Angela Araujo Brazil

As a poor, uneducated, and handicapped girl, how could she make it through the Great Depression or make it at all? Rejected by her father’s well to do family for not being purely Spanish, and when at the age of 15 she became solely responsible for 3 younger siblings, she picked mangoes in Merida, Mexico and sold them door to door to help her siblings survive. Yet, God gave her an extraordinary inner strength that very few people have.

Where others saw every reason to fail, she saw only the way to succeed.

She overcame the racism with charm, the physical weakness with enthusiasm, the poverty with self-taught education and the self-pity with helping others. She developed a ferocious never give up attitude.

She made it in the hospital system where through hard work and persistence she became a nurse and a physical therapist. She assisted in operations, was the departmental head of nurses, and she worked tirelessly with children who had polio. Through her perseverance and influence in the hospital and community her vision was realized and the hospital built a new wing for children with polio. She was so well respected in the medical community that she received a personal written recommended by the Vice President of Mexico when she moved to a different part of the country.

Later she married Captain James Brazil and moved to United States where they had two children, Patty and Eric. The Captain’s work took them around the world. They lived in Mexico, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Ireland, Peru and Panama. They settled in Mobile.

Through her world travels and her effervescent spirit, she continued to grow in elegance and refinement. She continually helped others and gave herself to the needs of her extended family as well as to the needs of her community. Her love of music and singing were essential to who she was - She sang her way through life. Her pride and love of Mexico found an outlet as she served on the board of directors of La Sociedad de Habla Castellana.

She is survived by her two children, Patricia Brazil Maycock married to Daniel L Maycock, and Eric Brazil married to Damaris Hernandez, three grandchildren – Daniel, Benjamin, and Samuel Maycock and one great granddaughter, Daisy Claire Maycock.

Angelita loved people. She made an impression on every person she met. They never forgot this tiny woman with a giant personality and a song in her spirit.

It has been said “Whoever has met her, will never forget her.” She was an amazing person.

Visitation for Mrs. Brazil will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Monday, August 20, 2018 at Pine Crest Funeral Home on Dauphin Island Parkway in Mobile, with a service in the chapel immediately following. Interment will be in Pine Crest Cemetery.