Marie Rose Louis

Marie Rose Louis, affectionately known as “Florence” or “Flore” was born to Orleant Rodney and Denise St. Fleur on January 25, 1954 in Baraderes, Haiti and later moved to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti when she was six years old. Marie was the second of three children. Marie spent her schooling acquiring skills to help people. She attended schools such as Saint Louis Rois de France and College Philadelphie in Haiti. She enjoyed learning French, writing and grammar as a little girl. In 1976 she was converted and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ at the Diexeume L’Eglise Baptist De La Rue Saint Martin, was baptized and met her future husband Joseph Wuliam Louis. She was courted faithfully for seven years before they married on July 9, 1977. In 1977, after President François Duvalier fell in power, they moved to Nazon, Haiti and Marie birthed both her sons, Josue and Samuel. They resided in Delmas, Haiti where they raised two sons, Samuel and Josue Louis (deceased October 31, 2019). She was able to earn a living as an assistant social worker helping with adoptions and visiting parents through an agency program that cared for orphans in Haiti. Before she followed her husband’s aspirations to leave Haiti in hopes of attaining the “American Dream,” she also bought and sold products and items for sale. She came to the U.S. in 1983 where she obtained her GED and worked with the elderly and sick as a certified nurse assistant. After years of working and earning the trust and respect of her coworkers, She is remembered as a virtuous woman who mastered managing her home and serving God. Her children recall fond memories of her singing gospel songs while cooking meals for her family or cleaning her house In 1986, she gave birth to her daughter, Esther, in the United States. In 1988, she returned to Haiti to bury her father and shared that she was grateful to have been able to visit her mother before her mother had a stroke in August 1997. Over the years, she continued to vacation in Haiti at least once a year and called them frequently to stay in touch with her family. She was a faithful member of Bethany Baptist Church of Miami supporting the Union des Freres Ministry, a group her husband helped create and singing in the Choir. As fate would have it, singing in the choir would be the last thing they did together due to the tragic accident in 2018 that later claimed her husband’s life. While in the US, she continued to be a student, earning her GED, taking citizenship classes and attending vocational schools like Lindsay Hopkins Technical School and National School of Technology where she earned her Patient Care Technician certification. Her favorite hobbies and interests were cooking, writing recipes, sewing, baking and going on annual cruises with her family. Her compassionate heart and personable personality were always appreciated by the family members of the patients she served on her job. She often brought home gifts they offered and thanked her for caring for their family member in the nursing home. Some of her proudest moments include becoming a U.S. citizen, living in her home in North Miami Beach, witnessing each of her three children getting married and bearing her grandchildren. On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, both William and Marie were leaving their weekly choir rehearsal at church when an unidentified individual plowed their car into their vehicle. They both suffered from traumatic brain injuries in addition to several other injuries and complications leaving him mentally incapacitated and bedridden. After fighting the good fight for nearly a year in the hospital and nursing facility, William passed, with his two remaining children, Samuel and Esther watching and affirming, was peacefully ushered into the presence of his Savior on November 29, 2019 at 6:14 PM. After recovering from the accident, Marie often told people, “I know that God was and will be gracious to me.” Her dementia led to many conversations that tested her memory, but she never forgot how to use her good heart to remind people to take heed to biblical advice that will benefit and sustain their lives. She became even more sentimental and her love for people grew in her final days. She loved people, being at peace with them, sharing her time to counsel and help the young women and men, like her younger brother, Frédéric who grew into a respectful and courageous man who put his trust in God. On July 25, 2023 at 10:15 PM, after five days in the hospital due to a stroke, Flore, the precious Rose passed with her children by her side. Marie leaves behind to cherish her memories: son: Samuel Joseph Louis and wife Gersende Louis; daughter: Esther Rose McCant; eight grandchildren: Jolie & Aniyah Louis, Jahnoah, Johnathan, Jonas & Justice McCant, Joe William & Tracey-Ann Rose Louis; brothers: Frédéric Rodney & Jacques Rodney (deceased); her cousins: Evelyn Joseph, Magarette Joseph, Mario Joseph, Leslie Joseph and Edith Joseph, Uncle: Raymond St. Fleur and Alice St. Fleur (deceased); her nephews and nieces: Kamerie Forge, Kevin Forge and Annie Monval, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Marie Rose Louis

January 25, 1954 - July 25, 2023

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