Lucille S. Dossett
Lucille S. Dossett, age 100, died Wednesday, September 6, 2006 in Ocean Springs.
Mrs. Dossett was a resident of Ocean Springs and was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, LaVern and Addie Stillman, and two brothers, Glen and Ralph Stillman.
Survivors are her son, Jerry Dossett; her daughter, Karen Shaul, both of Ocean Springs; seven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and her brother, Alfred Stillman of West Plains, MO.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, September 9, 2006 at Southern Memorial Park in Biloxi. Arrangements by Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, 274 Beauvoir Road in Biloxi. An online guestbook may be viewed and signed via riemannfuneralhomes.com. Published in The Sun Herald on 9/8/2006

Posted on Wed, Nov. 09, 2005 Centenarian counts George W. as family By PAM FIRMIN pfirmin@sunherald.com

Cousin George W. Bush of Washington, D.C., may not have been among family members attending the 100th birthday party Tuesday of Lucille Marjorie Stillman Dossett in Ocean Springs, but their relationship is a thing of pride for the Stillman family.
The genealogy of the Stillman and Bush clans, as detailed on its own Web site, identifies Lucille Stillman, who was born Nov. 8, 1905, as a sixth cousin to the U.S. president.
Both are descendants of George Stillman, who immigrated from England about 1685. The link formed in 1791 when Stillman's great-granddaughter, Lydia Newcomb, married Timothy Bush Jr., never to know that their great-great-great-grandson (George Bush) and his son (George W.) would become U.S. presidents.
Lucille Stillman knows, though, which may have influenced her favorite saying that, "This will go down in history," said nephew Bill Stillman of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.
When her family moved to Biloxi in 1924, Lucille Stillman was 19 and held jobs at Peoples Bank, First Biloxi Bank and Brumfields Clothing Store.
Stillman family members from across the country celebrated her Nov. 8 birthday with a party at the Samaritan House in Ocean Springs, hosted by the honoree's friends and fellow Samaritan House residents.
Attendees included her younger brother Alfred, 91, a longtime Biloxian and past elder of the First Presbyterian Church, now living in West Plains, Mo.; his son, Bill Stillman, a 1960 graduate of Biloxi High School; Lucille Stillman's children Jerry Dossett and Marjorie "Sissie" Karen Dossett of Ocean Springs, plus many of her seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Lucille Stillman's longtime goal of living to age 100 has been accomplished, said Bill Stillman, by a combination of "want to" and encouragement from her longtime friend, Dr. Bill Wansley of Biloxi, "who convinced her she would do so with a little help."
At her party, when someone asked her advice for others who want to live to 100, she answered, "Stick with it one day at the time."

Marjorie Karen Dossett
Born: 9 Dec 1937
Place: Gulfport, MS
Lived: 2006
Place: Pascagoula, MS
Married: Sam Stratton
Born: 1935
Place: Pascagoula, MS
Lived: 2006
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Date Married: 1955 - Divorced 1998

Jerry Kent Dossett - Adopted
Born: 26 Oct 1936
Place: New Orleans, LA
Died: 28 Oct 2006
Place: Moss Point, MS
Married: Charlotte Burnham
Born: 1942
Place: Pascagoula, MS
Lived: 2006
Place: Moss Point, MS
Date Married:

From The Mississippi Press
DOSSETT
Monday, October 30, 2006
Mr. Jerry Kent Dossett, 70, of Ocean Springs, Miss., passed away Saturday, Oct. 28, 2006, in Ocean Springs.
Mr. Dossett was born Oct. 26, 1936, in New Orleans and had been a resident of the Gulf Coast for the past 60 years.
He was a 1957 graduate of Pascagoula High School and retired from the Pascagoula Fire Department in 1980 as a battalion chief. He owned J's Pawn Shop in Ocean Springs and Jerry's Pawn Shop in Gautier. He was a member of Bellehaven Baptist Church in Ocean Springs.
Mr. Dossett was preceded in death by his mother, Lucille Dossett.
He leaves behind to cherish his memories his wife of 46 years, Charlotte Dossett; three sons, Chris Dossett and his wife, Marian, Danny Dossett and his wife Debbie, and Brian Dossett; four grandchildren, Jennifer, Jordan, Alan and Steven Dossett; and one sister, Karen "Sissie" Shaul, all of Ocean Springs. Mr. Dossett will be deeply missed by his family and friends.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, at 10 a.m. at Crestlawn Memorial Park with Rev. Jimmie Milam officiating.
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs is in charge of arrangements.
View and sign the online register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com.

My 1st Cousin Jerry Dossett and I grew up together on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Jerry was a loving, caring, devoted man. We shall miss him always
Bill Stillman - 2 November 2006