Joseph Marcel “Mike” Serpas

October 1, 1931April 23, 2009

 

Joseph Marcel “Mike” Serpas, age 77, of Picayune passed

away Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Highland Community Hospital. 

 

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 2:00 p.m.

at the Greater Works Church, 13 Oak Allee Drive, Picayune.

 

Mike, a former resident of New Orleans, LA, was

a well-known jazz musician playing the trumpet

in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast,

a U.S. Navy veteran and a Catholic.

 

He is survived by

his wife, Jackie Serpas of Picayune.

 

He is preceded in death by

his parents, Aloyious & Inez Serpas and

a sister.