Abbeville lady takes care of 16 graves for All Saints Day
In honor of All Saints Day on Nov. 1, Linda Bourque is spending the next few days changing out artificial flowers and cleaning graves at three different cemeteries in Vermilion Parish.
All Saints Day is a Christian holiday to honor the dead. Bourque will visit 16 different graves of her family members and friends, even though no one asks her to do it.
On Wednesday afternoon, Bourque fixed the flower arrangement on her grandmother’s grave behind Vermilion Catholic High School.
She removed the old plastic flowers, put them in a plastic bag, and brought them to her SUV.