling for
Jamie Bates
Mike Lacey, 229-559-5565,
calling from Georgia
Alfredo Cruz,
305-968-0483, looking for
Ricky Matthew
Cheryl Tosch,
979-345-5967, wants any info
on Ocean Spring
Quincy Collins,
512-557-5463, Are bridges
clear for return?
Keith Caldwell,
713-682-1833, looking for
Robin Fitzgerald (brother)
Ben Castle, 662-773-3017,
Wanted to know if he needs to
come in
Robert Owens,
303-886-0356, looking for
Randy Seid
Carl Richardson,
850-286-1767, with Thomas
Husdon in Panama City, Fla.
Teresa Stevenson, in
Florida Red Roof Inn,
850-385-7884, from electronic
press dept., feel free to call
Liz Williams, 205-752-5403,
looking for Derek Johnson
Peoples Bank, next to city
hall, people stuck inside a
vault
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