Joyce McDonnell Pisarich

Mrs. Joyce McDonnell Pisarich, 77, of Biloxi, MS, died Saturday, November 25, 2006, in Biloxi. Mrs. Pisarich was a native and lifelong resident of Biloxi. She was a lifetime member of Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral and a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy. She was a retired Civil Service secretary at Keesler Air Force Base. Mrs. Pisarich was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn A. Pisarich, Sr.; parents, Herbert and Bertha Griffin McDonnell, and a brother, Marvin J. McDonnell. Survivors include her daughter, Pamela Barlow and her husband, Craig; two sons, Glenn A. "Sonny" Pisarich, Jr. and his wife, Charlotte, and Keith Pisarich and his wife, Marlene; a sister, Catherine Reed, of Belzoni, MS; five grandchildren, Lisa Pisarich Ware, Bryan G. Pisarich, Robert Keith Pisarich, Jr., Bradley Barlow, and Brennan Barlow, and one great grandson, Bryson Glenn Pisarich. Visitation will be Sunday, November 26, 2006, from 6 until 9 p.m. at the Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes in Biloxi. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Nativity B.V.M. Catholic Cathedral where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Southern Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Mercy Cross High School, 390 Crusaders Drive, Biloxi, MS 39530.