Shall Not Be Allowed To Drop Into Oblivion
FELICITE
A black woman, a native of Haiti. During the yellow-
fever epidemic here in 1839, she nursed the sick,
administered to the dying, closed the eyes of the
dead, and wept over their graves. Loved and
honored by the townspeople for the remainder of her
life, she died in January 1852. The day of her
burial, every business in New Iberia closed its
doors, and every man, woman and child in town
followed her to her last resting place in St. Peter's
Cemetery. She was an angel of mercy in a time
of pestilence. Her name shall now be allowed to
drop into oblivion.
NEW IBERIA SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
Also: http://www.thecajuns.com/felicite.htm
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